Transmittal Letters

To His Excellency

The Right Honourable David Johnston,
C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.,
Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada

May it please your Excellency:

I have the honour to present to Your Excellency the Public Accounts of Canada for the year ended March 31, 2012.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

To The Honourable Tony Clement, P.C., M.P.
President of the Treasury Board and Minister
for the Federal Economic Development Initiative
for Northern Ontario

Sir:

In accordance with the provisions of section 64(1) of the Financial Administration Act, I have the honour to transmit herewith the Public Accounts of Canada for the year ended March 31, 2012, to be laid by you before the House of Commons.

To The Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P.
Receiver General for Canada

Madam:

I have the honour to submit the Public Accounts of Canada for the year ended March 31, 2012.

Under section 64(1) of the Financial Administration Act, the Public Accounts of Canada for each fiscal year shall be prepared by the Receiver General and shall be laid before the House of Commons by the President of the Treasury Board on or before the thirty-first day of December next following the end of that year, or if the House of Commons is not then sitting, within the first fifteen days next thereafter that the House of Commons is sitting.

This annual report is presented in three volumes:

Volume I—The consolidated financial statements of Canada on which the Auditor General has expressed an opinion and provided his observations; a discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial statements and a ten-year comparison of financial information; analyses of revenues and expenses, and of asset and liability accounts; and various other statements;

Volume II—Details of the financial operations of the Government, segregated by ministry; and

Volume III—Additional information and analyses.