Horizontal Initiative: Beyond the Border Action Plan
2015-16 Planned Spending
Name of Horizontal Initiative: Beyond the Border Action Plan
Name of lead department: Public Safety Canada
Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: December 2011
End date of Horizontal Initiative: End date varies by sub-initiative
Description of the Horizontal Initiative
The 2015-16 fiscal year marks the fourth fiscal year of implementation of the Beyond the Border (BTB) Action Plan. On February 4, 2011, the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States issued Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness. The Declaration initiated a new long-term partnership between the two countries to work together both at, and beyond, the border to enhance our security and accelerate the legitimate flow of people, goods and services. The BTB Action Plan, released in December 2011, embodies this collaboration and engagement between the two countries, and sets out specific initiatives to secure the Canada-U.S. border and perimeter while facilitating legitimate trade and travel.
The Action Plan sets out joint priorities for achieving a secure and efficient Canada-U.S. border within four areas of cooperation: Addressing Threats Early; Trade Facilitation, Economic Growth and Jobs; Cross-Border Law Enforcement; and, Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security. In total, 32 initiatives are listed under the four areas, with a number of federal departments and agencies working together, and with U.S. counterparts, to ensure their successful accomplishment. Two additional initiatives ensure the responsible sharing of information, as well as overseeing the successful implementation of the Action Plan. In Spring 2015, Canada and the U.S. announced a Forward Plan which seeks to complete key ongoing commitments and undertake a series of new and enhanced measures designed to build on existing work, to deepen our economic and security cooperation, and to further the overall goals of the BTB Declaration. This new work will be incorporated into future horizontal reporting.
Planned spending figures by BTB Action Plan theme are presented in the following table. Actual spending against these figures, as well as reports on the progress of BTB initiatives will be presented in Public Safety Canada's Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs) on behalf of participating departments and agencies.
| BTB Themes | Department / Agency | ($ units) | Expected Results BTB Ultimate Outcomes |
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| New Funding | Internal Reallocation | Total Planned Spending 2015-16 |
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| Theme 1 - Addressing Threats Early | Canada Border Services Agency | 45,742,025 | 0 | 45,742,025 | Threats are stopped before they arrive either in Canada or the United States |
| Citizenship and Immigration Canada | 49,439,973 | 0 | 49,439,973 | ||
| Immigration Refugee Board of Canada | 1,612,318 | 0 | 1,612,318 | ||
| Public Safety Canada | 0 | 289,087 | 289,087 | ||
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 2,504,859 | 0 | 2,504,859 | ||
| Shared Services Canada | 653,205 | 0 | 653,205 | ||
Transport Canada |
400,000 | 28,134,324 | 28,534,324 Footnote1 | ||
| Theme 1 - Sub-total | 100,352,380 | 28,423,411 | 128,775,791 | ||
| Theme 2 - Trade Facilitation, Economic Growth and Jobs | Canada Border Services Agency | 57,604,160 | 0 | 57,604,160 | Legitimate travel and cargo are stimulated and expedited |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | 2,040,000 | 0 | 2,040,000 | ||
| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | 950,000 | 0 | 950,000 | ||
| Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development | 300,000 | 7,444,209 | 7,744,209 | ||
| Department of Fisheries and Oceans | 350,000 | 0 | 350,000 | ||
| Environment Canada | 1,687,635 | 0 | 1,687,635 | ||
| Federal Bridge Corporation Limited | 18,250,000 | 0 | 18,250,000 | ||
| Health Canada | 1,480,000 | 0 | 1,480,000 | ||
| Natural Resources Canada | 960,000 | 0 | 960,000 | ||
| Public Health Agency of Canada | 1,006,560 | 0 | 1,006,560 | ||
| Public Safety Canada | 0 | 469,058 | 469,058 | ||
Transport Canada |
8,081,377 | 797,163 | 8,878,540 | ||
| Theme 2 - Sub-total | 92,709,732 | 8,710,430 | 101,420,162 | ||
| Theme 3 - Cross-Border Law Enforcement | Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1,100,000 | 0 | 1,100,000 | Criminals are prevented from leveraging the Canada-U.S. border to commit transnational crimes |
| Public Safety Canada | 0 | 219,272 | 219,272 | ||
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 21,438,678 | 252,165 | 21,690,843 | ||
| Theme 3 - Sub-total | 22,538,678 | 471,437 | 23,010,115 | ||
| Theme 4 - Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security | Canada Border Services Agency | 0 | 33,000 | 33,000 | Canada and the United States are prepared for and can respond to threats and emergencies |
| Public Safety Canada | 2,609,006 | 0 | 2,609,006 | ||
| Theme 4 - Sub-total | 2,609,006 | 33,000 | 2,642,006 | ||
| Managing our New Long-Term Partnership | Public Safety Canada | 0 | 410,380 | 410,380 | BTB Governance and Oversight |
| Managing our New Long-Term Partnership - Sub-total | 0 | 410,380 | 410,380 | ||
| Total – Beyond the Border | 218,209,796 | 38,048,658 | 256,258,454 | ||
Note: Amounts reported for 2015-16 planned spending do not capture resources required to implement the 2015 Forward Plan. This information will be reported in the 2015-16 Horizontal Initiative Report.
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Under Initiative 6 – Passenger Baggage Screening, $27,089,724 will be spent by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and $1,444,600 by Transport Canada in 2015-16 on deployment of the new Hold-Baggage Screening system at Canadian airports.
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