I call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee will now study the main estimates 2018-19 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019, minus the interim estimates the House agreed to on March 22, 2018. A number of votes were referred to the committee on Monday, April 16, 2018: votes 1 and 5 under the Department of Veterans Affairs; vote 1 under the Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
I'd like to welcome our Honourable Minister, Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs; and General Walter Natynczyk (Retired), Deputy Minister of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
We'll start the discussion by calling on the minister. The floor is open and then we'll go to a round of questions.