The government’s commitment to implement
the recommendations of the AFRC and to place
the Office at the centre of performance measurement
was further reinforced by the speech from
the Throne in August 1993,17 and implemented
through the Financial Administration Act of
1995. In short, the AFRC and its strong support
for the claims that Alberta was both facing a fiscal
crisis and needed to be managed along the lines
previously suggested by the Office, significantly
strengthened the network of support for performance
measurement and identified the Office’s
expertise as central in restructuring government.
The job now was to convince others that the Office
possessed the necessary expertise and legitimacy.