SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
2011 Legislative Session: Fourth Session, 39th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES |
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Friday, December 14, 2012
2:30 p.m.
Via Conference Call
Birch Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Present: Douglas Horne, MLA (Chair); Mable Elmore, MLA (Deputy Chair); Gary Coons, MLA; Marc Dalton, MLA; Dave S. Hayer, MLA; John Les, MLA; Bruce Ralston, MLA; John Slater, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Pat Pimm, MLA; Bill Routley, MLA
1. The Chair called the Committee to order at 2:34 p.m.
2. The Committee reviewed the recommendation of the Chair and Deputy Chair regarding the RFP process to appoint an independent auditor to audit the financial statements of the Office of the Auditor General.
3. Resolved, that the committee appoint Grant Thornton LLP as the independent auditor to audit the financial statements and the annual reports of the Auditor General for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, and for each of the fiscal years to be completed during the term of the 40th Parliament. (John Slater, MLA)
4. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 2:37 p.m.
| Douglas Horne, MLA Chair |
Kate Ryan-Lloyd
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The printed version remains the official version.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
Issue No. 94
ISSN 1499-416X (Print)
ISSN 1499-4178 (Online)
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Office of the Auditor General: Appointment of Audit Firm |
2531 |
Independent Officers Budgets: Annual Review |
2531 |
Chair: |
* Douglas Horne (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain BC Liberal) |
Deputy Chair: |
* Mable Elmore (Vancouver-Kensington NDP) |
Members: |
* Gary Coons (North Coast NDP) |
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* Marc Dalton (Maple Ridge–Mission BC Liberal) |
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* Dave S. Hayer (Surrey-Tynehead BC Liberal) |
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* John Les (Chilliwack BC Liberal) |
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Pat Pimm (Peace River North BC Liberal) |
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* Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP) |
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Bill Routley (Cowichan Valley NDP) |
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* John Slater (Boundary-Similkameen BC Liberal) |
* denotes member present |
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Clerks: |
Kate Ryan-Lloyd |
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Susan Sourial |
Committee Staff: |
Josie Schofield (Manager, Committee Research Services) |
Byron Plant (Committee Research Analyst) |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
The committee met at 2:34 p.m.
[D. Horne in the chair.]
Office of the Auditor General:
Appointment of Audit Firm
D. Horne (Chair): The first order of business today is the RFP process to appoint an independent auditor to audit the financial statements of the Auditor General. As we all know, there was a subcommittee of Mable and myself struck to deal with the RFP process.
We've gone through that process and issued an RFP. We had two responses to that RFP. The Deputy Chair — Mable — and myself have reviewed those two proposals, and our opinion and recommendation to the committee would be to move forward with Grant Thornton.
J. Slater: So moved.
D. Horne (Chair): All right.
Kate, could you read the official motion that we need to approve?
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees): We suggest that based on the provisions of the statute, the Auditor General Act, that the motion would read as follows: "I move that the committee appoint Grant Thornton LLP as the independent auditor to audit the financial statements of the Auditor General for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, and for each of the fiscal years to be completed during the term of the 40th parliament."
Motion approved.
D. Horne (Chair): Carried unanimously.
Independent Officers Budgets:
Annual Review
D. Horne (Chair): The second order of business. Each of you hopefully has had a chance to take a look at the annual review of the budget for independent officers. The decision that we've just made…. One of the reasons why we delayed putting the report out was it was thought that including the appointment of the new auditor in that report made some sense.
As you will have seen within that report, it was in draft form. That is now included in the report as well. Our intent is to issue that report on Monday and get that out to the independent officers, as well as to the other Members of the Legislative Assembly and the Ministry of Finance.
That basically concludes our work for the fall. I want to thank everyone for all of their hard work. I think we worked well together. I hope that everyone has a great holiday season, and I look forward to seeing everyone in January.
D. Hayer: I also wish everybody a merry Christmas and all the best of the new year.
B. Ralston: Congratulations to the Chair and vice-Chair for running the committee in, I think, a pretty effective way this fall. As Dave and I will tell you, it hasn't always been that way. [Laughter.]
D. Hayer: Well, we have good committee members and a good Chair and vice-Chair.
B. Ralston: The ones that have been on the longest are the most effective, I find. Wouldn't you agree, Dave?
D. Hayer: Yeah.
M. Elmore (Deputy Chair): Thanks, Doug, and also to committee members, the Clerks and committee and legislative staff.
D. Horne (Chair): Thank you, Mable. That's great.
Now I'll look for a motion to adjourn.
Motion approved.
D. Horne (Chair): Thank you all, and we'll see you all in the new year.
The committee adjourned at 2:37 p.m.
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