I want to call the meeting back to order.
Again I want to welcome our Auditor General, Sheila Fraser. She's accompanied by John Wiersema, Rick Smith, and Jean Landry.
The purpose of this meeting, colleagues, is to deal with the departmental performance reports from the Office of the Auditor General for the fiscal period ending March 31, 2006, and also the office's report on plans and priorities for the upcoming period of time.
This, I suggest, is a very important meeting. This is part of the supply process. The auditor is basically asking for Parliament's appropriation of approximately $83 million to run her office for this fiscal period, and this will be her only interaction with Parliament on that particular appropriation.
So I welcome the Auditor General. I understand you have an opening statement, Mrs. Fraser. I'll turn the floor over to you.