I now declare this 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in order.
Colleagues, we're joined today by a few guests. Mr. Chris Alexander is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. Mr. Matthew Kellway is the critic for the official opposition for military procurement.
I had an opportunity to serve with both of them on the defence committee. It was an excellent experience, I might say, and I welcome both to the committee today.
Mr. Laurie Hawn, of course, joins us also. Welcome, sir.
Other than that we have the usual roundup of suspects.