I'd like to call the meeting to order and ask the cameras to leave the room, please.
Thank you very much.
I want first of all to extend to everyone here a very warm welcome.
Colleagues, witnesses, members of the interested public, this is a meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. It's a continuation of chapter 9, “Pension and Insurance Administration—Royal Canadian Mounted Police”, all pursuant to the November 2006 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
We're very pleased today to have six witnesses with us. First of all, we have Greg McEvoy, associate partner with the accounting firm of KPMG, who did the forensic audit into certain aspects. Mr. McEvoy, welcome to the committee.
From the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, we have the deputy minister and accounting officer, Mr. David Marshall, and the chief risk officer, Shahid Minto. Of course a lot of us know Mr. Minto was previously with the Office of the Auditor General. Welcome back to the committee, Mr. Minto.
As individuals, we have Dominic Crupi, who's been before the committee before; Mr. Frank Brazeau, who's formally associated with Consulting and Audit Canada; and Mr. David Smith, from the firm Abotech Inc. Welcome to all of you.
I understand that we have four individuals with opening remarks.
It's been the practice of the committee in this particular hearing to swear in the witnesses, so I am going to swear in all six individuals.