441-02516 (Employment and labour)

National Defence deeply values the work of Staff of Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces (SNPF,CF) and is committed to continuing to provide a positive working environment for all members of the Defence Team.

As SNPF,CF is a Separate Agency under the Financial Administration Act, Schedule V, its employees are paid with Non-Public Property (NPP) resources, including with NPP resources generated through Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS) revenues, not through the Treasury Board. The CEO of CFMWS maintains authority over the personnel management of the SNPF,CF, which has its own, separate NPP retirement pension plan that is distinct and separate from the core public service pension system. Additionally, SNPF,CF is guided by its own internal policies and procedures, as well as its own collective agreements.

Staff of Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces continue to play an integral role in supporting the Defence Team through the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, both at home and abroad. SNPF,CF serve Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, and their families through fitness, sports, recreation, and leisure activities. They deliver family and charitable support as well as retail and personal financial services by way of CFMWS. National Defence is thankful for all the continued hard work of the Staff of Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces and will continue to work collaboratively with members across the Defence Team.

In the spirit of operational independence and under the delegated staffing system set out in the Public Service Employment Act (the Act), the Public Service Commission (the Commission) fulfills its mandate by promoting and safeguarding a non-partisan, merit-based and representative public service that serves all Canadians.

Specifically, the Act prescribes the Commission’s role in the development of an exclusion approval order and associated regulations.

Pursuant to the Commission’s regulatory authorities under the Act, the Non-Public Funds Staff Exclusion Approval Order (SOR/82-361a) was registered on March 26, 1982, and excludes all positions and employees of the Staff of the Non-Public Fund, Canadian Forces, from the operation of the Act. Both the exclusion approval order and associated regulations were reviewed in 2006, following the coming into force of the Act on December 31, 2005, where it was determined that no changes were required to the regulatory scheme.