1978 – 2020

This audit focused on the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and their roles in meeting government’s objective of ensuring healthy grizzly bear populations throughout B.C. It also looked at government’s planning, activities and reporting as to the effectiveness of grizzly bear management.

Under section 11 (1) of the Auditor General Act, we complete an annual audit of the B.C. government’s Summary Financial Statements. At the end of this process, we issue an audit opinion that is published with the financial statements in government’s Public Accounts. The opinion says whether or not the financial statements present government’s financial position…

This audit looked at whether the Ministry of Justice has procured and managed the contract for the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program in accordance with government policy to achieve the best value for money.

The annual report on our performance and financial position with accompanying financial statements.

This Service Plan covers the 2017/18 fiscal year, and includes targets through to 2019/20. It provides strategic direction for the Office, and outlines its goals for the coming year and the indicators that will be used to evaluate progress. The performance audit and financial statement audit coverage plans identify the projects that the Office plans to…

In 2013, the Ministry of Natural Gas Development and Responsible for Housing established the Non-Profit Asset Transfer (NPAT) program as part of its Housing Matters BC Strategy update. The program involves the transfer of select provincially-owned land and building assets to the non-profit housing sector.

The Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME-BC) is B.C.’s integrated police IT system. This is our second audit of the system, and we focused on whether the security controls are adequate to safeguard information within the PRIME BC system, which holds large amounts of highly sensitive and confidential information critical to the delivery of policing…

The Health Funding Explained II information project is not a traditional audit, but an informative report that is designed to help the public and legislators understand how provincial health care dollars are being spent. This is the second time the Office of the Auditor General has undertaken an extensive public information project to help explain…

This audit looked at the effectiveness of the framework that has been established for ethical conduct within the core B.C. Public Service.