Public Accounts Committees

Public Accounts Committees are parliamentary committees established by legislatures across Canada. These committees support public sector financial oversight by reviewing and reporting to legislatures on the audit findings of Auditors General on government financial statements and the administration of government organizations.

​As a key part of legislative accountability arrangements to safeguard public money, Public Accounts Committees examine government’s use of public money, and the effectiveness of public programs authorized by legislatures. To support their mandates, legislatures generally empower Public Accounts Committees to hear from Auditors General and government witnesses, and to report on their activities to legislatures. The work of Public Accounts Committees benefits all citizens by focusing attention on ways to ensure value for money and to secure financial savings for taxpayers in the delivery of public services.

​The first Public Accounts Committee was established in 1857 in the House of Commons at Westminster. In Canada, Public Accounts Committees were among the first parliamentary committees formed after Confederation. Traditionally, an opposition Member serves as the Chair of a Public Accounts Committee, and the Committee’s government and opposition Members focus on improving the administration of government programs.​

Additional information on the Members, mandates and important work of all Canadian Public Accounts Committees is available at their websites which are listed on this page.

​Contact information for Public Accounts Committees across Canada is also provided. If you have any changes to this information, please contact us.

Clerk to the Committee: Jennifer Arril, Clerk of Committees

tel: 250 356 2933

Katey Stickle, Committee Research Analyst

Clerk to the Committee:  Katerina Tefft, Clerk Assistant/Clerk of Committees

tel: 204 945 4729

Greg Recksielder, Clerk Assistant/Research Clerk

Clerk to the Committee: John-Patrick McCleave, Clerk Assistant and Clerk of Committees

tel: 506 453 2506

Clerk to the Committee: Bobbi Russell, Principal Clerk of Committees

tel: 709 729 1178

Evan Beazley, Committee Analyst

​Clerk to the Committee: Angus Wilson, Committee Clerk

tel: 867 767 9130 ext 12011

Chelsea Maksimovic​, Committee Advisor

Clerk to the Committee: Kim Langille, Committee Clerk

tel: 902 424 5247

Clerk to the Committee: John Quirke, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

​Clerk to the Committee: Stephen Innuksuk, Clerk Assistant

tel: 867 975 5163

​Alec Baldwin, Committee Researcher

​Siobhan Moss, Committee Researcher

Clerk to the Committee: Tanzima Khan, Committee Clerk

tel: 416 325 3506

Erica Simmons, Committee Researcher

Dmitry Granovsky, Committee Researcher

Lauren Warner, Committee Researcher

Clerk to the Committee: Ryan Reddin, Clerk Assistant

tel: 902 620 3766

Clerk to the Committee: Roxanne Guévin, Committee Clerk

Tel: 418 643 2722​

François Gagnon, Committee Research Coordinator

Clerk to the Committee: Danielle Humble-Selinger, Senior Procedural Clerk

tel: 306 787 7327

Clerk to the Committee: Allison Lloyd, Clerk of Committees

tel: 867 667 5494