Speaking at the Canadian Open Dialogue Forum in Ottawa, Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) invited Canadians to participate in public consultations to help deliver the Government of Canada’s agenda for more openness and transparency. This series of consultations will be used to develop Canada’s 2016-18 strategy on open government, to be released this summer. … Read more
The Government of Canada introduced legislation to create a new labour relations regime for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) members and reservists. The legislation would address the Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Mounted Police Association of Ontario (MPAO) v. Attorney General of Canada case, which found key parts of the current RCMP labour … Read more
Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) tabled the annual Reports on Plans and Priorities on behalf of 84 government departments and agencies. The 2016-17 Reports on Plans and Priorities contain detailed information that further explains the current funding requirements outlined in the 2016-17 Main Estimates. The full release is available online.
Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) tabled the 2016-17 Main Estimates in the House of Commons. The 2016-17 Main Estimates provide information to support the Government’s request for Parliament to approve $250.1 billion in spending to deliver existing programs and services in the fiscal year starting April 1. More information is available online.
The Government of Canada provided the Parliamentary Budget Officer with additional information it had requested about the broad budget reductions announced in Budget 2012. The President of the Treasury Board intends to meet with the Parliamentary Budget Officer to discuss how the Government can work more collaboratively in responding to the PBO’s information requests. The … Read more
The Government of Canada introduced legislation to repeal Division 20 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No.1 (also referred to as Bill C-59) that provided the Government with the authority to unilaterally override the collective bargaining process and impose a new sick leave system on the public service. The Government of Canada is committed … Read more
Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) issued the following statement: We welcome the Auditor General’s reports. These reports highlight key areas for improvement, a number of which we had identified and are already being addressed. In particular, the government is: expanding and strengthening the use of gender-based analysis in decision making; improving the delivery of … Read more
Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) tabled the 2014-15 Departmental Performance Reports on behalf of 93 federal departments and agencies in the House of Commons. These reports provide information on the results achieved by government organizations for Canadians. More information is available online.
The Government of Canada announced that it intends to introduce legislation in the House of Commons to create a new labour relations regime for members and reservists of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The legislation will be introduced no later than the end of February 2016. The proposed legislation would address the Supreme Court … Read more
Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) welcomed the release of a report by the Mental Health Joint Task Force during a meeting of the National Joint Council. In March 2015, the Government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) established a Joint Task Force to address mental health in the workplace. The Joint … Read more
