Enabling Legislation

The Treasury Board's powers are derived from a number of statutes that provide the framework for government management. The most important are the:

• Access to Information Act, which gives Canadian citizens and individuals and corporations present in Canada (the public) the formal right of access to federal government records in accordance with certain principles;
• Auditor General Act, which respects the office of the Auditor General of Canada and sustainable development monitoring and reporting; --- Appropriation Acts
• Crown Corporations Dissolution or Transfer Authorization Act, which provides for the dissolution or transfer of certain Crown corporations and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof;
• Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act, which provides superannuation benefits for senior appointees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade serving outside Canada;
• Employment Equity Act, which assists designated group members, women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities in achieving a full and equitable representation within the federal public service;
• Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act, which deals with the acquisition, administration, and disposition of real property by the Government of Canada;
• Financial Administration Act, which establishes the Board itself and gives it powers with respect to the financial, personnel and administrative management of the Public Service, employment equity in the Public Service, and the financial requirements of Crown corporations;
• Governor General's Act, which respects the Governor General;
• Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act, which provides for the payment of superannuation benefits to Lieutenant Governors;
• Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, which provides retiring allowances on a contributory basis to persons who have served as Members of Parliament;
• Official Languages Act, which makes the Treasury Board responsible for coordinating the official languages programs of federal institutions;
• Privacy Act, which gives Canadian citizens and anyone present in Canada access to federal information about themselves and which specifies how federal organizations are to collect, use, disclose, and retain personal information;
• Public Pensions Reporting Act, which imposes reporting requirements with respect to public pension plans and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof;
• Public Sector Compensation Act, which respects compensation in the public sector of Canada and to amend another Act in relation thereto;
• Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act, which establishes the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and amends other acts;
• Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, which gives federal public sector employees a secure and confidential process for disclosing serious wrongdoing in the workplace, as well as protection from acts of reprisal;
• Public Service Employment Act, which respects employment in the Public Service of Canada;
• Public Service Pension Adjustment Act, which respects the adjustment of certain public service pensions;
• Public Service Staff Relations Act, which creates the system of collective bargaining between the Treasury Board, as the employer, and the Public Service unions, which are organized into occupationally defined bargaining units;
• Public Service Superannuation Act, which is the most extensive of several laws that cover the management of public-sector pensions;
  --- Special Retirement Arrangements Act,
• Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act, which provides supplementary retirement benefits for certain persons in receipt of pensions payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund;