Good afternoon, everyone.
This is meeting number 37 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Tuesday, November 29, 2016.
In our first hour, we will be meeting with the Office of the Auditor General and the Atlantic Pilotage Authority.
I'll also remind the committee that in the second hour, we will be discussing the review of the Auditor General's report, which was brought down today. We will discuss some of the committee business around some choices we must make.
In our first hour, as we look to the review, we welcome the Atlantic Pilotage Authority on the Special Examination Report of the Fall 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
Appearing before us to assist us with this study, we have from the Office of the Auditor General, Mr. Clyde MacLellan, assistant auditor general; and Heather McManaman, principal, who I think was at our meeting early this morning as well.
From the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, we have Sean Griffiths, chief executive officer; L. Anne Galbraith, chair; Peter MacArthur, chief financial officer and corporate secretary; and Brian Bradley, director of finance.
We welcome you all here to the East Block. It's a building that we don't usually meet in. It is a beautiful building.
I'll invite the Auditor General's Office to make an opening statement, and then we'll hear from Atlantic Pilotage Authority. Then we'll proceed into the question rounds for the committee.
Mr. MacLellan.