"In my opinion it even more reinforces the need to have an independent auditor general," Annis told the Now-Leader on Tuesday. This past May, it came to light the City of Surrey is trying to recover $2.5 million plus costs and interest after filing a lawsuit in B.C. And now, a Law Society of Ontario document indicates that "at some time in 2019, the City of Surrey (British Columbia) was defrauded of $2.1 million. Again, it's all the more reason why we need to have an auditor general in place. The Ontario document states that "all but approximately $78,000 of the stolen $2.1 million was recovered."