I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone. This is meeting number 35 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on Thursday, November 24, 2016.
I will remind all the committee members as well as the audience that today we are televised. I would encourage you to mute your phones or to shut them off.
Today we're conducting a review of the plan of the Department of National Defence to record and value inventory.
Appearing before us from the Department of National Defence are Mr. John Forster, deputy minister; Mr. Patrick Finn, assistant deputy minister, materiel; and Claude Rochette, assistant deputy minister for finance and the chief financial officer.
We will begin with Mr. Forster's comments.
I invite the deputy minister now to bring those comments forward. Thank you.