Yes, I do.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee.
Accompanying me here today are senior officials of the RCMP Canada Firearms Centre.
It gives me great pleasure to meet with you today to discuss issues related to the RCMP Canada Firearms Centre.
On May 17, the Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, announced some key government decisions concerning the future of the Canada firearms program. The first order of business was to transfer responsibility for the administration and operations of the Canada Firearms Centre to the RCMP. Since that time, we have employed sound stewardship principles to align management functions that have resulted in some economies of scale while remaining focused on the mandate of the firearms centre.
We continue to work toward further alignments of function and operations that will allow the RCMP to invest strategically in important initiatives related to its mandate. We have also reviewed chapter 4 of the Auditor General of Canada's report, tabled in May 2006, and RCMP management has developed an action plan to address all of the recommendations.
I would like to thank you for inviting the RCMP to appear before the committee, and I am ready to take your questions.