Order in Council 1163/2018

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas pursuant to subsection 2 (1) of the Executive Council Act, a member of the Executive Council has been appointed under the Great Seal to hold office as the President of the Treasury Board;

Therefore, pursuant to subsections 2 (2), 5 (1) and 8 (1) of the Executive Council Act:

Minister to preside over Ministry

1. The President of the Treasury Board (the “Minister”) shall preside over a ministry known as the Treasury Board Secretariat (the “Ministry”).

Minister

2. The Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties, functions and responsibilities that are assigned by law to the Minister or that may otherwise be assigned to or undertaken by the Minister in respect of the Treasury Board, the Management Board of Cabinet and any other matters related to the Minister’s portfolio.
3. The Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties, functions and responsibilities that had previously been assigned and transferred to the President of the Treasury Board under Order in Council O.C. 218/2015 dated February 18, 2015, as amended, except in respect of information technology services other than those provided by the central agencies information and information technology cluster, and such powers, duties, functions and responsibilities are assigned to the Minister accordingly. These include but are not limited to:
   1. the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the President of the Treasury Board in respect of:
      1. enterprise-wide capital and operational planning, expenditure management, controllership, internal audit; and
      2. the Financial Administration Act, as set out in Column C of Appendix A to this Order in Council; and
   2. the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet in respect of the Courts of Justice Act and the Justices of the Peace Act.
4. The Minister shall share (with the Minister of Government and Consumer Services) the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities in respect of the Ministry of Government Services Act insofar as they may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of presiding over the Ministry and otherwise exercising the powers and performing the duties, functions and responsibilities related to the Minister’s portfolio. Shared powers, duties, functions and responsibilities may be exercised or performed by each minister individually or by both ministers jointly.
5. The Minister shall share (with the Minister of Finance) the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities in respect of the Financial Administration Act, as set out in Column D of Appendix A to this Order in Council. Shared powers, duties, functions and responsibilities may be exercised or performed by each minister individually or by both ministers jointly.

Ministry

6. The Ministry shall carry out the functions, responsibilities and programs that are assigned by law to the Ministry or that may otherwise be assigned to or undertaken by the Ministry in respect of the Treasury Board, the Management Board of Cabinet and any other matters related to the Minister’s portfolio.
7. The Ministry shall carry out the functions, responsibilities and programs that had previously been carried out by the Treasury Board Secretariat under Order in Council O.C. 218/2015 dated February 18, 2015, as amended, except in respect of information technology services other than those provided by the central agencies information and information technology cluster, and such functions, responsibilities and programs are assigned to the Ministry accordingly.
8. The Ministry shall share (with the Ministry of Finance) the functions, responsibilities and programs in respect of section 10 and clause 15 (b) of the Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act, 2004.

Administration of Statutes

9. Despite any provision of a statute or Order in Council, the administration of the statutes set out in Appendix B to this Order in Council is assigned to the Minister.

Revocation of Order in Council

10. Order in Council O.C. 218/2015 dated February 18, 2015, as amended, is hereby revoked.

Appendix A

Appendix B