I call this meeting to order, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), for a study of chapter 2 of the report of the Auditor General of Canada, March 2009, “Governor in Council Appointments Process”.
As witnesses today, we are pleased to have with us the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, and from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, we have Anne Marie Smith, principal, and Jean Goulet, director. From the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, we have Simon Coakeley, executive director. Welcome.
Madam Fraser, you've done enough of these to know how the process works. You make opening comments and thereafter we have questions and answers. Thank you. You may begin.