Supreme Court justice chastises auditor general s office for trying to quash subponeas
Justice Mona Lynch said she had “grave concerns” about the position taken by the auditor general and dismissed the office’s application to quash provincial court subpoenas for two members of its staff.
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Lawyers for former IWK executives will get to call additional witnesses from the auditor general s office
Posted: Feb 18, 2021 7:46 PM AT | Last Updated: February 18
Thursday s ruling means lawyers for two former IWK executives will be able to subpoena two more people from the Office of the Auditor General of Nova Scotia. (Robert Short/CBC)
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 2:43 PM AT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
The trial for former IWK Health Centre CEO Tracy Kitch has been adjourned until November. (Brian MacKay/CBC)
Former IWK CEO Tracy Kitch s fraud trial has been adjourned until November.
Defence lawyers for Kitch and the hospital s former chief financial officer are attempting to get more documents from the Nova Scotia Auditor General s office.
The change for the trial, which was scheduled to begin Jan. 4, was officially made Friday in Nova Scotia provincial court in Halifax.
The four-week matter is now scheduled for Nov. 4-Dec. 3, 2021.
Lawyers for Kitch and Stephen D Arcy are attempting to get two people from the auditor general s office to testify about work they did on a performance audit of the health centre, while lawyers for the auditor general s office are attempting to have those subpoenas quashed.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 11:29 AM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
The trial for the IWK Health Centre s former CEO appears poised to be delayed.(Brian MacKay/CBC)
The trial of former IWK Health Centre CEO Tracy Kitch appears destined to be delayed.
Kitch, who is facing charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust, was scheduled to begin her trial on Jan. 4 in Halifax provincial court.
But efforts by her lawyers, and the lawyer for the Halifax hospital s former chief financial officer, to get access to documents from the Nova Scotia auditor general s office have not gone as expected.
Earlier this month, as part of a third-party records application by defence lawyers, acting auditor general Terry Spicer testified about the office s work on a performance audit of the hospital that was completed in 2018.
Nova Scotia's deputy finance minister says the province is not working on a formal COVID economic recovery plan. Byron Rafuse says every effort is being focused on putting the pieces in place for the economy to recover as quickly as possible.