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The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (SCAAF)

• In May 2009, the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (SCAAF) tabled a report on its study: "The Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) in Quebec and Alberta" with a focus on the assistance offered to producers in these quarantined areas. SCAAF made four recommendations to the Agriculture portfolio which agreed to address each finding. Recommendation #2 sought a timely completion of the negotiations to establish "Guidelines on Surveillance and Phytosanitary Actions for PCN" between Canada, the United States and other countries. In June 2009, the revised Guidelines were signed between the CFIA and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In response to Recommendation #4, the CFIA reaffirmed its commitment to address the findings of the December 2008 OAG audit report "Managing Risks to Canada's Plant Resources".

GOC Response to SCAAF Report at Parliamentary can be found at: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4096914&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2

Referenced in Section II of the DPR under PA 2.2.2 Plant Health Risk and Production Systems – Strategic Performance Analysis

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP)

• In June 2009, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) tabled a report which described its assessment of the CFIA's Management Action Plan (MAP). This MAP describes how the CFIA will address the recommendations made in the December 2008 OAG audit report "Managing Risks to Canada's Plant Resources". In its report, the PACP provided six recommendations for the CFIA to consider, including the requirement for the Agency to provide a detailed and technical action plan to the PACP by December 31, 2009.
• The CFIA agrees with all the PACP recommendations. Due to the high degree of similarity around the findings of the OAG audit, the PACP study and a 2008 internal evaluation report on the Agency's invasive alien species program, CFIA's response to all of these report recommendations was integrated into one single Detailed and Technical Action Plan (DTAP). The DTAP identifies a framework of specific initiatives and strategies to be undertaken by the CFIA over the next five years that in the aggregate will achieve the performance improvement required to address the issues identified by the OAG, PACP and the internal evaluation.

CFIA's detailed action plan can be found at: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4140080&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2

Referenced in Section II of the DPR under PA 2.2.2 Plant Health Risk and Production Systems – Strategic Performance Analysis

Not Applicable

External Audits
The Office of the Comptroller General Horizontal Internal Audits:

1. Horizontal Internal Audits of Corporate Risk Profiles in Large Departments and Agencies (LDAs)
   
   The report examined how corporate risk management processes are governed, what systems and practices are used to develop them, how they are incorporated into business planning, and how LDAs report on corporate risk management performance.
   
   http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/report/orp/2010/crp-pro-eng.asp
2. Horizontal Internal Audit of High Risk Expenditures in Large Departments and Agencies (LDAs)
   
   The report examined the risk management over expenditure controls and the practices in place in a sample of LDAs in order to determine whether expenditure management was being carried out in a cost-effective and efficient manner while maintaining the required level of control.
   
   http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/report/orp/2009/hia-vih-eng.asp