Colleagues, we will begin our second hour of witness statements and questioning. It will be devoted to division 10, dealing with Hill security.
We have special guests with us here. From the House of Commons Security Services Employees Association we have Mr. Roch Lapensée, president. Welcome, sir.
From the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, we have Mr. Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of Canada, and the principal assistant, Gordon Stock. Welcome to the committee, gentlemen.
We'll have up to 10 minutes of opening statements, should you wish. Following that we will have a round of Q and A. We certainly thank you for attending today to enlighten the committee with either your thoughts, expertise, or certainly your patience in dealing with some of the questions from our committee members.
Mr. Lapensée, you have the floor, sir.