Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair.
This past week was my 21st anniversary at the Privy Council Office. I've served in a number of roles over the years. The Privy Council Office is essentially the Prime Minister's department. We are the bureaucratic arm that works across government. We support the Clerk of the Privy Council, the most senior public servant, in his three roles as head of the public service, secretary to the cabinet and deputy to the Prime Minister.
Insofar as it concerns the appointments process, we provide, as I said, non-partisan public service advice to the Prime Minister and to ministers on the appointment of heads of agencies, Crown corporations and deputy ministers across the enterprise, if you will, or across the entire public service.