Annual Report of the External Members of the Audit Committee 2016-2017

This report was prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 6.6.1.2 of the Directive on Internal Auditing in the Government of Canada, which specifies that the report must: •summarize the results of the committee's reviews of areas of responsibility; •provide the independent members' assessment, and make recommendations as needed on the capacity, independence and performance of the internal audit function; •express views that are entirely and exclusively those of the independent members.