I call this meeting to order.
Welcome, everybody, and thank you very much for coming this afternoon to meeting number 22 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
The committee is meeting today from 4:49 to 6:49. We will hear from the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada as part of the committee's study on the subject matter of supplementary estimates (C), 2020-21.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind all participants in this meeting that screenshots or taking photos of your screen are not permitted.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules to follow.
Interpretation in this video conference will work very much as in a regular committee meeting. You have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. When you are ready to speak, you can click on the microphone icon to activate your mike. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute.
To raise a point of order during the meeting, committee members should ensure that their microphone is unmuted and say “point of order” to get the chair's attention.
In order to ensure social distancing in the committee room, if you need to speak privately with the clerk or analyst during the meeting, please email them at the committee email address.
For those people who are participating in the committee room, please note that masks are required unless seated and when physical distancing is not possible.
I want to thank the minister for being here today and for offering to be here for 90 minutes. It's greatly appreciated.
At this point in time, I invite Minister Anand to make her opening statement.