Cabinet committee of the Privy Council of Canada responsible for financial management
The
Treasury Board
of Canada
(
French
:
Conseil du Tresor du Canada
) is the
Cabinet
committee of the
Privy Council of Canada
which oversees the spending and operation of the
Government of Canada
and is the principal employer of the core
public service
.
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The committee is supported by the
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
, its administrative branch and a department within the government itself.
The committee is chaired by the
president of the Treasury Board
, currently
Anita Anand
, who is also the minister responsible for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Role
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The
Canadian Cabinet
is arranged into several committees with varying responsibilities, but all other ones are informal structures and frequently change. Currently organized under the
Financial Administration Act
,
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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
".
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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.
Expenditure management
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The Treasury Board oversees the expenditures of the federal government.
Ministers
submit funding proposals on behalf of their departments to seek financial approval for programs and policies approved in the
federal budget
or by Cabinet. The president of the Treasury Board is responsible for presenting the
Estimates
from these submissions to
Parliament
. The Estimates are prepared by the Secretariat in collaboration with the
Department of Finance Canada
.
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Management and performance policies and principal employer
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The Treasury Board, on advice of the Secretariat, sets policies regulating the authority of ministers and
deputy ministers
to administer and manage their departments, ensuring a government-wide approach to administration.
As the principal employer of the Government of Canada, it is responsible for labour relations, collective bargaining, and pension and benefits across the core public administration.
Secretariat
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The Treasury Board is supported by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, a federal department which acts as a central agency of the Government of Canada and is administered by members of the public service. The role of the Secretariat is to advise members the Treasury Board, develop policies for approval and administer certain programs on behalf of the Treasury Board.
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Membership
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The Treasury Board is composed of six Cabinet ministers, always including its president and the
minister of finance
. The current members, as of July 26, 2023, are as follows:
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There are also a number of alternate members, who may attend Treasury Board meetings in the event of conflicts of interest. The
prime minister
, through a
Governor in Council
appointment, may designate as many alternate members as the committee may need. As of April 19, 2023, the following are alternate members of the Treasury Board:
See also
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External links
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