I call to order the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3), chapter 2, “National Defence--Military Recruiting and Retention” of the May 2006 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
We have with us today the Auditor General, Sheila Fraser. Accompanying her is Hugh McRoberts, the Assistant Auditor General, and Wendy Loschiuk, principal.
From the Department of National Defence we have Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile, chief, military personnel; Brigadier General Linda Colwell, director general of personnel generation policy; and Commodore Roger MacIsaac, director general of recruiting.
I want to welcome you, Mrs. Fraser, and your personnel.
Mr. Pile, Ms. Colwell, Mr. MacIsaac, welcome to the committee meeting.
Before we ask for opening statements from you, Mrs. Fraser, I'd like to spend about five minutes of the committee's time, so we can get it off our plate, to review, approve, or change, if necessary the minutes of the subcommittee on agenda and procedure that was held yesterday. The minutes have been circulated.
In paragraph one we talked about committee business and proposed schedule. But in the third paragraph, under “Proposed Schedule”, I'd like to add to the minutes, in a friendly amendment, after 2006, “or such shorter time as determined by the committee”. That was clearly decided upon at the meeting.
Are there any comments on the minutes of the subcommittee of agenda and procedure?