I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 31 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant the Standing Orders. I believe all members are in the room, but using Zoom remotely is, of course, permissible.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee is commencing consideration of the main estimates 2026–2027: vote 1 under “Office of the Auditor General”, referred to the committee on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
I would like to welcome all of our guests today from the Office of the Auditor General. They will be with us for the first hour, approximately. I don't expect we will go over an hour. We have Karen Hogan, the Auditor General of Canada; Andrew Hayes, the deputy auditor general; and Jean-René Drapeau, the assistant auditor general and chief financial officer. It's nice to see you all.
There will be an opening statement. Ms. Hogan, you have approximately five minutes, but there's no hard deadline.
It's over to you.