The government, the unions, the auditor general, the financial accountability officer, and, ultimately, the voters, have all made it clear Ontario needs a higher accounting standard.
Ontario comptroller goes down with her failed accounting methods
A blow up between a senior bureaucrat and a government can be serious, but the resignation of Ontario comptroller Cindy Veinot goes deeper. Veinot isn't merely at odds with the finance minister, she's at odds with the auditor general and many others over the previous government's accounting standards. When voters gave the new provincial government a mandate to clean up Ontario's financial mess, Veinot's departure was inevitable.
Here's what happened.
