I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 41 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is meeting today to undertake a study on "Report 5: Chronic Homelessness" of reports 5 to 8 of the Auditor General of Canada, referred to the committee on Tuesday, November 15.
All witnesses have passed their sound and Internet connection test.
I'd like to now welcome our witnesses.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada. It's nice to see her again. With her are Casey Thomas, assistant auditor general, and Sean MacLennan, director.
From the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, we have Romy Bowers, president and chief executive officer, and Nadine Leblanc, senior vice-president, policy.
From Employment and Social Development Canada, we have Jean-François Tremblay, deputy minister, and Nisa Tummon, assistant deputy minister, program operations branch.
From Infrastructure Canada, we have Kelly Gillis, deputy minister; Janet Goulding, assistant deputy minister, community policy and programs branch; and Kris Johnson, director general, homelessness policy directorate.
Before we begin, the clerk has informed me that we have until 5:45 p.m., with a hard stop at that time. I'll endeavour to get us through as many rounds as possible. Should we exhaust the line of questioning, of course, we can always adjourn early, but we must stop by 5:45 p.m.
To all our witnesses and guests today, I apologize that we're starting late. Unfortunately, votes in the House of Commons held members up for a little longer than anticipated.
Ms. Hogan, I'll turn to you. You have the floor for five minutes.