Evidence of meeting #40 for Public Accounts in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was access.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Ferguson  Auditor General of Canada, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Angela Crandall
Wendy Loschiuk  Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Ronnie Campbell  Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Jerome Berthelette  Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

5:05 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

Do you want an opportunity, Mr. Woodworth?

5:05 p.m.

Conservative

Stephen Woodworth Conservative Kitchener Centre, ON

If I may say so just very quickly, there was a small miscommunication between the clerk and me, because actually I had asked her to distribute it at the time I was referring to it in the evidence. I didn't expect it to be distributed in advance without explanation.

Thank you.

5:05 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

Okay. I think we avoided making a mountain out of what is clearly an anthill.

With that, we have concluded our rotation of questioners, so I will not only thank Mr. Ferguson and the staff for the information that's in front of us, but once again reiterate the importance of their office to Canadians and our appreciation for the kind of work, the professionalism, and the world standard of auditing that they bring to this work.

You have our thanks again.

Committee, for our next meeting, I'm asking each caucus to have made its determination on the chapters it would like to hold public hearings on. Hopefully we can make those determinations and get those meetings scheduled as soon as possible.

Unless there are any last-minute interventions, on behalf of the committee, my thanks to all of you.

The meeting is adjourned.