Mr. Chairman, that does seem to me inconsistent. In my opinion, the Treasury Board Secretary can exercise his leadership with regard to financial management and policies of financial management while having a line boss if I can call it that way. This is quite normal; it happens in all organizations. I do not see why that would not work here. If we draw a parallel, we can say that the Treasury Board Secretary is like the vice-president of the organization.
On November 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.