It's the deputy minister who answers to parliamentary committees on administrative matters in the department under their responsibility, with the exception of human resources and staffing, which I have delegated but actually ends up back at the commission. But overall in our system of government, it is the minister who is responsible for the department.
C'est le sous-ministre qui rend compte des questions administratives relatives à son ministère devant les comités parlementaires, excepté en ce qui concerne les ressources humaines et la dotation, que j'ai déléguées mais qui, dans les faits, sont réacheminées à la commission.