Meetings #147884 - Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight (45th Parliament, 1st Session)

Report of the committee

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight has the honour to present its

THIRD REPORT

Your committee, which for the purposes of integrity, independence, transparency and accountability, is authorized under rule 12-7(4) to act on its own initiative on certain matters, including retaining the services of internal and external auditors and overseeing such audits, and to report at least annually with observations and recommendations to the Senate, now reports as follows:

Under Section 10-1 of the Senate Audit and Oversight Charter (the Charter), your committee is mandated to carry out a periodic review of the Charter. Your committee has completed the first such review since the Charter’s adoption by the Senate in 2022 and now recommends:

1.That the revised Senate Audit and Oversight Charter, appended to this report, be adopted;

2.That the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight be authorized to examine and report on the appropriate consequential amendments to chapter 3:05 of the Senate Administrative Rules, that may be necessary in order to align with provisions within the revised Senate Audit and Oversight Charter, in relation to the financial rules and procedures for committees, and that the committee present its report to the Senate no later than March 26, 2026; and

3.That the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight be also authorized to examine and report on amendments to the Rules of the Senate, in relation to the referral of papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the committee during past sessions and by past intersessional authorities; and that the committee present its report to the Senate no later than March 26, 2026.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTY KLYNE

Chair

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