I call this meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to meeting number 124 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, also known as the mighty OGGO.
Before we start, please read the rules regarding keeping your earpiece away from your mic to protect our very valued interpreters. Try to keep it face down on the sticker. Thank you for your co-operation.
Colleagues, quickly, I have heard rumours that there may be a closure vote, so we might have bells around 12:30. Can we have UC right now to continue until, say, about seven minutes before the actual vote so that we can get the meeting in if there is a vote?
We have four groups of witnesses. One of them is trying to restart their computer right now, and the other one might be joining us later, so we are going to start with opening statements. If the others are able to join in, we'll get to their opening statements.
We'll start with—