Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Good afternoon.
From the outset, you said that the two main tasks, i.e. management policy development and monitoring as well as expense management and financial oversight, apply to all departments or organizations managed by the Treasury Board.
When the Treasury Board develops management policies, these become unique standards of reference. On the other hand, as we look at these departments, we see that they also administer tremendous budgets. Even large companies often do not have budgets as extensive as those. There are surely organizational cultures within each of those departments or organizations.
Do contradictions not arise, occasionally if not often? Indeed, when we speak of organizational culture, we know we are dealing with the implementation of an internal management system. Does this not come into contradiction with what the Treasury Board Secretariat is putting forth? In addition, does this not cause a stir within the department? Don’t certain departments give you more problems than others with regard to the Treasury Board’s centralized policy?