ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Audit and Oversight

Chair of the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight, presented the following report:

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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

FIFTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized to examine and report on the appropriate consequential amendments to chapter 3:05 of the Senate Administrative Rules that may be necessary to align with provisions within the revised Senate Audit and Oversight Charter, in relation to the financial rules and procedures for committees, has, in obedience to the order of reference of the Senate of March 24, 2026, examined the said consequential amendments and now recommends:

1.That the Senate Administrative Rules be amended in Chapter 3:05 by replacing subsection 1(3) with the following:

“(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight’s allocated budget is provided annually through the estimates, whereby the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration presents estimates with an amount to be allocated to the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight. The Senate must approve any budget for the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight for amounts not previously allocated to the committee in the estimates. The budget of the committee for any additional expenses related to carrying out its mandate or for any other order of the Senate must

(a) be adopted by the committee;

(b) be presented to the Senate, as a report of the committee, for adoption; and

(c) contain a general estimate of the total cost of such additional expenses.”.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTY KLYNE

Chair