AUDITOR GENERAL’S ASSESSMENT of Performance Information in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s 2010â€"11 Performance Report

REVIEW ENGAGEMENT REPORT

To the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

What I Assessed

As required by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, I have assessed the fairness and reliability of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s performance information for 2010–11 with respect to the objectives established in its 2010–11 corporate plan.

Management’s Responsibility

The performance information reported in the Agency’s performance report and the objectives established in its corporate plan are the responsibility of management.

My Responsibility

My responsibility is to assess the fairness and reliability of the performance information included in the Agency’s performance report against the objectives established in its corporate plan. My assessment did not include the objectives set out in the corporate plan. My responsibility does not extend to assessing or commenting on the Agency’s actual performance.

The Nature of My Assessment

My assessment covered only the performance information included in the section of the Agency’s performance report titled “Analysis of Program Activities by Strategic Outcome”. My assessment did not include the information referenced by Web links included in the report.

My assessment consisted of a review performed in accordance with Canadian generally accepted standards for review engagements established by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) and, accordingly, consisted primarily of enquiry, analytical procedures, and discussion related to the Agency’s performance information as supplied to me by the Agency. I conducted this assessment using the criteria for the assessment of fairness and reliability described in the Annex. There were no changes to the criteria from those of the prior year report.

My assessment is based on a review which provides a moderate level of assurance and does not constitute an audit. Consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the Agency’s performance information.

Conclusion

Based on my assessment, nothing has come to my attention that causes me to believe that the Agency’s performance information for 2010–11, with respect to the objectives established in its corporate plan, is not, in all significant respects, fair and reliable using the criteria described in the Annex to this report.

JohnWiersema, FCA
Interim Auditor General of Canada

26 August 2011
Ottawa, Canada