Ford on Auditor General’s report
#LSN_News #LSN_OntElection Speakin on Auditor General Report
TORONTO, ONTARIO April 26, 2018 (LSN) This week, the Auditor General performed a valuable public service and uncovered one of the largest financial scandals in Canadian history. Ontario’s real deficit is 75% higher than reported.
Ontario’s Auditor General exposed that the Wynne Liberals used a variety of accounting tricks to hide a $5 billion deficit off the government’s books. This deficit is in addition to the $6.7 billion deficit that the Liberals were unable to hide. These hidden deficits are projected to grow to a total of $16.6 billion over the next three years. We now know that, in their desperation, Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals cooked the books. This is a betrayal of the public trust.
That’s why, when elected Premier, I am going to launch an independent commission of inquiry, whose mandate is to get to the bottom of the deficit scandal and to propose timely solutions to solving the deficit problem.
The consequence of Kathleen Wynne’s desperation is now clear. We cannot trust anything about Liberal estimates or projections and their budget is no longer worth the paper it was printed on. I know that people are angry and want answers. We’re going to get those answers.
It took 15 years for the Liberals to create this mess and it will not be solved overnight. But we will restore Ontario to fiscal health in a responsible manner. We will deliver on our commitments, clean up the scandals and the waste and protect the services people hold dear. I will not tire and I will not stop until we have restored responsibility, accountability and trust, and Ontario’s finances are healthy and honest once again