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NDP MP David Christopherson

NDP MP David Christopherson is the Member of Parliament for Hamilton Centre, Ont. He has served as member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts since 2004 and was committee chair from 2011-2015. He also sits on the board of directors of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation.

Auditor General’s Office doesn’t have enough money to do its job

Canadians may have heard of Sheila Fraser, or the late Michael Ferguson, but most Canadians likely don’t know too much about the auditor general,

Opinion | BY NDP MP DAVID CHRISTOPHERSON | June 3, 2019

Former auditor general Michael Ferguson, pictured on May 29, 2018, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, who died on Feb. 2, 2019, had requested in 2017 an annual increase in the OAG budget of $21-million to ensure that the OAG was able to continue to operate at full capacity. The OAG received $8.2-million annually and the funding shortfall has been hanging over the head of the OAG for a few years now. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Auditor General’s Office doesn’t have enough money to do its job

Opinion | BY NDP MP DAVID CHRISTOPHERSON | June 3, 2019

Canadians may have heard of Sheila Fraser, or the late Michael Ferguson, but most Canadians likely don’t know too much about the auditor general,

Auditor General’s Office doesn’t have enough money to do its job

Opinion | BY NDP MP DAVID CHRISTOPHERSON | June 3, 2019

Canadians may have heard of Sheila Fraser, or the late Michael Ferguson, but most Canadians likely don’t know too much about the auditor general,

Former auditor general Michael Ferguson, pictured on May 29, 2018, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, who died on Feb. 2, 2019, had requested in 2017 an annual increase in the OAG budget of $21-million to ensure that the OAG was able to continue to operate at full capacity. The OAG received $8.2-million annually and the funding shortfall has been hanging over the head of the OAG for a few years now. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade