Good afternoon, colleagues. This is meeting 113 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on Monday, October 22, 2018.
We are here this afternoon in consideration of report 3, “Administration of Justice in the Canadian Armed Forces”, of the 2018 spring reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
I remind our committee that we are televised today, so I would kindly ask that you turn your cellphone or any other type of communication device to mute or vibrate, or whatever causes fewer interruptions.
We're honoured to have with us from the Auditor General of Canada's office, Mr. Jerome Berthelette, Assistant Auditor General; Mr. Andrew Hayes, Senior General Counsel; and Ms. Chantal Thibaudeau, Director. From the Department of National Defence, we're pleased to have Ms. Jody Thomas, Deputy Minister; and Geneviève Bernatchez, Judge Advocate Ggeneral of the Canadian Armed Forces. Welcome.
We will turn the floor over to you, Mr. Berthelette, on behalf of the Office of the Auditor General.