Thank you very much, Auditor General.
We'll begin our first round, and to refresh everyone's memory, the first round will consist of three members who get six minutes each. I'll remind both returning and new members that I do time and watch the clock, but I've made it a practice to try to not cut off witnesses as they're answering if they exceed the time. This is unique to this committee. I'll continue to do that unless I'm instructed to do otherwise. I find it gives our witnesses an opportunity to respond to questions in a serious manner. If it goes on too long, I will have to eventually curtail them, but I think that witnesses generally do understand that we are on a timeline here.
The caveat, though, is that you have to finish your question before your timeline ends. I will not let you go over your time to ask your question, so you do need to monitor your time. However, I do want to always give our witnesses, both the Auditor General's office and department officials who come in, time to answer in a serious manner.
We will kick things off.
Ms. Kusie, you're the first questioner of the 45th Parliament's public accounts committee. You have the floor for six minutes, please.