Negotiation Mandates for Separate Agencies

There are currently 27 Separate Agencies in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act which were established either through an Order-in-Council or legislation. They are listed below.

Separate Agencies conduct their own negotiations for unionized employees and determine compensation levels for non unionized employees. The Treasury Board, however, maintains its expenditure management role in relation to separate agencies. As such, all unionized separate agencies (with the exception of the Canada Revenue Agency, which according to the Canada Revenue Agency Act, must report to Parliament) are required to obtain a mandate for collective bargaining from the President of the Treasury Board through the Labour Relations and Compensation Operations Branch. After a settlement is reached, the President of the Treasury Board makes a recommendation with regard to its approval to the Governor in Council based on its compliance with the mandate.

List of Separate Agencies:

• Canada Investment and Savings
• Canada Revenue Agency
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Canadian Polar Commission
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• Communications Security Establishment, Department of National Defence
• Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
• Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
• Indian Oil and Gas Canada
• National Capital Commission
• National Energy Board
• National Film Board
• National Research Council of Canada
• National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
• Northern Pipeline Agency
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada
• Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
• Parks Canada Agency
• Public Service Labour Relations Board
• Security Intelligence Review Committee
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces
• Statistics Survey Operations