Work in Progress

This audit will determine whether:

the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction (MMHA) provided strategic direction for health authorities to improve access to effective non-residential community-based substance use services for people seeking support
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) managed non-residential community-based substance use services to improve access to effective services for people seeking support, under the strategic direction of MMHA

We will examine a portion of government’s response to the opioid crisis–the strategic direction and management of access to some of the substance use services that are being provided for people that may be at risk of overdosing.

For more information, watch the auditor general's announcement video.

At the request of VCH, we have agreed to a further postponement of the audit. We are planning our work so that resources will be available to resume work early in the fall.

Updated: June 2021

This audit will determine whether the Office of the Comptroller General has established an effective framework to manage fraud risk in the BC public service.

It will look at the following aspects of fraud risk management: 

• Fraud risk governance
• Fraud risk assessment
• Fraud prevention/detection
• Fraud investigation
• Fraud monitoring and reporting

This audit has replaced the previously planned audit on investigational capacity in the Office of the Comptroller General, which was more narrowly focussed on fraud investigations. 

Updated: November 2021

Site C is the largest government-funded capital project in B.C.’s history, with an estimated budget of $16 billion. Construction of the project began in 2015 and is expected to be completed in 2025. 

In 2017, we postponed our examination of Site C when government referred the project for review to the BC Utilities Commission. Since the Commission’s review, and government’s decision to proceed with the project, we have been monitoring the progress of the project.  

In the fall of 2020, we began planning a performance audit of BC Hydro’s management of major Site C contracts. While we were planning this work, the government engaged a special advisor (Peter Millburn) to conduct a review of the project. We decided to wait for the results and recommendations of this review because the findings could be used to inform and focus the audit.

This audit remains on our current performance audit coverage plan. We will review the report prepared by Peter Millburn, along with other pertinent information, and determine what our next steps should be. 

Updated: May 2021

This audit will examine whether BC Housing’s purchases of nine properties in Vancouver and Victoria to house vulnerable groups (primarily people experiencing or at risk of homelessness) during the COVID-19 pandemic followed relevant approvals, policies and procedures. 

While the properties provide temporary accommodations during the pandemic, BC Housing intends to redevelop many of them for permanent, affordable and supportive housing. 

The audit will include property purchases made with provincial funding between April 2020 and May 2021 for these purposes.

For more information, watch the auditor general's announcement video.

Updated: November 2021

This audit will determine whether BC Housing effectively managed its provision of additional safe spaces for women and children leaving violent or unstable situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These additional spaces, called expansion sites, are located across the province. 

These additional spaces were needed to:

• meet physical distancing requirements in existing transition houses and safe homes,
• provide a space for women and children to self-isolate or quarantine, and
• support an expected increase in demand for spaces because of factors related to the pandemic.  For example, measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, such as self-isolating at home, can increase domestic violence.

The audit will assess effectiveness by:

• evaluating whether BC Housing provided additional safe spaces to meet the needs of transition housing providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and
• reviewing the processes BC Housing had in place to monitor and report on its provision of additional safe spaces. 

For more information, watch the auditor general's announcement video.

Updated: November 2021