Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks so much for being here today, everyone. It's great to be back.
Welcome to new members.
I want to thank the RCMP for all the work they do. It's a challenging time to be in policing. That's one of the reasons our government invested in hiring new RCMP positions back in the 2025 budget, a budget that our opposition colleagues, unfortunately and most regrettably, refused to support last November. That was a month after the leader of the official opposition made some rather unfortunate comments about our national police force, but that's in the past. Let's move on.
I want to ask the Auditor General and her team my first question.
I want to note that it seems as though there may be a time misalignment between the release of your report, Auditor General, and the national recruitment strategy. I think they were maybe crossing timelines a bit. Is that a fair comment? It was, maybe, three days before or after.