Traduction de «Reporteur aux affaires financières » (Français → Anglais) :

The Auditor General may, if in his opinion such an assignment does not interfere with his primary responsibilities, whenever the Governor in Council so requests, inquire into and report on any matter relating to the financial affairs of Canada or to public property or inquire into and report on any person or organization that has received financial aid from the Government of Canada or in respect of which financial aid from the Government of Canada is sought.

16. Reiterates the need for the continued and comprehensive training of prosecutors and police with a view to their conduct of complex investigations, especially those of a financial nature; stresses that the key to the fight against systemic corruption lies in severing the bonds between political parties, private interests and public enterprises; draws particular attention to the need to make party financing transparent and bring it into line with EU standards; calls on the authorities to fully implement the law on party financing; maintains that the principle of the presumption of innocence must at no point be endangered in the fig ...[+++]ht against corruption; stresses that whistleblowing is essential for the detection of corruption; calls, therefore, on the government to enact and implement whistleblower protection rules and to actively encourage people to denounce corruption at all levels; recalls that both authorities and media bear the responsibility to inform the public about ongoing corruption investigations in a credible manner, since this is a necessary condition for successful and professional operations by the judiciary and the police;

26. Notes a steady rise in the status of the euro as an international currency; points out that the European Union's representation concerning economic and monetary affairs in international forums poorly reflects the true economic weight of the euro area and that this may be seen as an obstacle for an increased influence in international financial affairs; calls, therefore, for concrete steps to be taken towards a unified euro area representation within international financial institutions such as the IMF;

26. Notes a steady rise in the status of the euro as an international currency; points out that the European Union's representation concerning economic and monetary affairs in international forums poorly reflects the true economic weight of the euro area and that this may be seen as an obstacle for an increased influence in international financial affairs; calls, therefore, for concrete steps to be taken towards a unified euro area representation within international financial institutions such as the IMF;

26. Notes a steady rise in the status of the euro as an international currency; points out that the European Union's representation concerning economic and monetary affairs in international forums poorly reflects the true economic weight of the euro area and that this may be seen as an obstacle for an increased influence in international financial affairs; calls, therefore, for concrete steps to be taken towards a unified euro area representation within international financial institutions such as the IMF;

In the Auditor General's terms of reference, according to the act, under “Inquiry and report”, the Auditor General is to “report on any matter relating to the financial affairs of Canada” and “inquire into and report on any person or organization that has received financial support from the Government”.