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Horizontal Initiatives


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Firearms

Name of Lead Department(s): Canada Firearms Center

Lead Department Program Activity:

Start Date: 1995

End Date: Ongoing

Total Federal Funding Allocation (from start date to end date): PBC Funding: $858,000 per year

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Reduce firearms tragedies, including accidental injuries or death and the criminal use of firearms

Shared Outcome(s): Safe and secure Canada

Governance Structure(s): Roles/responsibilities set out in legislation (e.g. Firearms Act.)

Performance Highlights:

Federal Partners Program Activity Total Allocation Forecasted Spending 2010-11 Actual Spending 2010-11 Planned Results for 2010-11 Achieved Results 2010-11
Parole Board of Canada. Conditional release decisions N/A[1] $858,000 $858,000 Planned spending in 2009-10 was intended to provide PBC with the capacity to manage workloads related to changes in the Criminal Code which support the Firearms initiative. These changes provided longer sentences for firearms convictions and this created the need for the PBC to complete more conditional release reviews. N/A

The Board will also become involved in the National Anti-Drug Strategy following Royal Assent for legislative proposals calling for the introduction of mandatory minimum penalties for serious drug offences.  Current plans call for the provision of $7.5 million for PBC over four years, including $2.2 million in 2010-11 to manage increased numbers of conditional release reviews as a result of mandatory minimum sentences.

($ millions)
Federal Partner: Department of Justice
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for 2010–11 Actual Spending for 2010–11 Expected Results for 2010–11 Results Achieved in 2010–11
Conditional Release Decisions Conditional Release Decisions $4.4 M $1.3 M $0.0 Link 1 N/A
Conditional Release Decisions Openness and Accountability Conditional Release Decisions Openness and Accountability $1.8 M $0.5M $0.0 Link 2 N/A
Internal Services Internal Services $1.3 M $0.4M $0.0 Support programs N/A
Total: $7.5 M [2] $2.2 M [2] $0.0 [2]    

Expected Results for 2010–11:

Link 1: Should the proposed legislation receive Royal Assent this funding will provide the PBC the capacity for effective management of its legislated responsibilities for parole decision-making for offenders in relation to the requirements of the new legislation.  PBC will collect information and report on workloads and outcomes of parole for provincial offenders incarcerated as a result of new legislative provisions (e.g., the number and proportion of offenders who successfully complete their parole).

Link 2: Should the proposed legislation receive Royal Assent this funding will provide the PBC the capacity for the provision of information and assistance to victims of crime, observers at hearings and individuals who seek access to the decision registry in relation to the requirements of the new legislation.  In a similar manner, PBC will report on the extent of involvement of victims, and observers in conditional release processes and the level of satisfaction of these individuals with the information and assistance provided by PBC.

Effective management of both of these responsibilities will contribute to public safety and reinforce public confidence in the justice system.

Results Achieved in 2010–11:

N/A



[1] The Board received a permanent increase to its funding base.  The increase was incremental, rising from $437,000 in 1999-00 to $858,000 per year in 2004-05 and future years, consistent with projected workload growth.

[2] This funding to implement MMPs for serious drug offences is held in a frozen allotment, to be released subject to the proposed legislation receiving Royal Assent.