Public Accounts Committee Meeting Postponed
Following a request from the Ministry of Finance to defer an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee, the Public Hearing that had been scheduled for today [Oct 6] has now rescheduled the Public Hearing to Thursday, 13th October.
A spokesperson said, “Please be advised that following a request from the Ministry of Finance to defer an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee, the Public Hearing that had been scheduled for today [October 6] at 2:30pm in Sweeting-Ball Memorial Hall at the Bermuda Industrial Union Building has been postponed.
“The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Public Accounts has now rescheduled the Public Hearing to Thursday, 13th October 2016 at 2:30pm at the Bermuda Industrial Union Building on Union Street.
“Please accept our apologies for this late notice.
“The Public Accounts Committee is comprised of Members of Parliament and is authorized by the House of Assembly to closely examine and report on matters relating to the accounts of the Government of Bermuda and, in particular, to investigate findings reported by the Auditor General in the Auditor’s Annual and other Special Reports.
“The current Chairman of the Committee is Mr. E. David Burt, JP, MP. Members of the public are invited to attend and observe the hearing to be held in the Bermuda Industrial Union Building on Union Street, Hamilton.”
Who exactly is Craig Mayor and why was he to invited present his paper:
“Bermuda Airport Development — Exigent Economic Risks and Inadequate Due Diligence”
I would love to see the PAC have a balanced discussion by inviting someone presenting a paper or discussion on why the redevelopment of the asirport is important to Bermuda. This would provide service to country.
At the face of this–it sounds like a pre-fabricated one sided show to throw mud at the project.
Thankfully it was postponed and hopefully the rescheduled meeting will be more balanced–
If not–it just looks like tit for tat in response to the Commission of Inquiry!!
Commission of inquiry for a few years???????
U.B.P. and de Oligarchy have been doing this dumb S!@# for ages.
LMFAO
If they were doing it for years why didn’t we go bankrupt sooner ?
And don’t say they were better at hiding it .
The only qualified audits started coming in after your party got in .
LMFAO
I asked the same question yesterday with no answer.
Will the real Craig Mayor please stand up?
Google will assist you at least a little bit.
Also wondering who is Craig Mayor? No doubt he is signing the Opposition’s tune otherwise Burt wouldn’t have invited him… More mud slinging indeed. Look over here – ignore the damning evidence coming out of the Commission of Inquiry.
Who is Craig Mayor,
You comment: “I would love to see the PAC have a balanced discussion by inviting someone presenting a paper or discussion on why the redevelopment of the asirport is important to Bermuda.”
Surely, Minister Richards has been “presenting a paper” and discussing for almost two years now. Surely that satisfies your requirement.
That the Minister has not convinced a healthy majority of the electorate must have something to do with the quality, concept, and timing of the whole Airport development issue.
And in a democracy, isn’t a taxpayer entitled to voice his opinion, ask questions of his Parliamentary representatives, and challenge the worth and value of any action taken by the government that he pays for and whose debt he gets burdened with?
A CPA with 30+ years in business who has spent 6+ months working through the details to expose the inefficiencies of the Airport redevelopment. There is no political agenda behind the paper. From what I understand they are doing it to ensure Bermuda and its people are not placed in a difficult position in the years ahead.