What to Expect—An Auditee’s Guide to the Performance Audit Process

4. Tabling

Before tabling

Two weeks before tabling, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) provides advance notice to audited entities and invites them to OAG premises to preview communications material it has prepared for tabling.

The OAG requests advance notice of the individuals the entity intends to send. The preview takes place a few days before the report is tabled.

Tabling day events

On the day that a report of the Auditor General or the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development is tabled in the House of Commons, the OAG participates in

Confidential preview for parliamentarians

All members of Parliament and senators are invited. Parliamentarians who attend the preview receive copies of the report and related communications material.

Media lock-up

Accredited members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery who attend the media lock-up receive copies of the report and related communications material.

News conference

The news conference is open only to accredited members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.

Entities should make their own arrangements to view the news conference, either with the National Press Theatre or by watching it online.

Media interviews

The Auditor General or the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development is available for interviews with journalists following the tabling of the report.

Information not in the report

In some instances, members of Parliament, the Senate, the media, or the public want additional information about the audited entities or audit subject matter not included in the report.

It is OAG policy to not provide such information. Therefore, any questions for further information or background are referred to the entity.