There are a couple of different lenses to this.
There is the delegated authority from the Financial Administration Act. Often, when you have to run a department, the minister has to be able to delegate authorities to the deputy minister and to the executives and employees below. Different levels of the organization receive the training to exercise their delegated responsibility when it comes to financial controls. Can you sign for a budget? Can you provide assurances that you've received the goods and services that were ordered?
On the contracting front, there's a very similar kind of delegation instrument for contracting authorities. It is refreshed frequently, and usually the delegation of authority for what the minister, the deputy minister or the assistant deputy minister signs off on to authorize entry into contracts is dependent on risk, material level and various elements.
In non-COVID times, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement has delegated their authority to the position of assistant deputy minister and, in some cases, below. During the pandemic, an updated set of delegated authorities was put in place with the support of Treasury Board because we couldn't keep up with the existing levels, and we provided various elements and staff training around the new delegation instruments.