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Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
| Responses to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development) |
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Auditor General April 2010 Chapter 4 – Sustaining Development in the Northwest Territories: examines how Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Environment Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada have supported land claim settlements, an environmental regulatory system and community capacity to participate in skills training and economic development opportunities, all considered key to sustainable and balanced development in the Northwest Territories. A recommendation was made to Environment Canada in this audit and the audit and the Department’s response may be found at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_201004_04_e_33717.html. June 2011 Chapter 3 – Internal Audit: examines guidance and oversight provided to the internal audit function of departments and agencies by the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada. The audit also looks at a sample of internal audit activities to determine whether 24 of the largest departments have established independent audit committees. A recommendation made to all departments has already been implemented by Environment Canada. This audit may be found at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_201106_03_e_35371.html. Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development December 2010 Chapter 1 – Oil Spills from Ships: examines whether Transport Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), and Environment Canada have taken reasonable actions to implement legislated and other measures to prepare for and respond to pollution from ships in Canada’s marine environment. Recommendations are made to Environment Canada in this audit and the audit and the Department’s response may be found at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_01_e_34424.html. Chapter 2 – Monitoring Water Resources: examines whether Environment Canada’s Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program and its National Hydrometric Program were well managed to adequately monitor and report on surface fresh water quality and quantity in Canada. Recommendations are made to Environment Canada in this audit and the audit and the Department’s response may be found at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_02_e_34425.html. Chapter 3 – Adapting to Climate Impacts: examines whether selected entities have mechanisms in place to share information and manage risk to support adaptation to the impacts of a changing climate. Recommendations are made to Environment Canada in this audit and the audit and the Department’s response may be found at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_03_e_34426.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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Commissioner of Official Languages Audit of the Bilingual Weather and Environmental Services Provided on the Environment Canada Automated Telephone Network – Follow-up This is a 2010 follow-up audit to a 2008 audit that was aimed at determining whether Environment Canada and, more specifically, the Meteorological Service of Canada, were in compliance with their obligations under Part IV of the Official Languages Act to deliver weather services in both official languages. The 2008 audit focused exclusively on weather services offered to the Canadian public on the Meteorological Service of Canada’s automated telephone network. The 2010 audit reviews the progress of management actions made in response to the 2008 audit recommendations. Both audits and the Department’s response to the recommendations contained in the 2008 audit may be found at http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/audits_verifications_e.php#BFI. |