Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I see people have settled in, so welcome, everyone, to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates as we undertake our annual review of the main estimates.
We're pleased to welcome as witnesses today officials and representatives from the Department of Public Works and from Shared Services Canada. Many of the witnesses will be familiar to committee members as regular and frequent visitors, and they're certainly welcomed back again.
Leading the delegation for the Department of Public Works is Madam Michelle d'Auray, deputy minister—welcome again, Madam d'Auray—and from Shared Services Canada, Liseanne Forand, the president.
Without delay, we'll ask Madam d'Auray, I suppose, to make some opening remarks, and—