Espace 400e Audit Quebec City

PARKS CANADA AGENCY ESPACE 400e AUDIT QUEBEC CITY FINAL OCTOBER 2007 e Parks Canada Agency Espace 400 Audit © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Chief Executive Officer of the Parks Canada Agency, 2007 Catalogue Number: ISBN: OIAE 2 September 2007 e Parks Canada Agency Espace 400 Audit TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY 4 1.BACKGROUND 5 2.OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE 5 3.METHODOLOGY 6 4.ASSURANCE STATEMENT 7 5.CONCLUSION 7 6. OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 6.1 Management control framework 7 6.1.1 Conceptualization 8 6.1.2 Planning 9 6.1.3 Performance 11 6.1.4 Completion6.2 Funds spent as planned 12 6.3 Fair and optimal use of contracting resources 13 APPENDIX A 14 OIAE 3 September 2007 e Parks Canada Agency Espace 400 Audit SUMMARY 2008 will be the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, the first permanent French colony in North America. A committee made up of federal, provincial, Aboriginal and municipal government representatives is coordinating the anniversary celebrations. In May 2005, Treasury Board allocated $24 million to the Parks Canada Agency to develop the Louise Basin and the Espace 400e Pavilion, which will become a Parks Canada Discovery Centre in 2009. eThe Espace 400 ...