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As the
Auditor General of the Province of Nova Scotia, Jacques
Lapointe is responsible to the House of Assembly and the people of
Nova Scotia for providing independent objective assessments of the
operations of government and the integrity of financial
reports. He helps hold
the government to account for the use of public funds and
contributes to a well-performing public sector that gives value for
money.
Prior to his appointment in March, 2006, Jacques served as
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Internal Auditor for the
government of Ontario,
following several years in government finance and audit,
and a 15-year career in public accounting that included
several years as a partner in a Toronto chartered accounting
firm.
A native of Kirkland
Lake in northern Ontario, Jacques is a Chartered Accountant with an
honours degree in Economics from the University of Toronto. He has served on the Boards
of Directors of a number of non-profit corporations and crown
agencies, has published a number of
articles and has been a frequent speaker at professional conferences
in Canada and abroad.
A member,
and currently chair, of the executive committee of the Canadian
Council of Legislative Auditors, he also serves on the Board of Governors and the
audit committee of the CCAF-FCVI Inc., the Nova Scotia Institute of
Chartered Accountants' Professional Conduct Committee, and the Board
of Trustees of the Research Foundation of the Institute of Internal
Auditors. He recently
served on the Canadian Public Sector Accounting Board's Tax Revenue
Task Force.
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Auditor
General
Jacques R. Lapointe, CA.CIA,
CGAP
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