THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT
EVIDENCE
OTTAWA, Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight met with videoconference this day at 1:41 p.m. [ET] to supervise and report on the Senate’s internal and external audits and related matters; and, in camera, to consider a draft agenda (future business).
Senator Marty Klyne (Chair) in the chair.
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[English]
The Chair: Honourable senators, Ms. Fortin and Mr. Plamondon, I declare this meeting in order. I am Senator Marty Klyne, a senator from Saskatchewan and Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Audit and Oversight.
Participating in the meeting today, we have Senator David Wells, deputy chair from Newfoundland and Labrador; Senator Colin Deacon, deputy chair from Nova Scotia; Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain, who will join us later on in the agenda; Ms. Hélène Fortin, external member from Quebec; and Mr. Robert Plamondon, external member from Ontario.
For everyone’s awareness, staff from committee members’ offices may also participate in this hybrid meeting.
We were going to meet in public today to discuss the external audit. However, due to technical issues, this agenda item will be postponed to our next meeting.
Thank you, Ms. Sonia Leblanc, for joining us, as well as our chief financial officer and our deputy chief financial officer. We will now move in camera for the remainder of our meeting.
(The committee continued in camera.)