Bonnie Lysyk, a frequent critic of the government’s accounting practices, noted last week that the government’s claim that next year’s deficit would be only — only! The auditor general said the real number would be closer to $12 billion, with much of the added debt hidden on the books of various provincial agencies, rather than on the province’s primary balance sheet. It was damning stuff, from an expert, particularly since Lysyk also said that Wynne’s government had deliberately tried to deceive the auditor general’s office through chicanery. The auditor general shows your budget to be a sham? That’s the reality voters are seeing, but no doubt Wynne sees it all very differently.

Source: National Post May 04, 2018 21:00 UTC