I was here at the public accounts meeting the other day, and I got a bit of information on making the deputy ministers accounting officers. As a matter of fact, that's probably not a bad idea. I think the buck has to stop somewhere. The danger, I guess, is in what that does to ministerial responsibility and that fine line. I think we have to be very clear that ultimately the minister is responsible. So how do you distinguish between the responsibility of the deputy minister and that of the minister in these cases?
On February 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.