But in terms of the crown corporations, they are accountable to Parliament already through the minister responsible. They get their mandate from the minister. The Treasury Board or your internal structures can give a mandate or the minister can give a wage mandate to the crown corporation already. That's the way it happens now.
What confuses us is that it looks like there's a third party coming in called Treasury Board. Does that take away the role of the minister responsible? Because that used to be where the mandate was given through the government, through the taxpayer right now.
Crowns have to undergo annual audits. Most have to submit corporate plans, operating budgets, and capital budgets for approval by their minister. That already exists. What confuses us is if there is now a third stage called Treasury Board that can overrule the minister or the mandate the minister gives. It's really confusing to us that happens.
The second and most relevant question to that, Mr. Rajotte, is this. What's the problem now? If everyone is going to second-guess the collective agreements that sit there—sure you can invent all sorts of problems like Mr. Charette does—but the fact of the matter is that all of those settlements were made with the representative of the taxpayer at the table through their crown corporation.