Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It is a pleasure to have the minister and his colleagues with us today.
I want to start with laying the framework of what we're dealing with in these supplementary estimates. You spoke about it a little in your presentation, when you talked about the main estimates and the additional items that come in here.
I wonder whether the minister or one of his colleagues could inform the committee about how the estimates process works. Perhaps they could specifically describe the role of supplementary estimates as a complement to the main estimates, which were tabled in the spring. One of the examples I could bring forward is how the report on plans and priorities work in conjunction with the departmental performance reports as we go forward.