Ms. Anne Marie Smart at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.

March 23rd, 2017 / 4:45 p.m.

Chief Human Resources Officer, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat

All deputy heads have the authority and the responsibility to take the reports and take them seriously.

If there is an apparent or perceived conflict and they are worried about it, they have the option of either asking another department to carry it out or asking the commissioner himself to carry it out.

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