Tomorrow, federal and
provincial auditors general are releasing a new report on progress towards climate action in Canada.
Tomorrow, federal and
provincial auditors general release a new report on progress towards climate action in Canada.
Not exact matches
As a
general rule,
auditors general are a courteous bunch, so their report makes room for an official response to their critiques from the country's federal and
provincial deputy ministers of the environment.
Canada's federal
auditor general, Michael Ferguson, worked with his counterparts in nearly every
provincial government.
The
Auditor General recommends that the Government honour its 2007 Budget commitment and publish fiscal sustainability reports for both the federal government and
provincial governments, on a regular basis.
While it appears that Quebec has been active in upgrading regulation and supervision, there are signs that British Columbia and Alberta have been slow to respond to issues they themselves identified in their own review of their regulatory framework, or that
provincial auditors -
general identified.
This week's review of the Ontario government's pre-election financial report from the
provincial Auditor -
General reconfirmed what The Globe and Mail reported last weekend: The government is using an...
Finance Minister Doug Horner will face criticism over
Auditor General Merwan Saher «s investigation into whether the government violated the Government Accountability Act by releasing shortened versions of financials documents during the 1st quarter update of the
provincial budget this summer.
In late April, the
provincial Office of the
Auditor General (OAG) slammed the carbon project, in part because it said commercial loggers in the region are more likely to practice «sustained - yield» logging — which involves harvesting slowly over time.
The Liberals» answer is to sell 60 % of Hydro One to the private sector for a quick cash fix, a move which will put the
provincial utility beyond the scrutiny of the
auditor general.
Canada's federal
auditor general, Michael Ferguson, worked with his counterparts in nearly every
provincial government.
The 1982 - 83 Special Commons Committee on Indian Self - Government (Penner) quoted the
Auditor General's Report from 1980 pointing out that small bands are required to do far more reporting to the Government than small municipalities provide to their
provincial government.
Auditors General as far back as 1990 have pointed out that First Nations are required to do far more reporting (the major means of accountability) to the federal government than any local government is required to provide to funding branches of
provincial governments.