PACP Committee Meeting

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met in a televised session at 3:31 p.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair, David Christopherson, presiding.

Andrew Saxton moved, — That, on November 2nd, 2011, at 3:30 pm, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts hear from Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor and John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Ministers of Industry Canada, Transport and Infrastructure and Communities and the Secretary of the Treasury Board for two hours to answer questions on the spring, 2011 Auditor General’s Report on the G8 Legacy Fund.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 11; NAYS: 0.

Guy Caron gave notice of the following motion:

That the following reports adopted and presented to the House in the 3rd Session of the 40th Parliament be adopted as reports of the Committee in the present session; that the Chair present the reports to the House; and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government table a comprehensive response to each report:

• Report 27 - Chapter 3, Service Delivery, of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 26 - Chapter 2, Modernizing Human Resource Management, of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 25 - Chapter 1, Aging Information Technology Systems, of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 24 - Chapter 4, Sustaining Development in the Northwest Territories, of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 23 - Chapter 4, Electronic Health Records of the Fall 2009 Report of the Auditor General of Canada and Electronic Health Records in Canada - An Overview of Federal and Provincial Audit Reports of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 22 - Chapter 1, Canada's Economic Action Plan of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report 21 - Main Estimates 2010-2011: Part III - 2010-2011 Report on Plans and Priorities and 2008-2009 Departmental Performance Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.

That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the Committee resume the following study undertaken during the 3rd Session of the 40th Parliament;

• Chapter 3, Rehabilitating the Parliament Buildings, of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Chapter 4, Managing Conflict of Interest, of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Chapter 5, Regulating and Supervising Large Banks, of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Following-up on recommendations made by the Committee in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session

• Chapter 6, Acquisition of Military Helicopters, of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

• Report of the Auditor General of Canada – The Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada

• Chapter 9, Pension and Insurance Administration – Royal Canadian Mounted Police, of the November 2006 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (2nd Report, 2nd Session of the 39th Parliament) – Implementation of the Committee’s recommendations

• Public Accounts of 2010

That the evidence heard and documentation received by the Committee in relation to this study be taken into consideration by the Committee in this session; and

That the Committee schedule a meeting in November 2011 for the resumption of these studies.

Michael Ferguson made a statement and answered questions.

Guy Caron moved, — That the Committee proceed to three additional five minute rounds of questioning, one per party.

Andrew Saxton moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words after “proceed to” with the following: “additional rounds of questioning by recommencing the usual rotation, pursuant to the motion adopted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, until time has expired.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Andrew Saxton and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 1.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 10; NAYS: 1.

At 5:33 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.