Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The role of the secretariat that I lead is to provide advice to the clerk and to the Prime Minister in terms of whole-of-government transformation. Since Budget 2010, Budget 2011, and Budget 2012, the government has placed a great deal of emphasis on whole-of-government initiatives to standardize, consolidate, and re-engineer government operations.
This work builds on that effort. In this regard, the government announced in September that it was going to create the planning and priorities subcommittee of cabinet with a view to improve effectiveness and efficiency of government operations. The role my team plays is to support this.