Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'll try to reduce my remarks, given the fact that there's less time than usual for questions.
Before beginning I'd like to acknowledge that Mr. Manchanda is here as the acting CFO for CIC. We appreciate his professionalism. This committee has been used to Mr. Wayne Ganim, who was our CFO for the past four or five years and appeared before this committee on supplementary estimates on several occasions. Wayne just took his richly deserved retirement from the public service, and I want to acknowledge his tremendous service to our ministry and the Government of Canada as a true professional.
I'm sad to report that this will be the last time Mr. Fadden will appear before this committee as deputy minister at CIC, where he has served over the past three years as part of a very distinguished record of service to the Government of Canada. He will be moving on to become the new director of CSIS at the end of the month. I have to say that our nation's security will be in very safe hands with Mr. Fadden there. I've only had the chance to be with him for a few months, but he is a consummate professional and represents the very best in our public service.