Sentences with phrase «treasury on behalf of government»

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The spending estimates, which are tabled by the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the Government, consist of the Main Estimates, tabled usually a month before the upcoming fiscal year, and a number of Supplementary Estimates tabled during the course of that fiscal year.

Since the President of the Treasury Board tables the Estimates on behalf of the departments and agencies and is responsible for the overall management of government spending, he should be in a position to provide a detailed and credible explanation as to the difference between what was approved by Parliament and what was actually spent by the individual departments and agencies.

Treasuries, debt securities issued by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of the Federal government, carry the full faith and credit backing of the U.S. government, making it the safest and most popular of investments.

Treasury Board was acting on behalf of a number of federal government departments.