Evidence of meeting #33 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 gba.
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Liberal
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Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
I recognize that, and I must admit that I was going to ask before I came to the committee today, but I didn't have the time to do so.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Okay.
Again, I want to thank you.
For closing remarks we'll go first to Ms. Fraser.
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Auditor General of Canada
Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to thank the committee for their interest in our work. I think this is a really important issue and I'm actually very pleased that the Standing Committee on the Status of Women asked us to do this audit way back.
I would like to comment on the issue of documentation. To me, the challenge function is a really important function. There are dozens and dozens of analysts, that is the role they play, and I really do believe there should be some documentary evidence that that challenge role has been carried out.
Thank you, Chair.
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Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will conclude by making two comments.
First of all, I am proud to be the first female Secretary of the Treasury Board. It is quite an honour. Mine will be the first photograph of a woman to be hung on the wall among the photos of my predecessors.
Secondly, as I said on a number of occasions, we think the documentation that leads into the good policy and program development should be done by departments and agencies and documented by them so that when we do fulfill the challenge function, it is in fact. It can and should continue to be done on an informal and oral basis, but the documentation really rests with the departments and agencies to fulfill.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Do any of the other witnesses want to make any closing comments before we adjourn?
Okay. Thank you again.
In closing, I want to wish you all the best, Madame d'Auray. We look forward to a very close relationship between our committee and you and your office.
If there are no other matters, I'm going to adjourn the meeting.
The meeting is adjourned.