Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to welcome our guests here today as well.
I will be sharing my time with my colleague Mr. Trottier. I'm going to focus my questions on the reports on plans and priorities.
One of the first things I noticed when I looked at the report on plans and priorities for the Treasury Board is that the president is certainly committed to advancing a range of transformative initiatives to contain costs and ensure value for tax dollars. These initiatives focus on modernizing and simplifying the administrative systems of government as well as promoting productivity, innovation, and excellence in public service. I think, as has been alluded to earlier, that the response to many of the recommendations that were made by this committee, I think in the hopes of accomplishing some of those goals, would certainly demonstrate that commitment.
We know that the reports on plans and priorities now look back three years and three years forward, as a result of a recommendation made in the OGGO report. Could you walk us through the way the reports on plans and priorities this year include an explanation of any changes in planned spending over the next year? Will they include an explanation of the reason for the changes, or simply give us a description of the changes?