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Annual Follow-up Report: Status of Performance Audit Recommendations (2019 – 2021)
Our office has followed-up on 112 recommendations made to B.C. government organizations in 18 audits of programs and services. These performance audits were reported in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and government agreed to address all the recommendations.
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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022/23
The Office of the Auditor General’s Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022/23 highlights achievements and summarizes the independent assurance and trusted information we provided to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. This is a report on the achievements of the goals, objectives, and performance measures set out in our annual service plan. The annual financial…
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B.C.’s COVID-19 Response: Destination Development Grants
Since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016, more than 14,000 people have died due to the toxic drug supply. The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and the Ministry of Health lead B.C.’s response, including two harm reduction programs. We audited the ministries’ implementation of overdose prevention and supervised consumption services. We…
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Fraud Risk and Financial Statements: B.C. Public Sector, Part 2
Public sector organizations need a strong fraud risk management framework to safeguard public dollars against potential losses due to fraud. In B.C., government ministries are expected to follow a common approach to fraud detection, prevention, and response, with oversight by the Office of the Comptroller General. We sent a questionnaire to 22 ministries to understand…
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Governance of the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for the Public Service
The Public Service Agency (PSA) supports human resources for 35,000 provincial government workers and is currently leading a strategy to ensure the public service is inclusive and diverse. We looked at whether the PSA had established strong governance to ensure that the strategy can achieve its goals.
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Fraud Risk and Financial Statements: B.C. Public Sector, Part 1
We sent a questionnaire to 23 Crown organizations, post-secondary institutions, school districts, health authorities and associations, to understand how they perceive and manage the risk of fraud. This information will help our auditors plan our annual audit of the Province’s summary financial statements — the largest financial statement audit in B.C.
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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.
