Appendix A
Statutes Administered by the President of the Treasury Board

Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009

Auditor General Act

Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010, except in respect of sections 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20

Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014

Cabinet Ministers' and Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Act, 2002

Crown Foundations Act, 1996

Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

Financial Administration Act, in respect of sections 1.0.1, 1.0.3 to 1.0.10, 1.0.21, 1.0.24, 1.0.25.1, 1.1, 9 to 10, 11.1 to 11.4, 11.5 to 11.9, 15 to 16.0.2 and 47;

and in respect of sections 1, 1.0.2, 1.0.14, 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.20, 1.0.22, 1.0.25, 1.0.26, 2, paragraph 3(1)(h.1), sections 5, 5.1, 6, 7, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11, 11.4.1, 14.1, 16.3, 16.4, 28 and 38 (except paragraph (1) (a.3)) to 45, the administration of the Act is shared between the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Finance

Flag Act

Floral Emblem Act

Government Advertising Act, 2004

Interim Appropriation for 2024-2025 Act, 2023

Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998

Management Board of Cabinet Act

Ministry of Government Services Act, in respect of services provided by the Treasury Board Secretariat

Ontario Provincial Police Collective Bargaining Act, 2006

Ontario Public Service Employees' Union Pension Act, 1994

Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009

Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996

Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, except in respect of sections 21 to 27 and clause 31 (1) (b)

Public Service Pension Act

Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

Supply Act, 2024

Supporting Retention in Public Services Act, 2022


Appendix B
Assignment and Transfer of Powers, Duties, Functions, Responsibilities and Programs to the President of the Treasury Board

Minister

  1. The Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties, functions and responsibilities, except in respect of procurement, that had been previously assigned and transferred to the Minister under Order in Council O.C. 1211/2022 dated August 29, 2022. 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 C to this Order in Council;
    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;
    3. the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities in respect of emergency management, including the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Solicitor General under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act; and
    4. the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities in respect of human resources (including pay and benefit services).
  2. The Minister shall share (with the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) 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.
  3. 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 C 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.
  4. The Minister shall support the Minister of Finance in the Minister of Finance’s exercise of the powers and performance of the duties, functions and responsibilities under the Fiscal Sustainability, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2019, including powers, duties, functions and responsibilities related to the Auditor General’s pre-election review under that Act.

Ministry

  1. The Ministry shall carry out the functions, responsibilities and programs, except in respect of procurement, that had been previously carried out by the Treasury Board Secretariat under Order in Council O.C. 1211/2022 dated August 29, 2022.  These include but are not limited to:
    1. the functions, responsibilities and programs in respect of emergency management; and
    2. the functions, responsibilities and programs in respect of human resources (including pay and benefit services).

Appendix C
Financial Administration Act
Ministerial Powers, Duties, Functions and Responsibilities

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
1
Definitions
nonoyes

PART 0.1
Treasury Board And Ministry Of Finance
Treasury Board

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
1.0.1
Treasury Board continued
noyesno
1.0.2
Members
yes — in respect of the Minister of Finance’s membershipyes — except in respect of the Minister of Finance’s membershipno
1.0.3
Chair and vice-chair
noyesno
1.0.4
Procedure
noyesno
1.0.5
Powers and duties
noyesno
1.0.6
Board may require right to consent to fees, etc.
noyesno
1.0.7
Special warrants
noyesno
1.0.8
Board orders, supplementary expenditures
noyesno
1.0.9
Expenditure transfer
noyesno
1.0.10
Regulations
noyesno

PART 0.1
Treasury Board And Ministry Of Finance
Ministry of Finance

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
1.0.11
Ministry of Finance continued
yesnono
1.0.12
Minister of Finance to have charge
yesnono
1.0.13
Seal
yesnono
1.0.14
Duties and powers of Minister of Finance
yes — in respect of the Ministry of Finance, economic policy, taxation policy, and economic and statistical functionsyes — in respect of the Treasury Board Secretariat, accounting policy and accounting functionsyes — in respect of finance policy, finance functions, management of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and all public money; and in respect of issuing directives, policies and guidelines and establishing practices and procedures
1.0.15
Deputy Minister of Finance
yesnono
1.0.16
Delegation of powers
nonoyes
1.0.17
Protection from personal liability
yes — in respect of the Deputy Minister of Finance andthe Ministry of Financeyes — in respect of the Deputy Minister of the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Treasury Board Secretariatno
1.0.18
Expenditures
yesnono
1.0.19
Grants
nonono

PART 0.1
Treasury Board And Ministry Of Finance
Financial Management

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
1.0.20
Financial responsibility
nonoyes
1.0.21
Payment may be withheld
noyesno
1.0.22
Payment for special cases
nonoyes
1.0.24
Expenditures authorized by the Assembly
noyesno
1.0.25
Provision of information to the Minister of Finance
nonoyes
1.0.25.1
Duty of businesses, etc., to provide certain information
noyesno
1.0.26
Preparation of Public Accounts
noyes — in respect of subsections (2), (4) to (6) and (8)yes — in respect of subsections (1), (3), (7) and (9)

PART I
Public Money

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
1.1
Ontario Opportunities Fund
noyesno
2
Public money to be credited to Minister of Finance
yes — in respect of subsections (1) to (2)noyes — in respect of subsections (3) to (5)
3(1)(a) – (h), and (i)
Minister of Finance’s investment powers
yesnono
3(1)(h.1)
Minister of Finance’s investment powers
nonoYes, as agreed between the Ministers
3(2)-(6)
Minister of Finance’s investment powers
yesnono
4
Vesting of securities, etc., in Minister of Finance and successors
yesnono
5
Settlement of or determination of uncollectability of debts, etc.
nonoyes
5.1
Remission of amounts owing to or recoverable by the Crown
yes — in respect of tax-related remissionsyes — except in respect of tax-related remissionsno
5.2
Payment or credit re Excise Tax Act (Canada)
yesnono
6
Minister of Finance authorized to accept certain gifts and bequests
noyes — in respect of subsection (2)yes — in respect of subsection (1)
7
Money received for special purpose
nonoyes
7.1
Proxy investment funds
nonoyes, as agreed between the Ministers
8
Recovery of balance of public money
yesnono
8.1
Additional fee for failure of payment
nonoyes
9
Refunds
noyesno
9.1
Transition
noyesno
10
Interest and penalties on unpaid debts to Crown
noyesno
10.1
Collection, etc., of information
nonoyes
     

PART II
Disbursement Of Public Money

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
11
Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF)
yes — except in respect of subsection (5) and related approvals under subsection (4)yes — in respect of subsection (5) and related approvals under subsection (4)no
11.1
Appropriation required
noyesno
11.2
Limits on charges to appropriations
noyesno
11.3
Expenses limited to appropriations
noyesno
11.4
Certificate for payments
noyesno
11.4.1
Authority to pay interest on overdue amounts
yes — in respect of the provincial borrowing programyes — except in respect of the provincial borrowing programno
11.5
Authorized investments
noyesno
11.6
Estimates
noyesno
11.7
Payment of certain accrued liabilities
noyesno

11.8
Payment re: certain environmental remediation

liabilities

noyesno
11.9
Payment re: newly recognized liabilities
noyesno
12
Payment of guarantee or indemnity
yesnono
13
How public money to be paid in certain circumstances
yesnono
14.1
Advances
nonoyes
15
Interim payments from CRF
noyesno

16.0.1

Refund or repayment of expenditure or advance

noyesno
16.0.2
Application of accounting principles
noyesno
16.1
Collection agency fees
yesnono

PART II.1
Financial Management And Control

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
16.3
Definition
nonoyes
16.4
Payment of surplus funds into consolidated revenue fund
nonoyes
16.5
Deposits and investment by ministries of surplus funds
yesnono
16.6
Financial activities
yesnono

PART III
Public Debt

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
17
Definitions
yesnono
18
Loans to be authorized
yesnono
19
Money raised a charge on CRF
yesnono
20
Authorization to borrow
yesnono
21
Additional borrowing authorized
yesnono
22
Guarantee or indemnity authorized
yesnono
23
Temporary bank loans not exceeding $4 billion authorized
yesnono
24
Recitals and declarations
yesnono
25
Borrowing in foreign currencies authorized
yesnono
26
Calculation of borrowing limit
yesnono
26.1
Power to change form of debt
yesnono
27
Exemption from taxation
yesnono
28
Transactions that increase provincial liabilities
nonoyes
29
Execution of security certificates
yesnono
30
Contents and conditions of securities
yesnono
31
Registrars and fiscal agents
yesnono
32
Officers not bound to see to trust
yesnono
33
Payment of lost securities
yesnono
34
Sinking funds
yesnono
35
Payment of loan expenses out of CRF
yesnono
36
Power to cancel securities acquired on sinking fund account
yesnono
37
Statement re authority
yesnono
38
Regulations
nonoyes — in accordance with underlying subject matter, except with respect to clause 38 (1) (a.3)

PART IV
Civil Liability

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
39
Notice to person failing to pay over public money
nonoyes
40
Unapplied public money for purpose to be applied out of CRF
nonoyes
41
Evidence
nonoyes
42
Liability for loss
nonoyes
43
Collection of debt by set-off
nonoyes
44
Books, etc., property of the Crown
nonoyes
45
Nothing in this Act to impair other remedies of the Crown
nonoyes

PART V
Reciprocal Taxation Agreements

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
46
Reciprocal taxation agreements
yesnono

 

PART VI

Disbursements For Events At Which Politicians Speak

A. FAA provisionB. Minister of FinanceC. President of the Treasury BoardD. Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board (Shared)
47
Prohibition
noyesno

Order in Council 1177/2024