Under our system, which is going to be reinforced again by Bill C-2, at the end of the day the deputy head is responsible for the day-to-day management of the departments. We undertake assessments of the management competencies of the departments. We then identify them and work with them. We will say, over the next year these are three or four areas that we think you should work on; we'll work with you. Of course, part of my overall assessment of a deputy head will take that into consideration. We basically provide that oversight function with the deputy heads to ensure they follow through and address some of the deficiencies they have in their own departments.
On November 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.