Andrea Horwath calls for financial accountability office

By News Staff

Posted May 8, 2013 10:01 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath says people of the province have lost trust in the government and she is proposing to have a spending and revenue watchdog to keep an eye on spending. She wants a financial accountability office created immediately.

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