I'm calling this meeting to order.
Welcome to the ninth meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
The committee will meet today from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to hear from the Minister of Digital Government and officials on the main estimates 2020-21.
The committee will next meet on Monday, November 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will hear from the Minister of Digital Government and the President of the Treasury Board on the supplementary estimates (B) 2020-21.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules to follow.
Interpretation in this video conference will work very much like in a regular committee meeting. You have a choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French. I would ask that you choose the language that you are going to speak in when you do so.
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 analysts during the meeting, please email them through the committee email address. For those people who are participating in the committee room, please note that wearing a mask is required in the committee room unless you are seated.
Finally, we will take the last 10 to 15 minutes of the meeting to do some committee business.
I will now invite the Minister of Digital Government to make her opening statement.
Minister, please go ahead.