Nova Scotia government giving itself the power to fire the auditor general

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the changes seem designed to strike at that independence and represent a consolidation of power by Houston.

The auditor general is supposed to be an independent watchdog for government spending that assesses how the government is functioning and spending the public's money, said Chender. The changes tabled Tuesday "should send a chill through Nova Scotians who believe that they have a responsible government," she said.

"The auditor general evaluates the finances of the province and those are your finances, those are our finances," she told reporters.

"They don't belong to a cabinet minister, they don't belong to the premier, they belong to the people of Nova Scotia, and the people of Nova Scotia deserve to understand how decisions are being made, how their money is being spent and what the independent expert opinion on those expenditures is."

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