Good morning everyone.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 86 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee is meeting today to study the Public Accounts of Canada 2023, referred to the committee on October 24, 2023.
Before I welcome our witnesses, I'm looking for agreement, which I think I've received informally, but I just want to make it formal here in front of the committee. I'll need unanimous consent to run the hearing until approximately 10 minutes before we have to vote to give members time to get to the chamber or vote remotely.
You've all noticed that I have added time to the tail end of this meeting, so the more we scrunch the vote time and get back here quickly, the less time I'll keep you at the back end.
We have a very good set of witnesses here today, and I do want to give them time to answer all of the questions from members.
Can I have consent, please, once the bells ring at approximately 11:15, to go for about 20 minutes and end 10 minutes before the vote begins?