PACP Committee Meeting

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met in camera at 9:05 a.m. this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Chair, John Williams, presiding.

The Chair presented the Fourteenth Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which reads as follows:

Your sub-committee met on Monday, November 14, 2005 and agreed to make the following recommendations:

That the schedule of meetings for the Fall session of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be as follows:

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 237-C, Centre Block:

Presentation to the House of the Auditor General’s Report

Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 253-D, Centre Block:

Auditor General re : November 2005 Report

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 308, West Block:

Government Response to the 18th Report re: Chapter 2 of the April 2005 Report of the A.G. : National Security

Thursday, December 1st, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 253-D, Centre Block:

Supplementary Estimates and Departmental Performance Report – Office of the Auditor General

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 269, West Block:

Government Response to the 17th Report on Chapter 5 of the November 2004 Report of the Auditor General – Indian Affairs

Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:00 a.m., Room 269, West Block:

Departmental Performance Report – Department of the Solicitor General

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN WILLIAMS,

Chair

It was agreed, — That the Fourteenth Report of the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, be concurred in.

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on Public Accounts offers a message of congratulations to Marc-Andre Pigeon, Analyst for the Committee and his wife on the occasion of the birth of their daughter Elise on November 12, 2005 .

At 9:11 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:20 a.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That the Committee adopt the draft report as the Report to the House .

It was agreed, — That pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government table a comprehensive response to this Report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and analysts be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the Report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the Report to the House at the earliest opportunity following the expiry of the forty-eight (48) hour revision period.

It was agreed, — That a Press Release be issued.

At 9:52 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:56 a.m., the Committee proceeded to sit in public.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion of Benoît Sauvageau, — That pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g) and the Public Accounts of Canada, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts request the government table, by November 30th, 2005, with the Committee copies of all internal and external audits (including forensic audits) pertaining to the administration of the Internationaux du sport de Montréal and to the organizing committee of the XI CHAMPIONNATS DU MONDE FINA -- MONTRÉAL 2005.

It was agreed, — That the motion be amended by adding the word “available” after the words “copies of all”.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 2.

Dean Allison moved, — That, pursuant to the information submitted to this committee by Mr. Bruce Atyeo, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts requests the Auditor General of Canada to conduct an audit of the Integrated Relocation Program (IRP) contracts across the Government of Canada, and to report her findings to Parliament in a subsequent Report of the Auditor General .

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 8; NAYS: 3.

At 10:14 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.