Organization of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Executive Office

Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada

  • Communications
  • Legal Services
  • Parliamentary Liaison and International Relations
  • Practice Review and Internal Audit

Audit Services

Stuart Barr, Assistant Auditor General—Professional Practices Group

  • Audit Standards, Methodology, Quality Assurance, and Training
  • National Professional Practices Group

Lyn Sachs, Assistant Auditor General—Chief Financial Officer, Departmental Security Officer

  • Corporate Services
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Knowledge Management
  • Security

Audit Practices

Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

  • Environmental and sustainable development audits, environmental petitions, obligations under the Federal Sustainable Development Act and the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Environment Canada.

Jerome Berthelette, Assistant Auditor General

  • National Defence, Defence Construction Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and Veterans Affairs Canada.

Ronnie Campbell, Assistant Auditor General

  • Government of Nunavut and related corporations, performance audits of the governments of Yukon and Northwest Territories and related corporations, Industry Canada, Infrastructure Canada, National Research Council Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Northern Pipeline Agency Canada, Human Resource audits, and Strategic Planning.

Nancy Cheng, Assistant Auditor General

  • Canadian  Commercial  Corporation,  Canada Post Corporation, Department of Finance Canada, Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada, Public Accounts of Canada, Public Service pension plans, Royal Canadian Mint, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Halifax regional office, selected Crown corporations, internal audit, information technology, and financial management control.

Terrance DeJong, Assistant Auditor General

  • Western offices (Edmonton and Vancouver), and financial audits of the governments of Yukon and Northwest Territories and selected corporations.

Maurice Laplante, Assistant Auditor General

  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national museums, Canadian Heritage, Transport Canada, Federal Bridge Corporation Limited, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, National Capital Commission, National Arts Centre, VIA Rail, and the Office’s Forensic Audit Practice.

Andrew Lennox, Assistant Auditor General

  • Annual Audit Product Leader, renewal of the Office’s Annual Audit Methodology, integration of IT specialists into the Office’s annual audits, and management  of the Office’s involvement in the Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors.

Wendy Loschiuk, Assistant Auditor General

  • Canada  Border  Services  Agency, Canadian  Security  Intelligence Service, Correctional Service Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Department of Justice Canada, Public Safety Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian International Development Agency, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Clyde MacLellan, Assistant Auditor General

  • Agents of Parliament, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Export Development Canada, Farm Credit Canada, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Public Service Commission of Canada, Standards Council of Canada, and Special Examination Product Leader.

Neil Maxwell, Assistant Auditor General

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Dairy Commission, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, Effectiveness Measurement and Reporting, and Performance Audit Product Leader.

Marian McMahon, Assistant Auditor General

  • Canada  Revenue Agency and International  Labour  Organization.

Sylvain Ricard, Assistant Auditor General

  • Business  Development Bank of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Lands Company Limited, Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance Account, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, National Film Board, Old Port of Montréal Corporation Inc., Parks Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Telefilm Canada, selected Crown corporations, and the Montreal regional office.