Thank you very much, Chair.
Welcome to all our guests. I hope you have a wonderful time here.
I would just say to the Danish delegation that I'm proud to carry the name, but I have to tell you, that's as far as it goes. There's no other tie to the culture. The reality is—I'm giving you my family history here, but it's part of this—that was my father's stepfather. That's where the Danish came from. I've been proud to wear it. I got all the credit for how wonderful your country is, and it's been wonderful, but I'm actually Dutch by blood on my father's side.
I won't go into my Australian context, because I already bored them with that story the other day when I met with them.
This is a great delegation. I'm thrilled that you're all here.
I want to open up my remarks by saying how impressed I was with the calibre of the Auditor General from Australia and your delegation yesterday. Like the chair and the other vice-chair, as a vice-chair I was interviewed yesterday. I enjoyed it thoroughly. On the level of professionalism, the highest compliment I can pay you is that it meets the same standard that Madam Fraser brings to auditing here in Canada. I was very impressed.
I want to also say this to all our guests so that they know what esteem we have for Madam Fraser and her shop and all the people there, in terms of her leadership and the quality of it and also in terms of the quality of her person. I say this because you need to know how strongly we feel. I can tell you that the Canadian people see her as being on their side. Every time they see Madam Fraser on TV, they look at her and say, “That's my fighter, and she's there making sure that my bucks are being taken care of.” And that's well earned.
Having said that, I do have a question or two.