Madam Chairman, the delegation of authority within the department has not changed since I became minister. This is a matter of public record in terms of who was delegated to sign what and up to what spending limits and so forth. That information is in the public domain, but for the benefit of the hon. gentleman I would be happy to provide him with a copy of the delegated authorities as they exist today and they have not changed since I became minister. Although I believe I have answered, that is something that I will obviously in my new capacity review in the next number of days with my deputy minister.
In the House of Commons on June 4th, 2002. See this statement in context.