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The Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts is one of nine permanent all-party committees of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Committee reviews and reports to the Legislative Assembly on the audit reports of the Auditor General of British Columbia, providing a public forum for the scrutiny of the economy, effectiveness, and efficiency of government organizations. The Committee also reviews the follow-up action plans by audited government organizations implementing report recommendations.

Terms of Reference

On October 9, 2014, the Legislative Assembly agreed:

  1. That all reports of the Auditor General of British Columbia transmitted to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly be deemed referred to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, with the exception of the report referred to in section 22 of the Auditor General Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 2, which is referred to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services; and,
  2. That the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts be the committee referred to in sections 671013 and 14 of the Auditor General Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 2.

In addition to the powers previously conferred upon the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Committee be empowered:

  1. to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
  2. to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
  3. to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
  4. to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee,

and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.

Contact Information

Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
c/o Parliamentary Committees Office
Room 224, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Canada

Phone: 250-356-2933 (collect) or 1-877-428-8337 (toll-free)
Fax: 250-356-8172
Email: ClerkComm@leg.bc.ca

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Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-calendar/20150205-PublicAccounts-0930Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts<p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowUpRpt-June2014.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Follow-up Report: Updates on the implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, </em>June 2014</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReport-Dec2011.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Summary Report: Results of Completed Projects, </em>December 2011</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReports.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>Summary Report: Results of Completed Projects</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReport-Dec2011.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General report <em>Summary Report: Winter 2014 (Health Shared Services BC and K-12 Funding Allocation Model</em>, February 2014</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReports.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>Summary Report: Winter 2014 (Health  Shared Services BC and K-12 Funding Allocation Model)</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_MOH_HealthServices.pdf" target="_blank">Ministry of Health presentation, <em>Summary Report: Winter 2014 (Health Shared Services BC)</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_MoE_K-12Funding.pdf" target="_blank">Ministry of Education presentation, <em>Summary Report: Winter 2014 (K-12 Funding Allocation Model)</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_AGBC_PartisanAdvertising.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General report, <em>Distinguishing between Government Program and Partisan Political Advertising: An Update to our 1996 Report</em>, November 2015</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_AGBC_PartisanAdvertising.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>Distinguishing between Government Program and Partisan Political Advertising: An Update to our 1996 Report</em><em></em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_GCPE_PartisanAdvertising.pdf" target="_blank">Government Communication and Public Engagement presentation, <em>Distinguishing between Government Program and Partisan Political Advertising: An Update to our 1996 Report</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_GCPE_StandardsOfConduct.pdf" target="_blank">Government Communications and Public Engagement, <em>Standards of Conduct</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReport-Dec2012.pdf" target="_blank">Office the Auditor General <em>Summary Report: Results of Completed Projects and Other Matters</em>, December 2012</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-05_AGBC_SummaryReports.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>Summary Report: Results of Completed Projects and Other Matters</em></a></p>2/5/2015 5:30:00 PMMeeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-calendar/20150204-PublicAccounts-0930Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts<p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowupProcess.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General, <em>The Follow-up Process: Adding Value, </em>Presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-04_CCAF_Followup%20Process.pdf" target="_blank">CCAF-FCVI Inc, <em>Taking Corrective Action: Issuing Recommendations and Follow-up</em>, presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/PresentationBackgrounder_2015-02-04_CCAF_ActionPlanBrief.pdf" target="_blank">CCAF-FCVI Inc., <em>Obtaining Status Updates/Action Plans on the Implementation of Auditor General Recommendations, CCAF Brief for CCPAC-CCOLA Panel Discussion on August 11, 2014</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/PresentationBackgrounder_2015-02-04_CCAF_PACSurveyReport.pdf" target="_blank">CCAF-FCVI Inc. <em>The State of Public Accounts Committees in 2013: A Survey of Canadian Public Accounts Committee Practices</em></a></p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/PACBackgrounder_2015-02-04_FollowupProcess.pdf" target="_blank"><p>Backgrounder: Follow-up Process for OAG Audit Reports</p></a><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowUpRpt-Oct2012.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, </em>October 2012</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowUpRpt-April2013.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, </em>April 2013</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowUpRpt-Oct2013.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, </em>October 2013 </a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowUpRpt-June2014.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General <em>Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, </em>June 2014</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2015-02-04_AGBC_PublicSectorBoardUseReport.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General report, <em>Public Sector Board use of Information in British Columbia 2012: Progress Update Since 2009, </em>April 2013</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-04_AGBC_FollowupReports-PublicSectorBoardUse.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>Follow-Up Reports October 2012, April 2013, October 2014, June 2014 and Public Sector Board Use of Information in BC 2012: progress update since 2009</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2015-02-04-MoF_PublicSectorBoardUse.pdf" target="_blank">Ministry of Finance presentation, <em>Public Sector Board Use of Information in BC 2012: progress update since 2009</em></a></p>2/4/2015 5:30:00 PMMeeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-calendar/20141208-PublicAccounts-0930Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts<p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2014-12-08_AGBC_SummaryFinancialStatements.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General report, <em>The 2014 Summary Financial Statements and the Auditor General’s Findings</em>, October 2014</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2014-12-08_AGBC_SummaryFinancialStatements.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General presentation, <em>The 2014 Summary Financial Statements and the Auditor General's Findings</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2014-120-08_ComptrollerGeneral_SummaryFinancialStatements.pdf" target="_blank">Ministry of Finance presentation, <em>Government Response to OAG Report, Observations on Financial Reporting, Audit Findings Report on the 2013/14 Summary Financial Statements</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Report_2014-12-08_AGBC_ReceivingValueforMoney.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General report, <em>Receiving Value for Money from Procured Professional and Advisory Services</em>, May 2014</a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2014-12-08_AGBC_ReceivingValueforMoney.pdf" target="_blank">Office the Auditor General presentation, <em>Receiving Value for Money from Procured Professional and Advisory Services</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/40th-parliament/3rd-session/pac/Materials/Presentation_2014-12-08_ComptrollerGeneral_ReceivingValueforMoney.pdf" target="_blank">Ministry of Finance presentation, Receiving Value for Money from Procured Professional and Advisory Services</a></p>12/8/2014 5:30:00 PMMeeting: Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

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