They can, but it often requires bringing more than one minister from a jurisdiction to a table when you're dealing with an issue as complex as identity theft. You're covering civil law and criminal law. You're dealing with issues involving the coordination of police forces and law enforcement agencies. There are also public education issues, and so forth. So quite a wide spectrum of issues has to be dealt with here and brought together to create a comprehensive strategy.
On May 10th, 2007. See this statement in context.