The issue we raised is that many of the activities that Telefilm Canada carries out are under contract or through agreements with the department. This is a very unusual situation for a crown corporation. Usually, the crown corporation and its board of directors will receive guidance from the minister on the objectives. But the crown corporation will usually establish its own objectives in how it wants to carry out its public policy roles.
But in this case, they're really a contracting agent almost--I guess in the simplest terms--for the department, so they have little leeway in actually determining how they will fulfil the role and the mandate that Parliament has given to them.