Introduction
Terry
Paddon, the province’s Auditor General will be stepping down at the end of the
month. His swan song was the recent release of his annual report to the House
of Assembly, on the Audit of the Financial Statements of the Province of
Newfoundland and Labrador, for the year ended March 31, 2017.
In light of the
parlous fiscal state of the Province one has to ask if he told the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth?
Did he speak truth to power in a language that
both citizens and their elected representatives can understand? In particular,
how did he deal with the Muskrat Falls project?
