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The Audit Services DivisionPHAC’s Audit CommitteeThe Public Health Agency of Canada’s Audit Committee (PHAC-AC) is an essential part of the audit regime established by the Policy on Internal Audit. The Policy calls for the deputy head of each organization to establish an independent Audit Committee that includes experienced, competent external members. Audit committees must include independent, external members who are not currently in the federal public service. Members from the federal public service shall be limited to the deputy heads, and associate deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers from other departments and agencies. The deputy head would be the only internal representative on the audit committee if he or she elects to chair the committee. The preferred model would be a committee comprised entirely of external members with the deputy head as an ex-officio member. The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO), together with the Comptroller General, jointly select the PHAC-AC members for approval by the Treasury Board. Established by the CPHO, the PHAC-AC is an independent audit committee with a total of four voting members: three external members, i.e. not currently in the federal public service and one internal member. The collective skills, knowledge, and experience of PHAC-AC members allow the committee to competently and efficiently undertake its duties. All members of the PHAC-AC are free of any real or perceived conflict of interest. Role of PHAC’s Audit CommitteeThe role of PHAC’s Audit Committee (PHAC-AC) is to ensure that the CPHO has independent, objective advice, guidance, and assurance on the adequacy of the Agency's control and accountability processes. In order to give this support to the CPHO, the Audit Committee should exercise active oversight of core areas of control and accountability in an integrated and systematic way. The key areas of responsibility, outlined by Treasury Board Secretariat, that shall be addressed by the PHAC-AC are:
The Audit Committee shall:
The Audit Committee (AC) meetings will be held quarterly (4 times a year) and special meetings organized as required.
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