The committee met at 1230 in room 151.

Subcommittee report

The Chair (Mr. Tom Rakocevic): Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to call the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to order.

Our first order of business on the agenda today is a report from the subcommittee on committee business. Can I please have one of the subcommittee members read the report into the record? I recognize MPP Dixon.

Ms. Jess Dixon: Your subcommittee on committee business met on May 14, 2026, and recommends the following:

(1) That the following reports of the Office of the Auditor General be reviewed by the committee:

—2026 Performance Audit: Special Education Needs;

—2026 Performance Audit: Large Commercial Truck Driver Licensing;

—2026 Performance Audit: Family Responsibility Office.

I move the adoption of this report.

The Chair (Mr. Tom Rakocevic): Is there any debate? Are there any debate or comments? Seeing none, are members ready to vote? All those in favour? Opposed? Carried. Thank you, everyone.

We will now pause briefly as we go into closed session.

The committee recessed at 1231 and later continued in closed session.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Chair / Président

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

First Vice-Chair / Premier Vice-Président

Mr. David Smith (Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre PC)

Second Vice-Chair / Deuxième Vice-Présidente

Ms. Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke–Lakeshore L)

Ms. Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale ND)

Mrs. Michelle Cooper (Eglinton–Lawrence PC)

MPP George Darouze (Carleton PC)

Ms. Jess Dixon (Kitchener South–Hespeler / Kitchener-Sud–Hespeler PC)

Ms. Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke–Lakeshore L)

MPP Mohamed Firin (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston PC)

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

MPP Bill Rosenberg (Algoma–Manitoulin PC)

Mr. David Smith (Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

MPP Monica Ciriello (Hamilton Mountain / Hamilton-Mountain PC)

Mr. Andrew Dowie (Windsor–Tecumseh PC)

Mr. Chris Glover (Spadina–Fort York ND)

MPP Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre / Hamilton-Centre ND)

Clerk / Greffière

Ms. Thushitha Kobikrishna

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Dmitry Granovsky, research officer,
Research Services

Ms. Lauren Warner, research officer,
Research Services