Feds’ auditor general nominee says unclear if office needs to adjust request for funding boost

Chief among the auditor general nominee's priorities will be to work with government to secure an 'immediate' funding boost and to establish an independent funding mechanism that would address the office’s financial constraints.

Conservative MP Dean Allison, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, asked Karen Hogan, nominee for auditor general, whether she can provide an estimate of how much additional funding her office might need. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 19, 2020

The federal government’s nominee for auditor general says the office is in the early stages of plotting the scope of its audits into the feds’ COVID-19 spending. Karen Hogan, the assistant auditor general, told the Hou...

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