Good morning, everyone. I'm going to open the session.
Witnesses, I believe you've been instructed on the earpieces. Channel 01 is the English channel. There will be some comments right away en français, so you're welcome to test it out.
Welcome to meeting number 112 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 remotely using the Zoom application.
I remind everyone that all comments should be addressed through the chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is resuming consideration of Report 1, 2024 from the Auditor General of Canada, entitled “COVID-19 Pandemic: ArriveCAN”, referred to the Committee on Monday, February 12, 2024.
I'd like to welcome our witnesses from KPMG: Lydia Lee, partner and national leader, digital health transformation practice; and Hartaj Nijjar, partner and national service line leader, cybersecurity.
Ms. Lee, I understand you're going to give an opening statement of five minutes.
I'm going to make a quick comment about today's witnesses, just to set things up for members.
I invited KPMG to come in today. As many of you know, they were not subject to the audit. That is why the Auditor General is not here. The auditor has no authority to audit a private company such as this.
That being said, as you'll recall from the Auditor General's testimony, there were so few documents within the federal government that, as chair, I thought it would be worth having them talk to us about the practices and some of the contact with government.
I expect the questions you're going to get today are going to be along those lines. If you're able to be as forthcoming as possible, the committee would appreciate it.
Without any further ado, Ms. Lee, I'd ask you for your opening statement. You have five minutes. Go ahead, please.
Thank you.