Just in regard to the committee report, there was a suggestion that in the Department of Finance, I believe, there were two financial officer positions that were going to be moved to the Department of Finance. But in light of the accountability process at the Local Housing Authority that the regional director of operations had to deal with, I think that…. I’d just like to know, in light of those transfers, what are we going to be doing to ensure that accountability practices are followed by way of audits and whatnot, to ensure that we have the financial processes fulfilled under our agreements with the LHOs, our regional director of operations and, more importantly, in light of the Auditor General’s report on that, and also realizing that the Department of Finance also has a challenge on its hands to recruit accountants? I
think it’s right across the board for most
government departments that it is a challenge just to fill those positions.
I’d just like to know, in light of that, is there a backup plan that we have if we fall back on our accounting of those audit commitments we have with the Financial Administration Act? I’d just like to ask: what’s the alternative to simply transferring those two positions to the Department of Finance?