Mr. Chairman, as a central agency for government, we work with departments ensuring that, for example…. Once a policy is put in place and legislation’s in place and it comes to the expenditures of dollars, we can be directly involved in that accounting. In that sense, that’s why you see this; we’re doing the overall accounting for the government departments. If they’re not following the rules, then we can become involved in another matter, and that’s where, for example, our audit function comes in, in ensuring that the rules in place are being followed.
We’d also work with departments in developing potential new areas of involvement to ensure we’re working in areas that are similar to other jurisdictions. Our legislation would match, for example, our relationship with the federal
government or, in the North here, with land claims and self-government as well.