I call the meeting to order, colleagues.
We're back in session, and the second part of our meeting involves a review, in very prompt order, of the supplementary estimates (A), which were tabled less than a couple of hours ago in the House. Returning as witnesses, we have Mr. Alister Smith, assistant secretary, expenditure management sector from the Treasury Board Secretariat; and Mr. Brian Pagan, executive director, expenditure operations and estimates division.
We have the experts in front of us, so I'm pretty sure members will have questions with respect to actual spending for stimulus purposes under previous or existing Treasury Board authorizations.
Mr. Smith, if you have an opening statement with respect to this, please proceed.