The auditor general is set to look at some of the infrastructure and maintenance concerns at Memorial University.
Last week, Memorial’s Students Union demanded a meeting with Premier Andrew Furey over what they call a decade of cuts to core funding at the institution.
The 2025 report is set to look at what’s been called “crumbling infrastructure” by the student union.
Independent MHA Paul Lane says the review has to look at how much is being spent and where the money is going.
“If we’re going to have to be stepping in to be funding these things and funding these deficits, then we need to have a better handle on exactly how that money is being spent,” Lane told VOCM.
“Are they actually doing what they should be doing with the people’s money and is it being directed where it should be directed?”
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Despite their pleas last week, Furey would not commit to meeting with MUN’s student union.
He says he met with MUNSU last year, adding that the education minister plans to meet with students in the near future.