Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
We're very pleased today to be here in regard to the main estimates for the Department of Public Works and Government Services. We'll also be looking at the report on plans and priorities at Shared Services Canada.
We're very pleased to have with us today the Honourable Diane Finley, the Minister for Public Works and Government Services. You're always welcome here, Minister Finley, and we thank you for being here with us today. I see we have you here with us for the first hour. It's only a couple of billion dollars, so it shouldn't take us more than an hour or so to do our due diligence and examine it.
We'll begin without delay then and ask you for opening remarks, and then we'll go to questions.