City of Surrey victim of 2nd fraud case, this involving $2.1M

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Surrey city councillor and mayoral candidate Linda Annis says news the City of Surrey is subject to not one but two fraud cases involving millions of dollars reinforces her longstanding call for Surrey to have its own auditor general.

"In my opinion it even more reinforces the need to have an independent auditor general," Annis told the Now-Leader on Tuesday. "Most big cities, in fact I think all big cities in Canada have an auditor general but Surrey does not and I think it's time that we move quickly and hire an auditor general, and certainly if this council isn't prepared to do it, and I have put forward a notice of motion previously which was declined , I can say certainly next term if I'm elected mayor it will be one of the very first things tha