Departmental Performance Report 2014-2015

Chair's Message

On November 28, 2014, the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act came into force, creating the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which replaces the former Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC).

The new Commission's mandate includes the complaints and review functions of the former CPC as well as authorities to conduct joint complaint investigations with provincial law enforcement review bodies, conduct reviews of specified RCMP activities, provide enhanced reporting to provinces and territories which contract for RCMP services, undertake research, conduct outreach efforts, and provide independent observers to investigations of serious incidents involving RCMP members. The new Commission received an increase in funding in Main Estimates in order to meet the demands of its expanded mandate.

I am pleased to present this first Departmental Performance Report for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The report provides an overview of the Commission's work over the past fiscal year, how it has met the objectives set out in the 2014–15 Report on Plans and Priorities originally submitted by the CPC, and its progress on the implementation of its expanded mandate.

The past year has been a busy one of change and growth for the Commission and its employees. Our people are the most important element of our effectiveness and I am proud of the contributions each has made during this transition year. We have welcomed our new mandate with renewed energy and focus and look forward to contributing in meaningful ways to the accountability of the RCMP and to public confidence in this very important Canadian institution.

Ian McPhail, Q.C.
Chairperson

Section I: Organizational Expenditure Overview

Departmental Spending Trend

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Spending Trend ($ thousands)

	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Sunset Programs - Anticipated	0	0	0	0	0	0
Statutory	828	831	881	961	961	961
Voted	7,183	7,959	8,719	9,049	9,049	9,049

The Commission has only one program in addition to internal services and does not have any sunset programs.

Section II: Analysis of Program by Strategic Outcome

Section III: Supplementary Information

Section IV: Organizational Contact Information

E-mail:

Media@crcc-ccetp.gc.ca

Telephone:

From anywhere in Canada: 1-800-665-6878
TTY: 1-866-432-5837

Fax:

604-501-4095

Mail:

P.O. Box 1722, Station B,
Ottawa, ON K1P 0B3

Web:

http://www.crcc-ccetp.gc.ca

Appendix: Definitions

appropriation (crédit):Any authority of Parliament to pay money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

budgetary expenditures (dépenses budgétaires):Includes operating and capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations.

Departmental Performance Report (rapport ministériel sur le rendement):Reports on an appropriated organization's actual accomplishments against the plans, priorities and expected results set out in the corresponding Report on Plans and Priorities. These reports are tabled in Parliament in the fall.

full-time equivalent (équivalent temps plein):Is a measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person-year charge against a departmental budget. Full-time equivalents are calculated as a ratio of assigned hours of work to scheduled hours of work. Scheduled hours of work are set out in collective agreements.

Government of Canada outcomes (résultats du gouvernement du Canada):A set of 16 high-level objectives defined for the government as a whole, grouped in four spending areas: economic affairs, social affairs, international affairs and government affairs.

Management, Resources and Results Structure (Structure de la gestion, des ressources et des résultats):A comprehensive framework that consists of an organization's inventory of programs, resources, results, performance indicators and governance information. Programs and results are depicted in their hierarchical relationship to each other and to the Strategic Outcome(s) to which they contribute. The Management, Resources and Results Structure is developed from the Program Alignment Architecture.

non-budgetary expenditures (dépenses non budgétaires):Includes net outlays and receipts related to loans, investments and advances, which change the composition of the financial assets of the Government of Canada.

performance (rendement):What an organization did with its resources to achieve its results, how well those results compare to what the organization intended to achieve and how well lessons learned have been identified.

performance indicator (indicateur de rendement):A qualitative or quantitative means of measuring an output or outcome, with the intention of gauging the performance of an organization, program, policy or initiative respecting expected results.

performance reporting (production de rapports sur le rendement): The process of communicating evidence-based performance information. Performance reporting supports decision making, accountability and transparency.

planned spending (dépenses prévues): For Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs) and Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs), planned spending refers to those amounts that receive Treasury Board approval by February 1. Therefore, planned spending may include amounts incremental to planned expenditures presented in the Main Estimates. A department is expected to be aware of the authorities that it has sought and received. The determination of planned spending is a departmental responsibility, and departments must be able to defend the expenditure and accrual numbers presented in their RPPs and DPRs.

plan (plan):The articulation of strategic choices, which provides information on how an organization intends to achieve its priorities and associated results. Generally a plan will explain the logic behind the strategies chosen and tend to focus on actions that lead up to the expected result.

priorities (priorité):Plans or projects that an organization has chosen to focus and report on during the planning period. Priorities represent the things that are most important or what must be done first to support the achievement of the desired Strategic Outcome(s).

program (programme):A group of related resource inputs and activities that are managed to meet specific needs and to achieve intended results and that are treated as a budgetary unit.

Program Alignment Architecture (architecture d'alignement des programmes): A structured inventory of an organization's programs depicting the hierarchical relationship between programs and the Strategic Outcome(s) to which they contribute.

Report on Plans and Priorities (rapport sur les plans et les priorités):Provides information on the plans and expected performance of appropriated organizations over a three-year period. These reports are tabled in Parliament each spring.

result (résultat):An external consequence attributed, in part, to an organization, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single organization, policy, program or initiative; instead they are within the area of the organization's influence.

statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives): Expenditures that Parliament has approved through legislation other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose of the expenditures and the terms and conditions under which they may be made.

Strategic Outcome (résultat stratégique):A long-term and enduring benefit to Canadians that is linked to the organization's mandate, vision and core functions.

sunset program (programme temporisé):A time-limited program that does not have an ongoing funding and policy authority. When the program is set to expire, a decision must be made whether to continue the program. In the case of a renewal, the decision specifies the scope, funding level and duration.

target (cible):A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.

voted expenditures (dépenses votées): Expenditures that Parliament approves annually through an Appropriation Act. The Vote wording becomes the governing conditions under which these expenditures may be made.

whole-of-government framework (cadre pangouvernemental): Maps the financial contributions of federal organizations receiving appropriations by aligning their Programs to a set of 16 government-wide, high-level outcome areas, grouped under four spending areas.