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The role of the Auditor General of Canada is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of federal government operations. The Auditor General reports to the House of Commons, not to the government. These audits provide members of Parliament with objective information to help them examine the government's activities and hold it to account. == Office == Auditors General are appointed by the Governor General in Council (cabinet) on address of the House of Commons and Senate for a non-renewable term of ten years. An Auditor General may only be removed for cause by the Governor in Council with the approval of both the House of Commons and Senate. On November 4, 2011, the Prime Minister appointed Michael Ferguson, former Auditor General of the province of New Brunswick, as Auditor General of Canada, effective November 28, 2011. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc. five years in a row (2008-2012), and was featured in ''Maclean's'' newsmagazine. The (Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development ), was created by Parliament in 1995 as an aide to the AGC, and has offices within the precinct of the AGC. The Commissioner is empowered under the 1995 amendments to the Auditor-General Act to receive " petitions on environmental and sustainable development matters and () require ministers to respond to them."〔(Backgrounder on powers of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development )〕 The petition process requires the Ministry to respond in 120 days, although the process may be delayed by litigation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auditor General of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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