2003 November Report of the Auditor General of Canada

(Tabling of the November 2003 Report was postponed to February 2004 due to the prorogation of the House of Commons in early November.)

• Matters of Special Importance—2003


• Chapter 1—Information Technology: Government On-Line


• Chapter 2—Accountability and Ethics in Government


• Government-Wide Audit of Sponsorship, Advertising, and Public Opinion Research—Overall Main Points (Chapters 3, 4 and 5)


• Chapter 3—The Sponsorship Program


• Chapter 4 —Advertising Activities


• Chapter 5—Management of Public Opinion Research


• Chapter 6—Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Federal Government


• Chapter 7—Human Resources Development Canada and the Canada Employment Insurance Commission—Measuring and Reporting the Performance of the Employment Insurance Income Benefits Program


• Chapter 8—Indian and Northern Affairs Canada—Transferring Federal Responsibilities to the North


• Chapter 9—Economic Development of First Nations Communities: Institutional Arrangements


• Chapter 10—Other Audit Observations

Appendices

• Appendix A—Auditor General Act
• Appendix B—Financial Administration Act
• Appendix C—Reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to the House of Commons, 2002-03
• Appendix D—Report on the audit of the President of the Treasury Board's report to Parliament
• Appendix E—Costs of Crown corporation audits conducted by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada