Good afternoon, colleagues.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), we're considering supplementary estimates (B) for 2014-15, vote 1b under Communications Security Establishment, vote 1b under Military Police Complaints Commission, and votes 1b and 10b under National Defence, referred to this committee on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
With us today is the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, PC, MP.
Minister, thank you very much for being with us today.
As witnesses, from the Department of National Defence, we have Richard Fadden, Deputy Minister; Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault, vice chief of the defence staff; Rear-Admiral Patrick Finn, chief of staff of the materiel group; Kevin Lindsey, assistant deputy minister, chief financial officer; and Jaime Pitfield, assistant deputy minister, infrastructure and environment.
From the Communications Security Establishment, we have John Forster, deputy head and chief.
Mr. Nicholson, please make your opening remarks, sir.