- Committee Meetings
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, December 3 at 8 a.m. with Agriculture and Irrigation about the ministry’s 2023–2024 annual report and the outstanding recommendations from our office. The Office of the Auditor General will attend the meeting as support to the committee members.
There is one outstanding recommendation for the department and two for the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC). They include:
- a November 2024 recommendation that the department improve its processes to ensure the timeliness and quality of financial information preparation and reporting (page 47).
- a December 2023 recommendation that AFSC improve its process to ensure policies and procedures set out in AgriInsurance manuals, guidelines, and authorities are adhered to (page 41).
- a November 2021 recommendation that AFSC develop a process to manage the risk of using cloud computing risk management process (page 49).
You can watch the meeting at Assembly Online.
Understanding the roles of the Auditor General and PAC
The Auditor General works as a trusted advisor to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) in its review of government spending. The committee, made up of MLAs from all political parties, uses our reports to examine how government has accounted for and used public funds, and how it is acting on our recommendations. The value of our work is fully realized when our recommendations are acted on. Visit our website to learn more about our recommendations to government and our work in progress.
Appointed under the Auditor General Act, the Auditor General is an Officer of the Legislative Assembly and is the auditor of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Province of Alberta and most provincial agencies, boards, commissions, and regulated funds.