Good afternoon, colleagues.
This is meeting number 102 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
We are here today in consideration of “Report 7, Consular Service to Canadians Abroad—Global Affairs Canada”, of the 2018 spring reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
We have with us this afternoon, from the Office of the Auditor General, Mr. Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada; and Ms. Carol McCalla, principal. From the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, we have Mr. Ian Shugart, deputy minister of foreign affairs; and Ms. Heather Jeffrey, assistant deputy minister, consular, emergency management, and security.
We'll turn the time over to our Auditor General first, then we'll hear from the department, and then we'll go into the first rounds of questioning.
Welcome, Mr. Ferguson.