I call this meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome to meeting number 110 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. Pursuant to the Standing Orders, members are attending in person in the room and possibly remotely by using the Zoom application.
This is a reminder that all comments should be addressed through the chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is resuming consideration of report 1 of the 2024 reports of the Auditor General of Canada, entitled “Report 1: ArriveCAN”, referred to the committee on Monday, February 12, 2024.
I'd like to welcome our witnesses.
From the Department of National Defence, we have Bill Matthews, deputy minister; Troy Crosby, assistant deputy minister, materiel group; and Isabelle Desmartis, assistant deputy minister, human resources—civilian.
Mr. Matthews, thank you for coming in today on short notice. You'll be given a maximum of five minutes for your remarks. It's approximately five minutes. If you're wrapping up, I won't cut you off. We'll then proceed to a round of questions.
There are votes expected, I think, at 5:45, so we'll see how the bells work, although I expect we will be able to get through most of this meeting. We might end a little prematurely, unless there is unanimous agreement to continue to the bottom of the hour at 5:30, but we'll take that up when that comes up in case votes are delayed.
Mr. Matthews, you have the floor for about five minutes.