Welcome, colleagues, to meeting number 13 of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
Today we will have a number of witnesses before us. In the first hour, from 4:30 to 5:30, we'll have with us representatives from Canada Post.
Before we get going, I should say for the benefit of the committee that we do have a fair amount of committee business to get through; however, most of it can wait until next Tuesday. I'm recommending that I deal with one item today. The rest I will defer until next Tuesday.
The reason I say this is that the witnesses in our second group, who are coming in at 4:30, will probably each have 10-minute opening statements. If we cut off 15 minutes of time for committee business, that would allow committee members only 15 minutes to ask questions. When they arrive, I'll discuss that with them, and hopefully they can make their opening statements a little more economical. However, we'll deal with that at the time.
Now I'd like to welcome the representatives from the Canada Post Corporation who are with us.
Welcome, Mr. Chopra, to you and your officials. Could you please identify yourself and the officials who are with you today? Then we'll begin right away with your opening statement.