I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 75 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is meeting today to study “Report 2: Connectivity in Rural and Remote Areas”, of the 2023 reports of the Auditor General of Canada.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses. From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Karen Hogan, Auditor General, and Sami Hannoush, principal. From Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, we have Vicky Eatrides, chairperson and chief executive officer, and Scott Hutton, chief of consumer, research and communications. From the Department of Industry, we have Simon Kennedy, deputy minister, and Éric Dagenais, senior assistant deputy minister.
Ms. Hogan, you have the floor for five minutes.