Ministerial responsibility is important. Even at the deputy levels, the buck stops department by department. We need someone who's accountable, but for organizations such as PSPC, ESDC and DND, we're talking about hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. This is very difficult for one person. That's why we need financial officers to do their job of due diligence, of financial stewardship, to protect these deputy ministers to allow them to do their job.
You can't have one person verifying every single transaction. Due diligence is important. Our members can help specifically with that task to ensure taxpayers' money is being not only accounted for but well spent.