I call this 46th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to order.
Colleagues, I have no committee business prior to commencement of the hearing, so unless somebody has something they want to bring forward at this time, and I'm not seeing anyone, we will proceed with the public hearing on chapter 2, “Support for Combatting Transnational Crime”, of the fall 2014 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
Colleagues, we have the Auditor General with us, and our witnesses are here. The meeting will unfold in the usual manner beginning with opening remarks from each of our witnesses. As always, the initial opening remarks will be from our Auditor General, Mr. Ferguson.
Mr. Auditor General, you now have the floor, sir.