Conservative MP calls on Trudeau government to provide more funding to auditor general office

Conservative MP and finance critic Pierre Poilievre on Sunday called on Canada’s Liberal government to provide more funding to the auditor general’s office and said that the office has been “deprived,” in his view, of at least $11 million of necessary funding to examine government spending. Poilievre said that 10 years ago, during the tenure of the Stephen Harper government, the office was doing 28 audits a year but says it’s now doing 14 a year.

• Conservative MP urges Trudeau government to increase auditor general funding