Public Accounts committee  We would not be in a position to comment, because we did not look at those practices.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, that is correct. I'm just trying to look up the period under examination. Usually it's at the back here....

Public Accounts committee  Right. At the time when we completed the audit, we found that about half of them had approved plans. This has to go back to the start of the requirement, really. The policy on government security was approved in 2009. Further to that, there was a directive that required departm

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for this opportunity to discuss “Report 2, Required Reporting by Federal Organizations” of the Spring 2015 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada. Joining me at the table are John Affleck, principal, and Colin Meredith, director, who were respo

Public Accounts committee  I am sorry.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. In terms of the governance front, it is important that they have strong leadership, that they provide the oversight and that they challenge the corporation in terms of its strategic thinking. In terms of the special examination, at the time we had talked

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. If you go back to volume 1, go to page 4.19, which is where you will see the complete set of the statements on the EI operating account. You have a fair bit of information there, Mr. Chair. If you look at 2014 actual numbers column, you will see the revenues stated

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The questions posed to us are not falling within the scope of the public accounts audit. I should use this opportunity to once again clarify that our audit work is strictly on the consolidated financial statements, and that's only in section 2 of volume 1

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The question does not really pertain to the financial reporting. Essentially, if the department overspends its appropriation, then there is disclosure in the notes, and according to note 2 or note 3 there isn't any this particular year. So the focus of the

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you. It is a significant undertaking on the part of the Office of the Auditor General to conduct the public accounts audit. We have to look at the accounts in terms of the various components within the Government of Canada and have a view about which are the mo

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, National Defence has been a subject that we have been observing for a number of years, as I mentioned in my opening statement. Here, when we talk about the “compensating controls”, it's because the department actually has filed an action plan with the

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Having 16 years of unmodified and clean audit opinion is indeed an exceptional accomplishment. I did get my staff to take a quick look at other G-8 countries to see what the situation might be with respect to their financial reporting and the status of audi

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank you for the opportunity to discuss our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Government of Canada for 2013-14. I am accompanied today by Louise Bertrand and Karen Hogan, co-principals responsible for the audit. We thank the

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To address the second question from the member with regard to the adequacy, the audit did not try to assess whether it was adequate. We asked the government officials to be able to show us, to demonstrate, that they assessed the sustainability. They showed

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the recommendation we made was to the departments and agencies involved, the entities involved, to see how they can work together within the current legislative framework. Now, if the legislators see fit to streamline that and make it easier for the various departments