Public Accounts committee  Yes, Madam Chair. If you'd like, I could try, on the fly, to cut out some paragraphs to give you some time. I think you all have a copy of the statement, so I think I'll try to do that as I progress through.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, we are pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the work of our office, including our most recent departmental reports. With me today are Andrew Hayes, Deputy Auditor General and Interim Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, and Kim Leblanc

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  When I said design of our audit, it's how we might approach it, what we might look at. When you look at a topic area, you don't necessarily audit a topic from A to Z. You might pick bits and pieces of it to make sure you're hitting the riskier areas. When it comes to a program, w

Finance committee  When it comes to any program that is set up in response to these times, obviously decisions are made quickly. Maybe processes didn't follow the traditional processes that normally would have occurred when a new program is rolled out. Unfortunately, there are individuals who will

Finance committee  Right. I'm going to give you what's in my mind, and then I'm going to hope that Andrew can confirm it and not dispel it. I would hate for a lawyer to tell me, the accountant, that I got the numbers wrong, but we'll try. From a financial auditors perspective, our practice there h

Finance committee  That is absolutely one of our angles in trying to modernize how we work and bringing in more technology. It comes with the understanding, at least in my experience, that in a new technology project, a new IT system or whatever links it to IT, there is a period when you need to in

Finance committee  Obviously, it's overall preparedness for the pandemic. The other specific area is Canada's food supply.

Finance committee  That's probably a harder one to tackle. Each of them brings a unique angle we would need to look at. As with any audit we might approach, we will obviously look at the design of the audit, controls around it, whether or not it was rolled out in that individual's new would-be obje

Finance committee  In the interest of time, I'll probably answer two of those and then I'll leave the last one for Andrew. When it comes to executive compensation, that is absolutely one of the areas we look at during every financial audit, and if we had any concerns with executive compensation at

Finance committee  Prior to the pandemic, as most audit shops across the country will tell you, we were having difficulty attracting individuals. There's just a high demand for them. In this context, we just launched our process on Friday in order to increase significantly our performance audit p

Finance committee  Yes, we have the mandate to study and audit what the Canada Infrastructure Bank does in two ways. We just completed the third audit of the Infrastructure Bank's financial statements. I don't think that last year's financial statements have been made public yet, but I know that w

Finance committee  Do you mean the three reports that will be tabled in July?

Finance committee  Supplying the Canadian Armed Forces, immigration removals, and student financial assistance are the three reports that are expected to be tabled in July. As well, just for information, because they have already been made public, we will be tabling three special examinations: the

Finance committee  What COVID has taught all of us is that both parties need to be willing to move into the digital age and to be able to work across a medium that's very different from just sitting in a boardroom together and exchanging paper, so it isn't just about the auditors. It's also about t