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Table 10: Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits


Response to Parliamentary Committees (updated to reflect the PAC report)
  • On March 12, 2009, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to discuss Chapter 7 (Economy and Efficiency of Services - Correctional Service Canada) of the December 2008 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.  The Committee released its report in June 2009.  A Government Response is being developed and it is expected to be tabled in the House of Commons in October 2009.

AG report: http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200812_e_31776.html

SCPA report: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3960844&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2


Response to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

In February 2009, the Auditor General of Canada tabled her December 2008 report in the House of Commons.  As noted in the previous section, Chapter 7 related to CSC.    In its response to the Auditor General’s report, CSC agreed to all five recommendations and committed to address them by March 31, 2010.  The OAG‘s report, including CSC’s response can be found at:
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200812_e_31776.html

  • In addition, the report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD), December 2008- Chapter 4 - Annual Report on Sustainable Development Strategies made reference to CSC, more specifically with respect to the following commitment: Reduction of water consumption via the implementation of multiple measures to conserve potable water.  By March 2010, CSC will reduce its potable water consumption by 10%.

Although the report did not include any specific recommendation for Correctional Service Canada, the audit observed that because of a lack of accurate monitoring and reporting by its facilities, CSC is unable to reliably track progress on its commitment.  Since the time of the audit, measures have been taken to enhance our ability to track progress on our commitments and we remain on track to meet our reduction target by March 2010. The CESD report can be found at:

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_200812_04_e_31821.html#hd3c

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/parl_cesd_200812_04_f_31821.html

Further, the Chapter 1 “Safety of Drinking Water” of the March 2009 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development also included a recommendation to CSC to modify its procedures for managing its drinking water systems to conform to Health Canada’s risk-based central guidance document.  CSC agreed and has committed to reviewing its procedures by September 2009.