Good morning everyone. This is meeting number 19 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Thursday, June 9, 2016.
Today we are conducting a hearing on “Report 4—Drug Benefits—Veterans Affairs Canada” from the spring 2016 reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
Appearing before us today from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada are Mr. Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of Canada, and Casey Thomas, principal. From the Department of Veterans Affairs, we welcome Walter Natynczyk, deputy minister; Michel Doiron, assistant deputy minister, service delivery branch; and Cyd Courchesne, director general, health professionals, and chief medical officer.
We will have an opening statement from our Auditor General, and then a brief statement from Deputy Minister Natynczyk.
We welcome you again here today. Thank you for appearing.