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Committee on Canadian Issues (CCI)

WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN CONTENT WEB PAGE

Welcome to the Canadian component of the GFOA Web site. Thank you for your interest in reviewing the content that has been developed to date.  Please bookmark this Web page and visit it on a regular basis.  In addition to the content that is currently available, members of the Committee on Canadian Issues (CCI) and GFOA staff are preparing and adding new information on an ongoing basis.  As with other components of the GFOA Web site, the Canadian Web pages are intended to provide information that can be utilized to provide professional development and training opportunities for Canadian municipal finance officials. In particular, please review the Recommended Practices that have been developed from a Canadian perspective. Thanks once again for your interest. Please come and visit again. 

 

Best Practices and Advisories      French

 

Mission Statement

 

2012 Annual Conference Material

 

Committee in Brief

The Committee on Canadian Issues works to meet the unique needs of GFOA's Canadian members. The committee has 20 members and one advisor. Committee members are drawn from eight of Canada's 10 provinces and also from the First Nations. The committee is chaired by Eric Sawyer, City of Calgary and John Martin, City of Moncton, NB.

 

Chairs: Eric Sawyer and John Martin


GFOA Staff: Stephen Gauthier and James Phillips

 

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

  1. Eric Sawyer (CO-CHAIR), Chief Financial Officer, City of Calgary, AB
  2. John Martin (CO-CHAIR), City Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, City of Moncton, NB
  3. Marlys Bilanski, General Manager, Corporate Services, City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  4. Trevor Bingler, Director, Municipal Finance Branch, Province of Ontario, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  5. Carl Bird, Director of Corporate Services, City of Yellowknife
  6. Robert Bishop, Director of Finance and City Treasurer, City of St. John’s
  7. Marion Brass-Yellowfly, Corporate Services Senior Manager, CFO Siksika Nation, AB
  8. Catherine Brubacher, City Treasurer, City of Brantford, Ontario
  9. Nicole Deveaux, General Manager, Finance and Technology, District of North Vancouver, North Vancouver, BC
  10. Cindy Fernandes, Controller, Manager of Finance & Administrative Services, Community Services Department, City of Winnipeg, Manitoba
  11. Suzanne Fillion, Manager, Financial Services, City of Surrey, BC
  12. Teresa Florizone, Controller, City of Regina, SK
  13. Bruce Fisher, Manager, Financial Policy and Planning, Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
  14. Glen Jarbeau, Finance Manager, City of Spruce Grove, AB
  15. Ronald Kaufman, Deputy CAO/Director of Corporate Services/Treasurer, Town of Caledon, ON
  16. Greg Kliparchuk, Executive Director and Senior Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch, Sustainable Resource Development, Province of Alberta
  17. Esther Lee, Director of Financial Services, City of Vancouver, BC
  18. Lorna Rosen, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, City of Edmonton, AB
  19. Richard Sun, Director General (CAO), Town of Hampstead, QB
  20. Valentina Todoran, Assistant Treasurer, Town of Hampstead, Quebec


ADVISORS

  1. Mark Gilbert, Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Committee Member Biographies  

Committee Members Contact Information

Task Force Membership

  

Committee Business

 

2011


2010

 

2009

 

2008 

  

2007


2006


2005


2004


2003

 

Canadian Award for Financial Reporting (CAnFR) Program

 

Canadian Finance Matters (GFOA's Canadian Newsletter)

Winter 2012/2013

Spring 2012

Winter 2011/2012

Spring 2011

Winter 2010/2011

Spring 2010 (New Web-based Format)

Winter 2009

Spring 2009

Winter 2008

Spring 2008  

Winter 2007

Spring 2007 

Fall 2006

Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Winter 2004
Summer 2003
Winter 2003
Summer 2002
Winter 2002                                                   

 

GFOA Code of Professional Ethics

 

Proposal to Improve the Financial and Budgeting Management of Municipal Jurisdictions approved by the

Committee on Canadian Issues

 

Links

PSAB
Alberta GFOA
British Columbia GFOA
Ontario MFOA 

 

Miscellaneous Resources

Five-year trend analysis of cost impacts for products and services incurred by the City of Kelowna  

 

 
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