I call the meeting to order.
Welcome, everyone, to the seventeenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. We're meeting today to review the supplementary estimates.
Our first group of witnesses is with the Department of Public Works: Mr. Alex Lakroni, chief financial officer, and John McBain, assistant deputy minister, real property branch.
Welcome back, Mr. McBain.
We also have with us from the department Pierre-Marc Mongeau, assistant deputy minister, parliamentary precinct branch.
It's a very interesting selection of witnesses that we've compiled today.
Before we get going, I would like to recognize the wonderful job that has been done for us by our analysts and our researchers with the Library of Parliament, Tina Lise, Lindsay, and Édison. It's very helpful and high-quality work that's going to help guide us in our examination of the estimates.
We will have a brief presentation, perhaps, from the witnesses and then go right into questions from committee members.
Who would like to begin?