Office of the Auditor General of Canada

This audit focused on whether Natural Resources Canada designed the Onshore Program of the Emissions Reduction Fund to ensure that the anticipated reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector after 2023 would be credible and sustainable. The report also examined whether the...

This audit focused on whether Employment and Social Development Canada and the Department of Finance Canada provided analysis to support the initial design and subsequent adjustments to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. This audit also focused on whether Employment and Social Development...

On 29 January 2020, the House of Commons passed a motion asking the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the Investing in Canada Plan. This audit focused on whether Infrastructure Canada and key federal organizations could demonstrate that the Investing in Canada Plan was meeting its objectives...

This audit focused on whether the Department of Finance Canada provided analysis on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, taking into account the Government’s objective of providing financial relief to employers and facilitating a return to economic activity. This audit also focused on whether the...

This audit focused on whether the large vessel fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard were being renewed in a timely manner. We examined whether shipbuilding was on schedule and whether the new ships were being delivered in time for the retirement of the old ships. We also...

This report is not an audit report. Instead, it highlights the results of the financial audits we—the Office of the Auditor General of Canada—conducted in federal organizations for fiscal years ended between July 2019 and April 2020. (We refer to these as the 2019–2020 financial audits.) This...

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is required, under section 147 of the Financial Administration Act, to disclose its costs incurred in preparing annual audit and special examination reports on Crown corporations. The costs stated for joint audits include only the costs incurred...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at Telefilm Canada were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and efficiently, and its operations...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at the National Arts Centre were providing the corporation with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and...