Audit Committee Keeps Skills Matrix Confidential

Summary#

On June 11, 2026, Calgary’s Audit Committee carried a motion on the Calgary Housing 2025 Annual Report. It received the report and presentation for the corporate record and kept Attachment 6, Calgary Housing’s Board of Directors Skills Matrix, confidential and unreleased under the Access to Information Act’s personal-privacy provision.

  • The motion was moved by Councillor Clark and carried 7 to 0.
  • The carried motion keeps Attachment 6 confidential. The report’s recommendation also mentioned closed-meeting discussions, but that wording is not in the motion as supplied.

What it means for you#

  • Calgary Housing: Its report and presentation are received for the record. The decision does not set new duties for housing applicants or change housing services.
  • Public: The Board of Directors Skills Matrix will not be released under this decision. The available material does not include the report’s findings or the contents of its other attachments.

Money#

No cost information is in the available material.

  • The decision does not approve spending, a grant, or a contract.

What is unclear#

  • The contents and findings of the annual report and presentation are not provided here.
  • The material does not explain why releasing the Skills Matrix would harm personal privacy.
  • It does not say whether or when the confidential attachment could be released later.

Case for#

  • Calgary Housing says it prepared the report in response to the Audit Committee’s request for information about governance, financial reporting, risk management, performance and community impact.
  • Receiving the report and presentation for the record gives the committee a formal way to consider the topics it requested.

Case against#

  • The committee’s decision withholds the Board Skills Matrix, limiting what the public can see about board skills and composition. The supplied material cites personal privacy but does not explain the specific concern.
  • The contents of the report and presentation are not available in the supplied material, so the public cannot assess the information the committee received.

Votes

Audit Committee, item 7.2 (Calgary Housing 2025 Annual Report, AC2026-0262): That with respect to Report AC2026-0262, the following be approved, after amendment: That Audit Committee: - Receive this report and presentation for the Corporate Record; and - Keep Attachment 6 confidential pursuant to Section 20 (Disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information Act, not to be released.

For (100%)