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Accessibility Plan
Table of contents Land acknowledgement The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of British Columbia acknowledges with respect that we conduct our work on Coast Salish territories. Primarily, this is on the Lekwungen-speaking people’s (Esquimalt and Songhees) traditional lands, now known as Victoria, and the WSÁNEĆ people’s (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout and Tseycum) traditional lands, now…
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After the audit
Report reviewing by the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts All of our reports are referred to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) of the Legislative Assembly. The committee may decide to review any report as part of their proceedings. When PAC chooses to review a report, they: • invite the auditor general…
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Summary Financial Statements
The auditor general is the auditor of the government reporting entity and is required by the Auditor General Act to produce an independent auditor’s report on government’s Summary Financial Statements within the Public Accounts Also included within the Public Accounts is our annual independent auditor’s report on certain debt-related statements of the Province. The Summary…
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Executive team
Bridget Parrish, CPA, CA Auditor General Bridget started at the office as the as the director of professional practices. She leveraged her private sector experience to modernize the office’s audit practices, while developing her deep knowledge of auditing standards. She also brought her commitment to the values of credibility, accountability and transparency to her strong…
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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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Vancouver Community College: Executive Compensation Disclosures Audit
This audit assessed whether Vancouver Community College’s annual compensation disclosures for executives complied with the Financial Information Act (FIA) and the Public Sector Employers Act (PSEA).
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Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan – Fiscal Years ending in 2021, 2022 and 2023
My office’s annual audit of government’s Summary Financial Statements is the largest financial audit in B.C. It encompasses central government plus over 140 other government organizations, including Crown corporations, universities, colleges, school districts, health authorities and similar entities that are controlled by or accountable to the provincial government. This Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan outlines how…
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Service Plan 2018/19 – 2020/21
This Service Plan covers the 2018/19 fiscal year, and includes targets through to 2020/21. It provides strategic direction for the office, and outlines its goals for the coming year and the indicators that will be used to evaluate progress.
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Understanding Our Audit Opinion on B.C.’s 2016/17 Summary Financial Statements
Under section 11 (1) of the Auditor General Act, we complete an annual audit of the B.C. government’s Summary Financial Statements. At the end of this process, we issue an audit opinion that is published with the financial statements in government’s Public Accounts. The opinion says whether or not the financial statements present government’s financial position…
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The Status of Government’s General Computing Controls: 2014
An annual assessment of the health of government’s general computing controls.