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…