I call the meeting to order and extend to everyone here a welcome to this meeting.
Colleagues, this meeting is pursuant to the Standing Orders, and it is to receive the February 2007 report of the Auditor General of Canada, which was of course tabled in the House of Commons yesterday.
With us today is the Auditor General, Sheila Fraser. She is accompanied by four of her senior staff: Richard Flageole, assistant auditor general; Nancy Cheng, assistant auditor general; Andrew Lennox, assistant auditor general; and Lyse Ricard, assistant auditor general.
What I propose we do, members, as we have one motion to deal with, is that I'd like to start the meeting now, call upon the Auditor General for her opening remarks, and then adjourn at about ten after five to deal with Mr. Wrzesnewskyj's motion. And of course we will adjourn at 5:30 because we're going to have the bells at 5:30 and the vote at 5:45.
Mrs. Fraser, I turn it over to you now for your opening remarks.