| Mike Joyce, Adjunct Professor, Queen's University |
Mike Joyce is the MPA Program Director as well as an adjunct professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. Mike came to the School on an interchange with the Canadian federal government’s Treasury Board Secretariat where he was Assistant Secretary (Assistant Deputy Minister) responsible for the Secretariat’s Expenditure Management Sector. At Queen’s Mike teaches courses on government expenditure management and budgeting in the Masters of Public Administration program. As well, he is a co-instructor for that program’s core course, Management in the Public Sector.
As Assistant Secretary, Mike was directly responsible for the expenditure management role played by the Treasury Board Secretariat and he played a lead role in developing and implementing a number of the Secretariat’s expenditure management initiatives. As well, he served as the Secretariat’s representative on the OECD’s Senior Budget Officials Working Group. His previous experience in the Secretariat included three years as Director of Estimates and a number of Program Sector Director positions covering Citizenship, Immigration, Justice, Cultural, Aboriginal and Crown corporation portfolios.
Public Sector Budgetary Review &
Reallocation in Recessionary Times
Conceptually, at least, few people would argue against “reallocation” forming a regular part of the government’s budgetary process. A compelling argument could be made that “reallocation” should be linked to a regular process of spending review. However, the spending reduction part of the reallocation equation can and does face both practical and political difficulties. This webinar will look at the federal government’s experience with a number of review and reallocation initiatives and will identify factors that might explain the degree to which each succeeded or failed. Based on that assessment, the presentation will conclude by speculating on what might be in store as the government moves out of recession and attempts to restore balance to its annual budgets.
