Guide for the Preparation of 2006-2007 Part III of the Estimates: RPP and DPR

Policy Contact List

RPP Contact List (by Department and Agency)

End Notes

1.  For the purposes of this guide, the word "department" shall refer to both departments and agencies.

2.  Program activities represent an aggregation of programs and/or services that have been approved by the Treasury Board.

3.  Before finalizing their alignment, departments should contact the analyst responsible for whole of government reporting to ensure that changes were not made to the whole of government framework. See the contact list at the end of this guide.

4.  Before finalizing their alignment, departments should contact the analyst responsible for whole of government reporting to ensure that changes were not made to the whole of government framework. See the contact list at the end of this guide.

5.  This may consist of, but is not limited to, Government On-Line (GOL); the Service Improvement Initiative (SII); Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS); etc.

6.  Baseline information provides an explicit starting or reference point for assessing change and/or evolution in results achieved. It should consist of a date and the actual value for an indicator on that date.

7.  For reproduction purposes, the Minister should sign the document using black ink.  Note, if the Minister signs the message then he or she does not have to sign the covering page.

8.  The financial and human resources must be consistent with the total financial and human resources displayed in the planned spending table.

9.  The planned spending for the priorities need not add up to the total financial resources shown above. It is expected that only an estimated resource allocation be provided.

10.  Identify the priority as new; ongoing; or previously committed to.

11.  List your key program activities and their expected results (as per your PAA) that apply to the priority.

12.  This information is to be consistent with the corresponding RPP and is to reflect the type of information provided at that time. If there were changes to the departmental priorities, this should be explained in Section I. Departments should include a page reference to the location of the result discussions in the document.

13.  Insert the performance status on the expected result for each priority as "successfully met", "not met", or "exceeded expectations".

14.  Special instructions apply to these tables. If tables 12 to 17 are relevant, the department must provide summary information in the printed RPP document and direct the reader to a TBS web site. Please consult instructions under the "General Information" section to find out how they should be submitted to TBS.

15.  Types of partners: Other federal departments or agencies, other national governments, provincial and territorial governments, municipal governments, non-governmental organizations, private-sector organizations, First Nations, and other organizations.

16.  A shared outcome is an outcome that partnering departments plan to achieve as a result of their collective programming efforts. A shared outcome should contribute to the achievement of the partners' strategic outcomes.

17.  These entities are required to table their first SDS in 2006.

18.  Special instructions apply to these tables. The department must provide summary information in the printed DPR document and direct the reader to a TBS web site. Please consult instructions under the "General Information" section on how they should be submitted to TBS.

19.  Respendable revenue and employee benefit plans are already in the Main Estimates total.

20.  Non-respendable revenue consists of all non-tax revenue that will be credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

21.  Services received without charge should be consistent with Table 4.

22.  As established pursuant to the Policy on Service Standards for External Fees:

• service standards may not have received parliamentary review; and
• service standards may not respect all performance standard establishment requirements under the UFA (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address).

Performance results are not legally subject to section 5.1 of the UFA regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.

23.  Refer to the CICA Handbook S.5090.02 for details.

24.  These entities are required to table their first SDS in 2006.

25.  Types of partners: Other federal departments or agencies, other national governments, provincial and territorial governments, municipal governments, non-governmental organizations, private-sector organizations, First Nations, and other organizations.

26.  A shared outcome is an outcome that partnering departments plan to achieve as a result of their collective programming efforts. A shared outcome should contribute to the achievement of the partners' strategic outcomes.

27.  Supply bills are tabled in Parliament and, once granted Royal Assent, become appropriation acts.

28.  The balance of the government's proposed spending is identified through Supplementary Estimates.

RPP Table 1*  Note that this adjustment can only be applied to the "Forecast Spending" column.

RPP Table 1**  The "Total Planned Spending" line under the "Forecast Spending" column should reflect the department's best estimate of its cash expenditures-in other words, what the department would expect to see published in the upcoming Public Accounts.

RPP Table 8*  Eight million dollars is the maximum amount that may be drawn down at any time from the
Consolidated Revenue Fund.

DPR Table 9*  According to prevailing legal opinion, where the corresponding fee introduction or most recent modification occurred prior to March 31, 2004:

• the performance standard, if provided, may not have received parliamentary review; and
• the performance standard, if provided, may not respect all establishment requirements under the UFA (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address).

The performance result, if provided, is not legally subject to section 5.1 of the UFA regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.