I call the meeting to order.
Thank you, colleagues, for your patience. We'll begin the session. We have a couple of business items to report to the committee.
The Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met yesterday, and I have the honour to present its 16th report. I believe all colleagues have a copy of that report before them. You'll see that the subcommittee met on Wednesday, February 2, to consider the business of the committee. It agreed to make the following recommendations:
That, in relation to the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, October 28, 2010, the Committee schedule an additional hearing on Chapter 6, “Acquisition of Military Helicopters,“ of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada; and that the following witnesses be invited to appear on Tuesday, February 15, 2011:
Chief Financial Officer, Department of National Defence
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Senior officials, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada.
I have Mr. Saxton first and Mr. Kramp second.