Public Accounts Committee — Newfoundland and Labrador English School District Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Perry Trimper, MHA PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Newfoundland and Labrador English School District Chair: David Brazil, MHA Vice-Chair: Derrick Bragg, MHA Members: Neil King, MHA Pam Parsons, MHA Barry Petten, MHA Scott Reid, MHA Gerry Rogers, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Elizabeth Murphy Appearing: Office of the Auditor General Julia Mullaley, CPA, CA, Auditor General Trena Keats, Audit Principal Lindy Stanley, Audit Manager Tony Wiseman, Audit Senior Martin Cook, Audit Senior Newfoundland and Labrador English School District Goronwy Price, Chair of the Board of Trustees Tony Stack, CEO ad Director of Education Terry Hall, Assistant Director of Finance and Business Administration/Student Transportation Ed Walsh, Assistant Director of Human Resources, Assistant Director of Programmes and Operations (Acting) December 18, 2018 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 41 The Committee met at 9:30 a.m. in the House of Assembly Chamber. CHAIR (Brazil): All good? AN HON. MEMBER: Yes. CHAIR: Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to welcome everybody to the Public Accounts Committee hearings on the Management of the Procurement of Goods and Services, Newfoundland and Labrador English School District. I’ll just explain the process and some of the housekeeping items. We’ll get each of the witnesses who haven’t been sworn in previously to be sworn in, in a second, by the Deputy Clerk. I want to welcome everybody here, obviously. The intent here is to look a the Auditor General’s report and have a multitude of questions around the process to how we got to this point, what are some of the processes to move forward, and how do we best identify the solutions that ensure that the people of Newfoundland and Labrador have confidence in the spending processes of any entity in government but, particularly in this case, the English School District itsel