Good morning everyone. Welcome here. This is meeting number 68 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
I remind everyone today that we are televised. I would encourage you to mute or turn off your cellphones and communication devices.
In our first hour today we are conducting a hearing on “Report 6—Civil Aviation Infrastructure in the North—Transport Canada” from the spring 2017 reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
Our witnesses today include, from the Office of the Auditor General, Mr. Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of Canada. He's accompanied by James McKenzie, principal with the Auditor General's office.
From the Department of Transport we have Mr. Michael Keenan, deputy minister; Sara Wiebe, director general of air policy; and Craig Hutton, director general, strategic policy. We also have Ross Ezzeddin, and I apologize that I don't have your title.