The City of Prince George, B.C., is developing a plan to help whistleblowers working at city hall come forward if they have concerns about the way municipal finances are being handled. "We certainly understand the people of Prince George are extremely concerned and angry with what's happened," mayor Lyn Hall said in a prepared statement Monday afternoon. The city is launching a legal review of the parkade project and will be hiring an external firm to review the costs and management of other major projects to come. Hall said the changes do not reflect a lack of confidence in city staff, but are instead designed to bring Prince George in line with best practices at city halls in other B.C. He also denied he had been informed of the cost overruns in 2018, as indicated in documents obtained by the Prince George Citizen newspaper through freedom of information requests.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2021 02:25 UTC