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 Govern
ment of Canada with services in suppor ...[+++]t 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.