I haven't been privy to.... As I said, I didn't audit the contracts. I don't believe that in these particular cases—I see the Auditor General nodding, so she's agreeing with what I'm going to say—these particular contracts were signed by the minister.
The departments operate within a set of authorities that are mostly delegated to them through the minister, then subdelegated to the deputy minister, and then to assistant deputy ministers and on to managers, for example. When you sign something, it comes with accountability. These authorities are delegated within an organization when someone signs, for example, section 34, which is there to certify that work has been done and it's been done in line with the contract and in line with the price of the contract.
That's your accountability, and you need to take that very seriously. These accountabilities are delegated throughout an organization. Like I said, people have to be conscious of their responsibilities in discharging these authorities.