Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I congratulate the committee for this process. I think it gives us additional energy to focus further on our reporting documentation. We really appreciate that.
As you said, Mr. Chairman, I have Monsieur Morency with me. He's our chief financial officer. He's also responsible for our planning process.
The departmental performance report is an important document for Transport Canada. It's not only our main accountability document to Parliament but is also a key management tool for our department. The DPR should provide credible information on departmental performance and it should serve to reassure Canadians that their tax dollars are being spent wisely and are providing value for money.
Transport Canada's results-based management approach is a work-in-progress. Today the department is tabling an action plan aimed at improving our departmental performance report. This action plan highlights our progress to date, and it uses the Office of the Auditor General's five criteria.
We have distributed our speaking points to you, Mr. Chairman. Given that this is a short appearance, I'm not going to cover what we've covered in our action plan. I'm hoping that the clerk has distributed it to the members.
Moving on, then, our key message is basically that our departmental performance report is a work-in-progress. We have work to do. We have improvements to make. And our action plan, hopefully, will get us to improve our processes.
With that, Mr. Chairman, I'll turn it over to my colleagues.