Public Accounts committee  As would be the case for us with any audit, engaging with the deputy minister and officials within a department will be critical to making sure that we have a good understanding of the business, how it's running and how the programs and services are being delivered, so that we ca

Public Accounts committee  With the current funding that we have, we've unfortunately had to make the difficult decision to delay and defer audits in order to make sure that we can allocate the right amount of resources to deal with investing in Canada and COVID-19. The budget requests that we've put in ov

Public Accounts committee  Unfortunately, I didn't bring a list of what we had on the horizon that we're delaying or forgoing, as you say. I do know there were a few—I don't think I have them all written down—that were under the Auditor General's umbrella and some under the commissioner of the environment

Public Accounts committee  Every single one of our employees across the entire country is working remotely. We have four regional offices across the entire country, as well as individuals here in Ottawa, and everyone is working remotely. Luckily, we have VPN connections and great bandwidth in order for us

Public Accounts committee  As I mentioned previously, I applied for this position through the Governor in Council website. I was invited—

Public Accounts committee  My microphone is unmuted. Can you hear me now, Mr. Green?

Public Accounts committee  Sorry, I was on the floor feed. You're correct. There are a lot of buttons to push before I begin to speak. I unmuted and hadn't returned to the English feed. I applied through the Governor in Council website and then was invited to an interview. The panel was made up of six in

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. Our organization is already very diverse, but that will certainly be an important aspect of all our future hiring processes. As for information technologies, we definitely want to delve deeper into artificial intelligence. We use it a little, but th

Public Accounts committee  During this crisis, all of our employees are working remotely. From a technological standpoint, we have enough bandwidth and we haven't run into any problems in that respect. However, as I was saying, it's hard to interact with organizations that we would like to audit, because

Public Accounts committee  As you know, I was involved in auditing the consolidated financial statements of the Government of Canada, and we spent a huge amount of time auditing Phoenix. It's vital for everyone to be paid on time and accurately. The same goes for all the other benefits that the government

Public Accounts committee  You hit an important topic for any auditor—data. The quality of data matters so much to decision-making for leaders in organizations, as well as for assessment and evaluation by auditors. Obviously, we would love to see a greater focus across the entire government on a good, comp

Public Accounts committee  I still have to admit that it's a little scary to try to fill the shoes of Sheila Fraser, so I guarantee that you won't get Sheila Fraser, but you will get Karen Hogan, and Karen is someone who is known for telling it like it is. I will be honest and fair, and I will approach eve

Public Accounts committee  Within our organization, we always respect hiring policies and practices, and best practices, absolutely. With any audit that we approach, when we establish the criteria that will be used to hold a department against, we will consider the need and how often we might need to look

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure that I know all of the details of what you're talking about, so I don't think I would have an educated response to give you a really valid response on it. I would want to look into that a little more and consider it.

Public Accounts committee  As I mentioned, when we agreed to accept the mandate and take it on, we put together a steering committee. Right now, we are in the process of looking at the universe of absolutely everything that is out there and making sure that we focus our efforts where it will matter the mos