THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of November 25, 2021, the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight met this day in room C128, Senate of Canada Building, and with videoconference, at 1 p.m. ET, the chair, the Honourable Marty Klyne, presiding.

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Downe, Dupuis and Klyne (3).

External members of the committee present: Robert Plamondon (1).

External members of the committee present by videoconference: Hélène F. Fortin (1).

Participating in the meeting: Shaila Anwar, Acting Clerk Assistant, Joëlle Nadeau, Principal Clerk and Brigitte Martineau, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Lindsay McGlashan and Raphaëlle Deraspe, analysts, Library of Parliament; Ben Silverman, Communications Officer, Communications Directorate; Gérald Lafrenière, Interim Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments, Chief Legislative Services Officer; Philippe Hallée, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, David Groves, Legal Counsel and Chloé O’Shaughnessy, Executive Advisor, Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Pascale Legault, Chief Corporate Services Officer and Clerk of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration; Till Hyde, Clerk Assistant, Chamber Operations and Procedure Office; Pierre Lanctôt, Chief Financial Officer and Nathalie Charpentier, Comptroller and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Procurement Directorate; Neil McKenna, office of Senator Klyne.

Pursuant to rule 12-17-7(17), the committee continued its consideration of the Senate’s internal and external audits and related matters.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Mike Milito, Assistant Comptroller General, Internal Audit;

Jennifer Robinson, Executive Director, Policy and Communities;

Raffaella Bertorelli, Executive Director, Audit Operations.

CPA Canada:

Charles-Antoine St-Jean, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Charles-Antoine St-Jean and Mike Milito each made a statement and answered questions.

At 2:20 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 2:21 p.m., pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee resumed in camera to discuss a draft report.

At 3:05 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Maxime Fortin

Clerk of the Committee