Public Accounts committee  Certainly at the provincial level.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  When I look at what the federal Auditor General's office has said in the past in terms of things like their strategic outcome, it's to have well-managed and accountable government for Canadians by helping to keep Parliament well informed and engaged. I think that is a fundamental

Public Accounts committee  I guess, again, I'd have to know the situation better to give you a full response. Certainly, the role of the Auditor General, as I understand it, is to present reports, make recommendations, and bring those recommendations forward. Then, as I understand it also, the Auditor Gen

Public Accounts committee  Fundamentally, the roles are very similar. In fact, when I look at the legislation for the Auditor General of Canada versus that for New Brunswick, they're very similar. The scope is very similar—financial audits, performance audits, compliance audits, and special reviews. The ma

Public Accounts committee  I certainly don't know the context of that quote. I would have to know. I don't remember making those statements. I'm not saying—I don't remember making those statements. I would have to see where that was quoted from to be able to make a comment on that.

Public Accounts committee  As I said earlier, I think the audit process is a rigorous process. It's a process that is designed around identifying what areas the audit team should be looking at, perhaps doing some scoping work at first to figure out whether it looks like that area really is one where there

Public Accounts committee  Again, Mr. Chair, there's not much I can say on that. We'll have to wait and see what the vote is.

Public Accounts committee  The office of the Auditor General will have the capacity to make sure that every person in the office can continue to work in their language of choice. I will be absolutely committed to making sure that every person can continue to work in their language of choice; I fully respec

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the first thing we will have to determine is which language each and every senior level person selects to work in. For anyone who selects French, we will make sure that there are mechanisms in place to fully protect that right. That will be absolutely protected.

Public Accounts committee  I always had a good working relationship with the public accounts committee in New Brunswick. I tended to release my reports to a combined meeting of the public accounts committee and the crown corporations committee. I always had a good working relationship with those committees

Public Accounts committee  I have personally been involved in work with Tanzania, in Africa, through the federal Auditor General's office, whereby we went over and did an assessment of the Tanzanian National Audit Office and its capabilities, particularly in such things as performance audits. We went throu

Public Accounts committee  I really don't have any comment, Mr. Chair.

Public Accounts committee  I really don't have any comment, Mr. Chair.

Public Accounts committee  Those were recommendations of the Auditor General. Certainly, if they were recommendations of the Auditor General, they would be followed up in accordance with the normal process of the Auditor General's office. I know they have a process for follow-up—they decide which items to