This audit focused on the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and their roles in meeting government's objective of ensuring healthy grizzly bear populations throughout B.C. It also looked at government's planning, activities and reporting as to the effectiveness of grizzly bear management.
An information piece on the Ministry of Environment's oversight of product stewardship (recycling) with a focus on Multi-Material BC.
This audit looked at whether or not the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Environment's compliance and enforcement activities of the mining sector are protecting the province from significant environmental risks.
A follow-up report to our 2011 audit of the EAO's oversight of certified projects. Contains the EAO's self-assessed progress and our progress audit on the six recommendations made in the original report.
Looks at government’s management of cumulative effects, which are changes to the environment caused by the combined impact of past, present and potential future activity.
This report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on June 3, 2015.
This follow-up report provides audit level assurance on four of the 18 self-assessments from ministries and organizations in implementing recommendations from recent reports, verifies progress for 26 recommendations from four reports, and contains a follow-up to our 2011 report on BC Hydro.
The purpose of this audit is to determine whether Emergency Management BC (EMBC) can demonstrate that it is adequately prepared to manage the effects of a catastrophic earthquake and is publicly reporting on the Province's preparedness for such an event.
This report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on June 25, 2014.
This follow-up report contains the self-assessed progress of ministries and organizations in implementing the recommendations from recent reports.
This report was discussed by the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts on February 4, 2015.
This follow-up report contains the self-assessed progress of ministries and organizations in implementing the recommendations from recent reports. It also contains the results of the Office's two first examinations of self-assessed progress.
This audit assessed whether government achieved its objective of a carbon neutral public sector, asking the following questions:
