Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome.
This is meeting number 50 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. I remind everyone today that we are televised as we hold our hearing on “Report 4, Oversight of Passenger Vehicle Safety”, of the Fall 2016 reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
Appearing before us we have, from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Mr. Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of Canada; and Richard Domingue, principal.
From the Department of Transport we have Michael Keenan, deputy minister; Laureen Kinney, assistant deputy minister, safety and security; and Kim Benjamin, director general, road safety and motor vehicle regulation.
I understand that each of our witnesses has an opening statement before we turn to questions by members of our committee. I will invite our Auditor General to proceed with his opening statement, please.