Canada Test 9
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The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat serves as the administrative arm of the Treasury Board, a Cabinet committee of the federal government with responsibility for the financial management framework, human resources management, and administrative policy that governs how federal departments and agencies operate and use public resources. Treasury Board sets the financial management policies that departments must follow in planning, budgeting, accounting for, and reporting on the use of public funds, with the Policy on Financial Management establishing the requirements for sound stewardship and the Controller General of Canada providing functional leadership and oversight of the financial management community across the federal public service. The expenditure management system through which the federal government allocates resources to programs and activities involves a multi-year planning and review process in which departments submit business plans and funding proposals that are evaluated by Treasury Board in the context of the government's overall fiscal framework and its policy priorities. Supplementary Estimates tabled in Parliament during the fiscal year allow departments to seek additional appropriations for new or previously unfunded activities, complementing the Main Estimates that provide the primary basis for parliamentary authority to spend. Treasury Board also sets the terms and conditions of employment for the federal public service, including classification standards, pay rates, leave provisions, and pension arrangements, within a framework of collective bargaining with the federal public service unions that represent different employee groups. Program evaluation is a mandatory requirement under Treasury Board policy, with departments required to evaluate the relevance and effectiveness of their direct program spending over a five-year cycle to provide evidence that supports resource allocation decisions and program improvement. The Principal Risks and Internal Controls reporting framework requires deputy heads to attest annually to the adequacy of internal controls over financial reporting in their organisations.