Yes, I can provide some clarifications.
The Treasury Board Secretariat has an internal role in the public service, which is to monitor departments. We have a role in the government's financial management and spending. We are the public service's employer. We also set the guidelines for staff, financial and organizational practices. That also includes official languages, but in an internal management context. Finally, we also play a key role in regulation.
We therefore play an internal role. We don't have a presence on the ground across the country like Canadian Heritage does. It has regional offices and is very close to the stakeholders in the linguistic minority communities. They have a partnership, of course. Bill C‑13 has been amended to make the Treasury Board responsible for ensuring the implementation of positive measures. However, that's all part of its role to monitor federal institutions.
The Treasury Board Secretariat doesn't administer grant programs and contributions. As Ms. Boyer explained, the Secretariat is not suited to play an external role like that of the Department of Canadian Heritage.