Bonnie Lysyk

• Ontario’s LTC sector not ‘sufficiently positioned, prepared’ to respond to COVID-19 in effective way: AG

  Bonnie Lysyk said for several years “the public sector had not yet effectively addressed the systemic weaknesses in the delivery of long-term care in Ontario."

  Health

  Apr 28
• Bill Kelly: Political chicanery haunts Hamilton’s LRT project

  Hamilton has been misled and uninformed by Metrolinx and the provincial government about the cost and financial commitment for a Hamilton LRT, Bill Kelly says.

  Commentary

  Dec 8, 2020
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• Virtual care expansion in Ontario too slow, AGCO not transparent, funeral sector needs work: AG report

  Bonnie Lysyk issued 13 value-for-money audits in her annual report.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2020
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• Bill Kelly: Auditor general’s report shows Ford government’s poor leadership amid COVID-19 crisis

  Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk's report on how the Ford government has handled the crisis is a damning assessment of mismanagement and poor leadership, writes Bill Kelly.

  Commentary

  Nov 26, 2020
• Auditor general highlights Ontario’s ‘confusing,’ indirect communications on COVID-19 in new report

  "Local medical officers of health informed us that they were confused by provincial politicians delivering public health advice in place of the chief medical officer of health."

  Health

  Nov 25, 2020
• ‘Delays and confusion in decision-making’ impacted Ontario’s COVID-19 response: AG

  Bonnie Lysyk says outdated provincial emergency plans played a role in slowing down the provincial response in the winter and spring, as did systemic issues such as a lack of laboratory surge capacity and old IT systems.

  Health

  Nov 25, 2020
• Ontario auditor says province may not meet its greenhouse gas emission targets

  Ontario may not meet its greenhouse gas emission targets because they're not a "cross-government priority," the province's auditor general said Wednesday, casting doubt on a key environmental pledge made by Premier Doug Ford.

  Environment

  Nov 18, 2020
• Ontario’s auditor general says province overestimated costs of services to irregular border crossers

  Bonnie Lysyk says the $200 million estimate given by the governing Progressive Conservatives in 2018 represented the cost of providing services to all refugee claimants, not just so-called irregular border crossers.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2020
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• Cancellation of eastern Ontario wind farm project prompts auditor general examination

  Environment Minister Jeff Yurek revoked the Nation Rise Wind Farm project's approval late last year, citing concerns about the bat population.

  Environment

  Jan 9, 2020
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• Andrea Horwath calls on auditor general to investigate Hamilton’s derailed LRT

  Ontario's NDP leader is calling on the auditor general to investigate the costing claims behind the cancellation of Hamilton's LRT project.

  Politics

  Dec 20, 2019