Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for appearing, witnesses.
I have a concern when it comes to overlapping. In your first or second paragraph, you talk about the planning stage and what the Treasury Board's responsibilities are when it comes to the supporting role that I think the Treasury Board plays. There has to be an overlap somewhere, because I know the finance committee, of which I'm a member, is conducting its pre-budget consultations. There's going to be a fiscal update, but then there will be a budget.
If the Treasury Board is going to rely on the Department of Finance, then we all know the finance department has not been doing a great job in terms of giving us the proper estimates. They've been overestimating. The Treasury Board must have its own estimates. Or does it just follow whatever the finance department comes up with? There has to be either some type of overlap or some kind of coordination. At what point does that coordination happen? Is it repetitive? Could you expand on that? I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the level at which that happens.
If you're having trouble just in terms of coordinating the secretariat and the comptroller's office in the secretariat, I can imagine how it could be a challenge between departments.