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Committee Evidence - COVI-21
2020-06-11
Hon. Anthony Rota - 12:37
CPC (AB)
Hon. Tim Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods)
2020-06-11 12:38
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Mr. Chair, over the last 10 years, the size of the government has doubled, but the number of audits conducted by the Auditor General has gone down by half. Massive Liberal spending programs lack basic accountability and transparency. For their $180-billion infrastructure program, they can't even provide a full list of the number of projects.
What is the government trying to hide by starving the Auditor General's office by not properly funding it?
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Hon. Anthony Rota - 12:39
Lib. (QC)
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec)
2020-06-11 12:39
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm delighted to take this question and to signal both the urgency and transparency of our actions, especially in the current context. We look forward to providing the support the Auditor General requires, as we've done over the last few years. We know how important the work is, and we'll continue to work with the Auditor General.
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CPC (AB)
Hon. Tim Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods)
2020-06-11 12:39
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Mr. Chair, they say they want to work with the Auditor General, and that's nice to hear, but the fact is the former interim auditor general testified at two public accounts committees that he asked this government twice for additional funds, first in 2018 and again in 2019, only for those requests to be ignored.
Canadians deserve to know how their money is being spent. This government must be properly audited. When will this government finally be accountable to taxpayers and fully fund the Auditor General's office?
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Lib. (QC)
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec)
2020-06-11 12:40
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, to provide the information Canadians need and deserve is our priority. We are doing this over time, especially in an emergency context. In 2018, we were pleased to substantially increase the budget of the Auditor General. We are going to work closely with her.
By the way, I congratulate her on her important appointment.
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Hon. Tim Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods)
2020-06-11 12:40
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Mr. Speaker, the fact is the newly appointed Auditor General started earlier this week and before she even started, she expressed concerns about the lack of funding from the government for her office. Will the government give the Auditor General the money her office requires to properly run the Auditor General's office?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec)
2020-06-11 12:41
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
That's a great opportunity. I'm grateful for that to continue and to say that not only are we proud of her appointment, but we also are proud of the important work she will do on behalf of all Canadians, and all members of this House, to make sure Canadians and members of this House are able to follow the important investments we are making in the—
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Hon. Anthony Rota - 12:41
CPC (AB)
Hon. Tim Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods)
2020-06-11 12:41
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Mr. Chair, it's nice to hear the Liberals continue to make more investments, but what we need is, as they're spending, the number of audits should go up, not be cut down, and that's the situation right now.
Tuesday the finance committee unanimously approved a Conservative motion calling on the government to fully fund the Auditor General and for her to fully audit all federal programs and any other work she deems appropriate. Will the government listen to its own members who voted for that motion, respect taxpayer dollars and fully fund the Auditor General?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec)
2020-06-11 12:42
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're proud and pleased to see the Conservatives did bring that motion, given the fact that in 2014 they cut the budget of the Auditor General.
We are working in a different framework. We are going to make sure the Auditor General—I again congratulate her on her appointment—has all the tools she needs to do the work that Canadians and members of Parliament expect of her.
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Hon. Tim Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods)
2020-06-11 12:42
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Mr. Chair, the government loves to reach back in history and try to blame someone else for its mistakes. Yes, several years ago—actually two auditors general ago—the Auditor General at that time volunteered reductions to his office, but this did not affect the number of audits it conducted. Right now, the fact is that spending has doubled and the number of audits has gone down. How does the Treasury Board president explain that?
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Lib. (QC)
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec)
2020-06-11 12:42
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think we all agree, including the opposition members, on the important role the Auditor General in general and the new Auditor General in particular have in our democracy. That's why we increased the budget of the Auditor General at that time in 2018, leading to the creation of more positions in that office to provide the important information Canadians need and deserve.
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Hon. Anthony Rota - 12:43
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Committee Evidence - COVI-20
2020-06-10
Hon. Anthony Rota - 12:27
CPC (SK)
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle)
2020-06-10 12:28
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister is doing everything to avoid being accountable to Canadians. He is refusing to table a budget, refusing to provide an economic update and refusing to let the House of Commons do its work.
Will he at least provide the Auditor General with the additional funding she needs to look into government expenditures?
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Lib. (QC)
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Papineau)
2020-06-10 12:28
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Mr. Chair, not only are we introducing a bill this afternoon to help Canadians with the Canada emergency response benefit and those living with disabilities, but we are also proposing to the opposition parties that we hold a debate and a vote on that. I hope the opposition parties will allow a vote and a debate in the House on this important bill.
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CPC (SK)
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle)
2020-06-10 12:29
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Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister wants parliamentarians to vote on aspects of the government's spending. We want the Auditor General to be able to examine that government spending.
Under the government, the Auditor General has had to do more with less, and her ability to conduct audits is being affected. The Auditor General has indicated that she will be able to do half as many audits, despite an almost doubling in the size of government spending.
I have a simple question. Will the Prime Minister give the Auditor General the money she needs to do her job, yes or no?
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Lib. (QC)
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Papineau)
2020-06-10 12:29
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Mr. Chair, we worked with the Auditor General to increase the funding of the Auditor General's office in 2018-19, and the equivalent of 38 full-time staff were added. We support the Auditor General, unlike the Conservative government, which fired 60 people from the Auditor General's office.
We are now proposing that we sit down to debate legislation this afternoon, and I certainly hope that members opposite will vote for debate.
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Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle)
2020-06-10 12:30
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The Prime Minister is again engaged in revisionist history. He well knows that it was the Auditor General's office that volunteered to make administrative efficiencies, which did not affect its ability to do the job. In fact, as the interim auditor general, John Wiersema, said, “We would not have proposed [this] if we didn’t think it was the right thing to do and that we’d be able to carry out our role for Parliament.” Only the government's refusal to grant that extra funding is hampering the Auditor General's ability to give Canadians the answers they deserve, and we wonder why.
This is the government that cannot explain where 20,000 infrastructure projects went and where five billion dollars' worth of supposed infrastructure investments have gone. They can't identify that. Then there is, of course, the $35-billion Infrastructure Bank, which has completed precisely zero projects.
Are these the reasons the Prime Minister is so intent on withholding funds from the Auditor General?
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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau - 12:31
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