Reflections On A Decade Of Serving Parliament

This is the final report of L. Denis Desautels as Auditor General of Canada, reflecting on his decade of service to Parliament. It reviews the progress that the Auditor thinks the government has made in critical areas: the management of the debt & budget deficit, the state of the public service, reform in the structure of government, management accountability & reporting to Parliament, and environment & sustainable development. It then reviews the state of program management through examples of five departments: Human Resources Development, Revenue, Fisheries & Oceans, Indian & Northern Affairs, and National Defence. This is followed by discussion of the evolving role of legislative audit and the role of the Office of the Auditor General. The final section offers the Auditor's concluding thoughts in such areas as financial & human resource management, accountability, and environmental commitments.