Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
It's our pleasure to be here this morning to answer your questions related to these particular clauses of the budget implementation bill.
My name is Caroline Melis and I am the director general of operational management and coordination at CIC in the operations sector. I am accompanied today by Alexandra Hiles, the acting director of the citizenship program delivery and promotion division within my branch; Karine Paré, director of cost management within the finance branch at CIC; and, André Baril, director of asylum policy and programs within the refugee affairs branch in the policy sector at CIC.
It is our pleasure to answer your questions, and we can begin.