At the present time, there is no central agency or department with the authority to give direction to departments. We noted that departments all had different interpretations of their obligations. They report what they do to Canadian Heritage. Canadian Heritage then publishes its observations and what has been reported to it, but it does not have the power to tell departments and agencies what to do. That authority is currently vested with the Treasury Board under the Act and is limited to certain parts of the Act. We therefore thought it would be perfectly normal for Treasury Board to have the authority to give direction to departments regarding Part VII, just as it does for Parts IV, V or VI.
On October 25th, 2011. See this statement in context.