Hot-potato policies on the auditor's hit list

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ABOVE THE FOLD

Call it Christmas for journalists and government critics: New Auditor General SHELLEY SPENCE debuts next week with a phonebook-sized audit on government operations.

Here are the specific matters Spence will zero in on in her report (ranked by the potential for juiciness, in this reporter’s view):

• Minister’s Zoning Orders

• Ontario Place Redevelopment

• Implementation and Oversight of Ontario’s Opioid Strategy

• Procurement and Delivery of Selected Infrastructure Projects

• Ontario Land Tribunal

• Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

• Operations of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993

• Digitization of Government Services by ServiceOntario

• Toronto District School Board: Safety, Financial Management and Capital

Also in the report: A follow-up tracking the government’s progress on implementing recommendations from past AG reports and a review of government advertising.

About that last part: The previous Liberal rulers took away the AG’s oversight powers on government advertising, something ex-A…