Eyebrows are being raised over seemingly massive costs associated to the Missing Women inquiry.
Taxpayers have now spent almost eight million dollars on the process, and that figure is expected to rise.
Public account numbers show inquiry Commissioner Wally Oppal billed the province more than 324thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending in March.
The costs for commission counsel Art Vertlieb meantime were even higher, at 483-thousand.
That’s compared to costs for Cameron Ward, the lawyer for the families involved, who billed just over 60-thousand.
The NDP’s Jenny Kwan says a cap should have been considered for the inquiry.
“The costs are astronomical! How it is that the government could shut out important groups that should have a meaningful role to play in the inquiry in this process is beyond me.”
Oppal has until the end of October to provide his report to government.
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