I'd like to call this meeting to order. Welcome, everyone.
The meeting this morning is pursuant to the Standing Orders. We're actually dealing with two reports. The first report is “Chapter 4, Electronic Health Records” of the fall 2009 report of the Auditor General of Canada, and then also “An Overview of Federal and Provincial Audit Reports” from the spring 2010 report of the Auditor General of Canada. So we're dealing with electronic health records and the implementation of electronic health records in Canada.
The committee is very pleased, of course, to have with us, from the Office of the Auditor General, Ms. Fraser, the auditor. She is accompanied this morning by assistant auditor, Neil Maxwell, and Louise Dubé, principal.
From Health Canada Infoway, we have Richard Alvarez, the president and chief executive officer. He's accompanied by the chief operating officer, Mike Sheridan.
We also have, from the Department of Health, Dr. Karen Dodds, the assistant deputy minister, strategic policy branch.
So again, welcome to each of you. I'm going to break 10 minutes early to deal with the steering committee reports and Madame Faille's motion. I'll do the steering committee first.
Having said that, we'll go right now to opening remarks. We're going to hear first from the auditor herself, Ms. Fraser.