I want to welcome everyone here.
This meeting, colleagues, is called pursuant to the Standing Orders. The committee today is dealing with chapter 2, “Support for Overseas Deployments—National Defence” of the May 2008 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
We're very pleased to have with us, from the Office of the Auditor General, Mr. Hugh McRoberts, Assistant Auditor General, and Wendy Loschiuk, Assistant Auditor General. From the Department of National Defence, we have the accounting officer and deputy minister, Mr. Robert Fonberg; the present Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, Walter J. Natynczyk—soon to be elevated, and congratulations again; Dan Ross, assistant deputy minister, materiel; Major General Timothy Grant, Deputy Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command; and Major General Daniel Benjamin, Commander, Canadian Operational Support Command.
On behalf of all members of the committee, I want to extend to everyone a very warm welcome.
Mr. Sweet.