I now declare this sixth meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in order.
Colleagues, as previously agreed, today we're holding a public hearing on the published public accounts that are before us.
Before we begin, I will just do a bit of housekeeping.
Just as a reminder, colleagues, next Monday has been designated committee business. [Technical difficulty--Editor]...work plan, because we don't have anything beyond the end of next week, so I'm assuming that will be the major focus of that meeting.
I'll remind you also that Tuesday is the tabling of the AG fall report. The lock-up is in this room at 7:30 a.m. Your staff can come in but they can't go out until after 10 o'clock, when the report is tabled. There will be an informal meeting, chaired by me on behalf of the Auditor General, at 9 o'clock. It will run until 10 o'clock at the latest.
The next day, Wednesday, November 27, at our regular time of 3:30, the Auditor General will be here to present his report. That day we will have, in the usual fashion, two hours with him.
I might point out that today Ms. Duncan is replacing Mr. Simms and Mr. Weston is replacing Mr. Adler.
Welcome. We're glad to have you here.
Unless there are any interventions from colleagues, I'll now proceed with the orders of the day.
I'd like to welcome our guests. We have officials from the Office of the Auditor General, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Department of Finance.
It's my understanding that on behalf of the Auditor General, Assistant Auditor General Cheng will read an opening remark. I would ask her to introduce her delegation at that time.
The same goes for Mr. Ralston, the Comptroller General of Canada, with regard to introducing his delegates.
Although there will be no presentation from the Department of Finance, Monsieur Robidoux, the assistant deputy minister, is here. He will be participating in questions and answers in the usual fashion.
With that, we will turn to Ms. Cheng.