Vaughn Palmer: Hydro's deferrals problem about to become a political problem

VICTORIA — When the B.C. Hydro deferral of billions in spending for repayment in future years was first flagged as a problem, then-auditor-general John Doyle came up with a memorable metaphor.
“It’s a rat in the snake situation,” he told the legislature’s public accounts committee in 2011. “A big bump that’s going to be there a long time as it gets digested.”
Doyle has long since returned to his native Australia.
But eight years on, his succes