At this point in time I'd like to call the meeting to order and welcome everyone here. In particular, I want to extend a very warm welcome to the witnesses. Bienvenue à tous.
This, colleagues, is a continuation of the hearing on chapter 9, “Pension and Insurance Administration--Royal Canadian Mounted Police”, contained in the November 2006 report of the Auditor General of Canada. The committee did hear earlier testimony from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada--actually it was the Auditor General herself--and other officials from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and from the Treasury Board Secretariat.
This meeting more or less arises from a motion made by Mr. Wrzesnewskyj that certain other witnesses be called to a hearing to explain certain alleged--and I underline the word “alleged”--conflicts in what happened.
We have with us, as an individual, Mr. Ron Lewis. Mr. Lewis is a retired staff sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mr. Lewis, welcome to the committee.
From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police we have Chief Superintendent Fraser Macaulay.
We also have Staff Sergeant Steve Walker and Staff Sergeant Mike Frizzell. In Prince Edward Island, we have Frizzells and Frizzals. Which are you? Frizzell. We also have Assistant Commissioner David Gork.
From the public service we have Denise Revine.
I want to welcome each and every one of you.
I understand certain of you have an opening statement. It is an option, not an obligation. I'm just going to go down the list.
Mr. Lewis, do you have an opening statement?