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User Fee: Pardons User fee ($50.00) from 1 April to 28 December and ($150.00) from 29 December to 31 March 2011

Fee Type: Other Products and Services

Fee-setting Authority: Treasury Board Decision #822475 (1995); #826954 (1999); #834603 (2008)

Date Last Modified: Fee introduced 1995, modified in 1999 and in 2010

Performance Standards: Indictable offences (3.5 months); Summary convictions (1.2 months); Proposal to deny/denials (14.7 months)

Performance Results: Adherence to established service standards for the first quarter of 2010-11 were upheld.  As a result of the amendments brought to the Criminal Records Act (CRA) in June 2010, service standards prior to the amendments were no longer valid as the Board was not sufficiently funded to deal with the new complexity of work required to process a pardon application.

2010-11 ($ thousands)			Planning Years ($ thousands)
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
1,000	1,147	TBD	2011-12	TBD	TBD
			2012-13	TBD	TBD
			2013-14	TBD	TBD

Other Information:

On June 29, 2010, Bill C-23A “Limiting Pardons for Serious Crimes Act” came into force, amending the CRA.  As a result,pardon program operations have changed significantly due to legislative amendments.  With the coming into force of Bill C-23A, the pardon user fee became even further out of alignment with the cost the Board incurs to process a pardon application.

The Minister of Public Safety proposed to increase the pardon user fee to $150, which came into effect on December 29, 2010.  The current $150 fee represents an interim measure and only covers a fraction of the costs incurred by the Board to deliver pardon services.  The current fee of $150, from which the Board receives $135, covers the Board’s direct costs for work to process a pardon application under the pre-C-23A CRA.  It does not cover the additional costs from Bill C-23A, or any other proposed amendments.

The Government is currently seeking to implement an increase to the fee which will respond to workload increases, and costs required to process a pardon application following the recent amendments to the CRA.

The performance standards and results stated above reflect standards and results which existed prior to the implementation of the amended legislation (i.e., the 3 first months of fiscal 2010-11).  The performance standards ceased to be valid when the new legislation came into effect as the legislative amendments added greater complexity to the pardon process and thereby lengthened application processing times.

New performance standards, subject to the User Fees Act (UFA), will be implemented as soon as the new fees reflecting the new legislation are approved and implemented.  In the meantime, the Board has publicly issued interim performance standards for the benefit of the users.

User Fee: Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Fee Type: Regulatory Service

Fee-setting Authority: Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Date Last Modified: 1992

Performance Standards: Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA.  Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request. The ATIA provides fuller details: http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/A-1/.

Performance Results: Response times 100% within Performance Standard:  Access to Information Act - Total 54 requests: within 30 days = 44 requests; 31-60 days = 7 requests; 61-120 days = 3 requests; over 121 days = 0 request.  Privacy Act - Total 741 requests: within 30 days = 644 requests; 31-60 days = 97 requests; 61-120 days = 0 request; over 121 days = 0 request.

2010-11 ($ thousands)			Planning Years ($ thousands)
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
0	0[1]	264	2011-12	0	264
			2012-13	0	264
			2013-14	0	264

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. Has the department incorporated environmental performance considerations in its procurement decision-making processes?

Yes, however, because of the small size of the Board and the limited amount of procurement, these considerations are largely irrelevant.

2. Summary of initiatives to incorporate environmental performance considerations in procurement decision-making processes:

As part of the fleet vehicle procurement process, the Board abides by the Alternative Fuels Act and reports yearly.

3. Results achieved:

Vehicles adhere to Alternative Fuels Act.

4. Contributions to facilitate government-wide implementation of green procurement:

Not applicable

5. Has the department established green procurement targets?

No

6. Summary of green procurement targets:

Not applicable

7. Results achieved:

Not applicable