General Updates

Public Service Week, the effects of Phoenix on government financial information and the role FIs will play

Each year in the third week of June, the government takes Public Service Week as an opportunity to celebrate the […]

ACFO in the news: President Richard comments on the upcoming Phoenix report

ACFO President Dany Richard was recently interviewed by Radio-Canada about the upcoming Auditor General’s report on Phoenix. Dany specifically asked […]

Applications open: ACFO-OCG Joint Career Development Program

ACFO is proud to be launching the second annual Joint Career Development Program (JCDP). Funded by TBS and jointly administered […]

Reflecting on the importance of cooperation among public sector unions on International Workers' Day

This International Workers’ Day, I want to take the opportunity to reflect on an example of the threats frequently faced […]

Statement from ACFO President on the Toronto van attack

On behalf of the staff and board of ACFO and the entire FI Community, I want to offer my condolences […]

ACFO in the news: President comments on government’s plan for managing Phoenix

ACFO President Dany Richard was recently quoted in two articles in iPolitics about the federal government’s plans to bypass internal […]

Pharmacare: A plan for everyone

ACFO is pleased to support the Canada Labour Council’s “Plan for everyone” campaign. “Canada’s unions are proud that we’ve won […]

Final call: CPA insurance reimbursement issues

In October 2017 we provided an update to public service members who were having issues having their CPA insurance fees […]

A message from the president for fiscal year end

Fiscal year end can be hectic for FIs which can lead to not paying proper attention to completing your performance […]

Recap: Rounds 3 and 4 of FI Interchange program

ACFO concluded this year’s Interchange Program in February. The two last rounds saw 20 FIs from eight regions in 12 […]

#IWD2018: Pay equity finally within our grasp

Last week’s federal budget has once again brought the important issue of equal pay for work of equal value to […]

No automatic cash out of leave

Treasury Board has confirmed that, once again, public service members won’t have their vacation, compensatory, lieu days, lieu hours or […]