Sometimes the fact that we're consulted becomes a slippery slope in terms of our independence. To monitor the government, we don't want to replace the Treasury Board with respect to its responsibilities. We are available to assist the departments, and we try to be open, but we don't want to find ourselves in a situation where responsibility is on our shoulders. We retain an ombudsman's role. In a way, we have to keep a certain distance.
On June 8th, 2010. See this statement in context.