Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
The report tabled today in this House concerns program evaluation. In his annual report for 1993, the Auditor General reviews program evaluation in the federal government.
After spending two meetings hearing witnesses, the public accounts committee is convinced of the need to publish an annual performance report on program evaluation.
The committee therefore recommends that Treasury Board Secretariat produce a report on the departments' performance with respect to evaluation no later than October 31, 1995 and annually thereafter.
Several other recommendations are also in this report. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee asks the government to table a comprehensive response to this report.