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Monitoring the Government’s Finances 2002
Annual report on government’s finances, including a historical summary of key financial trends and indicators, and a comparison of some to other Canadian jurisdictions. The report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly’s Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on October 1, 2002.
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Monitoring the Government’s Finances 2001
Annual report on government’s finances, including a historical summary of key financial trends and indicators, and a comparison of some to other Canadian jurisdictions. The report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly’s Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on October 1, 2002.
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Performance audit process
Defining the subject matter Our Act allows us to decide what areas of government to audit. We focus our performance audits on areas of significance and relevance to the primary users of our reports – MLAs. We consider what information MLAs need assurance on to understand if government programs or organizations are achieving their objectives.…
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FAQs
Who is the auditor general? The current auditor general is Michael A. Pickup and he was appointed to an eight-year term in July 2020 directly following his six-year term as Nova Scotia’s auditor general. Pickup is Indigenous, a status Indian member of the Miawpukek First Nation of Newfoundland. He is also a member of the…
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Parliamentary committees
The Legislative Assembly appoints small groups of MLAs to 10 permanent committees that examine policy and other matters. The committees are required to report back to the assembly on their work and findings. The auditor general regularly meets to discuss our reports with two parliamentary committees: Finance and Government Services, and Public Accounts. The process…
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Accessibility Plan
Table of contents Land acknowledgement The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of British Columbia acknowledges with respect that we conduct our work on Coast Salish territories. Primarily, this is on the Lekwungen-speaking people’s (Esquimalt and Songhees) traditional lands, now known as Victoria, and the WSÁNEĆ people’s (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout and Tseycum) traditional lands, now…
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After the audit
Report reviewing by the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts All of our reports are referred to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) of the Legislative Assembly. The committee may decide to review any report as part of their proceedings. When PAC chooses to review a report, they: • invite the auditor general…
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Summary Financial Statements
The auditor general is the auditor of the government reporting entity and is required by the Auditor General Act to produce an independent auditor’s report on government’s Summary Financial Statements. Within the Public Accounts, we also provide an annual audit opinion on the Province’s debt and debt indicators. Each year we also produce a Report…
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Executive team
Michael A. Pickup, FCPA, FCA Auditor General Michael A. Pickup was appointed Auditor General of British Columbia in July 2020, directly following his six-year term as Nova Scotia’s auditor general. In July 2024 he announced his retirement and his term as B.C.’s auditor general will conclude on November 15, 2024. Read More Sheila Dodds, CPA,…