I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, colleagues and guests.
This is meeting 117 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Monday, November 5, 2018. I would remind all that we are televised today, so we have a good number in the audience. If you would turn your cellphones or other devices to silent mode or vibrate, please, that would be greatly appreciated.
We are here in consideration of “Report 2—Disposing of Government Surplus Goods and Equipment”, of the 2018 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada. We're honoured to have with us today a long list of witnesses.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Mr. Jerome Berthelette, Assistant Auditor General of Canada, and Martin Dompierre, principal; from the Department of Public Works and Government Services, Ms. Marie Lemay, deputy minister, and Nicholas Trudel, director general, specialized services sector, integrated services branch; from the Canada Revenue Agency, Mr. Bob Hamilton, commissioner of revenue and chief executive officer, and Kami Ramcharan, chief financial officer and assistant commissioner, finance and administration branch; from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mr. Dennis Watters, chief financial and administrative officer; and from Shared Services Canada, Mr. Ron Parker, president, and Mr. Stéphane Cousineau, senior assistant deputy minister, corporate services.
Welcome.
If time permits, colleagues, we may go in camera at the end of this meeting, although I don't necessarily foresee it. I don't want to cut any questions short, as we have a number of departments here today, but if we do have time, we will go in camera.
Also, if we have more time than expected, we may look at the Phoenix report, but I'm not certain that we'll have time for that.
We will turn this over to you, Mr. Berthelette. We've seen you at many of these meetings. You've come and addressed us before. Welcome.