The Canada emergency business account was a COVID program that the government asked Export Development Canada, a Crown corporation, to deliver on its behalf. That was done because Export Development Canada manages the Canada Account on behalf of the Government of Canada. It was a way to quickly get funds from the government to financial institutions so that money could get out to almost 900,000 businesses across the country.
Because EDC was involved, that mechanism required its home base department, Global Affairs, to provide it with direction. The Department of Finance was involved because they were the policy lead who designed the CEBA program and made recommendations and analysis on what the program should look like. Those two departments were providing direction on what the program looked like, but EDC was expected to deliver on a day-to-day basis. The Canada Revenue Agency came in because it provided some much-needed information on verifying the eligibility of businesses—for example, how much their salaries were and whether they met the eligibility criteria there.
Many parties were involved in delivering this program.