On my end, I am responsible for the public service. Our role, our responsibility, our duty, is to provide our professional advice, so the fruit of the public service's labour, to the government and directly to the Prime Minister. On his end, Mr. Blanchard is responsible for managing the political offices of the government.
I manage the public service and the advice we provide, whereas Mr. Blanchard fulfills those responsibilities on the political side. Together, those two roles provide the public service perspective and the political office perspective.