Good afternoon, colleagues.
Welcome. This is meeting number 43 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Monday, November 29, 2010.
In our first hour today we will have a briefing on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and in our second hour our intentions are to move to committee business.
As our witness this afternoon, we are pleased to have Mr. William Elliott, Commissioner of the RCMP. Accompanying him today, all of the RCMP, are: Rod Knecht, senior deputy commissioner; Alain Séguin, chief financial and administrative officer; Tim Killam, deputy commissioner, policing support services; and, Al Nause, deputy commissioner, chief human resources officer.
I understand that Commissioner Elliott has an opening statement to deliver. Then we'll move into the first rounds of questioning.
Is this your first appearance before the committee, Commissioner, at least since I've taken on the chairmanship here?