Good afternoon, everyone. We're going to start meeting number 63 and continue with our order of reference from Wednesday, December, 12, to study Bill C-15, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
Witnesses joining us for the first hour are, from the Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman, Pierre Daigle, who is the ombudsman, and his acting director general, Alain Gauthier.
Mr. Daigle, you have the floor for your opening comments. Then we'll move right into questions and answers.