We will call the meeting to order.
Welcome, everyone, to the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
We will continue today with our ongoing study considering the estimates and supply matters of the federal government. We've had a very interesting study to date, and today we're very pleased to welcome to give his views the Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson. With him today is Nancy Cheng, the Assistant Auditor General, and Richard Domingue, principal with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.
The normal custom, Mr. Ferguson, is a five- or ten-minute opening statement, and then we'll go to questions and answers from the committee members. The floor is yours, sir, and welcome.