Where do we start? In Ottawa, your departments, your ministries, still have enormous control, certainly on the application side of their business. In 1998 that was changed in Ontario, and clusters were formed. Clusters can range from one ministry—we have one cluster for health, for example, because it such a huge department—but another cluster may have five different ministries. By the sheer nature of it, you loosen the ties of fiefdom and ownership that may exist within certain organizations, and you create that sense of more horizontal sharing across ministries.
On May 31st, 2016. See this statement in context.