The provincial government has appointed retired Supreme Court Justice Robert Fowler to conduct a review of all the statutory offices that report to the House of Assembly.
The offices being reviewed include the Commissioner for Legislative Standards, Chief Electoral Officer, Child and Youth Advocate, Citizens’ Representative, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and the Seniors’ Advocate.
The Auditor General has been excluded from the review as the Auditor General Act was updated last year.
The review is expected to take six months.
Justice Minister John Hogan says the decision to review the offices was spurred by recent public discussions about those offices, and their reports into each other.
Due to those discussions, he says they wanted to review the offices to make sure they are functioning the way they are supposed to, have proper oversight, and that they are reporting to who they are supposed to. Hogan stresses that this is not a review of any one person, but rather the offices themselves.
