PACP Committee Report

Report on Chapter 4 of the Status Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) regarding the accountability of foundations.

The Bloc Québécois supports the main ideas and recommendations in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ Report on Chapter 4 of the Status Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG).

However, because the Committee is not receptive to improving the report by including a perspective that is key to the Bloc Québécois’ position on foundations, we have no choice but to write a supplementary opinion. We regret this state of affairs and reaffirm that our wish, clearly expressed during the debates, was to prepare a unanimous report.

The Bloc Québécois therefore reiterates here that foundations must ultimately be abolished and brought back under the control of the appropriate departments.

In any case, the Bloc Québécois recommends an amendment to the Auditor General Act to allow the Auditor General of Canada to act as auditor or co-auditor of Crown corporations, certain other organisations created by federal law and certain corporate entities without share capital. These measures make up Bill C-277.

The Bloc Québécois remains concerned that the Liberal government has tabled a bill (C-43, Part VII) whose objectives and scope are essentially the same as those in Bill C-277, rather than supporting the latter.

Benoît Sauvageau
M.P., Repentigny
Bloc Québécois
Vice-Chair, Public Accounts Committee