The Ontario Place redevelopment project has seen its costs increase by more than $1.8 billion, while the selection process for new tenants of the sought-after lakefront property lacked transparency and fairness, the province’s auditor general says.
The first annual report from the office of Ontario Auditor General Shelley Spence found government officials were in communication with representatives of companies competing for the redevelopment project, even though such interactions are in violation of the province’s own regulations.
