Mandate letters are often used as political tools; they are also an important mechanism to establish the priorities and direction for each Ministry and therefore an excellent way to identify how your organization’s priorities may align. Mandate letters are how the Premier publicly communicates her instructions to the Ministers and one of the best ways to hold government to account on what it says it will accomplish.
With new mandate letters recently issued to some Alberta Ministries, the Nonprofit Chamber compiled an analysis to help you understand what these changes mean.