Mr. Speaker, I should point out to the Member that the Auditor General did an operational review or look at the government portion of this project. They didn’t audit anything else. It wasn’t a financial audit. They didn’t look at our contractors or talk to them, so there are a lot of things that maybe could have been clarified. The Auditor General was pretty clear that she wasn’t satisfied that the contingency was enough, as the Member had indicated. We looked at the project. We looked at the requirements of what was needed to complete this project. We had a professional team give us their best advice and we felt that the $2 million was sufficient. We also are now a year into the project and we have only used $300,000. Mr. Speaker, we have no reason to believe that we may need more. But having said that, there may be unforeseen circumstances that will require us to put further investment. I can’t predict that. We are on track for the budget, Mr. Speaker. That is all I can point to at this point. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Question 562-16(5): Auditor General’s Report On Special Audit Of The Deh Cho Bridge
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 562-16(5): Auditor General’s Report On Special Audit Of The Deh Cho Bridge
Oral Questions
March 1st, 2011
Deh Cho
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