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Thursday, 9 December 2021

Province appoints three people to head up independent offices in N.B.

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-auditor-general-perception-conflict-of-interest-1.6305151


New auditor general's past in Finance Department raises concern about potential for bias

Paul Martin's former job as New Brunswick's comptroller creates perception problems, professor says

Paul Martin says the challenge of jumping from the bureaucracy to the role of independent watchdog is not new, and he'll approach it the way his predecessors did.

"The office has successfully dealt with this transition in the past and there were no independence issues," he said Wednesday as he packed up his office in Chancery Place. "The same process will be applied in my case as well.

"You just have to use your professional judgment and know when that turns into an actual or perceived conflict and when are the right times to back out." 

Martin is leaving the position of comptroller in the Department of Finance, which means as auditor general he'll be in charge of independent audits of some programs he worked on or reviewed as a civil servant.

Brent White worked for auditors general for two decades and now teaches at Mount Allison University. He says he feels strongly the auditor general should not be a former Finance Department official. (Submitted by Mount Allison University )

He's the third consecutive auditor general to make the leap from the comptroller's job, which functions as an internal auditor for government departments. Five of the eight auditors general in the province's history were comptrollers first.

To avoid any perception problems, Martin said he won't have any role in auditing the province's financial statements in his first year as auditor general.

He will approach performance audits of individual programs case by case, recusing himself if the office tackles anything in which he played a major role.

Martin was responding to a former auditor who worked in the Office of the Auditor General and is urging Premier Blaine Higgs to reverse the appointment.

Brent White, now a professor at Mount Allison University, said plucking someone from Finance to become auditor general violates key tenets of the accounting profession's code of conduct.

Kim Adair-MacPherson left her post as New Brunswick's auditor general in the spring of last year. She was also the comptroller for the province before taking the position but had a reputation for being a tough and independent financial watchdog. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News file photo)

Self-review and familiarity with key players are two of five "threats" to independence that accountants guard against under their professional standards.

"I feel pretty strongly about this, and I think there are probably other accountants who feel strongly," said White, who worked as an auditor in the Auditor General's Office for two decades.

"The one person who can do something about this is Blaine Higgs."

In fact, Martin officially took over the job Jan. 1, and it would now take a two-thirds vote of the legislature to remove him.

The legislature endorsed Martin's appointment on Dec. 8. Opposition Liberal Leader Roger Melanson seconded the motion making the appointment, even though he had endorsed White's call for a more independent selection process for the job. 

Melanson said in December that Martin, who the Liberal leader worked with when he was a cabinet minister, was "independent, obviously" and highly qualified for the job.

Premier Blaine Higgs said he asked a similar question about Martin when he was being considered for the job but was assured Martin wouldn't be asked to review his own work. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

White said that's not enough.

"I think the political class has come to define independence as kind of the equivalent of 'He's a nice guy' or 'He's an OK chap,' as opposed to saying, 'Does he meet the accounting profession's criteria of independence in fact and appearance?'"

Martin was recommended by a selection committee made up of the clerk of the executive council, the clerk of the legislature, a judge and a university vice-president. 

Higgs said on the day he announced the appointment that he had raised the question himself when the committee recommended Martin but was assured files he had handled as comptroller would be "treated independently … so you're not reviewing your own work." 

White first raised his concerns last year when he circulated his doctoral dissertation on the subject.

Besides the repeated choice of bureaucratic insiders for the job, White said the hiring process itself should be changed to remove the clerk of the executive council, the province's top civil servant, from the selection committee.

White's conclusions were endorsed by former Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Norm Betts, who sent the dissertation to the four political party leaders in the legislature.

Michael Ferguson was one of five New Brunswick auditors general who previously worked for the Finance Department. Ferguson went on to become Ottawa's auditor general. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

The three opposition leaders all said they shared his concerns, and Melanson's Liberals introduced a motion calling on the province to create "a revised selection process that is independent of the Executive Council." That motion has still not come to a vote.

Last March, the Chartered Professional Accountants of New Brunswick made a public offer to help the province come up with a more "rigorous" selection process.

"You can't be an auditor of a company that you either own or have a significant influence on, or that your spouse is the president or CEO of," John Clark, the organization's board chair, said Wednesday.

"That just flies in the face of the independence and objectivity."

Choosing a Finance Department official as auditor general "doesn't appear to be the optimum," Clark said. "In an ideal world, it would be a case where you'd have somebody who was appointed in that position who had no previous role in any of that situation."

Clark said having "mitigating controls," such as Martin's promise to recuse himself from certain audits, is acceptable. But hiring an auditor general from outside the civil service would avoid the need for that. 

Previous comptrollers who became auditors general, including, Kim Adair-MacPherson and Mike Ferguson, were "beyond reproach in terms of their ethics, but it's the situation as it pertains to the optics of it," Clark said.

Higgs's office did not respond Wednesday to a request for a comment on White's call for him to reverse Martin's appointment. 

Instead spokesperson Jean Bertin explained the selection process and pointed out that the Auditor General Act gives Martin the power to delegate some responsibilities to avoid potential conflicts. 

"Through its selection process, New Brunswick has had great success in appointing Auditors General who previously held the role of Comptroller," he said. "They have had the confidence of both the Legislative Assembly and the public."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-new-independent-watchdogs-1.6278203

Province appoints three people to head up independent offices in N.B.

Opposition parties question whether two of the new watchdogs are truly 'independent'

The appointees include a former chief of staff to a previous Progressive Conservative premier, and a former Liberal cabinet minister who later became an informal adviser to Premier Blaine Higgs.

Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau called their independence is "questionable" and said the notion that opposition parties were "consulted" is a misnomer. 

"That consultation means a phone call to say 'This is who we've chosen.'"

Liberal Leader Roger Melanson, who seconded Higgs's motion in the legislature on all three appointments, said he wasn't really consulted either, but he was required to attach his name to the motions.

"It's part of the tradition. It's part of the rules. I think it's got to be changed," he said.

While it's a tradition that the leader of the Official Opposition second the nominations as a signal of their independence, it's not legally required.

Marie-France Pelletier has been working with Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board. She was a staffer in the office of former premier Bernard Lord. (Submitted)

Melanson initially said two of the appointees were not independent but then said his complaint was about the selection process, which involved an arm's-length search committee.

The new ombud is Marie-France Pelletier, a New Brunswicker who is now a member of the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board.

As ombud, she will field and investigate complaints from the public about government functions.

Pelletier was a staffer in Premier Bernard Lord's office at the same time current Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain worked there.

She rose to the position of deputy minister to Lord in 2006. Since then she has held public administration positions in Ottawa and Montreal.

The new child, youth and senior advocate is Kelly Lamrock, a former Liberal MLA and minister who quit the party to run for the NDP in the 2014 election. He later acted as an informal adviser to Higgs, helping draft the premier's 2018 Throne Speech.

Lawyer Kelly Lamrock will be the province's new child, youth and senior advocate. A former Liberal education minister in the Shawn Graham government, he also ran for the NDP and worked as an informal adviser to Blaine Higgs. (CBC)

Both appointments are for seven-year terms.

The premier called Pelletier "a very capable individual" whom he had never met and said he had no role in coming up with the names.

"I had no reason to question the proposals that came forward," he said.

He acknowledged Lamrock's "history in most parties" but said the former education minister would make a good advocate for children. 

"Certainly he's demonstrated his capabilities … no matter what team he's on at the time," Higgs said.

Lamrock said in an interview that his position is designed to be independent, answerable only to the legislature, and he would "call balls and strikes" on government policy without any concern about political repercussions.

"I stand on my record," he said. "I understand who my responsibility is to."

                                     New Brunswick's new auditor general will be Paul Martin, who has been working as the province's comptroller in the Finance Department (Submitted)

The third appointee is Paul Martin as the new auditor general for a term of 10 years. 

Martin is now the comptroller or head auditor within the Finance Department. It's the third time in a row someone in that job became auditor general.

Martin has no partisan connections but the practice of appointing Finance Department officials as auditor general has come under scrutiny.

Earlier this year Brent White, a former auditor in the auditor general's office, argued that government should not have a role in choosing officials who once oversaw government spending for a job that requires independent scrutiny of government spending.

Higgs said Wednesday that two previous comptrollers who became auditors general, Mike Ferguson and Kim Adair-MacPherson, turned out to be excellent at doing that.

"I think they demonstrated not only a knowledge they get of government from the comptroller's role but also a knowledge of what's required from an A-G."

In January, Melanson supported White's call to put the selection process entirely in the hands of the legislature, eliminating the role the executive branch of government now plays.

But Wednesday he said Martin "is independent, obviously" and is "highly qualified from an accounting perspective."

People's Alliance leader Kris Austin said he had no issues with the choices.

Opposition Leader Roger Melanson supported a call to put the selection of auditor general into the hands of the full legislature. (CBC)

"At the end of the day, it's really about the quality of the work that's done on a go-forward basis when they do take their positions." 

Melanson said Pelletier "does have qualifications, for sure" but wouldn't say whether Lamrock could be seen as independent.

"Is he independent enough? He certainly has some background politically. We'll see what he does in terms of being the youth advocate." 

Pelletier could not be reached for an interview about her appointment.

Martin said in an email he was humbled at the opportunity to serve as auditor general.

"I look forward to continuing the great work of the office with a dedicated team of professionals during my mandate," he said.

He wouldn't comment on the argument that the executive branch shouldn't have a role in choosing an auditor general from within its own ranks.

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23 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.
 
 
   

David Amos  
Welcome to the circus
 
 
David Amos  
Methinks Paul Martin should review the documents that he asked me to send him years ago N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos  
Methinks Marie-France Pelletier should explain to folks real slow why her old boss Bernie Lord barred me from legislative properties N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos  
Methinks Kelly Lamrock should make certain that Higgy et al finally send me a Medicare Card instead of more butter tarts N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
Same old , same old . and nothing changes . The same people returning to the taxpayer funded trough over and over , and keep on feeding ; it never seems to end . It is sad that Premier Higgs has lowered himself to this level where he has to roll in the muck as well , but I guess that is what politics does to people as Higgs had promised to do things differently . Very disheartening for sure .
 
 
Shawn Tabor
Reply to @Matt Steele: Your correct. But not to worry, he is going to be really busy. Things are bad, and will get worse. Oh have yourself a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Work/play safe

 

 

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Now that the RCMP are checking out the Lt Governor's office I wonder RACHEL WILLIAMSON and PAUL MARTIN, (Comptroller) remember me

 

David Amos

<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
AttachmentFri, Sep 24, 2021 at 5:12 PM
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson" <Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>, "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey" <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "Paul.Martin" <Paul.Martin@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason" <andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, rachel.williamson@gnb.ca, "Jan.Rowinski" <Jan.Rowinski@gnb.ca>, "Cheryl.Hansen" <Cheryl.Hansen@gnb.ca>, Keith.MacNevin@gnb.ca, yakoub.AlAwabdeh@gnb.ca, "freedomreport.ca" <freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "stefanos.karatopis" <stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "howard.anglin" <howard.anglin@gmail.com>, "charles.murray" <charles.murray@gnb.ca>, "pablo.rodriguez" <pablo.rodriguez@parl.gc.ca>, "Tim.RICHARDSON" <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:30:25 -0300
Subject: Now that the RCMP are checking out the Lt Governor's office I
wonder RACHEL WILLIAMSON and PAUL MARTIN, (Comptroller) remember me
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Roger.L.Melanson" <Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen"
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "Kevin.Vickers"
<Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>
, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
"macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, "Paul.Martin"
<Paul.Martin@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir"
<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, rachel.williamson@gnb.ca, "Jan.Rowinski"
<Jan.Rowinski@gnb.ca>, "Cheryl.Hansen" <Cheryl.Hansen@gnb.ca>,
Keith.MacNevin@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "pablo.rodriguez"
<pablo.rodriguez@parl.gc.ca>, "Tim.RICHARDSON"
<Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/lg-office-investigation-1.5258407


Complaint of irregularities at lieutenant-governor's office prompted by audit


Premier says he might ask the auditor general to look into the matter
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Aug 23, 2019 7:22 PM AT


"RCMP in New Brunswick now say they did not receive a complaint from
within the office of the lieutenant-governor that prompted their
investigation of "financial irregularities."

A spokesperson for the police force told CBC News on Friday that the
complaint came from the office, but Sgt. Chantal Farrah said Saturday
"that's not the case."

Farrah said the force was contacted by the federal Department of
Canadian Heritage and New Brunswick's Office of the Comptroller, which
acts as an internal government auditor."



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        BS of Computer Software Engineering, Islamic Azad University (IAU),
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         The International Association for Information, Culture, Human and
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