Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada To The House Of Commons

In 2011, the Office of the Auditor General encouraged the government to publish the long-term financial projections needed to fully assess the impact of the challenges facing the country and to inform Canadians. [...] Submission of annual (3) Each annual report by the Auditor General to the House of Commons report to Speaker and shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Commons on or before tabling in the House of Commons December 31 in the year to which the report relates and the Speaker of the House of Commons shall lay each such report before the House of Commons forthwith after receiving it or, if t [...] Notice of additional (4) Where the Auditor General proposes to make an additional report reports to Speaker and under subsection (1), the Auditor General shall send written notice to the tabling in the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons of the subject-matter of the proposed report. [...] Submission of (5) Each additional report of the Auditor General to the House of additional reports to Commons made under subsection (1) shall be submitted to the House of Speaker and tabling in the House of Commons on the expiration of thirty days after the notice is sent pursuant to Commons subsection (4) or any longer period that is specified in the notice and the Speaker of the House of Commons [...] Submission of reports (2) Each special report of the Auditor General to the House of Commons to Speaker and tabling made under subsection (1) or 19(2) shall be submitted to the Speaker of the in the House of Commons House of Commons and shall be laid before the House of Commons by the Speaker of the House of Commons forthwith after receipt thereof by him, or if that House is not then sitting, on t.

This is the final report of L. Denis Desautels as Auditor General of Canada, reflecting on his decade of service to Parliament. It reviews the progress that the Auditor thinks the government has made in critical areas: the management of the debt & budget deficit, the state of the public service, reform in the structure of government, management accountability & reporting to Parliament, and environment & sustainable development. It then reviews the state of program management through examples of five departments: Human Resources Development, Revenue, Fisheries & Oceans, Indian & Northern Affairs, and National Defence. This is followed by discussion of the evolving role of legislative audit and the role of the Office of the Auditor General. The final section offers the Auditor's concluding thoughts in such areas as financial & human resource management, accountability, and environmental commitments.

"This report addresses a wide range of issues that illustrate some of the the challenges facting government today: ensuring at the border that commercially imported consumer goods identified as potential health and safety risks conform with applicable Canadian laws and regulations; acquiring major defence equipment through decisions that commit the government to a course of action well into the future; managing Canada's interest-bearing debt; improving compliance with the Income Tax Act among those who are required to file a tax return or to register for GST/HST but who fail to do so; and overseeing whether aviation companies are complying with the policies, regulations and standards required for the safety of civil aviation within Canada's borders." -- (Source: p. 1 - Message from the Auditor General, Spring 2012)