I never signed off procurement contracts. I was the person responsible for the.... Persons wrote statements of work. I read the statements of work. They seemed like valid pieces of work to be done. I would sign off that, yes, that was a good piece of work to be done.
The procurement pieces were signed off by procurement in the RCMP and CAC. All I was reading was the actual work to be performed, which was payroll or pension-type work. That's all I would certify--that, yes, that was valid work.