Benoît Sauvageau at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.

June 20th, 2006 / 9:55 a.m.

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What new responsibilities will the Vice-President of the Treasury Board have? The former Vice-President of the TB, Paul Martin, maintained that he didn't have any responsibilities, that a vice-president merely attended meetings and drank coffee.

Should a problem arise, will the new Vice-President be in some way held accountable?

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