Reporting

Consider and Supplement Legislative
Audit Reports

PACs can increase the impact of audit reports by issuing substantive recommendations that supplement the legislative auditor's recommendations.

• Adopt or support the legislative auditor’s recommendations.
• Supplement the recommendations issued by the legislative auditor and issue observations where appropriate.
• Recommend changes to legislation where appropriate.
• Request a government response to PAC recommendations within a set period of time.

Practice Highlights

• The PACs of the House of Commons, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, and Yukon, usually issue reports containing substantive recommendations.
• In Ontario, researchers from the Legislative Library prepare draft committee reports. PAC recommendations tend to be substantive in nature, going above and beyond those contained in the Auditor General’s report.
• The government has 120 days to respond to PAC recommendations in the House of Commons, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.