Alberta’s auditor general says he was denied information he requested from the Department of Municipal Affairs while attempting to assess flood mitigation systems.

“Municipal Affairs asserts they completed analysis of controlling development in floodways, which was provided to the minister and cabinet,” Doug Wylie wrote in a report released Thursday.

“My office sought evidence of the analysis as part of our assessment of implementation, from both Environment and Municipal Affairs.”

The auditor general’s office asked Municipal Affairs to provide its analyses. But the ministry told him that its “analysis was privileged, and they could not provide it,” Wylie said.

“Our report remains incomplete without this information, which we believe is important to the public,” Wylie wrote.

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