At 8:54 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:55 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

The Committee commenced consideration of a draft report.

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

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "Report 5, Equipping Officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada".

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, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the Report.

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

It was agreed, — That the analysts and the Clerk, in consultation with the Chair, prepare a news release for publication on the Committee’s website and for distribution upon presentation of the report to the House.

At 9:31 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:33 a.m., the sitting resumed in public.

Pursuant to the motion adopted on Thursday, June 6, 2019, the Committee resumed consideration of the motion moved by David Christopherson on Thursday, May 30, 2019, which reads as follows:

That the Committee condem the underfunding of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG); that the Committee recommend that funding to the OAG be increased by $10.8 million annually; and that the Committee report this recommendation to the House.

By unanimous consent, Alexandra Mendès moved, — That the Committee send a letter to the Minister of Finance regarding funding of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.

After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: René Arseneault, Pierre Breton, David Christopherson, Scot Davidson, Kent Hehr, Pat Kelly, Alexandra Mendès, Jean Yip — 8;

NAYS: — 0.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion of David Christopherson, — That the Committee condem the underfunding of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG); that the Committee recommend that funding to the OAG be increased by $10.8 million annually; and that the Committee report this recommendation to the House.

The debate continued.

By unanimous consent, the motion was withdrawn.

At 9:57 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:58 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

The Committee resumed consideration of a draft report.

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

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "Do Service Well: the Standing Committee on Public Accounts of the Forty-Second Parliament".

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

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

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

It was agreed, — That the Report be published to the Home Page of the Committee's website to become part of the permanent information concerning the Committee.

It was agreed, — That the document be made part of the Briefing Binder that is provided to all new members of the Committee.

At 10:38 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the Committee continue to sit.