I now call the meeting to order. On behalf of everyone on the committee, I extend to everyone a very warm welcome.
Colleagues, today our committee is pleased to welcome, besides the distinguished witnesses at the end of the table, a number of visiting members of Parliament and the visiting Auditor General from the country of Mali. They're part of a delegation to Canada being hosted by our Office of the Auditor General. They're going to be with us for the entire duration of the meeting. They will be much more formally introduced at the end of the meeting.
On behalf of everyone on the committee and on behalf of the Parliament of Canada, I want to welcome each and every one of you, and I want to welcome you to Canada.
Ladies and gentlemen, the meeting today has been called pursuant to the Standing Orders. It's to deal with chapter 1, “Aging Information Technology Systems”, of the Spring 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
I believe this is the first time this committee has met in room 200 of the West Block. It is a very large room, and we have a very large number of witnesses.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have the Auditor General, Ms. Fraser, accompanied by Nancy Cheng, Assistant Auditor General. From the Treasury Board, we have the secretary, Michelle d'Auray, and she's accompanied by Corinne Charette.
Then we have five departments or agencies. First, from the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development, we have Gini Bethell, chief information officer.
From the Department of Public Works and Government Services, we have the chief executive officer of the information technology services branch, Maurice Chénier; he's accompanied by John Rath-Wilson, chief operating officer, information technology services branch.
From the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, we have Borys Koba, the chief information officer and director general, information management and technologies branch.
From Canada Revenue Agency, we have Peter Poulin, assistant commissioner and chief information officer, information technology branch.
Finally, from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we have the chief information officer, Joe Buckle; he is accompanied by Brendan Dunne, the director general, information management and information technology business solutions directorate.
That is the list of witnesses. I understand we have seven sets of opening remarks. We're going to hear from them all, but we're going to ask that each presentation be kept to a maximum of five minutes.
I'm going to start with you, Ms. Fraser.