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PART I - INTRODUCTION

PART II - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

PART III - TREASURY BOARD AND ITS SECRETARIAT

PART IV - ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF RELEVANCE TO THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

PART V - OVERVIEW OF KEY LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES PERTINENT TO SPONSOR-SHIP AND ADVERTISING ACTIVITIES

PART VI - INVOLVEMENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD AND THE TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT RELATED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMISSION

PART VII - ANNEXES

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Document Prepared by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat for the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities

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September 2004

Table of Contents

PART I - INTRODUCTION

PART II - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The Early Years
The 1960s and 1970s
The 1980s and Early 1990s
The 1993 Reorganization and the mid-1990s
The Late 1990s to Today

PART III - TREASURY BOARD AND ITS SECRETARIAT

Powers, Instruments and Approaches

Organizational Structure

PART IV - ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF RELEVANCE TO THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

Comptrollership

Modern Comptrollership

Expenditure Management
Program Sectors
Policy Centres

Communications and Federal Identity Program
Crown Corporations

PART V - OVERVIEW OF KEY LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES PERTINENT TO SPONSOR-SHIP AND ADVERTISINGACTIVITIES

Statutes and Regulations
Policies

PART VI - INVOLVEMENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD AND THE TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT RELATED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMISSION

PART VII - ANNEXES

Annex A: A Chronology of the Development of Treasury Board and its Secretariat

Annex B: A List of Initiatives under Results for Canadians: A Management Framework for the Government of Canada (2000)"

Annex C: List of Members of Treasury Board - 1996-2004

Annex D: TBS Organization - 2004

Annex E: Expenditure Management

Annex F: Key Provisions of the Financial Administration Act, of the
Payments and Settlements Requisitions Regulations, 1997 and of the Government Contracts Regulations

Annex G: Detailed Description of the Treasury Board Submission Process

Annex H: Summaries of the Key Policies Relevant to the Commission of Inquiry and a
Chronology of their Evolution

1. a) Communications Policy of the Government of Canada

b) Federal Identity Program Policy

2. Financial Management Policies

a) Policy on Account Verification
b) Policy on Delegation of Authorities
c) Policy on Interdepartmental Charging and Transfers Between Appropriations
d) Policy on Losses of Money and Offences and Other Illegal Acts Against the Crown
e) Policy on Payment Requisitioning and Payment on Due Date
f) Policy on Responsibilities and Organization for Comptrollership
g) Policy on Transfer Payments

3. Summary of the Internal Audit Policy

4. Evolution of the Contracting Policy and its Appendices with a Focus on Q/U

a) Listing of Pertinent Sections of the Contracting Policy
b) Chronology of Appendix K: Annual Reporting Requirements for Contracting Activities

5. Common Services Policy - Summary

6. Policy on the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace - Summary ;

Annex I: Oversight and Monitoring

Annex J: Review of Financial Administration Act - Compliance and Sanctions - Abstract

Annex K: Review of the Governance Regime for Crown Corporations - Abstract

Annex L: Review of the Interface Between Politicians and Public Servants - Abstract

Annex M: Overview of the Management Accountability Framework

Annex N: Responses to Questions Posed / Issues Raised by Counsel to the Commission of Inquiry Respecting Treasury Board and Treasury Board Secretariat

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