Good morning, everyone.
It's Tuesday, March 22, 2016, and this is meeting number six of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
I will mention to our committee this morning that we are televised, so I would encourage you to put your cellphones on vibrate or silence them or shut them off as a courtesy to those who are speaking and to those who are presenting here today.
Today, we are, as you know, considering chapter 5, “Canadian Armed Forces Housing”, of the fall 2015 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
Appearing before us today, we're pleased to have the Auditor General of Canada, Mr. Michael Ferguson. From the Office of the Auditor General, we also have Mr. Gordon Stock, principal. From the Department of National Defence, we have Bill Jones, senior associate deputy minister, and Jaime Pitfield, assistant deputy minister of infrastructure and environment. Also with us is Dominique Francoeur, chief executive officer, Canadian Forces Housing Agency, and Major-General Derek Joyce, deputy commander of military personnel command.
We have two opening statements this morning before we turn to questions from our committee. I would invite the Auditor General, who typically appears here as we do these studies, to give us his presentation.