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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 159
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:03 a.m. to 1:12 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

Library of Parliament
• Mahdi Benmoussa, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Department of Finance
• Chris Forbes, Deputy Minister
Office of the Auditor General
• Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada
• Andrew Hayes, Deputy Auditor General
• Sana Garda, Principal
• Etienne Matte, Principal
Treasury Board Secretariat
• Annie Boudreau, Comptroller General of Canada
• John Daley, Senior Director, Public Accounts and Advisory Services
• Blair Kennedy, Executive Director, Government Accounting Policy & Reporting
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee commenced consideration of the Public Accounts of Canada 2024, referred to the committee on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

Karen Hogan and Annie Boudreau made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

Motion

Francis Drouin moved, — That, except for a meeting called pursuant to Standing Order 106(4), no meetings of the committee or subcommittee be held during Parliament’s adjournment from December 19th, 2024 to January 26th, 2025.

RULING BY THE CHAIR

The Chair ruled the motion inadmissible as a 48-hour notice was not provided and the motion did not relate directly to the business at hand.

Whereupon, Iqra Khalid appealed the decision of the Chair.

The question: "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?" was put and was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Kelly McCauley, John Nater, Michelle Rempel-Garner, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné— 4;

NAYS: Richard Cannings, Francis Drouin, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Iqra Khalid, Francis Scarpaleggia, Jean Yip— 6.

Accordingly, the Chair's decision was overturned.

At 12:00 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:09 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Debate arose thereon.

At 1:12 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Hilary Smyth
Clerk of the committee