Mr. Ian McCowan at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 5th, 2017 / 12:15 p.m.

Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Governance Secretariat, Privy Council Office

The mandate letters are the central articulation of the expectations of the Prime Minister in terms of the responsibilities for each minister, and certainly there's nothing in this statute that touches on what's in the mandate letters.

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