TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS presents the following as its Third Report. Meetings Your Committee met on the following occasions in the Legislative Building • January 14, 2020 (2nd Session – 42nd Legislature) • July 21, 2020 (2nd Session – 42nd Legislature) Matters under Consideration • Recommendation for the appointment of the Auditor General Committee Membership Committee Membership for the January 14, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. CULLEN • Ms. GORDON • Mr. JOHNSON • Mr. MALOWAY • Mr. MARTIN • Ms. MORLEY-LECOMTE • Mr. MOSES • Ms. NAYLOR • Mr.

SMITH • Mr. TEITSMA (Chairperson) • Mr. WASYLIW Your Committee elected Mr. MARTIN as the Vice-Chairperson at the January 14, 2020 meeting. Committee Membership for the July 21, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. CULLEN • Ms. GORDON • Mr. JOHNSON • Mr. MALOWAY • Mr. TEITSMA (Chairperson) Your Committee elected Mr. JOHNSON as the Vice-Chairperson at the July 21, 2020 meeting. As agreed to by the House on May 27, 2020, Rule 83(2) was waived for the July 21, 2020 meeting, reducing the membership to six Members (4 Government and 2 Official Opposition).

Motions: Your Committee agreed to the following motion at the January 14, 2020 meeting: • THAT a sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs be struck to manage the process of hiring a new Auditor General for the Province of Manitoba, under the terms and conditions as follows: (

a) the sub- committee consist of four Government Members, two Official Opposition Members and one Liberal Party Member; (

b) the sub-committee have the authority to call their own meetings, the ability to meet in camera, and be able to undertake duties it deems necessary in order to fulfil its responsibilities in the hiring process; (

c) the sub-committee must report back to the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs with a recommendation that has been agreed to by all members; and (

d) the Committees Branch staff as well as the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services staff be authorized to attend all meetings of the sub-committee.

Your Committee agreed to the following motions at the July 21, 2020 meeting: • THAT the report and recommendation of the Sub-Committee be received. • THAT the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs recommend to the President of Executive Council that Tyson Shtykalo be appointed as the Auditor General for the Province of Manitoba. • THAT the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs authorize the Chair person to advise the Speaker of the appointment of the Auditor General once the offer has been accepted, and to ask the Speaker to inform all MLAs in writing of this appointment as well as issue a press release prior to presentation of the committee report to the Assembly.

SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT At the July 21, 2020 meeting of the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs, the Sub -Committee presented the following report. Meetings: Your Sub-Committee met on the following occasions: • January 30, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. • February 10, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. • May 21, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. • July 21, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. All meetings were held in camera in Room 255 of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration: • Recruitment and Selection of the Auditor General Sub-Committee Membership: Sub-Committee Membership for the January 30, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. CULLEN • Ms. GORDON • Mr.

JOHNSTON • Mr. LAMONT • Mr. TEITSMA • Mr. WASYLIW • Mr. WIEBE Your Sub-Committee elected Ms. GORDON as the Chairperson and Mr. TEITSMA as the Vice-Chairperson during the meeting on January 30, 2020. Sub-Committee Membership for the February 10, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. CULLEN • Mr. JOHNSTON • Mr. MALOWAY • Mr. MICKLEFIELD • Mr. TEITSMA (Vice- Chairperson) • Mr. WASYLIW Your Sub-Committee elected Mr. MICKLEFIELD as the Chairperson during the meeting on February 10, 2020. Sub-Committee Membership for the May 21, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. CULLEN • Ms. GORDON • Mr. JOHNSTON • Mr. LAMONT • Mr. MALOWAY • Mr.

TEITSMA (Vice- Chairperson) • Mr. WASYLIW Your Sub-Committee elected Ms. GORDON as the Chairperson during the meeting on May 21, 2020. Sub-Committee Membership for the July 21, 2020 meeting: • Hon. Mr. C ULLEN • Ms. GORDON (Chairperson) • Mr. JOHNSTON • Mr. LAMONT • Mr. MALOWAY • Mr. TEITSMA (Vice- Chairperson) • Mr.

WASYLIW Staff present for all Sub-Committee meetings: • Deanna Wilson, Director, Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services • Tim Abbott, Clerk Assistant/Committee Clerk Agreements by the Sub-Committee: Your Sub-Committee reached the following agreements during the meeting on February 10, 2020: • The Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services will deal with all the logistics and paperwork involved with the hiring process of the Auditor General, which includes the Advertising Plan, Selection Criteria, Advertisement and Interview Questions. • The Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services will conduct the paper screening of applications received and report to the Sub-Committee with all qualified candidates for review. • The Sub-Committee will review the list of qualified candidates and determine which applicant(

s) to be interviewed by the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services and one representative from each party: PC, NDP and Liberal. • The Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services will conduct interviews and report to the Sub - Committee the interview rating results for consideration and selection. • The Sub- Committee will review the interview rating results and determine the candidate to be recommended for the position of Auditor General. Your Sub-Committee reached the following agreements during the meeting on May 21, 2020: • To interview the seven candidates that met the essential qualifying criteria.

Your Sub-Committee reached the following agreements during the meeting on July 21, 2020: • Pending successful reference checks, the Sub -Committee agreed to recommend to the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs that Tyson Shtykalo be appointed as the Audito r General for the Province of Manitoba. • In the event the successful candidate declines or is no longer available, the Sub -Committee agreed to meet again to discuss further options.

Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services Activities: As agreed to by the Sub -Committee on February 10, 2020, the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services was tasked with all the logistics and paperwork involved with the hiring process of the Auditor General. On May 21, 2020, the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services reported to the Sub- Committee a list of seven qualified candidates for review and selection to be interviewed.

The Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services considered applications for the position of the Auditor General as follows: • Thirty-eight applications were received for the position. • Three individuals were interviewed for the position on June 17, 2020. • One individual was interviewed for the position on June 18, 2020. • Two individuals were interviewed for the position on June 19, 2020. • One individual withdrew from the process prior to the interview. On July 21, 2020, the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services reported to the Sub-Committee the interview rating results of the six candidates.

Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. James TEITSMA, Chairperson July 21, 2020