The Audits Eby Doesn’t Want in the Campaign
The Auditor General’s in-progress queue puts hard delivery questions beside the NDP’s newest promises on health care, public safety and spending discipline.
David Eby is asking British Columbians to judge the next round of promises: more health equipment, more clinics, more coordination, more delivery. But the independent accountability queue tells voters to ask a simpler question first: does this government reliably monitor the systems it already funds?
The Office of the Auditor General of B.C. currently lists an audit of oversight of provincial policing standards. The office says the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General is responsible under the Police Act for establishing policing standards and evaluating compliance. As of April 2026, B.C. had more than 450 standards covering areas such as officer training, use of force, and serious and complex criminal investigations. The audit will examine whether the ministry had adequate plans and procedures to evaluate police services’ compliance, including strategic direction, written guidance, reporting and follow-up.
That should matter in an election fought on public safety. Campaign lines about being tough or compassionate are cheap. A government that writes more than 450 policing standards should be able to show how it checks whether those standards are met across the province.
The same Auditor General page lists an audit of Physician Contract Monitoring at Fraser Health Authority. Alternative payment contracts are used to fund physician services outside the fee-for-service model. The audit will examine whether Fraser Health had a framework to monitor whether services were delivered in accordance with contract terms, including clear roles, documented review processes and reporting results.
That lands directly beside Eby’s health-care campaign. The NDP is promising faster scans, coordinated surgical waitlists, new diagnostic equipment and new primary-care capacity. Fine. But if the public is paying through complex contracts, the basic accountability question is not partisan: who verifies that promised services are actually delivered?
Then there is the B.C. Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant. The Auditor General says the grant has supported 230 projects since 2020, with $58.2 million fully disbursed and another $36.6 million committed by late 2025. It provides about $20 million annually, but is currently paused as part of broader government spending reviews. The audit will assess design, applications, agreements and monitoring for the period from Sept. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2025.
Again, this is not a finding. It is a warning light on the dashboard. Before voters hand Eby another mandate to announce new programs, he should commit to a public response within 30 days of each audit report, with named owners, deadlines, budget impacts and quarterly progress updates.
The NDP wants a campaign about intentions. The Auditor General’s queue is about machinery. Promises do not deliver services; systems do. And the systems are exactly what independent auditors are now testing.