It's great to see you, Irek. Hopefully we'll be seeing each other in person very soon, or maybe I'll get a chance to go back to Windsor.
I want to thank you. It's really important that we know that Treasury Board has a role and is responsible for spending authority, and that we provide due diligence and approve program parameters to set out departmental submissions, including any voted amounts to be included in the estimates and related appropriations bills.
We are the biggest employer in Canada and have the privilege of working with almost 300,000 public servants. We have the privilege of really making sure public servants can serve Canadians. We also approve collective agreements.
Also, we establish the rule sets for people, information technology, expenditure management and regulations, and we review spending plans on departmental initiatives and decisions that affect services we deliver to Canadians. Under my mandate, we also have the digital strategy mandate and greening government.
As you can see, the Treasury Board has many responsibilities, and I'm very proud to be the president at this time with a great team.