CBC News Posted: Jan 16, 2013 10:51 AM PT
B.C. Premier Christy Clark says Auditor General John Doyle will be asked to stay on for two more years, reversing a controversial decision by a Liberal-dominated legislative committee not to renew his current six-year term. Clark says she will ask the Liberal members of the auditor general selection committee to ask Doyle to stay on. Clark also said she wants to improve the way auditors general are appointed with new legislation that will be introduced in February, extending the auditor general's term to eight years, but with no possibility of a second term in the future. Doyle was a sharp critic of the government during his six-year term, but Clark she said it was natural that some tension exists between the auditor general and the government, and she did not want it to appear that politics was interfering with his re-appointment so close to an election.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark says Auditor General John Doyle will be asked to stay on for two more years, reversing a controversial decision by a Liberal-dominated legislative committee not to renew his current six-year term. Clark says she will ask the Liberal members of the auditor general selection committee to ask Doyle to stay on. Clark also said she wants to improve the way auditors general are appointed with new legislation that will be introduced in February, extending the auditor general's term to eight years, but with no possibility of a second term in the future. Doyle was a sharp critic of the government during his six-year term, but Clark she said it was natural that some tension exists between the auditor general and the government, and she did not want it to appear that politics was interfering with his re-appointment so close to an election.
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