I call the meeting back to order.
The next item of business, colleagues, is the review and approval of the minutes of the steering committee that was held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Those minutes have been circulated, as has the remaining schedule. Perhaps we'll run through that.
There are not too many meetings left, as you can see. On next Tuesday, June 9, we will deal with passport services. That meeting has been arranged.
On Thursday of next week, we have the Governor-in-Council appointment process. I want to point out to members of the committee that there is what I consider to be a fairly significant difference in interpretation between the Office of the Auditor General and the Office of the Privy Council as to the mandate of the Office of the Auditor General.
I have asked for the views of each office. I believe the Auditor General's office has responded, but the Office of the Privy Council has not. I've also asked for a legal opinion from the parliamentary counsel. That's also forthcoming.
On Tuesday, June 16, we have “Chapter 6--Selected Contribution Agreements--Natural Resources Canada”, from the spring 2009 report.
Then, on June 18, we will be calling in someone from contracting for public services. This, again, is dealing with the issue of the tapes. Public Works are alleging that they can't release the whole tapes because they have concerns about the Privacy Act legislation, which our legal counsel has indicated is not the case. But before we went further on that, we thought it would be wise to hear from Public Works.
Then, if we are here on June 23, we have draft reports.
That basically is the nuts and bolts of the steering committee, I believe.
Mr. Saxton.