Of course it was insulting. She meant it to be, but if she made the offer, she was hoping it would make her look like the reasonable mediator and Doyle like he was being ungrateful. Fortunately, everyone in BC understands the BC Lieberal mentality and it didn't work. Thanks for everything John. Sorry to see you go.

The newest update on Mr. Doyle indicates that the research quoted below was way off the facts.

QUOTE from an earlier post: "What a bunch of nonsense! Check all the facts and you will see that Doyle had already applied for the job in Australia before the political controversy all began.

He had no intention of staying in B.C.

Where has the day gone where facts and reality were considered before propaganda! "

Now that the above post has been proved to reflect not-so-accurate research, I am put in the position of having to and apologize for suggesting the the provincial government knew or should have known that Mr. Doyle was already planning to leave. The lesson for me is to check my sources before I run with the information.

I believe John Doyle has until October (his words) left on his contract and if he leaves earlier than that, I'm sure there will be this huge Gold parachute that he will take advantage of. Call me cynical , but the next auditor General will be looking into his departure and the money he will taken with him !!!

I get sick when I see or hear her child like ads slamming Dix. What a arrogant degrading selfvserving immature photo op queen.Risky is digging her grave deeper and deeper.What a windbag.

Victoria, Australia, have six year terms for their auditor general positions.
Des Person, Victoria auditor general on August 8, 2012 announced his retirement after a six year term, and said that he will vacate his office by mid December, 2012.

Applications for his replacement would have to be in government by October 1, 2012.

On February 5, 2013, Ted Baillieu, premier of Victoria, Australia, said Des Pearson has been very critical of the government and said that new auditor general John Doyle will now ensure the public that their tax dollars are well spent.

On January 5, 2013, the B.C. government announces that the committee failed to unanimously re-appoint him.

As applications for the auditor general job in Victoria, Australia had to be in by October 1, 2012, it shows that John Doyle had no intentions of staying a second term in B.C.

Ted Baillieu, premier of Victoria, Australia says that John Doyle will arrive by July 1, 2013.

It is time for John Doyle to come clean on his recent accusations.

He is the auditor general and is holding back his true intentions from the B.C. taxpayers.

Hands up everyone. Would you believe Mr. Doyle, a man who is honest and trustworthy with impeccable credentials or would you believe speculation and spin?

But, perhaps, it is true that Mr. Doyle already had his Australian post in his pocket before the knife. So what?

But, that only speaks to how astute and observant Mr. Doyle is. He received a heads up from the government to apply for the Australian job because he wasn't going to be reappointed unless he relented on his quest to get to the bottom of the Basi-Virk payment.

But, no one should take my word for it because I am only speculating. If you believe a truce could have been negotiated between Mr. Doyle and the government, the new PM Bridge is yours.

But, I am not making this up: Mr. Doyle indicated, regardless of the outcome of the election, he would be put into the untenable position of either having to work with a Liberal government or be exposed to further harrassment from committees chaired by a Liberal (Check the CKNW audio vault and TV sources to obtain exactly what he said).

Finally, regardless of my opinion, we should agree that the BC taxpayer's loss is the government's gain...of ANY STRIPE.

Hopefully, the new A-G will be as good.

bctaxpayer: Isn't that the same as former NDP minister of finance Dave Stupich, getting 18 months house arrest for being guilty of missing funds over 1 million dollars which he did not have to pay back and had all of his legal fees paid for by the taxpayer.

Whether Mr. Doyle applied for and was awarded the A-G position in Australia before February 3, 2013 is irrelevant. The facts do not alter the notion that the decision to not reappoint Mr. Doyle was extremely partisan and poorly handled at best. The circus was avoidable.

If the government knew that other jurisdictions set out A-G tenure limits to avoid a reappointment circus, it could have have debated and passed that into law such an obvious solution way ahead of time-but it didn't. The result was a circus!

The tenure limit legislation was only announced as an afterthought to minimize political damage many days after the controversy erupted-long after the horse had left the barn. Even the great unwashed, as myself, saw through that. Let's hold our politicians to account rather than dissing ignorant posters.

Excellent suggestion by a poster that Mr. Doyle is not indispensible. All he has to do is stick his finger into a bucket of water, withdraw it and see the hole which he will be leaving behind.

Yes, there are highly-qualified employees inside the A-G's Office. The A-G does not have time to personally probe every aspect of government (regardless of political stripe) fiscal mismanagement. His capable staff does the hard work and the A-G reports the findings to the Legislature. Here, in this circus, is the spectacle of "shooting the messenger (A-G)" for reporting embarrassing findings uncovered by his capable underlings.

I believe in the honesty and integrity of the Office of the A-G and its staff and that is certainly the case. If there is an concern that is backed by evidence, write a letter to our premier.

It was rather perplexing to learn that the A-G Office and staff do not perform audits which affect their self interests such as government pension plans. Why not write a letter with evidence to back up the accustion?

It is totally unfair to accuse the A-G Office and staff of not doing their job. If that were true, it is the government that has failed us through inaction..

But, there is a sense that the "deprivation effect" is in play. We are all envious if someone else has a benefit which we don't have and we that the other person be stripped of the benefit (found in economic and behavioral theory). Actually, children often behave in this manner.

Perhaps, as The Province recently suggested, the real problem is {that} many employees equally deserve but are not provided with a pension. What a novel and obvious solution!

But, this is all off-topic.