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Corporate Services Division
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The Corporate Services Division of the Ministry of Finance was established at the time of the creation of the Ministry, in 1993. The Division replaced the Corporate Services Division, Ministry of Financial Institutions, the Corporate Resources Division, Ministry of Revenue, and the Administration Division, Ministry of Finance.
The Division was headed by an Assistant Deputy Minister. It reported to the Deputy Minister, Revenue and Financial Institutions, until 1997, then to the Deputy Minister of Finance.
The Division was originally comprised of the Client Services and Public Relations Branch (renamed the Consumer Service Centre in 1995), the Finance and Administration Branch, the Human Resources Branch, the Information System Development Branch, the Systems Operations Branch, and the Taxation Data Centre. In 1995, the Finance and Administration Branch was divided into the Administration and Facilities Branch and the Corporate Planning and Finance Branch.
In 1998, the Budget Office was transferred to the Division from the Office of Economic Policy.
In 1998-1999, the Division was reorganized into Audit Services, the Budget Secretariat, the Corporate Planning and Finance Branch, the FOI Office, the Human Resources Branch, the Information Technology Branch, and the Revenue Operations and Client Services Branch.
The Corporate Services Division was replaced with the Corporate and Quality Control Services Division in 2000.
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The Corporate Services Division of the Ministry of Finance was responsible for the Ministry's strategic planning, financial accounting, human resources and accommodation management, information technology management, data capture and remittence processing, the operation of its call centre, and freedom of information and protection of privacy issues.
Starting in 1998, it was also responsible for development and preparation of the Ontario budget.
The Corporate Services Division also provided administrative service support to the Cabinet Office and the Office of Francophone Affairs.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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KWIK Indexes, 1992-2001
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Archivist(s):
Paquet