I have worked at the department for about 10 years. So I was there when the Roadmap was established.
On the one hand, there was less of an impact on the department because, for a long time, it had had activities designed to support the communities. A number of those activities continued. We did not receive supplementary funding, but we continued to use our own funds, which had been allocated to the department. In that perspective, we more or less continued our activities.
On the other hand, in terms of the horizontal collaboration across federal departments and the various ADM committees and working groups, it has provided a really interesting opportunity for us too. It's provided a larger framework within which we have been able to talk about our own initiatives, to situate those, to share and discuss information. For example, in the last couple of years we launched an interdepartmental research committee to look at the various research that all the departments do. I think some of those types of cross-federal government institution activities
are in place partly thanks to the Roadmap, which encouraged us to adopt a more comprehensive approach throughout government, in addition to our individual responsibilities.