Good morning.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 52 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members are attending mostly in person.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee commenced consideration of the 2026 fall reports of the Auditor General of Canada, referred to the committee on Thursday, October 29, 2026, which is today.
I want to thank the Office of the Auditor General for coming in today and preparing the reports and briefings that parliamentarians received throughout the morning.
I would now like to welcome all the witnesses. We have many reports today, so we have many witnesses.
From the Office of the Auditor General, we have Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada.
Thank you very much for coming in today.
We have, as well, Andrew Hayes, deputy auditor general, and Markirit Armutlu, principal.
It's nice to see you.
We also have Milan Duvnjak, principal; Sami Hannoush, principal; Nicolas Blouin, director; Nicholas Brouwer, director; Lucie Despres, director; Jean-François Nadeau, director; and Stacey O'Malley, director.
Thank you, all, for coming in today. I know the Auditor General relies on you for your good work and occasionally turns to you for questions that are very specific. That's why we appreciate having you here today to answer our specific questions.
Ms. Hogan, the floor is yours for your opening remarks. Take the time you need. Then we'll go to our rounds of questions. I'm going to try to get three total rounds in. That will take us just over an hour, with everyone's co-operation.
It's over to you.