Public Accounts Committee — Public Accounts Consolidated Summary Financial Statements and Related Matters in the Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Derek Bennett, MHA PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Public Accounts Consolidated Summary Financial Statements and Related Matters in the Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General Chair: Helen Conway Ottenheimer, MHA Vice-Chair: Sherry Gambin-Walsh, MHA Members: Scott Reid, MHA (via video conference) Pleaman Forsey, MHA Brian Warr, MHA Jordan Brown, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Bobbi Russell Appearing: Office of the Auditor General Denise Hanrahan, Auditor General Sandra Russell, Deputy Auditor General Brian O’Neill, Assistant Auditor General, Financial Audit Office of the Comptroller General Julie Moore, Comptroller General Peter Andrews, Manager of Public Accounts and Banking Lisa Warren, Director of Government Accounting House of Assembly Service Evan Beazley, Committee Clerk Kim Hawley George, Law Clerk/Clerk Assistant (A) Mark Jerrett, Policy, Planning and Research Analyst July 5, 2023 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 1 The Committee met at 10:15 a.m. in the House of Assembly Chamber. CHAIR (Conway Ottenheimer): Good morning, everyone. I’m very pleased to call this meeting to order. I am the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Helen Conway Ottenheimer, MHA for the District of Harbour Main. Welcome, everyone, to the Public Accounts Committee hearing on the Public Accounts consolidated summary financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2022, and related matters contained in the Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General dated February 2023. Thank you to the witnesses for your appearance today, as well as the Auditor General and officials from that office. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is dedicated to improving public administration in partnership with the Auditor General. The Committee examines the