Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The role of public accounts is an important one. When I became Finance Minister, there was a significant delay in reports being done. The public accounts had sort of fallen out of attention and I made it a point, as the Finance Minister, to meet with the Auditor General, along with the deputy minister. We made the commitment that we would pay attention and we would reinforce the importance of time of reports, that the public accounts was an important function, and then the Legislature, as well, took it upon themselves and the committees to take a much more active role. Some of it had not been done for some time. So between us we’ve created a renewed emphasis and political commitment to make this part of the budgeting process an important one, and that we’re working hard and we’ve shown success in terms of getting reports done in a timely way. The committee has taken their new authority and they’ve renewed their interest and they’re now taking a much more active role, all of which can only make for a better total budgeting practice. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 348-17(4): Public Accounts Practices
In the Legislative Assembly on October 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 348-17(4): Public Accounts Practices
Oral Questions
October 20th, 2013
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