The committee met at 0901 in room 151.

Subcommittee report

The Chair (Mr. Tom Rakocevic): Good morning, everyone. Welcome on this rainy morning. Good to see you all. I would like to call the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to order. Our first order of business on the agenda today is reports from the subcommittee on committee business. Can I please have one of the subcommittee members read the first report into the record? I recognize Madame Gélinas.

M^me France Gélinas: I want to start by saying that the subcommittee meetings went very well. There was a lot of hard work put in but also a lot of collaboration, and I really appreciated that.

Your subcommittee on committee business met on October 18 and 21, 2022, and recommends the following:

(1) That the committee move forward with the completion of report-writing on its four previous selections from the 2020 and 2021 annual reports of the Auditor General as follows:

—draft 3 of the committee report on the Value-for-Money Audit: Condominium Oversight in Ontario (2020 AR);

—draft 1 of the committee report on the Value-for-Money Audit: Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (2021 AR);

—draft 1 of the committee report on the Value-for-Money Audit: COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Supply (2021 AR);

—draft 1 of the committee report on the Value-for-Money Audit: COVID-19 Economic Response and Supports for Small Businesses (2021 AR); and

That the committee receive a briefing from the Auditor General and legislative research officer regarding the committee’s work to date on the aforementioned selections before beginning report writing.

(2) That the committee move forward with the consideration of its previous selections from the 2021 Auditor General reports as follows:

—Value-for-Money Audit: Outpatient Surgeries.

(3) That the committee set regular meeting times of 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday and that this may be adjusted by committee agreement as needed.

(4) That all witnesses appearing before the committee be given an oath of witness or affirmation by the committee Clerk and that all current elected members of provincial and federal Parliament appearing before the committee be exempt from being given an oath of witness or affirmation.

The Chair (Mr. Tom Rakocevic): Is there any debate or comments? Are members ready to vote? All those in favour? Any opposed? I see none. Carried.

Mr. Will Bouma: Mr. Chair, I move that the committee do now adjourn.

The Chair (Mr. Tom Rakocevic): Mr. Bouma is seeking adjournment. Are members ready to vote? All those in favour? All those opposed? Carried.

The committee is now adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 0905.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Chair / Président

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Ms. Donna Skelly (Flamborough–Glanbrook PC)

Mr. Will Bouma (Brantford–Brant PC)

Mr. Rick Byers (Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound PC)

M^me Lucille Collard (Ottawa–Vanier L)

Mr. Stephen Crawford (Oakville PC)

Mr. Rudy Cuzzetto (Mississauga–Lakeshore PC)

M^me France Gélinas (Nickel Belt ND)

Mr. Logan Kanapathi (Markham–Thornhill PC)

Mr. Todd J. McCarthy (Durham PC)

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

Ms. Donna Skelly (Flamborough–Glanbrook PC)

Ms. Laura Smith (Thornhill PC)

MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay–Superior North / Thunder Bay–Supérieur-Nord ND)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Ms. Laurie Scott (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock PC)

Clerk pro tem / Greffière par intérim

Ms. Valerie Quioc Lim

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Erica Simmons, research officer,
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