Policy Commentary

ACFO Report Examines Business Case for Unions

In recognition of Labour Day, ACFO has released a special report which assesses the relevance of unions in modern society, […]

Government Operations Committee Recognizes Importance of Financial Officers

In their Tenth Report, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates formally recognized the concerns of […]

ACFO President Speaks to Committee on Government Operations

Remarks by Milt Isaacs, President Association of Canadian Financial Officers to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations […]

ACFO President Milt Isaacs concerned with Federal Budget

The Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) is concerned by some elements of the budget released today. The Association represents […]

ACFO President Milt Isaacs says bureaucrats the "scapegoats" in budget crunch

The federal government will table the 2010-2011 Budget on March 4th.  It is fair to say that it has already […]

ACFO questions C.D. HOWE Institute's report conclusions

The Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) joined with the 17 other unions representing Canada’s Public Service in starting a […]

Federal budget: Government's intentions still not clear

Yesterday’s federal budget did nothing to bring clarity to the governmen’s plan to ensure the predictability of federal public sector […]

Volume 3: In pursuit of Balance

In response to a series of scandals and instances of fiscal mismanagement, successive governments have imposed new regulations and policy […]

Volume 2: Accountability and Liability under the Financial Administration Act

It is government policy that departments must exercise sound comptrollership. In 1997 the Treasury Board Secretariat established the Comptrollership Modernization Initiative […]

Volume 1: Rebalancing the Service and Control Features of the Government of Canada (GOC) Financial Control Framework

There are indications that the Canadian public is becoming increasingly concerned about the federal government’s seemingly poor management of taxpayers’ […]

President's Response to Auditor General's Report

FINANCIAL MANAGERS WELCOME AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT OTTAWA – Canada’s public service financial managers wholly concur with the findings of the […]

Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Board

April 10, 2002 Frank Claydon Secretary of the Treasury Board Treasury Board of Canada L’Esplanade Laurier 300 Laurier Avenue West […]