I'd like to call the meeting to order. Bienvenue, everyone.
This meeting, colleagues, is called pursuant to the Standing Orders to deal with chapter 2, “Governance of Small Federal Entities”, of the December 2008 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
The committee has before it a lengthy and distinguished list of witnesses.
First of all, we have from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, the Auditor General herself, Sheila Fraser. She is accompanied by Richard Flageole, assistant auditor general, and Tom Wileman, principal.
From the Treasury Board Secretariat, we have the Secretary of the Treasury Board, Wayne Wouters. He's accompanied by John Morgan, assistant comptroller general, and Frank Des Rosiers, assistant secretary.
From the Canada Public Service Agency, we have Mitch Bloom, vice-president, strategic policy, planning and research.
From the Privy Council Office, we have Karl Salgo, director of strategic policy. Madam Santi, assistant secretary to cabinet, was supposed to be here, but can't be because of illness.
Those are the witnesses, but before we go to the opening comments from the Auditor General, there are a couple of housekeeping items I want to deal with, and a point of order.
First of all, I would like at this time to deal briefly with the minutes of the steering committee. Those minutes have been circulated. They're in front of you. There are only three paragraphs. I don't believe there's anything contentious there. The chair would entertain a motion for their adoption.
So moved by Madam Ratansi.
Is there any discussion?
(Motion agreed to)
Then, of course, there's the draft committee schedule also in front of you.
The second item I want to deal with is Madam Faille wanting to make a clarification to the blues of the last meeting.
Madam Faille.