Yes.
In the second instance, the chronology is that the centre alerts their minister to the prospect of supplementary estimates because they see an overrun looming. After that, senior officials at the board, as well as at Public Safety, get involved, and there is a determination at the bureaucratic level that supplementary estimates are not desirable.
So we can see that there were discussions. The written record is very scant, but we didn't find any evidence of ministerial direction. After that, the officials determined the course of events, as far as the record goes, on their own.