I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 48 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)g), the committee is meeting today as part of its study, called “Report 9, COVID‑19 Vaccines, of the 2022 Reports 9 and 10 of the Auditor General of Canada“.
I would like to welcome our witnesses. We have a long list, so please bear with me.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada; Susan Gomez, principal, and Nadine Cormier, director. Welcome.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada, we have Luc Gagnon, assistant deputy minister and chief digital transformation officer, digital transformation branch, by video conference; Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, president; and Stephen Bent, vice-president, COVID-19 vaccine rollout task force.
From the Department of Health, we have Stephen Lucas, deputy minister; Celia Lourenco, acting associate assistant deputy minister, health products and food branch; and Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser and senior medical adviser, health products and food branch.
Finally, from the Department of Public Works and Government Services, we have Arianne Reza, associate deputy minister; and Michael Mills, assistant deputy minister, procurement branch.
Welcome, everyone.
All four departments will have five minutes each.
I'm going to begin with Ms. Hogan. You have the floor for five minutes, please.