Evidence of meeting #24 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cfia.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:15 p.m.
President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the Auditor General for the audit. It's not always an easy audit to get, but it's a very important audit, and I think you can see from our action plan and our comments here today that we take this very seriously.
I would also like to thank the committee for its interest and guidance. Again, this is something we are quite prepared to come back on and it's an area of interest and importance to the CFIA.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
I apologize for not doing it earlier, but when you were talking you mentioned bringing back a report. Could you give us a time when you would be able to give us an update on your progress?
5:15 p.m.
President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
We will develop the action plan that we have tabled with the committee into a much more detailed approach. I would think we would need at least until the fall to do that, and we would certainly be happy to come back to the committee. I think we would want to get the views of the Auditor General before we do that, but certainly we would be glad to appear before the committee then.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Before we adjourn, I understand Mr. Christopherson has a motion that's going to be tabled for no other purpose but notice.
Mr. Christopherson, do you want to give us 30 seconds on the notice, and that will be it? We're not going to discuss it.
5:15 p.m.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
No, I'll just read the motion so it's on the record. That's all we need to do today, Chair.
It's a notice of motion for Thursday, following the 48-hour rule. My motion is as follows:
That the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts request that the Auditor General of Canada examine the awarding of a contract by Canada Post to Purolator Courier Ltd. for air mail services, including whether the contract should have been awarded through a public tender process.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Okay, that's just a notice. There is no discussion on that motion.
On behalf of everyone on the committee, I want to thank everyone for their appearance here today. I want to thank you for your reports.
I want to thank you for your action plan, Ms. Swan. We all understand your agency is not a simple agency. This audit dealt with only one aspect, and you have a whole host of other issues that are challenging. Although the audit did identify issues that warrant corrective action, we want to wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Thank you very much.
We'll adjourn.