Treasury Board

Treasury Board
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Canada
Minister responsible

The Treasury Board is the central agency that reviews and approves spending by the Government of Canada.[1] The President of the Treasury Board is a member of the federal Cabinet.

Role

The Canadian Cabinet is arranged into several committees with varying responsibilities, but all other ones are informal structures and frequently change. Currently organised under the Financial Administration Act,[2] the Treasury Board is the only one created by law and is officially a committee of the Privy Council. Its role in government makes it far more powerful than most Cabinet committees as it is responsible for "accountability and ethics, financial, personnel and administrative management, comptrollership, approving regulations and most Orders-in-Council".[3] It is also unique in that its committee chair, the President of the Treasury Board, is a member of cabinet by virtue of holding that office—other cabinet committees are chaired by minister holding seats in cabinet by virtue of some other office. The Treasury Board is supported by the Treasury Board Secretariat.

The board is the only statutory Cabinet committee and is responsible for the federal civil service and much of the operation of the Canadian government.

Membership

The committee is composed of six cabinet ministers, always including its President and the Minister of Finance. The current members are as follows:

There are also five "alternate members", who attend Treasury Board meetings in the event of conflicts of interest; these are currently the following:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Treasury Board to oversee Transport Canada's budget decisions". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Financial Administration Act. Part I: Organization. Treasury Board". Department of Justice (Canada). 1985. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ "About the Treasury Board". Treasury Board Secretariat. Retrieved June 9, 2011.

Bibliography

  • PCO (2018-02-22). "A Drafter's Guide to Cabinet Documents". Government of Canada.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (2013-12-31). "Comparing Types of Cabinet Papers". Government of Canada.
  • PCO (2017-12-07). "Memoranda to Cabinet". Government of Canada.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (2016-07-15). "The Business of the Treasury Board". Government of Canada.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (2011-06-02). "ARCHIVED - A Guide to Preparing Treasury Board Submissions". Government of Canada.
  • Library and Archives Canada (2017-05-26). "Treasury Board Submissions". Government of Canada.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (June 2016). "Better government with partners, for Canadians: Memorandum to Cabinet and Treasury Board Submission - Why They Are Major Tools for Government". Government of Canada.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (1999-12-01). "Archived - Access to Information Guidelines - Confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada". Government of Canada.

Coordinates: 45°25′08″N 75°41′49″W / 45.4189°N 75.6970°W / 45.4189; -75.6970

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