Accountability at stake says AG as she urges Houston government to scrap changes to her office

NDP Leader Claudia Chender dismissed Houston and Lohr's reasoning while speaking to reporters at Province House.

"It's not true that they're getting in line with other provinces," said Chender. "This is about the premier spending the precious time we have in this House to consolidate his own power, to make decisions and push forward legislation that Nova Scotians did not vote for."

Chender said protecting the independence of the Office of the Auditor General is all the more important because of those changes.

"The auditor general is sort of the last bastion of independent oversight of this government," said Chender.

"If we go through with this bill, I think Nova Scotians should be very, very concerned about any sense that they know what their government is doing, what decisions they are making, what they're prioritizing, and importantly, how they're spending their money."

Read the full story HERE