Expenditure Estimates for the Treasury Board Secretariat (2019-20)
The 2019-2020 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Treasury Board Secretariat for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2019.
Summary
The Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) provides leadership and advisory services that support evidence-based decision-making, prudent financial management, transparency and accountability across the public sector in Ontario. TBS strengthens the way government is managed and helps to ensure value for money in government spending and results for Ontarians. TBS also provides oversight over labour relations between the government and the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and broader public sector (BPS); offers enterprise level executive recruitment, learning and development, talent management and recruiting and retention of youth and new professionals; provides oversight of corporate policy and agency governance; provides leadership on public service ethics, inclusion and diversity in the OPS; delivers management consulting services for organizational transformation; provides human resources policy function; and provides internal audit function.
Ministry Program Summary
| Vote | Program |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
|||||
|
3401 |
$25,588,500 |
$26,996,900 |
($1,408,400) |
$22,590,808 |
|
|
3402 |
$59,514,700 |
$62,137,900 |
($2,623,200) |
$24,218,642 |
|
|
3403 |
$1,150,998,000 |
$1,134,000,000 |
$16,998,000 |
$958,742,592 |
|
|
3404 |
$839,181,500 |
$1,384,064,600 |
($544,883,100) |
$48,036,528 |
|
|
3405 |
$34,546,900 |
$35,497,700 |
($950,800) |
$37,361,185 |
|
|
3406 |
$4,299,200 |
$4,777,200 |
($478,000) |
$4,460,163 |
|
|
3409 |
$45,995,900 |
$51,560,300 |
($5,564,400) |
$50,403,726 |
|
|
3410 |
$857,500 |
$857,500 |
- |
$962,930 |
|
|
3411 |
$51,013,300 |
$60,481,500 |
($9,468,200) |
- |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$2,211,995,500 |
$2,760,373,600 |
($548,378,100) |
$1,146,776,574 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
$281,069,014 |
$329,070,014 |
($48,001,000) |
$528,224,880 |
|
|
Ministry total operating expense |
$2,493,064,514 |
$3,089,443,614 |
($596,379,100) |
$1,675,001,454 |
|
|
Consolidation Adjustment - Employee and Pensioner Benefits |
($45,000,000) |
($43,000,000) |
($2,000,000) |
($44,785,738) |
|
|
Other Adjustments - Non-cash Actuarial Adjustment for Pensions and Retiree Benefits |
($35,002,000) |
($85,005,000) |
$50,003,000 |
- |
|
|
Total including consolidation & other adjustments |
$2,413,062,514 |
$2,961,438,614 |
($548,376,100) |
$1,630,215,716 |
|
|
Operating assets |
|||||
|
3401 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
$659,156,187 |
|
|
Ministry total operating assets |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
$659,156,187 |
|
|
Capital expense |
|||||
|
3401 |
$801,000 |
$1,322,500 |
($521,500) |
$656,500 |
|
|
3404 |
$325,000,000 |
$275,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
- |
|
|
3409 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$325,802,000 |
$276,323,500 |
$49,478,500 |
$656,500 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Ministry total capital expense |
$325,804,000 |
$276,325,500 |
$49,478,500 |
$656,500 |
|
|
Capital assets |
|||||
|
3401 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
3409 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital assets to be voted |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Ministry total capital assets |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including assets) |
$2,738,866,514 |
$3,237,764,114 |
($498,897,600) |
$1,630,872,216 |
|
Operating expense |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total operating expense previously published |
$3,059,639,114 |
$1,702,555,301 |
|
Government reorganization |
||
|
Transfer of functions from other Ministries |
$4,374,100 |
$3,720,134 |
|
Transfer of functions to other Ministries |
($38,569,600) |
($31,273,981) |
|
Change in accounting |
||
|
Change in accounting |
$64,000,000 |
- |
|
Restated total operating expense |
$3,089,443,614 | $1,675,001,454 |
|
Operating assets |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total operating assets previously published |
$15,877,400 |
$672,546,062 |
|
Government reorganization |
||
|
Transfer of functions to other Ministries |
($15,875,400) |
($13,389,875) |
|
Restated total operating assets |
$2,000 | $659,156,187 |
|
Capital expense |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total capital expense previously published |
$286,276,100 |
$10,613,053 |
|
Government reorganization |
||
|
Transfer of functions to other Ministries |
($9,950,600) |
($9,956,553) |
|
Restated total capital expense |
$276,325,500 | $656,500 |
|
Capital assets |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total capital assets previously published |
$56,024,200 |
$54,383,914 |
|
Government reorganization |
||
|
Transfer of functions to other Ministries |
($56,022,200) |
($54,383,914) |
|
Restated total capital assets |
$2,000 | - |
Ministry Administration Program - vote 3401
The Ministry Administration Program provides administrative and support services to enable the ministry to deliver results to support the government’s objectives and fiscal priorities. Its functions include financial and human resource management, and accommodations and facilities management. The program also provides legal and communications services, and planning and results monitoring. The program assists and supports ministry program areas in achieving their business goals.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Ministry administration |
$25,588,500 |
$26,996,900 |
($1,408,400) |
$22,590,808 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$25,588,500 |
$26,996,900 |
($1,408,400) |
$22,590,808 |
|
|
S |
Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
S |
Minister’s salary, the Executive Council Act |
$47,841 |
$47,841 |
- |
$49,301 |
|
S |
Parliamentary assistant’s salary, the Executive Council Act |
$16,173 |
$16,173 |
- |
- |
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$65,014 |
$65,014 |
- |
$49,301 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$25,653,514 |
$27,061,914 |
($1,408,400) |
$22,640,109 |
|
|
10 |
Accounts receivable |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total operating assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
2 |
Ministry administration |
$801,000 |
$1,322,500 |
($521,500) |
$656,500 |
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$801,000 |
$1,322,500 |
($521,500) |
$656,500 |
|
|
S |
Amortization, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital expense |
$802,000 |
$1,323,500 |
($521,500) |
$656,500 |
|
|
3 |
Ministry administration |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total capital assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
|||
|
3401-1 |
Ministry administration |
||
|
Salaries and wages |
$17,737,900 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$1,513,400 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$566,900 |
||
|
Services |
$8,260,300 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$510,000 |
||
|
Subtotal |
$28,588,500 |
||
|
Less: recoveries |
$3,000,000 |
||
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$25,588,500 |
||
|
Sub-items: |
|||
|
Main Office |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$2,350,900 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$315,000 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$153,500 |
||
|
Services |
$325,400 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$67,300 |
$3,212,100 |
|
|
Financial and Administrative Services |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$10,197,600 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$735,100 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$275,900 |
||
|
Services |
$681,800 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$142,100 |
$12,032,500 |
|
|
Legal Services |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$76,300 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$5,000 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$54,600 |
||
|
Services |
$4,364,900 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$149,500 |
$4,650,300 |
|
|
Audit Services |
|||
|
Services |
$504,000 |
$504,000 |
|
|
Communications Services |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$3,440,700 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$337,900 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$62,100 |
||
|
Services |
$2,273,300 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$132,100 |
||
|
Subtotal |
$6,246,100 |
||
|
Less: recoveries |
$3,000,000 |
$3,246,100 |
|
|
Human Resources |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$1,672,400 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$120,400 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$20,800 |
||
|
Services |
$110,900 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$19,000 |
$1,943,500 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$25,588,500 |
||
|
Statutory appropriations |
|||
|
Other transactions |
|||
|
Statutory |
Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
|||
|
Statutory |
Minister’s salary, the Executive Council Act |
$47,841 |
|
|
Statutory |
Parliamentary Assistant’s Salary, the Executive Council Act |
$16,173 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Ministry Administration Program |
$25,653,514 |
||
|
Operating assets |
|||
|
3401-10 |
Accounts receivable |
||
|
Advances and recoverable amounts |
|||
|
Advances and recoverable - in-year recoveries |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total operating assets for Ministry Administration Program |
$1,000 |
||
|
Capital expense |
|||
|
3401-2 |
Ministry administration |
||
|
Services |
$800,000 |
||
|
Other transactions |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$801,000 |
||
|
Statutory appropriations |
|||
|
Other transactions |
|||
|
Statutory |
Amortization, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
|
|
Total capital expense for Ministry Administration Program |
$802,000 |
||
|
Capital assets |
|||
|
3401-3 |
Ministry administration |
||
|
Business application software - asset costs |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total capital assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total capital assets for Ministry Administration Program |
$1,000 |
Labour Relations and Compensation - vote 3402
The Labour Relations and Compensation Program supports the government’s commitment to positive labour relations within the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and Broader Public Sector (BPS). The program represents the Crown as the employer in all collective bargaining and labour relations issues affecting the OPS, provides employee and labour relations advisory services, supports ongoing union-management relations, and manages corporate compensation strategies and programs. It also provides fiscal governance of all benefit and pension plans for employees and retirees of the OPS and the judiciary. The program analyzes internal and external factors that drive collective bargaining outcomes in the BPS to develop and provide evidence-based strategic guidance and advice to government, ministries and BPS employers related to ongoing collective bargaining and labour relations issues. The program also provides policy advice and support on government initiatives impacting executive compensation in the BPS.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Labour Relations and Compensation |
$59,514,700 |
$62,137,900 |
($2,623,200) |
$24,218,642 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$59,514,700 |
$62,137,900 |
($2,623,200) |
$24,218,642 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$59,514,700 |
$62,137,900 |
($2,623,200) |
$24,218,642 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3402-1 |
Labour Relations and Compensation |
|
|
Salaries and wages |
$51,522,800 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
$2,007,700 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
$493,800 |
|
|
Services |
$7,594,800 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
$395,600 |
|
|
Subtotal |
$62,014,700 |
|
|
Less: recoveries |
$2,500,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$59,514,700 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Labour Relations and Compensation |
$59,514,700 |
Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share) Program - vote 3403
The Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share) Program provides for the government’s expenses as an employer for insured benefits, statutory programs, non-insured benefits and certain public service pension plans including third party administration and adjudication costs. The expenses are based on changes in the accrued liabilities of the government as sponsor or co-sponsor of certain insured benefit plans, pension plans and termination of employment entitlements.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share) |
$1,150,998,000 |
$1,134,000,000 |
$16,998,000 |
$958,742,592 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$1,150,998,000 |
$1,134,000,000 |
$16,998,000 |
$958,742,592 |
|
|
S |
Prior period obligations and actuarial adjustments, the Financial Administration Act |
$281,004,000 |
$329,005,000 |
($48,001,000) |
$528,175,579 |
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$281,004,000 |
$329,005,000 |
($48,001,000) |
$528,175,579 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$1,432,002,000 |
$1,463,005,000 |
($31,003,000) |
$1,486,918,171 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
|||
|
3403-1 |
Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share) |
||
|
Employee benefits |
|||
|
Other benefits |
$12,000,000 |
||
|
Canada Pension Plan |
$186,731,700 |
||
|
Case Management Masters Supplemental Pension Plan |
$1,999,000 |
||
|
Dental plan |
$68,711,600 |
||
|
Employer Health Tax |
$123,827,500 |
||
|
Employment insurance |
$86,538,900 |
||
|
Group life insurance |
$10,384,700 |
||
|
Justices of the Peace Supplemental Pension Plan |
$1,000,000 |
||
|
Legislative severance |
$75,000,000 |
||
|
Long-Term income protection |
$120,323,700 |
||
|
Ontario Provincial Police Association Benefits |
$53,090,100 |
||
|
Ontario Public Service Employees' Union Pension Plan |
$250,000,000 |
||
|
Provincial Judges' Benefits Fund |
$44,999,000 |
||
|
Public Service Pension Plan |
$500,000,000 |
||
|
Public Service Supplementary Plan |
$16,000,000 |
||
|
Retired Employees' Benefits |
$250,000,000 |
||
|
Supplementary Health and Hospital Plan |
$166,596,100 |
$1,967,202,300 |
|
|
Less: recoveries |
$816,204,300 |
||
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$1,150,998,000 |
||
|
Statutory appropriations |
|||
|
Statutory |
Case Management Masters Supplemental Pension Plan |
$1,000 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
|||
|
Statutory |
Continuation of Benefits for WSIB & LTIP |
$9,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Group Life Insurance |
$1,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Justices of the Peace Supplemental Pension Plan |
$1,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Legislative Severance |
$1,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Long-Term Income Protection (LTIP) |
$5,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Ontario Public Service Employees' Union Pension Plan |
$7,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Provincial Judges' Benefits Fund |
$1,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Public Service Pension Plan |
$100,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Public Service Supplementary Plan |
$40,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Retired Employees' Benefits |
$71,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Vacation Pay and Compensated Absences |
$18,000,000 |
|
|
Statutory |
Workers Compensation Insurance Board (WSIB) |
$30,000,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Employee and Pensioner Benefits (Employer Share) Program |
$1,432,002,000 |
Treasury Board Support Program - vote 3404
The Treasury Board Support Program provides leadership and advisory services that support evidence-based decision making, prudent financial management, and transparent public reporting across the public sector in Ontario. The program also provides leadership to ministries and provincial agencies through the delivery of strategic enterprise-wide policies, directives and advice designed to promote excellence in public service,including leading and supporting the review of Ontario’s provincial agencies.
The program fosters accountability and fiscal integrity by providing expertise and advice on the development and implementation of fiscal, financial management, performance measurement and infrastructure frameworks. The program ensures the appropriate use of public resources to meet government priorities by supporting Treasury Board/Management Board of Cabinet and providing advice on ministries' annual multi-year business, infrastructure, and Information Technology plans, the management of in-year expenditures, and the design of programs. In addition, the program assists the President of the Treasury Board, Deputy Minister and Secretary of the Treasury Board/Management Board of Cabinet, and the government with public reporting on plans and results through, for example, the Expenditure Estimates and the Public Accounts. The program also provides the Ontario Public Service and broader public sector with accountability, oversight, accounting, financial management policy, and controllership direction and advice.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Treasury Board support and financial planning |
$64,181,500 |
$59,064,600 |
$5,116,900 |
$48,036,528 |
|
2 |
Contingency Fund |
$775,000,000 |
$1,325,000,000 |
($550,000,000) |
- |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$839,181,500 |
$1,384,064,600 |
($544,883,100) |
$48,036,528 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$839,181,500 |
$1,384,064,600 |
($544,883,100) |
$48,036,528 |
|
|
Operating assets |
|||||
|
S |
Harmonized Sales Tax, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
$659,156,187 |
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
$659,156,187 |
|
|
Total operating assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
$659,156,187 |
|
|
4 |
Capital Contingency Fund |
$325,000,000 |
$275,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
- |
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$325,000,000 |
$275,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
- |
|
|
Total capital expense |
$325,000,000 |
$275,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
- |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
|||
|
3404-1 |
Treasury Board support and financial planning |
||
|
Salaries and wages |
$32,266,000 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$4,528,300 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$971,000 |
||
|
Services |
$35,083,700 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$647,500 |
||
|
Subtotal |
$73,496,500 |
||
|
Less: recoveries |
$9,315,000 |
||
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$64,181,500 |
||
|
Sub-items: |
|||
|
Expenditure management |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$14,918,700 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$1,921,700 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$452,800 |
||
|
Services |
$4,523,300 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$302,000 |
$22,118,500 |
|
|
Planning and Performance |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$7,613,900 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$1,039,700 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$230,100 |
||
|
Services |
$3,093,000 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$153,400 |
||
|
Subtotal |
$12,130,100 |
||
|
Less: recoveries |
$600,000 |
$11,530,100 |
|
|
Office of the Provincial Controller |
|||
|
Salaries and wages |
$9,733,400 |
||
|
Employee benefits |
$1,566,900 |
||
|
Transportation and communication |
$288,100 |
||
|
Services |
$27,467,400 |
||
|
Supplies and equipment |
$192,100 |
||
|
Subtotal |
$39,247,900 |
||
|
Less: recoveries |
$8,715,000 |
$30,532,900 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$64,181,500 |
||
|
3404-2 |
Contingency Fund |
||
|
Other transactions |
$775,000,000 |
||
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$775,000,000 |
||
|
Total operating expense for Treasury Board Support Program |
$839,181,500 |
||
|
Operating assets |
|||
|
Statutory appropriations |
|||
|
Statutory |
Harmonized Sales Tax, the Financial Administration Act |
||
|
Advances and recoverable amounts |
$1,000 |
||
|
Total operating assets for Treasury Board Support Program |
$1,000 |
||
|
Capital expense |
|||
|
3404-4 |
Capital Contingency Fund |
||
|
Other transactions |
$325,000,000 |
||
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$325,000,000 |
||
|
Total capital expense for Treasury Board Support Program |
$325,000,000 |
Office of the Public Service Commission - vote 3405
The Office of the Public Service Commission (OPSC) program provides leadership to ministries and provincial agencies through the delivery of strategic, evidence based, enterprise-wide policies, directives and advice designed to promote excellence in public service and enhance the oversight and accountability of provincial agencies. The program includes the agency governance function and the Public Appointments Secretariat.
As an enterprise program supporting workforce strategies, OPSC also provides services including: supporting executive services in the areas of recruitment, retention and succession planning; helping to drive leadership capacity in the agencies, boards and commissions; developing human resource strategies policies, OPS workforce analytics and solutions, including FTE reporting; leadership on public service ethics, inclusion and diversity in the OPS; management consulting services for organizational transformation; implementing a strategy designed to attract, recruit and retain youth and new professionals to the OPS; and developing and delivering a fully integrated strategy for all groups and employees in the OPS.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Office of the Public Service Commission |
$34,546,900 |
$35,497,700 |
($950,800) |
$37,361,185 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$34,546,900 |
$35,497,700 |
($950,800) |
$37,361,185 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$34,546,900 |
$35,497,700 |
($950,800) |
$37,361,185 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3405-1 |
Office of the Public Service Commission |
|
|
Salaries and wages |
$23,536,400 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
$2,819,800 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
$587,500 |
|
|
Services |
$6,976,000 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
$465,200 |
|
|
Transfer payments |
||
|
Quarter Century Club |
$162,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$34,546,900 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Office of the Public Service Commission |
$34,546,900 |
Audit Program - vote 3406
The Audit Program provides objective assurance and consulting services to the ministries and key agencies of the Government of Ontario. It provides audit services that support clients in meeting their business objectives by evaluating and making recommendations to improve governance, risk management, control, accountability and compliance processes and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of ministry and provincial agency operations.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Ontario Internal Audit Division |
$4,299,200 |
$4,777,200 |
($478,000) |
$4,460,163 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$4,299,200 |
$4,777,200 |
($478,000) |
$4,460,163 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$4,299,200 |
$4,777,200 |
($478,000) |
$4,460,163 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3406-1 |
Ontario Internal Audit Division |
|
|
Salaries and wages |
$24,787,000 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
$2,817,200 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
$326,800 |
|
|
Services |
$2,779,700 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
$105,700 |
|
|
Subtotal |
$30,816,400 |
|
|
Less: recoveries |
$26,517,200 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$4,299,200 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Audit Program |
$4,299,200 |
Central Agencies Cluster Program - vote 3409
The Central Agencies Cluster (CAC) Program provides leadership and cost-effective Information Technology (IT) support to its clients with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the government’s ability to deliver citizen-centred services. The Cluster develops and maintains the underlying IT solutions necessary to support a more modern, open, transparent and digitally connected government and helps its clients across the OPS to optimize the value of their services to taxpayers.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
$45,995,900 |
$51,560,300 |
($5,564,400) |
$50,403,726 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$45,995,900 |
$51,560,300 |
($5,564,400) |
$50,403,726 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$45,995,900 |
$51,560,300 |
($5,564,400) |
$50,403,726 |
|
|
3 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
S |
Amortization, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital expense |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
4 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
Total capital assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total capital assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3409-1 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
|
|
Salaries and wages |
$62,321,600 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
$7,593,200 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
$2,846,700 |
|
|
Services |
$254,658,300 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
$2,460,900 |
|
|
Subtotal |
$329,880,700 |
|
|
Less: recoveries |
$283,884,800 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$45,995,900 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Central Agencies Cluster Program |
$45,995,900 |
|
|
Capital expense |
||
|
3409-3 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
|
|
Other transactions |
$1,000 |
|
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$1,000 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
||
|
Other transactions |
||
|
Statutory |
Amortization, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
|
Total capital expense for Central Agencies Cluster Program |
$2,000 |
|
|
Capital assets |
||
|
3409-4 |
Central Agencies Cluster |
|
|
Business application software - asset costs |
$1,000 |
|
|
Total capital assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
|
|
Total capital assets for Central Agencies Cluster Program |
$1,000 |
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Program - vote 3410
The Agencies, Boards and Commissions program provides oversight to ensure effective governance, accountability, and relationship management.
The Conflict of Interest Commissioner has responsibility for certain conflict of interest and political activity matters as they apply to chairs and designated ethics executives of public bodies, and to certain employees of ministries and public bodies with respect to financial declarations. The Commissioner provides advice or determinations on specific conflict of interest or political activity matters, advises on financial declarations, approves conflict of interest rules submitted by public bodies and reviews and approves adjudicative tribunals’ ethics plans.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Conflict of Interest Commissioner |
$857,500 |
$857,500 |
- |
$962,930 |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$857,500 |
$857,500 |
- |
$962,930 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$857,500 |
$857,500 |
- |
$962,930 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3410-1 |
Conflict of Interest Commissioner |
|
|
Salaries and wages |
$482,700 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
$65,000 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
$22,000 |
|
|
Services |
$281,800 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
$6,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$857,500 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Agencies, Boards and Commissions Program |
$857,500 |
Bulk Media Buy Program - vote 3411
The Bulk Media Buy Program supports the purchase of media for government marketing campaigns. Funding also covers associated agency fees, creative production costs, market research costs and the development of related marketing materials to support integrated campaigns associated with government initiatives. Paid government advertising is subject to the Government Advertising Act, 2004, and is reviewed and reported on by the Auditor General.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Bulk Media Buy |
$51,013,300 |
$60,481,500 |
($9,468,200) |
- |
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$51,013,300 |
$60,481,500 |
($9,468,200) |
- |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$51,013,300 |
$60,481,500 |
($9,468,200) |
- |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Operating expense |
||
|
3411-1 |
Bulk media buy |
|
|
Services |
$51,013,300 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$51,013,300 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Bulk Media Buy Program |
$51,013,300 |
Footnotes
- footnote[1] Back to paragraph Total operating expense includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total operating expense to be voted.
- footnote[2] Back to paragraph Total operating assets includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total operating assets to be voted.
- footnote[3] Back to paragraph Total capital expense includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total capital expense to be voted.
- footnote[4] Back to paragraph Total capital assets includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total capital assets to be voted.