Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

The Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations branch provides expertise, analysis and advice on federal-provincial and inter-provincial fiscal issues and negotiations to the Minister of Finance, the deputy minister of finance, other deputies and ministers, and the premier.

The branch monitors intergovernmental fiscal issues, trends and developments, and provides recommendations for positions and strategies to help maximize the fairness, adequacy and effectiveness for British Columbia of federal-provincial fiscal arrangements. IFRB personnel advance and support British Columbia's fiscal interests with the federal government and other provinces.

The branch is also responsible for analyzing and reporting major fiscal developments in other provinces and the federal government, providing estimates and forecasts of British Columbia's federal transfer revenue (equalization, health and social transfers, and other federal funding) for fiscal planning purposes, and advising on issues related to the provincial stewardship of the Canada Pension Plan.