Good afternoon, colleagues.
This is meeting number 105 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on Thursday, June 14, 2018.
For our guests, right now, as Madam Mendès was saying, there is a tribute to Mr. Mulcair going on, so Mr. Christopherson will be with us momentarily. We did try to hold off as long as we could just so that members could be there for that event.
I should also say that we are televised today. I encourage all those in the audience, members of the media, and members of the committee to please put your cellphones on vibrate, silent, or whatever setting will diminish distraction. We would certainly appreciate that, and thank you in advance.
We are here today in consideration of “Report 1—Building and Implementing the Phoenix Pay System” of the 2018 spring reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
We are honoured to have with us this afternoon, from the Auditor General's office, Mr. Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada, and Monsieur Jean Goulet, Principal. From the Department of Public Works and Government Services are Ms. Marie Lemay, Deputy Minister, and Les Linklater, Associate Deputy Minister. From the Treasury Board Secretariat, we have Mr. Peter Wallace, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, and Ms. Sandra Hassan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector.
Welcome to all. We look forward to your comments.
We will open this afternoon's committee meeting by hearing from our Auditor General.
Mr. Ferguson, go ahead, please.