I'm the accounting officer for the ISED ministry and the deputy minister. I have general managerial oversight of the department, its budget and its personnel.
Perhaps the best way to explain it would be that I manage the organization, and I have staff who would be responsible, for example, for preparing the contribution agreement with SDTC, and who would be invited to attend meetings of the board to provide the board with information on the government's priorities, making sure we're respecting the requirements set out by the Treasury Board and so on. I have the principal responsibility, as the manager of the department, of undertaking those functions that intersect with SDTC and the responsibilities the department would have.