Mr. Chair, and through you to the member, thank you for the question.
In the position that I've been appointed to, I would put it very generally, the first priority is to work with and support the deputy minister in the overall management of the department. As I'm sure you know, the deputy minister is charged with the responsibility of being the chief accountability officer and so forth. Hopefully, my finance background will assist him in managing the department from that point of view.
Second, the deputy minister has indicated to me that he wants me to also focus on a number of key files. Those include, for example, procurement and those types of files. We have an extremely large procurement plan, as I'm sure you're aware. I will also be looking at some of the people issues in the department, given my experience at TBS, Treasury Board Secretariat, and my strong interest in that. It includes people issues such as pension benefits, the issue of mental illness, and so forth, both on the civilian side and the military side. These are areas that I very much want to get involved in.