The public
now awaits follow through by the Premier and the Minister of Natural Resources
on his call for a forensic audit. The audit would detail the origins and extent
of the “low-balled” estimates and confirm whose signature(s) authorized their
use.
In a
conversation with him recently, the engineer reflected upon his disclosure and the
response of the Government. Said he:
“Even though Minister Siobhan Coady
has already indicated she accepts what I have said as part of the narrative and
that she has questions, too, the Minister must know my warning was completely supported
by the EY Interim Report, which the Government commissioned.”
