Good morning.
I would like to call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 42 of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
We are gathered today on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe nation.
I would like to welcome the Office of the Auditor General of Canada officials who are joining us today.
We have Ms. Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada. With her are Mr. Glenn Wheeler, principal, and Doreen Deveen, director.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I'd like to outline a few rules that we have to follow at each of these meetings.
Members or witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services in English, French and Inuktitut are available for the entire meeting today. Please be patient with the interpretation. There may be a delay, especially since the Inuktitut has to be translated into English before it can be translated into French and vice versa.
For those here by video conference, I think you know the drill. I'm not going to repeat it.
Before speaking, of course, please wait until I recognize you by name. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly so that the interpreters have a chance to translate. When you're not speaking, please mute your microphone.
All comments should be addressed through the chair.
The Auditor General has been invited to make an opening statement of five minutes in length, which will then be followed by questions from members of the committee.
Without further ado, thank you to the witnesses for being here today. Your testimony will help inform us on our study with respect to Arctic sovereignty, security and the emergency preparedness of indigenous peoples, which is currently under way.
Auditor General, the floor is yours.