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Treasury Board Secretariat (Ontario)

Ministry of the Government of Ontario

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agency_name	Treasury Board Secretariat
type	Ministry
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logo	[[File:Ont-Gov-Shield-Logo.png	150px	class=skin-invert]]
logo_caption	Arms of the Government of Ontario
formed	1962 (first established)
2014 (re-established)
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jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
headquarters	315 Front Street West
7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 0B8
minister1_name	Caroline Mulroney
minister1_pfo	President of the Treasury Board
deputyminister1_name	Carlene Alexander
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2014 (re-established) 7th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 0B8 The Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS; ) is the ministry of the Government of Ontario that is charged with supporting the work of the Treasury Board/Management Board of Cabinet (TB/MBC), a joint sub-committee of the Executive Council of Ontario that manages the fiscal plan of the government. This includes reviewing and controlling all government spending, approving labour agreements and workforce planning, management of the provincial contingency fund, and overseeing the procedures and directives that guide the operation of the Ontario Public Service.

In 2022, the mandate of the ministry expanded to include the overseeing of Supply Ontario and Emergency Management Ontario.

The current president of the Treasury Board is Caroline Mulroney.

History

The Treasury Board was originally established in 1886 as a committee of the Cabinet of Ontario. Prior to 1950, the board met infrequently and had no permanent staff. Its primary role during this period was to review and approve Special Warrants and Treasury Board Orders to meet shortfalls in departmental estimates.

The development of the government in the wake of the depression and war, however, quickly overwhelmed the ability of the existing system to deal with demands on government revenues. A private firm of auditors, Woods, Gordon and Company, recommended a complete revision of the functions of the Treasury Board to deal with the new situation. The Financial Administration Act of 1954, formalized the board's role as the committee of the cabinet on all matters relating to finance, revenues, estimates, expenditures and any other matter concerning general administrative policy of the government. The board was also given the power to call witnesses and compel the production of documents from the public service relating to financial administration and to make regulations relating to the administration of public money and the efficient administration of the public service.

Although the Treasury Board possessed a secretary as early as 1956, a permanent Treasury Board Secretariat was not established until 1962. Initially, the secretariat only has two broad functions: to support the Treasury Board as a committee of cabinet, and to provide management and budgetary advisory to ministries and agencies of government. Throughout 1960s, it assumed other government-wide management functions such as records management and the development of automated information systems within the public service.

In 1971, the Treasury Board was renamed the Management Board of Cabinet with expanded responsibilities for the management of the public service, and the secretariat was renamed the Management Board Secretariat. Over time, the functions of the Management Board Secretariat expanded to include coordination and providing corporate administrative and resources management services for the government, in areas that included information and information technology, human resources, procurement, accommodation, assets management, and administrative support, as well as the management of record retention.

In 1991, a new Treasury Board was established within the Ministry of Treasury and Economics to assume the financial management functions of the Management Board of Cabinet and the Management Board Secretariat. However, in 1995, this board was dissolved. Its fiscal planning and controllership functions were transferred to the Fiscal and Financial Policy Division of the Ministry of Finance, while responsibility for the estimates and expenditure process were returned to Management Board.

Also in 1991, the staff and responsibilities of the Human Resources Secretariat were absorbed by the Management Board Secretariat.

In early 1993, the Management Board Secretariat absorbed the existing Ministry of Government Services. In 2000, the Archives of Ontario was transferred from the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation.

In 2005, the Management Board Secretariat ceased to exist, and most of its corporate management functions were reverted to a newly re-established Ministry of Government Services, while responsibilities for the provincial estimates and expenditure monitoring were transferred to the Ministry of Finance.

In 2014, the Treasury Board and a corresponding Treasury Board Secretariat were re-established. Treasury Board and Management Board, while legislatively two separate cabinet committees, became a joint sub-committee of cabinet.

Board chairs and presidents

Name	Term of office	Political party
(Ministry)	Note			colspan=3	Chair of the Treasury Board			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Robarts)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Davis)			colspan=3	Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Miller)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Peterson)	ON	NDP}};"	NDP
(Rae)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Harris)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Eves)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(McGuinty)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Wynne)			colspan=3	President of the Treasury Board	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Ford)
ON	PC}};"		James Allan			While Treasurer
ON	PC}};"		Charles MacNaughton			While Treasurer
ON	PC}};"		Darcy McKeough			While Treasurer
Between 1972 and 2005, the Chair headed a corresponding ministry.
ON	PC}};"		Charles MacNaughton
ON	PC}};"		Eric Winkler
ON	PC}};"		James Auld			While Minister of Government Services (June 23, 1977 – September 21, 1977)
ON	PC}};"		George McCague
ON	PC}};"		Bette Stephenson			While Deputy Premier (April 8, 1985 – June 26, 1985)
ON	PC}};"		George Ashe
ON	Liberal}};"		Elinor Caplan			While Minister of Government Services
ON	Liberal}};"		Robert Nixon			Interim Chair, while Treasurer
ON	Liberal}};"		Murray Elston			Concurrently Minister of Financial Institutions (August 16, 1988 – October 1, 1990)
ON	NDP}};"		Frances Lankin			While Minister of Government Services (October 1, 1990 – April 22, 1991) and Minister of Health (April 22, 1991 – February 3, 1993)
ON	NDP}};"		Tony Silipo			While Minister of Education (October 15, 1991 – February 3, 1993)
ON	NDP}};"		Dave Cooke			While Minister of Municipal Affairs (July 31, 1991 – February 3, 1993)
ON	NDP}};"		Brian Charlton			In 1993, most of the functions performed by the Ministry of Government Services were transferred to the Secretariat of the Management Board of Cabinet.
ON	PC}};"		David Johnson
ON	PC}};"		Chris Hodgson			Concurrently Minister of Northern Development and Mines (October 10, 1997 – June 17, 1999)
ON	PC}};"		David Tsubouchi
ON	PC}};"
ON	Liberal}};"		Gerry Phillips
ON	Liberal}};"		Greg Sorbara			While Minister of Finance. Between 2005 and 2014, the chair presides over the board as a committee of cabinet but did not head a corresponding ministry.
ON	Liberal}};"		Dwight Duncan			Interim, while interim Minister of Finance
ON	Liberal}};"		Greg Sorbara			While Minister of Finance
ON	Liberal}};"		Dwight Duncan			While Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance
ON	Liberal}};"		Harinder Takhar			While Minister of Government Services
ON	Liberal}};"		Charles Sousa			While Minister of Finance
Since 2014, the President headed a corresponding ministry.
ON	Liberal}};"		Deb Matthews			While Deputy Premier
ON	Liberal}};"		Liz Sandals
ON	Liberal}};"		Eleanor McMahon
ON	PC}};"		Peter Bethlenfalvy
ON	PC}};"		Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria
ON	PC}};"		Caroline Mulroney		Present	Jill Dunlop is Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response from to Present.

References

"Treasury Board Secretariat {{!}} ontario.ca".
"Ministers {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
(March 19, 2025). "Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new cabinet unveiled with changes in major portfolios". cours.

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