Stronger Accountability and Oversight of Expenses
The province has taken several steps to strengthen accountability, transparency and oversight of expenses.
On April 1, 2010 a new Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive which provides stronger and simpler expense rules became effective. Online training on the government’s expense rules is mandatory for all staff who will be submitting or approving claims.
A website to provide the public with regular updates on expense claim information submitted after April 1, 2010 is now available. Ministers, political staff, senior ministry managers, and the appointees, senior executives and top 5 claimants at 22 of Ontario’s largest agencies are required to publicly disclose information on expenses.
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The Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive applies to:
- all ministries and their employees
- all classified agencies and their employees and appointees;
- all consultants and contractors to ministries or to classified agencies; and
- all organizations prescribed by regulation under the Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 and their designated persons.
Highlights of Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive (PDF - HTML)
Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive (PDF - HTML)
