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Part I: Preamble
1. Treasury Board 2. Treasury Board Submissions
2.1 What is a Treasury Board submission? 2.2 Comparison of memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions, and Governor in Council submissions
3. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
3.1 Secretariat guidance and support 3.2 Review of a Treasury Board submission 3.3 Submission and Cabinet Document Centre
4. Role of Departments, Agencies, and Crown Corporations
Part II: Planning for the Treasury Board
5. Timing of a Treasury Board Submission
5.1 Treasury Board meetings 5.2 Scheduling a submission on the Treasury Board agenda
6. Considerations for Partner Organizations
6.1 Strategic submissions 6.2 Joint and omnibus submissions
7. Organizational Requirements
Part III: Writing a Treasury Board Submission
8. Preparing to Write a Submission 9. Step-by-step Guide to Writing a Submission
9.1 Subject 9.2 Authority 9.3 Proposal 9.4 Cost and source of funds 9.5 Official languages 9.6 Audit and evaluation
9.6.1 Audits 9.6.2 Evaluations 9.6.3 Chronological approach
9.7 Remarks
9.7.1 Risk analysis 9.7.2 Sustainable development 9.7.3 Gender-based analysis
9.8 Contact 9.9 Appendices
10. Finishing Touches
10.1 Signing of Treasury Board submissions 10.2 Delegated signing authorities 10.3 Signing of joint and omnibus submissions 10.4 Sending a submission to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 10.5 Late submissions 10.6 Withdrawal of a submission 10.7 Change of minister 10.8 Change of government 10.9 Cabinet confidence and security designation 10.10 Treasury Board meetings 10.11 Treasury Board decisions
Part IV: Seeking Authorities
11. Expenditure Authorization
11.1 Estimates and reference level and in-year adjustments
11.1.1 Special considerations
11.1.1.1 Vote wording 11.1.1.2 Transfers between votes 11.1.1.3 Treasury Board Vote 5
11.2 Allotment control
11.2.1 Special purpose allotments 11.2.2 Frozen allotments
11.3 Treasury Board Vote 5 (Government Contingencies)
11.3.1 Temporary allocations 11.3.2 Permanent allocations 11.3.3 Seeking access to Treasury Board Vote 5
12. Submissions Related to Real Property
12.1 General 12.2 Specific types of transactions
12.2.1 Acquisitions 12.2.2 Dispositions
12.3 Recommendations to the Governor in Council 12.4 Other associated Treasury Board policy instruments
13. Project Approval
13.1 Management of projects 13.2 Information requirements for submissions related to project approvals
13.2.1 Preliminary project approval 13.2.2 Effective project approval 13.2.3 Lease project approval 13.2.4 Major Crown projects 13.2.5 Long-term capital plans
14. Financial and Administrative Management
14.1 Transfer payments 14.2 Revolving funds 14.3 Vote netted revenue
14.3.1 Establishment of authority 14.3.2 Sample vote wording
14.4 Kinds of write-off transactions requiring approval by Parliament 14.5 Non-standard use of a departmental bank account 14.6 Petty cash 14.7 Debt write-off 14.8 Changes to the face of Receiver General cheques 14.9 Contracting 14.10 Crown corporations
14.10.1 Roles and responsibilities 14.10.2 Corporate plans and operating and capital budgets 14.10.3 Amendments to corporate plans and budgets 14.10.4 Multi-year items 14.10.5 Restricted transactions 14.10.6 Orders in council 14.10.7 Terms and conditions 14.10.8 Corporate plan summary 14.10.9 Process and timeline for corporate plans and summaries 14.10.10 Late submissions 14.10.11 Do's and don'ts of drafting a corporate plan TB submission
14.11 Remission orders 14.12 Taxes 14.13 Fees and other debts 14.14 Fees prescribed under subsection 19(1) and section 19.1 of FAA
15. Classification of EX-4 and EX-5 Positions 16. Information Management, Information Technology, and Service Delivery 17. Management, Resources, and Results Structure
17.1 Performance Measurement Framework
18. Determination of Disagreements between Ministers and Accounting Officers on the Interpretation or Application of a Treasury Board Policy, Directive, or Standard
Appendix A: Orders in Council and Other Governor in Council Submissions Appendix B: Costing Tables Appendix C: Accrual Accounting Information Appendix D: More Information on the "Remarks" Section Appendix E: Official Languages Analysis Guide
Appendix E1: Official Languages Analysis Form Appendix E2: Official Languages Impact Analysis Guide
Appendix F: Sample Treasury Board Submissions
Figure 1: Estimates Figure 2: Long-Term Capital Plan Figure 3: Authority to Enter Into Lease Figure 4: Crown Corporation Corporate Plan Figure 5: Crown Corporation Corporate Plan Figure 6: Crown Corporation Restricted Transaction Figure 7: Classification of EX-4 and EX-5 Positions
Appendix G: Crown Corporations
