Skip to main content
Start of content

PACC Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 30

Tuesday, May 5, 1998

 

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met at 3:40 o’clock p.m., this day, in Room 308 of the West Block, the Vice-Chair, Andrew Telegdi, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Mark Assad, Sue Barnes, Elinor Caplan, Odina Desrochers, Gurmant Grewal, René Laurin, Philip Mayfield, Lynn Myers, Rey Pagtakhan and Andrew Telegdi.

Acting Members present: Lou Sekora for Ivan Grose, Joe Jordan for Steve Mahoney.

In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Brian O’Neal and Jean Dupuis, Research Officers.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (3)(e), the Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to the future business of the Committee.

The Chair presented the Sixth Report of the Sub-Committee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:

The Sub-committee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met on Thursday, April 30, 1998 and agreed to recommend the following:

  1. That the Committee hold meetings on the following matters before the summer recess:
  • Draft Reports to the House on various subjects on which the Committee held meetings with witnesses;
  • A televised meeting on Chapter 27 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Ozone Layer Protection - - The Unfinished Journey);
  • A televised meeting on Chapter 12 of the April and October 1997 Report of the Auditor General Of Canada (Information Technology: Preparedness for Year 2000);
  • Chapter 3 (National Defence - Equipping and Modernizing the Canadian Forces) of the April 1998 Report of the Auditor General;
  • Chapter 4 (National Defence - Buying Major Capital Equipment) of the April 1998 Report;
  • Chapter 7 (Federal Laboratories for Human and Animal Health Building Project) of the April 1998 Report; and
  • If time permits, Chapter 6 (Population Aging and Information for Parliament : Understanding the Choices) of the April 1998 Report.
  1. That the Chair of the Committee be authorized to seek the authority and the necessary funds to permit up to four (4) members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and two (2) staff persons of the Committee to travel to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to attend the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees from August 15 to 18, 1998; and that the members attending the Conference utilize their air travel points to travel to the Conference.

After debate, Recommendation No.1 of the Report was agreed to.

After debate, Recommendation No. 2 of the Report was allowed to stand.

At 3:53 o’clock p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 3:54 o’clock p.m., the sitting resumed.

The Committee proceeded to sit in camera to resume consideration of the Draft

Report respecting Chapter 25 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Immigration and Refugee Board - - The Processing of Refugee Claims).

Paragraphs 20 to 29 were agreed to.

It was agreed,- That the Draft Report, as amended, be concurred in.

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

It was ordered,- That the Report, as amended, be presented to the House of Commons.

It was agreed,- That the members of the Committee be authorized to have dissenting opinions appended to the Report to the House provided that the dissenting opinions are submitted to the Clerk of the Committee within the next 48 hours.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of a Draft Report respecting Chapter 29 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Industry Canada - - Management of the Small Business Loans Program).

Paragraphs 1 to 26 were agreed to.

It was agreed,- That the Draft Report be concurred in.

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

It was ordered,- That the Report be presented to the House of Commons.

It was agreed,- That the Committee meet on Thursday, May 7, 1998 to consider a Draft Report respecting Chapter 35 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada, paragraphs 35.61 - 35.79 (Follow-up of Recommendations in Previous Reports - Correctional Service Canada - Custody of Inmates).

 

At 4:48 o’clock p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 

 

Bernard G. Fournier

Clerk of the Committee