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{
"time": "2024-02-29 15:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Karen Hogan",
"fr": "Mme Karen Hogan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8272500\" data-originallang=\"en\">I agree that it has caused me to reflect on bookkeeping more in general across the public service, but for several years, even before I was Auditor General, I have been involved with the audit of the Government of Canada's financial statements. We spend a large amount of time in many of the very large, significant departments, and bookkeeping and record-keeping are well done. There are thousands of employees across the public service who contribute to the Public Accounts of Canada, and it is usually very well done.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8272501\" data-originallang=\"en\"> One of the comments I did make around ArriveCAN is that it was a bit of a \u201chead-scratcher\u201d for me as to why this all happened. I believe part of the pandemic contributed to it, with the need to move quickly to support Canadians and the flexibility the Secretary of the Treasury Board afforded the public service. However, I think it was forgotten that it came with a reminder that public servants should demonstrate due diligence and document their decisions. That's really what fell through here during the ArriveCAN development and implementation.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8272500\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je dois dire en effet que cela m'a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 m'interroger sur la tenue des registres financiers de fa\u00e7on plus g\u00e9n\u00e9rale dans l'ensemble de la fonction publique. Toutefois, je participe aux audits des \u00e9tats financiers du gouvernement depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es \u2014 je le faisais m\u00eame avant d'\u00eatre v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u2014, et nous passons beaucoup de temps dans de nombreux minist\u00e8res qui sont tr\u00e8s grands, tr\u00e8s importants, et la tenue des registres financiers et des dossiers est bien faite. Des milliers d'employ\u00e9s dans l'ensemble de la fonction publique participent \u00e0 la pr\u00e9paration des Comptes publics du Canada, et le travail est normalement bien fait.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8272501\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai notamment dit au sujet d'ArriveCAN que je n'arrivais pas \u00e0 comprendre pourquoi tout cela s'est pass\u00e9. Je pense que c'est en partie \u00e0 cause de la pand\u00e9mie, de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de proc\u00e9der rapidement pour appuyer les Canadiens et de la marge de man\u0153uvre que le Secr\u00e9tariat du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor a donn\u00e9e \u00e0 la fonction publique. Toutefois, je pense qu'on a oubli\u00e9 le rappel qui accompagnait cela, soit que les fonctionnaires devaient faire preuve de la diligence requise et documenter Ieurs d\u00e9cisions. Lors de l'\u00e9laboration et de la mise en \u0153uvre d'ArriveCAN, c'est vraiment ce qui a \u00e9chou\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/public-accounts/44-1/104/karen-hogan-2/",
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"source_id": "12617641",
"document_url": "/committees/public-accounts/44-1/104/",
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