Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
We'll call the meeting to order. We have only one hour to spend with our guests, so we'd like to make the best possible use of it.
Welcome to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates as we deal with the supplementary (C) estimates as they pertain to the Treasury Board Secretariat.
We're pleased to welcome some regular and frequent guests back to the committee from the secretariat to explain the supplementary (C)s.
I've spoken to Bill Matthews, who is heading the delegation, and he says he has some introductory remarks that might help us focus where the bulk of the costing and spending is.
I'd like to allow Mr. Matthews to take the floor first and tell us what he'd like to tell us about the supplementary (C)s. Then we'll try to maximize the questioning after that, if that's okay with everybody.
Mr. Matthews, the floor is yours.