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

To determine whether the Ministry of Finance has implemented recommendations made in the KPMG 2016 report titled “Strategic Initiatives Review of the British Columbia Ministry of Finance Investigation and Forensic Unit”.

This is the largest financial statement audit in British Columbia, including more than 160 organizations. 

In our audit opinion – published in the Province’s Public Accounts report on July 28, 2021 – we explain any significant concerns we have with the government’s financial reporting. In this upcoming report, we will include our audit opinion and take you behind the scenes of the audit to share some of the interesting issues we worked on.

Our audit of the government’s summary financial statements is required by the Auditor General Act and is published by government in its annual Public Accounts. 

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

Updated: September 2021

This year, as part of our financial statement audit work across government – which included understanding overall financial control in the public sector – we sent out a questionnaire to 140 public sector organizations to gather more information about public sector organizations’ fraud risk management practices.

Public expectations that private and public sector organizations better manage fraud risks have increased over time as news of large frauds have eroded public trust. In response, best practice guidance has been updated to include additional recommendations to strengthen fraud risk management practices.  

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

Updated: September 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 determine whether the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure: 

• ensured the delivery of an effective interim long-distance bus service to B.C. northern communities
• has a plan to develop a sustainable solution for long-distance ground transportation that reflects the needs of northern communities 

Specifically, the audit will assess whether the ministry is: 

• ensuring delivery of interim services to the region
• verifying delivery of safe, reliable, and affordable interim services
• ensuring efficient interim services
• developing a plan for a sustainable solution

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

Updated: May 2021