I will at this point in time call the meeting to order.
I want to welcome everyone here. Bienvenue à tous.
This meeting, colleagues, is called pursuant to the Standing Orders to deal with chapter 4, “First Nations Child and Family Services Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada”, of the May 2008 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
We have with us today the Auditor General, Sheila Fraser. She is accompanied by Assistant Auditor General Ronnie Campbell and Jerome Berthelette, principal. We have the accounting officer from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Michael Wernick. He is accompanied by Christine Cram, assistant deputy minister of education and social development programs and partnerships sector, and we have Mary Quinn, director general of the social policy and programs branch, and Odette Johnston, director of the social programs reform directorate.
On behalf of everyone on the committee, a very warm welcome.
We are starting a few minutes late. We apologize. We had a vote in the House.
We will move right to our opening comments, and I turn the floor over to you, Ms. Fraser.