Policy Commentary

Disturbing news about the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA)

Public Services International (PSI), an international advocacy group with whom ACFO has been working cooperatively in recent years, raised new […]

ACFO welcomes Auditor General's report on pensions

The latest Auditor General’s report’s section on public sector pensions comes as a welcome development, according to the Association of Canadian […]

Changes to the Public Service Health Care Plan

The Association of Canadian Financial Officers, in conjunction with the other federal public service bargaining agents, have reached an agreement […]

Budget 2014 - Not Worthy of the Podium

Fellow FIs, The federal government has disclosed its Economic Action Release plans for 2014, and at a time when Canadian […]

ACFO Position on Area of Selection

Area of Selection and its impact on career mobility and advancement is a key issue for our members. The Public Service […]

Solution to A.G.'s Concerns is More FI Capacity

The 2013 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada was tabled in Parliament this morning. This government should be very concerned […]

Income Inequality is Hurting the Economy

History is repeating itself and we have yet to learn from it. Our society is being pulled apart. Growing income […]

Denouncing Back-Door Changes to Labour Legislation

Fellow FIs, On October 22, 2013, Bill C-4 was tabled in Parliament.  This bill proposes substantial amendments to the Public Service Labour Relations […]

Throne Speech: Failing Working Families

While consumer protection measures are needed, they do not address the real challenges that Canadians are dealing with.  The challenges […]

G20 Summit Missed Opportunity to Toughen Global Anti-corruption Measures

On September 5 and 6, 2013, the Canadian government attended the G20 Leaders Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia to advance […]

Holding our Corporate Suppliers Accountable

ACFO sent the following letter to George Cope, President and CEO of Bell Canada seeking the company’s position in regards […]

Evaluating the New Performance Management Directive

Recently, Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced a new Directive on Performance Management. The Directive calls for the standardization of regular […]