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SECTION III - SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Organizational Information

The NFB reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Organizational Structure

Management and Administration at the NFB

Governance and Accountability

The National Film Board was established in 1939 through an Act of Parliament. The NFB is governed by the Film Act and a series of other statutes, including the Financial Administration Act, which sets out the government's financial administration structure and process, and the Access to Information Act, Privacy Act and Official Languages Act.

As a cultural agency of the federal government, the NFB reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, who has vested in the NFB Board of Trustees the authority to oversee the organization's general operations. The NFB Board of Trustees is responsible for the organization's affairs and plays an essential role in ensuring that federal government policy is properly applied on behalf of the Government of Canada. The Board of Trustees provides leadership and guidance for the organization, offers well-considered, detailed and timely advice, and establishes the organization's general and strategic policy. The Government Film Commissioner is also the NFB's Chairperson. Six members of the Board, representing a cross-section of the Canadian population, bring their expertise to bear in assisting the Board. The Director General of Telefilm Canada is an ex-officio Board member.

The NFB has an internal auditor who reports directly to the NFB Board of Trustees, while the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) acts as the NFB's external auditor. Once a year, the OAG examines the NFB's financial statements to ensure they are accurate and in compliance with authorizations.

 

Priorities

The NFB subscribes to the principles of good governance, responsible management and accountability, and plans to ensure that all its activities meet or exceed the highest standards in these areas. To achieve the above outcomes, the NFB has established the following priorities:

1. Enhance accountability, business practices and information systems.
2. Strengthen accountability, risk management, resource management and governance in the public sector.

The NFB has established a modern corporate culture, and we believe that transparency, good governance and accountability in all sectors of the organization are essential to efficient and effective management.

• The NFB is continuously improving Synchrone, its integrated information and knowledge management system. The position of Information Manager was created in 2005-2006 to promote more effective collection and better use of information available at the NFB.
• Two years ago, the NFB developed new performance indicators to monitor and assess its performance in all activities. In 2005-2006, the organization finalized the financial aspects, and in the coming year will be implementing a series of indicators to track audiences.
• The NFB has established a new Internal Audit Plan, as well as an integrated risk and personal information management framework. The organization has also reviewed the procedures governing delegation of authority, particularly in distribution. We have also completed an internal audit on international coproductions.
• The NFB also reviewed in 2006-2007 its partnership agreements and the NFB activities in short films.

The NFB is making every effort to keep administrative costs as low as possible. In recent years, those costs have successfully been maintained at approximately 10% of the total budget.

Again this year, the NFB made conscientious use of public funds, in line with the highest standards of transparency, good governance and accountability. We ensured that all our activities generate maximum value for Canadians.

 

LEGISLATION ADMINISTERED

National Film Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-8 (most recently amended in 2002)

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OFFICES

Head Office: Ottawa

Operational Headquarters: Montreal

Canadian distribution

• CineRobotheque - Montreal
• Mediatheque - Toronto
• Call Centre (1 800 267-7710)
• Web site (www.nfb.ca)

International distribution

• USA (New York)
• European Office (Paris)

English production centres

• Edmonton
• Halifax
• Montreal
• Toronto
• Vancouver
• Winnipeg

French production centres

• Moncton
• Montreal
• Toronto
• Quebec City

 

DPR CONTACT LIST

Luisa Frate
Director, Administration, c.a.
(514) 283-9050
l.fratte@nfb.ca

Deborah Drisdell
Director, Strategic planning and Government relations
(514) 283-3242
d.drisdell@nfb.ca

 

Tables	Titles	Included / NA
Table 1	Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (including Full-time Equivalents)	Included
Table 2	Resources by Program Activity	Included
Table 3	Voted and Statutory Items	Included
Table 4	Services Received Without Charge	NA
Table 5	Loans, Investments, and Advances (Non-budgetary)	NA
Table 6	Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue	Included
Table 7	Revolving Funds (Statement of Operations, Statement of Cash Flows and Projected Use of Authority)	Included
Table 8	Resource Requirements by Branch or Sector	NA
Table 9	User Fees User Fee Act (Template A) Policy on Service Standards for External Fees (Template B)	NA
Table 10	Progress Against the Department's Regulatory Plan	NA
Table 11	Details on Project Spending	NA
Table 12	Status Report on Major Crown Projects	NA
Table 13	Details on Transfer Payment Programs (TPPs)	Included
Table 14	Conditional Grants (Foundations)
Table 15	Financial Statements of Departments and Agencies (including Agents of Parliament) and Revolving Funds Financial Statements	Included
Table 16	Response to Parliament, Audits and Evaluations	NA
Table 17	Sustainable Development	NA
Table 18	Procurement and Contracting	NA
Table 19	Citizen-Centred Service	NA
Table 20	Horizontal Initiatives	NA
Table 21	Travel Policies	NA
Table 22	Storage Tanks	NA

 

Table 1: Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (including FTEs)

($ thousands)	2004-2005 Actual	2005-2006 Actual	2006-2007
			Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
Production	46,891	47,337	47,103	47,103	50,890	45,847
Distribution	1,913	1,171	2,370	2,370	2,391	3,134
Accessibility and Outreach	12,325	12,660	11,726	11,726	14,284	12,608
Research and Advice	3,781	3,943	3,640	3,640	3,656	6,847
Total	64,910	65,111	64,839	64,839	71,221	68,436
Less: Non-respendable revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Departmental Spending	64,910	65,111	64,839	64,839	71,221	68,436
Full-time Equivalents	498	498	500	500	500	486

 

Table 2: Ressources by Program Activity

($ thousands)

2006-2007
Program Activity	Budgetary							Plus: Non-budgetary	Total
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions and Other Transfer Payments	Total: Gross Budgetary Expenditures	Less: Respendable Revenue	Total: Net Budgetary Expenditures	Loans, Investments, and Advances
Production
Main Estimates	49,231	-	-	151	49,382	2,279	47,103	-	47,103
Planned Spending	49,231	-	-	151	49,382	2,279	47,103	-	47,103
Total Authorities	52,993	-	-	176	53,169	2,279	50,890	-	50,890
Actual Spending	46,508	-	-	170	46,678	831	45,847	-	45,847
Distribution
Main Estimates	8,217	-	-	-	8,217	5,847	2,370	-	2,370
Planned Spending	8,217	-	-	-	8,217	5,847	2,370	-	2,370
Total Authorities	8,238	-	-	-	8,238	5,847	2,391	-	2,391
Actual Spending	8,385	-	-	6	8,391	5,257	3,134	-	3,134
Accessibility
Main Estimates	11,853	-	-	99	11,952	226	11,726	-	11,726
Planned Spending	11,853	-	-	99	11,952	226	11,726	-	11,726
Total Authorities	14,374	-	-	136	14,510	226	14,284	-	14,284
Actual Spending	12,934	-	-	136	13,070	462	12,608	-	12,608
Research
Main Estimates	3,823	-	-	-	3,823	183	3,640	-	3,640
Planned Spending	3,823	-	-	-	3,823	183	3,640	-	3,640
Total Authorities	3,839	-	-	-	3,839	183	3,656	-	3,656
Actual Spending	6,927	-	-	-	6,927	80	6,847	-	6,847

 

Table 3: Voted and Statutory Items

($ thousands)

Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording	2006-2007
		Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
75	Revolving Fund - National Film Board	64,839	64,839	71,221	68,436
	Total	64,839	64,839	71,221	68,436

 

Tableau 6

($ thousands)	2004-05 Actual	2005-06 Actual	2006-2007
			Main Estimates	Planned Revenue	Total Authorities	Actual
1. Production	2,467	960	2,279	2,279	2,279	831
2. Distribution	5,260	7,173	5,847	5,847	5,847	5,257
3. Accessibility	321	534	226	226	226	462
4. Research	189	215	183	183	183	80
Total - Respendable Revenues	8,237	8,882	8,535	8,535	8,535	6,630

 

Table 7: Revolving Funds - Statement of Cash Flows

($ thousands)	2004-05 Actual	2005-06 Actual	2006-2007
			Planned Revenue	Total Authorities	Actual
Revenues (Parliamentary appropriation)	64,910	65,111	64,839	71,221	68,436
Net expenditures	(64,910)	(65,111)	(64,839)	(71,221)	(68,436)
Surplus (Deficit)	-	-	-	-	-
Add non-cash items:	-	-	-	-	-
Depreciation/amortization	(3,541)	(3,021)	(2,000)	(2,000)	(2,729)
Investing activities:	-	-	-	-	-
Acquisition of depreciable assets	1,856	2,018	2,000	2,000	3,145
Cash surplus (requirement)	(1,685)	(1,003)	-	-	416
Authority:cumulative (drawdown)	11,937	10,934	13,825	13,825	11,350

 

Table 13: Details on Transfer Payments Programs

Contributions and other Payment Program
($ thousands)	7) Actual Spending 2004-2005	8) Actual Spending 2005-2006	9) Planned Spending 2006-2007	10) Total Authorities 2006-2007	11) Actual Spending 2006-2007	12) Variance(s) Between 9) and 11)
Production	-	5	-	-	6	(6)
Distribution	-	5	-	-	6	(6)
Accessibility	149	162	99	136	136	(37)
Research	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total	295	287	250	312	312	(62)

 

Table 15: Financial Statements of Departments and Agencies (including Agents of Parliament)

The NFB prepares an annual report that is tabled in Parliament and includes financial statements that are available electronically by the time the DPR's are tabled in the House of Commons at the following address:

www.onf.ca/publications/en/annualreports/rep2006-2007/ONF_Annual R_06-07.pdf

 

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¹ Treasury Board, Canada's Performance 2006: The Government of Canada's Contribution, Ottawa, 2006, p.41

² Canadian Heritage, Report on Plans and Priorities, Ottawa, 2006, p. 12

³ Ibid, p. 6

⁴ Garry Sears, William Murray and Deborah Drisdell, Status of Digital Production in Canada, 2006, p. 9.

⁵ Nordicity Group, Profile 2007: An Economic Report on the Canadian Film and Television Production Industry, Ottawa, February 2007.

⁶ Note: Including the Canadian Memory Fund, Learn Alberta and World War I.

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