Good morning. I would like to thank you all for attending today, and welcome everybody in the audience. Today the committee resumes its study on service delivery to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs. We'll discuss committee business in camera during the second hour of our meeting.
Today we have as witnesses, General Walter Natynczyk, deputy minister of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Bernard Butler, assistant deputy minister, strategy policy and commemoration; and Michel Doiron, assistant deputy minister, service delivery branch. We will start with the general.
Thank you and good morning.