The Privy Council Office has a couple of roles that it plays. We are the primary public service advisers to the Prime Minister, so we provide advice to the Prime Minister on the standards of conduct or the policy in the actual Conflict of Interest Act. We are the ones who provide the public service with advice on how the act is operating, whether or not there are improvements to be made to the act, and whether or not we think the act is covering the things that it ought to cover.
We also provide advice to the Prime Minister on accountable government and the particular parts of accountable government that deal with restrictions on the political activities of Governor in Council appointees. We look after that regime in the sense of providing advice to Governor in Council appointees—whether they're ministers or the heads of government agencies or crown corporations—on what their obligations are.