Hear, hear!
Evidence of meeting #2 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 billion.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #2 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 billion.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
5:15 p.m.
Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
--as well as the many other audits he looks after in the office.
5:15 p.m.
Comptroller General of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will be just reiterating what my colleague has said. The relationship with the Auditor General has been very professional. We very much appreciate that. We don't always agree on everything, but we always have a very professional and I think good approach to trying to resolve things. That's the first point.
The only other thing I'd want to say--and maybe I'm saying this more as a taxpayer than a public servant--is that I think the work the committee does on these things, even though there are a lot of numbers here and a lot of detail, is a very important accountability back to the people of Canada. I'm always pleased to be here and be part of that. In fact, it's a privilege for me to be here to be part of it and to have an opportunity to provide you with the information you need to represent your constituents. Thank you for that opportunity. I appreciate it.
5:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Before we conclude, I want to thank you all, on behalf of the committee, especially for appearing here on such short notice. We really appreciate that.
As has been said by many of my colleagues, this is a clean report. For ten consecutive years now we've had a clean report, unqualified, from the Auditor General, with a high level of transparency, consistency, and accuracy, and I think we, and all Canadians, should be very proud of that fact. But, again, a lot of the credit goes to the public servants, not only you but the staff who have worked under you. So on behalf of Parliament, I want to pass on our thanks for a job well done.
That concludes this meeting, colleagues.
We're on for Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. It will be a televised meeting dealing with the eight chapters filed by the Auditor General earlier today.
The meeting is adjourned.