Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We'll call the meeting to order. Welcome to the 48th meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, as we continue our investigation and study into the programs and the activities of the Canadian General Standards Board.
This will be the final meeting at which we're going to be hearing testimony from witnesses, and so it's fitting and timely, I think, that we've invited the Canadian General Standards Board representatives to join us today: Ms. Begonia Lojk, director of the acquisitions branch; and Mr. Desmond Gray, the director general of the acquisitions branch.
We'll invite you, as our witnesses, to make some opening remarks, and then we'll go directly into questioning.
Mr. Gray, you have the floor.