Translation of "Vérification de fermeture faite au bureau " (French → English) :

It will be done through the Auditor General, very sensitively, and through the Government of Canada.

Sacrédeus (PPE-DE ) (SV) Mr President, I entirely agree with Mrs Schroedter and Mr Wiersma and shall list a number of points by way of summarising how we Christian Democrats view the closure of the OSCE office in Minsk.

Sacrédeus (PPE-DE) (SV) Mr President, I entirely agree with Mrs Schroedter and Mr Wiersma and shall list a number of points by way of summarising how we Christian Democrats view the closure of the OSCE office in Minsk.

43. Notes that there is a tension between the necessity of separating the responsibilities of Parliament's administration and those of the political groups on the one hand and the Financial Regulation on the other which does not explicitly provide for any such separation; instructs its Bureau to ensure that Parliament's implementating rules of the Financial Regulation include a provision identifying the specific status of political groups so that their particular responsibilities can be clearly and properly regulated; recalls the remarks by the Court of Auditors that the differing audit procedures employed by the various auditors mean ...[+++]that these external audits have had limited effectiveness in assessing overall control mechanisms on the 3701 budget line; expects the situation to show marked improvement in the future following the decision to limit the choice of external auditors to a short list of internationally recognised audit firms and a common audit framework;

43. Notes that there is a tension between the necessity of separating the responsibilities of Parliament's administration and those of the political groups on the one hand and the Financial Regulation on the other which does not explicitly provide for any such separation; instructs its Bureau to ensure that Parliament's implementating rules of the Financial Regulation include a provision identifying the specific status of political groups so that their particular responsibilities can be clearly and properly regulated; recalls the remarks by the Court of Auditors that the differing audit procedures employed by the various auditors mean ...[+++]that these external audits have had limited effectiveness in assessing overall control mechanisms on the 3701 budget line; expects the situation to show marked improvement in the future following the decision to limit the choice of external auditors to a short list of internationally recognised audit firms and a common audit framework;

Hon. Sheila Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, given that the letters mentioned by the member opposite were personally forwarded by me to the opposition, she should know that, when the analysis was done, our department's audit bureau made all the necessary changes in the current system.