Good morning, everyone. It is Tuesday, October 31, 2017. We are the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. We welcome you here this morning.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), we are studying report 5, “Temporary Foreign Worker Program”, of the spring 2017 reports of the Auditor General of Canada, part of the report that was referred to the committee on Tuesday, May 16.
This morning we have witnesses from the Office of the Auditor General: Mr. Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada, and Mr. Glenn Wheeler, principal. We also have from the Department of Employment and Social Development, Ms. Louise Levonian, deputy minister, and Ms. Leslie MacLean, senior associate deputy minister and chief operating officer for Service Canada. As well, we have Mr. Paul Thompson, senior assistant deputy minister, skills and employment branch.
Thank you all for being here.
Typical of this committee, we will hear your opening comments and then we will move into questions from the members of the committee.
Welcome, Mr. Ferguson. The time is now yours.