I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone, and welcome. This is meeting number 11 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on Thursday, May 5, 2016.
I would remind everyone today that we are televised. For our audience as well as for members of our committee, I would just remind you to mute your phones or your communication devices.
As we gather here this morning—I'm an Alberta member of Parliament—I think what's happening right now in Fort McMurray is in all our minds, prayers, and thoughts. Certainly we have an emergency there and a crisis. Even though we're taken with the work of this committee, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Fort McMurray.
Before we get to our main guests, we will welcome a number of people who are here this morning. We're very pleased to have the Auditor General of Nepal, Bhanu Prasad Acharya; the deputy auditor general of Nepal, Sukhadev Bhattarai; the assistant auditor general of Nepal, Baburam Gautam; and the assistant information officer of Nepal, Ganesh Prasad Poudel.
Welcome here. We're so glad that you're able to join us today and we look forward to meeting you, perhaps later.