Ontario. Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch

• Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch

• Ontario. Intergovernmental Finance and Grants Policy Branch

The Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch was created in 1973 within the Financial Policy Division, Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs. The Branch was then known as the Intergovernmental Finance and Grants Policy Branch.

In 1978, the Branch became part of the new Ministry of Treasury and Intergovernmental Affairs. Within that Ministry, it remained part of the Fiscal Policy Division until 1980, when it became part of the new Office of the Budget and Intergovernmental Finance.

The Branch changed its name to Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch in 1981. By then, it was divided into four sections: Federal-Provincial Programs, Federal-Provincial Finance Policy, Public Sector Financial Analysis, and Provincial-Local Programs.

In 1985, it assumed the functions of the defunct Pension and Income Support Policy Branch, and was re-organized into three sections: Federal-Provincial Programs, Income Support and Pension Policy (divided in two in 1993), and Provincial-Local Finance Policy (transferred to the Fiscal Planning Policy Branch in 1989).

In 1986, the Branch became part of the Taxation and Intergovernmental Policy Division.

In 1993, the Ministry of Treasury and Economics ceased to exist, and the Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch became part of the Office of the Budget and Taxation, within the new Ministry of Finance.

The Intergovernmental Finance Branch ceased to exist in 2000. Its functions were divided between the Personal Income Taxation and Fiscal Arrangements Branch and the Corportation and Commodity Taxation Branch.

The Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch monitored, analysed and negotiated federal-provincial fiscal agreements; offered information and advice on trends in fiscal federalism; provided an integrated approach to financial issues involving the federal and other provincial governments; monitored and coordonated provincial grants to municipalities and school boards; was responsible for the Ontario Education Capital Corporation, the Ontario University Capital Corporation, and the Ontario Municipal Improvement Corporation, and contributed to the formulation of Ontario's overall income security and pension policy.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ontario Government Phone Books, 1970-2001

KWIK Indexes, 1986, 1999

Inventory 50, Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs

Archivist(s):
Paquet