Parliamentary Committee Notes: Increased Funding Levels for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Issue:
The total funding sought by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) in Main Estimates for 2024-25 is $3,171.3M, representing a 3.9% increase over the previous year. Committee members may ask the minister to justify this increase.
Proposed Response:
- The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has sought a 3.9% increase in the 2024-25 Main Estimates compared to the previous year.
- Increases in these Main Estimates are due to a number of factors, which include compensation for the funded portion of collective agreement increases ($106.1M), funding to stabilize operations related to workplace injuries ($54.9M), as well as quasi-statutory funding to cover expenditures due to changes in offender population levels and price fluctuations ($42.0M).
- There are also increases related to the upgrade of correctional facilities ($51.6M), funding for equipment and licenses to maintain a hybrid workforce ($15.5M), and the reduction of suspension points in correctional facilities to increase inmate safety ($14.6M).
- Offsetting decreases include funding for class action lawsuits ($-119.6M) and Refocusing Government Spending ($-48.5M).
Background:
In 2024 to 2025 there is $2,017.5 million of spending on Care and Custody, $516.9 million of spending on Correctional Interventions, $187.8 million of spending on Community Supervision, and $449.1 million of spending on Internal Services.
The Correctional Service of Canada is amending the wording of Vote 10a to reduce the drawdown limit of the CORCAN Revolving Fund from $17.0 million to $11.0 million in 2024–25. The limit will gradually decrease until fiscal year 2025-26, at which point it will return to the original $5.0 million threshold.
The slight decrease in planned spending from 2024 to 2025 to 2025 to 2026 is mainly attributable to sunsetting funding for measures received to support correctional operations and Refocusing Government Spending, which further declines in 2026 to 2027.
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