The only thing the enactment does is to merge two former departments-a process which incidentally was initiated by the Conservatives-as well as various government agencies (1320) Section 5 of the bill states that this new department shall operate as a common service agency for the Government of Canada, and its activities as a common service agency shall be directed mainly toward providing the departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada with services in support of their programs.
Ce projet de loi vient simplement fusionner deux anciens ministères, fusion commencée d'ailleurs sous les conservateurs, auxquels se greffent divers organismes gouvernementaux (1320) Ce nouveau ministère, selon l'article 5 du projet de loi, est un organisme de services communs pour le gouvernement, sa mission en tant que telle consistant surtout à fournir aux ministères et organismes fédéraux des services destinés à les aider à réaliser leurs programmes.