Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We will convene our meeting.
Welcome to the 43rd meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
We have convened today to continue our ongoing scrutiny of the renovations and associated costs of the parliamentary precinct renovation project, a subject that we have been monitoring for a number of years now. We all look forward to an update. Committee members will be going on a tour of the West Block renovation later today, which I think we'll all be very interested in as well.
It doesn't leave us much time for a presentation, and perhaps one round of questioning from committee members, so we'll begin without delay and introduce our witnesses today.
From the Department of Public Works and Government Services, we have Nancy Chahwan, assistant deputy minister for the parliamentary precinct branch.
Welcome, Assistant Deputy Minister. I wonder if you could introduce anyone else who will be making a presentation. The floor is yours.