Treasury Board is the management board for the Government of Canada. It sets out what we call polices, directives, and standards. That's the set of rules, if you will, with which departments must comply to spend, to procure, to contract, to purchase IT. Whatever it is, there are those various policies in place. Therefore departments have to comply with those, and they have to ensure they follow good financial management practices. Also, most departments are constrained in their authorities as to how much they can spend. If the project is over a certain size, then they have to come to the board to seek approval for that project. In seeking that approval from the board, the board will ensure that they do have appropriate oversight mechanisms in place to spend the money.
That's how our system works. There are checks and balances, both at the departmental level and at the board, when it comes to spending.