Government Operations committee Yes. I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. If I may, I would suggest that you send all emails to the committee's mailbox, oggo@parl.gc.ca, just to make sure there's follow-up on any emails. Thank you very much.
July 9th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Government Operations committee Virtually, as you know, I am having problems. I don't have access to the document I sent you by email. I'll try but my connection is really choppy.
July 9th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Public Accounts committee Yes. It is almost one year now since Mr. Ricard was appointed as interim Auditor General. He started in March of last year. Last January, the government started the process of looking for a new Auditor General. Technically, the appointment of Mr. Ricard is ending at the end of Ma
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee Technically, you can be mad; you can crucify them if you want. There is, however, no—
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee —no penalty per se, but it is a pressure. It is a little like the whole system of action plans. You need to know that ever since they started requiring action plans in 2009, that requirement has not been provided in the Standing Orders of the House. It was a brand new mechanism.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee As I understand it, the amendment will be to strike out the words “when feasible” and add after the words “to the committee” the words “48 hours prior to the hearing”.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee In the French version, the words “si possible” would be removed from “d'une vérification remettent si possible un plan d'action au Comité,” and the words “48 heures avant la tenue” would be added.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee Do you want “at least” or “no later than”?
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee The motion will be that we strike from the main motion the words “when feasible” and that we add after “an action plan to the committee” the words “no later than 48 hours”. In the French version, the words “si possible” are removed from “d'une vérification remettent si possible.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee Are you thinking about a specific time frame, 48 hours, or days, weeks?
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee It changed a little throughout the years. The motion you have here is the third version of the last Parliament. They adopted the first version of it at the beginning. At first, they changed specifically “departments and agencies” by adding “all organizations”; and they added at t
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee It is www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/PACP.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee Basically, it ensures that you would have the action plan at least 48 hours before a meeting with, let's say, the Department of Industry. You have 48 hours to go through it, so you're ready when they appear. When they say something, you can go back and say, “Hey, in your action p
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee You got it on February 6, with my email saying, “Welcome to the committee”.
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk
Public Accounts committee On departmental action plans: That all organizations that have been subject to a performance audit or a special examination [report] by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada provide a detailed action plan to address the audit recommendations which have been agreed to - in
February 25th, 2020Committee meeting
The Clerk