Good afternoon, Chair and members. Thank you for inviting me back.
Mr. Chair, I hear you loud and clear on the length of opening remarks. I will be less than 10 minutes, I promise.
I do have a number of colleagues with me here today. I'm not going to name them all. Given that we have a fair amount of time to get through today, I thought I would bring some additional people with me just in case there are questions on the broader obligations of the department.
I will mention Michael Vandergrift, the associate deputy minister, as well as Ms. Arianne Reza, who is the assistant deputy minister of procurement, because you'll be hearing from those two for sure, I think. The others I will introduce if I need some help in answering questions, if that's okay, Mr. Chair.