Good morning, colleagues. This is meeting 136 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
I would remind the committee and those in the audience today that we are public and televised, so if you have a cellphone, please mute it. There are fewer distractions if you do that. Thank you for that.
We're here today to discuss the 2019 spring reports of the Auditor General of Canada following the tabling of the reports on Tuesday, May 7. While we had some brief time then and again today to ask some preliminary questions about the reports, today we have a full meeting to ask questions about the five reports and four special examinations.
To answer those questions we have with us, once again, from the Auditor General's office: Mr. Sylvain Ricard, Interim Auditor General of Canada; Jean Goulet, Principal; Carol McCalla, Principal; Philippe Le Goff, Principal; Michelle Salvail, Principal; and Nicholas Swales, Principal.
We welcome you. This is the first time you have tabled a report. We thank you for that and for your availability to come and give us a briefing on the chapters that are the basis of the audit tabled in Parliament last Tuesday.
Welcome, and the time is yours.