This meeting is called to order.
Welcome to meeting number 79 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is meeting today to study “Report 3: Rehabilitation of Parliament’s Centre Block—Public Services and Procurement Canada” of the 2023 reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses. Good morning, everyone.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Andrew Hayes, deputy auditor general; Susan Gomez, principal; and Elsa Da Costa, acting principal.
From the Department of Public Works and Government Services, we have Arianne Reza, deputy minister; Robert Wright, assistant deputy minister of the science and parliamentary infrastructure branch; and Jennifer Garrett, director general of the Centre Block program in the science and parliamentary infrastructure branch.
Mr. Hayes, you have the floor for five minutes, and then I'll go to the Department of Public Works and Government Services.
It's over to you, Mr. Hayes, for five minutes.