Improving the City Audit Function

Currently, the City Auditor is appointed by City Council, directed by Council and reports to Council. The Auditor is not truly independent like Canada’s Auditor General Sheila Fraser or Alberta’s Auditor General Merwan Saher.

The Chamber supports a truly independent City Auditor that controls the work plan and has the resources to do the job properly. This independent oversight is important as City Council directs a major corporation with operating expenditures over $2 billion per year and capital spending of $4 billion over the next three years.

What’s New

January 28, 2010
Municipal Auditor General bill fails but key tenets remain

Publication: November 19, 2009
2010 Municipal Budget Submission

Article: November 12, 2009
Chamber makes case for a provincial Office of Municipal Auditor General

News Release: November 12, 2009
2010 Municipal Budget deliberations are an opportunity to continue to 'adjust' to a new economic reality

Presentation: October 27, 2009
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Community Services Re: provincial Office of Municipal Auditor General

News Release: July 30, 2009
Independent Office of Municipal Auditor General would help local governments deliver higher value to citizens

Op-ed: July 2, 2009
The public purse isn't bottomless

News Release: November 17, 2008
Business community seeks value for money in municipal budget

Publication: November 17, 2008
Submission on the City of Calgary's 2009 - 2011 Proposed Budget

Op-ed: August 14, 2008
Somebody needs to mind the corner store

Op-ed: May 10, 2007
City must beef up role of its auditor

Results

January 28, 2010
Municipal Auditor General bill fails but key tenets remain