President’s Message - 2014–15 Departmental Performance Report - Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

President’s Message

I am pleased to present the 2014-15 Departmental Performance Report for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

As the new President of the Treasury Board, I have been given a mandate to lead the management agenda for the government and restore a culture of respect, openness, and transparency within, and for, the public service.

This will mean, for example:

• building on the work of the Joint Task Force with the Public Service Alliance of Canada to provide federal public servants with a safe and productive workplace, free from harassment and sexual violence;
• expanding and accelerating open data initiatives to make information available digitally in open, easy-to-use formats, guided by the principle that government data belongs to all Canadians;
• improving the use of evidence and data in our policy and program decisions;
• strengthening the oversight of taxpayer dollars; and
• ending partisan advertising by the government and modernizing the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada to better inform and engage Canadians.

This plan is a plan for all Canadians, and we can't get it done without the help and support of the public service and the full engagement of the Canadian public.

I would like to thank all of the Secretariat's employees for their hard work, professionalism, and dedication in helping the Secretariat meet its objectives and contribute to Canadians' well-being. I look forward to working closely with TBS staff and the rest of the public service in the coming months and years to deliver results for Canadians.