Public Accounts committee  We've put certain controls in place to detect situations like that. I can't say more because I think it might jeopardize those measures. However, I know that it starts with information. Employees really need to be aware of our policies and their responsibilities. Then it's up to

Public Accounts committee  I think that the Clerk of the Privy Council has started an important dialogue. He's asked all departments to establish a dialogue with their employees. For our part, we're creating a training program that everyone in our office will have to take. It won't be a once-in-a-career o

Public Accounts committee  Regarding the three employees and the two contractors we mentioned, we were not made aware through our annual process. As Andrew distinguished, there are employees who have come forward and told us about other employment opportunities that they have, and we've had a dialogue and

Public Accounts committee  On the first one, we were made aware of it by PSPC. For the second one, we were actually hiring an employee. I believe we reached out to PSPC then to have their security clearance transferred, as we were initiating our security process, and that's when we found out that the secur

Public Accounts committee  That's a question I have to admit that everyone sitting here, as members of senior management, thinks about and talks about often. I view the employment equity targets as just the minimum that we should meet. We are exceeding most of them, except for representation around indigen

Public Accounts committee  I can give you a quick answer to that question. The Department of National Defence investigation doesn't involve any employee in my office. I don't have any more details than you just mentioned.

Public Accounts committee  I'd like to add that Mr. Hayes and I decide at the beginning of an investigation on what direction it'll take and who will carry it out. We participate in that decision, and then we step aside and let the investigation proceed. We only get involved again at the end, when the high

Public Accounts committee  There are also petitions. Petitions are not our audit work, but we do manage the petitions process. It's one that I'm not sure many Canadians know about. Canadians can submit an environmental petition if they want to how the government is handling certain environmental matters.

Public Accounts committee  That's a very important question. Our office does seek its funding through the regular parliamentary budget process. We submit a budget request to the Department of Finance, and it goes through the normal process that every department must go through. You may recall that when

Public Accounts committee  I can start by letting you know that we have never had contracts with Dalian Enterprises. We have a plan, as you've stated, to help meet the 5% minimum target that the government has set. This past year, I would say, didn't achieve the levels that we were hoping to achieve. P

Public Accounts committee  I'll ask Andrew to provide you with a bit more detail. We've continued to look at and run procedures internally. I can tell you that I'm aware of five cases within my organization. Three were employees who had contracts with other government departments, and two of our contract

Public Accounts committee  We do annual financial audits of the federal government as well as the three territorial governments, and we do financial statement audits for many territorial corporations and Crown corporations. Those are audit opinions that are given to the boards of directors or to Parliament

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the work of our office, including our most recent departmental reports. I would like to acknowledge that this hearing is taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people

Public Accounts committee  I'm honoured. Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I walked into the room, my parliamentary liaison people confirmed that I had just been invited to appear before INAN to discuss both policing and housing. I do not know a time or date. I don't know if it's for two separate times or only one

Public Accounts committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I think I would point the honourable member to a few of our exhibits. You have to piece a few of them together. Exhibit 2.1 will give you the split across the provinces of where there are first nations communities and the housing units in that province. If yo