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TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general has looked at the government’s $231 million estimate of the cost of cancelling green energy contracts and deemed it reasonable, though she has not conducted a full audit.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath had asked Bonnie Lysyk to probe the price tag, saying she is concerned the final cost of cancelling 750 contracts could surpass $231 million. The NDP first reported the cost of the cancellations last week, saying the figure was listed as “other transactions” in government documents detailing spending in the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

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Lysyk has written to Horwath in response, saying her office looked at those cancellation costs and associated expenses as part of its audit of those financial statements.

“Our work indicated that the estimated cancellation cost was reasonable as at March 31, 2019,” Lysyk wrote.

The office will revisit the costs in March 2020 as part of its audit of this year’s financial statements, Lysyk said, but for a full special audit, the request has to come from a cabinet minister, the legislative assembly or a legislative committee.