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User Fee: Aviation Safety - Regulatory Fees

Fee Type: R

Fee-setting Authority:

1. Aeronautics Act
2. Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) - CARs fees
   
3. Fees in Part I subpart 4

Date Last Modified: July 15, 2000

Performance Standards:

1. Civil Aviation’s Service Standards
2. Service Charter

Performance Results:

1. Ontario Region: results for Services with Fees
   
2. Other performance results under development

Other Information:

Documentation on Services Standards was published in April 2010. A communication strategy has been activated to raise awareness of stakeholders and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) employees on the following documentation:

1. Directive on Civil Aviation Service Standards Framework;
   
2. Staff Instruction on Civil Aviation Service Standards Improvement Process;
   
3. Service Standards Activities List for services with charges and no charges. This document includes a description of services and related service standards. This information will be a focal point for external stakeholders doing business with any Transport Canada Civil Aviation Offices.

Starting in 2010, Atlantic Region will implement an activity tracking system that will enable the measurement of service standards.

The Full Cost base reported in the table above represents the Total Direct and Indirect Beneficiary Costs. Per the last review completed, only 27% of the Full Cost base was considered as direct beneficiary costs e.g. attributable to paying stakeholders. Consistent with public consultations conducted in the past, costs (or a portion of) of services such as monitoring compliance, enforcement of safety operational standards, the establishment of legislation, regulations and standards, etc., were considered benefiting the general taxpayer. Only the costs associated with the issuance of Transport Canada safety documents (certificate, license, permit, etc.) were considered a private benefit attributable to the document recipient.

User Fee: Marine Safety - Regulatory Fees for inspections, surveys, services, etc.

Fee Type: R

Fee-setting Authority: Various regulations under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (such as the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees; Vessels Registry Fees Tariff; etc.)

Date Last Modified: June 6, 1995 (Overall Fee Increase). May 1, 2002 (Specific Fees)

Performance Standards: Service Standards for Marine Safety's Fees

Performance Results: Work continued to advance in 2009-2010 with regard to establishing electronic tracking for service standard performance. Marine Safety has 32 Internet Technology (IT) systems / databases that manage program data, and a number of them require modifications to integrate service management data. Marine Safety’s new IT framework, which will provide a common technical platform and the capability to share data amongst systems, will facilitate this effort. Further, a working group was established in the fall 2009 to review existing service standards with a view to improving their measurability. Proposals have been developed that will be presented to the Marine Safety Executive in the winter of 2010.

User Fee: Marine Safety - Office of Boating Safety - Construction Standard Compliance Labels

Fee Type: R

Fee-setting Authority: Canada Shipping Act/Small Vessel Regulations/TP 1332 incorporated by reference
TP 1332

Date Last Modified: 1995

Performance Standards: Office of Boating Safety Compliance Labels

Performance Results: Performance results updated annually. In 2009-2010, services for the issuance of construction standard compliance labels were rendered within the standard in 98.5% of cases.

Other Information:This will be the last year for reporting compliance label fees. The new Small Vessel Regulations, which came into effect May 2010, incorporated a fundamental shift in the manner in which Transport Canada manages the builders’ and importers’ Compliance Notice Program. Under the new regulations, printing and attaching compliance notices to vessels has become the responsibility of the builder or importer.

User Fee: Marine Safety - Ship Radio Inspection Program

Fee Type: R

Fee-setting Authority: Canada Shipping Act/Ship Radio Inspection Fees Regulations

Date Last Modified: 1978

Performance Standards: Part 4 - General

Performance Results: Performance results under development

User Fee: Airports - Air Services Charges Regulations (ASCR) fees: General Terminal Fees, Landing Fees, Aircraft Parking Charges, Emergency response services charges.

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 4.4 (2) of the Aeronautics Act, and Section 2 of the Ministerial Regulations Authorization Order - Air Services Charges Regulations

Date Last Modified: January 1, 2003

Performance Standards: National Service Standards

Performance Results: National Service Standards

Other Information: Excludes revenues and costs from divested and leased airports. Consistent with public consultations conducted in the past, full costs reported do not reflect annualized capital costs in recognition of the fact that smaller airports may not have the necessary critical mass of traffic to fully pay for these large up-front infrastructure costs e.g. start-up costs.

User Fee: Airports - Annual Registration of Mobile Equipment used at Airports

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Government Property Traffic Act and Airport Traffic Regulations - Part III Section 57 to 60

Date Last Modified: February 24, 2004

Performance Standards: National Service Standards

Performance Results: National Service Standards

Other Information: Excludes revenues and costs from divested and leased airports. Consistent with public consultations conducted in the past, full costs reported do not reflect annualized capital costs in recognition of the fact that smaller airports may not have the necessary critical mass of traffic to fully pay for these large up-front infrastructure costs e.g. start-up costs.

User Fee: Airports - Vehicle Parking Charges

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 4.4(2) of the Aeronautics Act and Section 2 of the Ministerial Regulations Authorization Order, Airport Vehicle Parking Charges Regulations

Date Last Modified: November 19, 1998

Performance Standards: National Service Standards

Performance Results: National Service Standards

Other Information: Excludes revenues and costs from divested and leased airports. Consistent with public consultations conducted in the past, full costs reported do not reflect annualized capital costs in recognition of the fact that smaller airports may not have the necessary critical mass of traffic to fully pay for these large up-front infrastructure costs e.g. start-up costs.

User Fee: Ports - Public Port Revenues: Utility Charges, Wharfage, Berthage, Storage and Harbour Dues

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Canada Marine Act
Fees

Date Last Modified: January 1, 2004

Performance Standards: National Service Standards

Performance Results: National Service Standards

User Fee: Access to Information Requests - Fees

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Access to Information Act and Regulations

Date Last Modified: 1992

Performance Standards: Service Standards are included in the Access to information Act, Section 7

Performance Results: Statutory deadlines have been met for 46% of requests. 100% of extension notices were sent within 30 days following the receipt of the request. 100% of transfer notices were sent within 15 days.

Other Information: Access to Information Requests – Fees: The Access to Information Act has provisions to waive fees. Cost information is based on the Statistical Reports on the Access to Information Act. User Fee financial information includes adjustments to a full cost base in accordance with the TBS Guide to Costing.

Please note that 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;
• The performance standard, if provided, may not respect all establishment requirements under the User Fee Act (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address).
• The performance result, if provided, is not legally subject to section 5.1 of the User Fee Act regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.

Full Cost represents the full cost of providing a service, good, facility or privilege. Full Cost is not necessarily the cost attributed to fee-paying clients and a lower cost recovery level may be required based on the economic impact on stakeholders, stakeholders paying capability, the degree to which a price may affect the achievement of public policy objectives, etc.

Full Cost is calculated according to costing principles identified in the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Guide to Costing.