I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. This is meeting number 80, on Thursday, November 23, 2017.
I would remind everyone this morning that we are televised, so please take your telephones and put them on vibrate or mute or something. It helps, especially when the mikes are on, so please do that.
Today we are having a briefing on the Fall 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
As our witnesses today, we have Mr. Michael Ferguson, our Auditor General of Canada. He is accompanied by his principals, Jean Goulet, Martin Dompierre, Casey Thomas, and Carol McCalla.
I would invite the Auditor General of Canada to make his comments before we go into the usual first and second rounds of questioning from our committee members.
Welcome again. Good morning, and the floor is yours, sir.