Table 13: Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
| Response to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development) |
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2008 March Status Report of the Environment and Sustainable Development – Chapter 6 – Ecosystems – Control of Aquatic Invavise Species
This audit is a follow-up to determine whether the two departments (Transport Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada) made satisfactory progress in response to the recommendations from the 2002 audit of the federal government’s management of invasive species. Transport Canada is responsible for regulating and controlling ballast water on commercial ships in Canada. The 2002 recommendations were for Transport Canada to define best management practices for ship ballast water and establish regulations requiring the application of those practices and to develop and implement a means to monitor, maintain records, and report annually on compliance. http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_200803_06_e_30132.html 2008 March Status Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development - Chapter 8—Management Tools and Government Commitments—International Environmental Agreements Canada has signed more than 100 international environmental agreements over the years, the Kyoto Protocol among them, committing it to act on crucial issues such as ocean pollution, fishery conservation, and the protection of endangered species. For this status report, the OAG examined the federal government’s management of information on international environmental agreements to assess the progress it has made since 2004. Four departments were examined - Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada, and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_200803_08_e_30134.html |
| External Audits (Note: These refer to other external audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages) |
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Public Service Commission (PSC) Audit of the Movement of Public Servants between the Federal Public Service and Ministers’ Offices. The government-wide audit assessed the extent of movement of public servants between the public service and ministers’ offices; and whether the staffing requirements of the Public Service Employment Act, the Public Service Employment Regulations, PSC policies and other applicable legislation were met for appointments of public servants returning from ministers’ offices. The audit also assessed the risk to political impartiality. Transport Canada was one of a number of departments included in this audit. The audit covered the period April 1990 to September 2006, during which the PSC identified 157 persons who had been public servants before working as a minister’s staff and who returned to the federal public service. The audit covered staffing practices under the previous PSEA, and the new legislation, which took effect December 31, 2005. http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/adt-vrf/rprt/2007/mbmo-mecm/index-eng.htm#n4 |
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