This is meeting number 71 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and it's Tuesday, October 17, 2017. This meeting is televised.
This morning our committee will continue our consideration of the Public Accounts of Canada 2017.
As our witnesses we have, from the Office of the Auditor General, Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of Canada, and Karen Hogan, principal.
From the Treasury Board Secretariat, we have Bill Matthews, comptroller general of Canada, and Diane Peressini, executive director, government accounting policy and reporting, office of the comptroller general of Canada.
From the Department of Finance we're pleased to have Paul Rochon, the deputy minister, as well as Nick Leswick, assistant deputy minister, economic and fiscal policy.
We have opening statements this morning from the Auditor General and the comptroller general before we proceed to questions from the members of Parliament on our committee.
We welcome back our Auditor General. We look forward to your comments, sir.