PACP Committee Meeting

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met in camera at 3:39 p.m. this day, in Room 237-C Centre Block, the Chair, John Williams, presiding.

The Chair presented the Fifth Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:

Your Subcommittee met on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the following Chapters of the February 2005 Status Report of the Auditor General of Canada be selected for further study:

• Chapter 4 – Accountability of Foundations;
• Chapter 1 – Information Technology Security;
• Chapter 8 – Managing Government: Financial Information.

2. That the Chair of the Committee invite the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs to a joint meeting on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 to discuss Chapter 5 of the November 2004 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.

3. That the budget of $2500.00 be approved by the Committee for hospitality purposes, and that the Chair be instructed to present the budget to the Liaison Committee for approval.

4. That the Committee agree to host a working luncheon at 12h00 (noon) on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 for the delegation from the Serbian National Assembly.

5. That the Committee agree to host a working luncheon with a delegation from China of the Budget Affairs Commission on Thursday, March 17, 2005.

It was agreed, — That the draft report be amended, in paragraph 5, by replacing the words “to host a working luncheon” with the following: “to meet”.

It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted.

At 4:55 p.m., Mark Holland took the Chair.

At 5:31 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.