May 6, 2004
FSD 3.03 – EMPLOYEES IN SUPPORT OF CANADIAN FORCES (CF) OUTSIDE CANADA
1. FSD 3.03(b) provides for the payment of certain allowances and benefits to career foreign service and foreign assignment employees deployed outside Canada in support of the Canadian Forces (CF) on Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (DCDS) controlled international operations. Specifically, FSD 3.03(b) states that these employees are subject to the relevant provisions of Section 3 - Operation Allowances of the Military Foreign Service Instructions (MFSI).
2. Following approval of FSD 3.03, a number of MFSI allowances and benefits, which apply to deployed CF members, were allocated sections of Chapter 10 – Military Foreign Service Instructions of the Compensation and Benefits Instructions (CBI) or the Canadian Forces, other than Section 3 - Operation Allowances. Although not specifically referred to in FSD 3.03(b), they meet its intent and are included in the attached agreement to ensure complete coverage of career foreign service and foreign assignment employees.
3. The copy of the "Memorandum of Agreement" is be located within Appendix B of FSD 3.