Portfolio 2019-20 Supplementary B Estimates

On a Portfolio-wide basis, total authorities sought in the Supplementary Estimates “B” (SEB) for 2019-20 would result in a net increase of $75.6M over authorities to-date.  

This represents a 0.7% increase over total authorities provided through Main and Supplementary Estimates to-date, and Treasury Board (TB) Central Votes and Budget Implementation Vote (BIV) adjustments for 2019-20.

The approval of these Estimates would result in funding approvals to-date of $10.9B for the Public Safety (PS) Portfolio.

* Budget Implementation Vote

I. Explanation of Total Authorities To-Date

• To date, Parliament has approved $10.8B in authorities for the PS Portfolio in 2019-20.
• In the SEB, six PS Portfolio organizations are requesting adjustments that would result in a net increase of $75.6M in authorities, a change of 0.7% over authorities to-date.
• Approval of SEB and inclusion of in-year adjustments would result in PS Portfolio total authorities increasing to $10.9B.
• This increase is explained by the fact that several PS Portfolio organizations have received TB authority to increase their appropriations and have received or made transfers to and from other organizations.
• Six (6) PS Portfolio organizations are seeking net increased authorities through the current directed SEB process: Public Safety Canada (PS), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Parole Board Canada (PBC) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). 

II. Summary of Highlights

Key material highlights of changes to appropriations across the PS Portfolio include:

• $52.9M for a transfer from PS to the RCMP for the First Nations Community Policing Service to pay for the policing services provided by the RCMP in accordance with tripartite agreements with PS, the Provinces/ Territories and First Nations;
• $27.5M for the RCMP for a reprofile of funding for Front-Line Operations to fund some of the costs associated to maintaining Force Generation capacity at the RCMP Academy Depot Training Center (Depot) at 40 troops to meet Regular Member (RM) demand stemming from ongoing requirements from the RCMP’s contract policing partners, annual attrition, and for new initiatives stemming from Government priorities; and
• $24.7M for the RCMP for funding for the Contract Policing Program to address shifts in costs/revenue collections for the program.

III. Department/Agency Overview

The SEB total amount for PS is ($48.9M) or (5.1%) of authorities to-date.

PS is anticipating to receive Treasury Board authority to increase its appropriations by $3.5M for the following increases:

• $3.5M for funding for ex-gratia payments to Toronto, Ontario and Burnaby, British Columbia.

PS is anticipating to transfer a net amount of ($52.4M) from its appropriations from/to other federal government organizations:

• $0.8M from the Department of National Defence for the Anishinabek Police Service to police the former Camp Ipperwash;
• $0.3M from the Department of Canadian Heritage for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy;
• $0.2M from Transport Canada for investments in search and rescue coordination initiatives across Canada;
• ($0.8M) for a transfer to the Royal Canada Mounted Police for contracting police services to address drug-impaired driving; and
• ($52.9M) for a transfer to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the First Nations Community Policing Service.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

The SEB total amount for the CBSA is $3.4M, or 0.1% of authorities to-date.

CBSA is anticipating to received Treasury Board authority to increase its voted appropriations by $1.0M for the following increases:

• $0.5M for Immigration Levels Plan to seek authorities for the incremental work from the 2018 to 2020 levels plan, which brought immigration levels to 340,000 permanent resident admissions by 2020 from the previously funded 300,000;
• $0.5M for a Strong Sanctions Regime a GAC –lead TB submission for funding sought to enable the implementation and enforcement of new inadmissibility provisions coming into force imminently as a result of the ascension of Bill S-226, supporting Canada’s restrictive measures against foreign nationals responsible for gross human or international rights violations and corruption; and
• $0.1M related to Employee Benefit Plans.

CBSA is anticipating to transfer a net amount of $2.3M from its appropriations from/to other federal government organizations:

• $2.1M from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to share the costs of the Air Carrier Support Centre;
• $1.7M from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to administer the import requirements of the Firearms Act;
• $0.2M from Canadian Food Inspection Agency related to the implementation and support of a Cluster Management Office as part of the Laboratories Canada Initiative;
• ($0.8M) From Canada Border Services Agency to Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to provide support to departmental staff located at missions abroad; and
• ($0.9M) Transfer from Canada Border Services Agency to Transport Canada to set-up the Passenger Protect Program (PPP) Operations Centre to support centralized screening and air carrier resolution calls.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

The SEB total amount for CSIS is $12.2M, or 2.0% of authorities to-date.

CSIS is anticipating to receive Treasury Board authority to increase its appropriations by $13.4M for the following increases:

• $7.2M to improve core technical investigative capabilities;
• $4.2M for recovery of proceeds from the sale of homes purchased under the home sale plan;
• $1.3M for recovery of proceeds from parking fees collected; and
• $0.8M for recovery of costs related to security screening of employees at nuclear power plants and provincial government facilities.

CSIS is anticipating to transfer a net amount of ($1.3M) from its appropriations from/to other federal government organizations:

• $0.1M from the Department of National Defence to support the Canadian Safety and Security Program, which provides science and technology solutions, support and advice for responding to the Government of Canada’s public safety and security policy imperatives; and
• ($1.4M) to Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to provide support to departmental staff located at missions abroad.

Parole Board of Canada (PBC)

The SEB total amount for PBC is $1.7M, or 3.4% of authorities to-date.

PBC is anticipating to receive Treasury Board authority to increase its appropriations by $1.7M for the following increases:

• $1.0M for funding for implementation of an Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis;
• $0.4M for funding to support operating requirements; and
• $0.3M related to Employee Benefit Plans.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

The SEB total amount for the RCMP is $106.6M, or 2.7% of authorities to-date.

The RCMP is anticipating to receive Treasury Board authority to increase its appropriations by $56.6M for the following new programs:

• $27.5M for a reprofile of funding for Front-Line Operations to fund some of the costs associated to maintaining Force Generation capacity at the RCMP Academy Depot Training Center (Depot) at 40 troops to meet Regular Member (RM) demand stemming from ongoing requirements from the RCMP’s contract policing partners, annual attrition, and for new initiatives stemming from Government priorities;
• $24.7M for funding for the Contract Policing Program to address shifts in costs/revenue collections for the program;
• $2.5M for a reprofile of funding to demobilize the G7 summit-related policing and security operations. Upon completion of the event, the Demobilization phase began with a focus on asset recovery, warehousing, financial reconciliation, personnel demobilization, debriefs and reporting, Access to Information disclosures, and requests for information management.  Although all efforts were made to complete the demobilization phase within fiscal year 2018-19, some activities require additional time and will be completed in fiscal year 2019-20;
• $1.3M for funding for the reinvestment of revenues from the sale of real property;
• $0.4M for funding in support of Expediting Access to Pardons for Simple Cannabis Possession Convictions to help expedite the processing of pardons for individuals who have been convicted of simple cannabis offenses;
• $0.2M for recovery of proceeds from criminal record checks related to record suspension applications of revenue collected in the previous fiscal year; and
• $0.1M related to Employee Benefit Plans.

The RCMP is anticipating to transfer a net amount of $50.0M from its appropriations from/to other federal government organizations:

• $52.9M from Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PS) for the First Nations Community Policing Service to pay for the policing services provided by the RCMP in accordance with tripartite agreements with PS, the Provinces/ Territories and First Nations;
• $0.8M from the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness for contracting police services to address drug-impaired driving to help the RCMP build law enforcement training capacity to address drug-impaired driving in Canada initiative;
• $0.5M from the Department of Health for security screening of references and to ensure compliance with regulations of the Access to Cannabis Medical Purposes in support of the RCMP completing security screening of references as it pertains to compliance with regulations in support of medical cannabis;
• $0.4M from Transport Canada for policing of the Confederation Bridge in the Northumberland Strait. Funding for policing of the Confederation Bridge is included in the reference levels of Transport Canada and is used to pay for the policing services provided by the RCMP in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between Transport Canada, RCMP and Government of PEI;
• $0.2M from Public Services and Procurement Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada in support of Service Level Agreements for the performance of Law Enforcement Records Checks by the RCMP;
• $0.1M related to Employee Benefit Plans from National Defense to support the Canadian Safety and Security Program;
• ($1.0M) to Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to provide support to departmental staff located at missions abroad;
• ($1.7M) to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to administer the import requirements of the Firearms Act for determining the eligibility of persons, firearms and other regulated items (prohibited weapons, devices, ammunition, and certain firearms parts) to enter Canada;
• ($2.2M) to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration in support of the expansion of the biometric screening initiative in the immigration system.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee (ERC)

The SEB total amount for ERC is $0.6M, or 17.7% of authorities to-date.

ERC is anticipating to receive Treasury Board authority to increase its appropriations by $0.6M for the following program:

$0.6M for funding to review appeal cases.

Totals throughout may not add up due to rounding

Contacts:

Prepared by: Damira Kedik, Tel. no. 613-998-6428

Approved by: All Portfolio Chief Financial Officers

Attested by: Patrick Amyot, Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Branch,Tel. no. 613-990-2615

Date modified:

2020-09-10