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B.C.’s COVID-19 Response: Monitoring Vaccination Coverage
This audit looked at the Ministry of Health’s monitoring of COVID-19 vaccination coverage, which helped guide the vaccine campaign rollout and inform decisions on public health measures, such as mask mandates and limits on gatherings.
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Mental Health and Substance Use Services for Indigenous People in B.C. Correctional Centres
While Indigenous men and women make up only six per cent of the provincial population, they make up about 33 per cent of people in custody. About 90 per cent of Indigenous people in the correctional system have a mental health and/or substance use diagnosis. The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is responsible for providing health…
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Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan for financial statement fiscal years ending in 2024, 2025, and 2026
The Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan outlines how the Office of the Auditor General determines which government reporting entities’ financial statements will be audited by the office directly and which entities will be audited by private accounting firms. As required by the Auditor General Act, the coverage plan includes the next three fiscal years and is…
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Report on the Financial Audit Work: Fiscal Year 2021/22
This report shares a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s audit of the government’s summary financial statements. In it, you’ll find out more about the significant errors or omissions that led to a qualified independent auditor’s report and learn more about key issues like COVID-19 benefit programs and rising disaster-related costs.
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Service Plan 2023/24 – 2025/26
This document is prepared in alignment with the Auditor General Act, the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, and the Performance Reporting Principles for the B.C. Public Service. It accompanies our budget submission to ensure our work plan and performance targets are in sync with our resource requests. Over the next three years, we will focus…
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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021/22
This is a report on the achievement of the goals, objectives, and performance measures set out in our annual service plan. It highlights achievements and summarizes the independent assurance and trusted information we provided to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. It also includes our annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.…
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B.C.’s COVID-19 Response: Community Economic Resilience Grants
Our audit looked at whether the Ministry of Municipal Affairs designed and implemented the $30-million grant stream according to government transfer payment policies and program guidelines. The grants were intended to help communities deal with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants went to 63 small-scale infrastructure projects that included building new bike paths, upgrading…
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Oversight of Major Mines: Policies and Procedures to Address Environmental Risks
Mining is an important source of jobs, government revenues, and regional development in the province, but can present environmental and public safety risks if not well managed. In this audit, we wanted to see if the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation had improved its oversight activities since our related 2016 report.
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Service Plan 2022/23 – 2024/25
This service plan is driven by a renewed emphasis on corporate planning. We will align our service plans more directly with the Auditor General Act and the Performance Reporting Principles for the B.C. Public Service. Our objectives are more balanced with our priorities and activities. We have selected performance measures that are directly linked to…
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Fraud Risk Management: Site C Dam and Hydroelectric Energy Project
Site C is the largest and most expensive infrastructure project in B.C.’s history, with an estimated cost of $16 billion. Our audit looked to determine if BC Hydro has established a program to effectively manage fraud risk for the project.
