Policy Commentary

Charitable Giving from ACFO

As a socially-conscious labour organization, ACFO is committed to improving living conditions not just for our membership, but society at […]

ACFO President Milt Isaacs calls on government to retain financial capacity

ACFO President Milt Isaacs is calling on the federal government to consider the implications to financial oversight and accountability as […]

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’ […]