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Section III: Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights

Condensed Statement of Financial Position
As at March 31, 2011 (thousands of dollars)

	% Change	2010-11	2009-10
Total Assets	2%	27,993	27,361
Total Liabilities	8%	43,891	40,762
Equity of Canada	19%	(15,898)	(13,401)
Total	2%	27,993	27,361

Condensed Statement of Financial Position
For the year ended March 31, 2011 (thousands of dollars)

	% Change	2010-11	2009-10
Total Expenses	4%	182,815	176,433
Total Revenues	(778%)	(8,562)	(11)
Net Cost of Operations	1%	174,253	176,422

Financial Highlights Charts and Graphs

The total decrease of $2,169 thousand in the net cost of operations from fiscal year 2009-10 to 2010-11 was mainly due to an increase in revenue from dividends received from the Canada Land Company (CLC) Limited in the amount of $8.5 million. On August 6, 2010, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons was appointed as the appropriate minister for the CLC, a federal Crown corporation partially funded by Government authority. The CLC pays dividends to the federal government by submitting payments to PCO, even though these dividend revenues are not generated from departmental activities.

The revenue increase was offset by an increase of $6.4 million in PCO’s total expenditures. This increase in expenditures was mainly due to an increase in funding received for the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of the Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River; funding received to support the Panel of Arbiters; funding for new security-related initiatives to enhance PCO’s security posture; and an increase in severance pay and vacation pay liabilities. The increase was partially offset by the closing of the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney; the closing of the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182; and the closing of the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin. The increase was further offset by a decrease in corporate services costs due to the hiring of full-time staff (instead of temporary help), which helped to generate efficiencies and effectiveness; and a decrease in legal costs related to public inquiries.

Total assets were $27,993 thousand at the end of fiscal year 2010-11, which represents a minor increase of $632 thousand (2%) over the previous year’s assets of $27,361 thousand. PCO’s most important assets are the Due from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, at $16,825 thousand (60%); and the Tangible capital assets, at $8,882 thousand (32%). The Due from the Consolidated Revenue Fund is a new requirement from the Treasury Board Secretariat. The amount in this fund represents the net amount of cash required by the department to process internal and external accounts payable and receivable. PCO’s tangible capital assets are mainly comprised of informatics-related hardware and software.

Total liabilities were $43,891 thousand at the end of fiscal year 2010-11, which represents an increase of $3,129 thousand (8%) over the previous year’s liabilities of $40,762 thousand. The increase was mainly due to an increase in PCO’s accounts payable to external parties and to an increase in year-end accrued salaries.

Total revenues for PCO were $8,562 thousand for fiscal year 2010-11. With the exception of $62 thousand, these revenues were entirely related to the dividends received from the CLC, which were reported under Program Activity 1.5, Internal services. On August 6, 2010, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons was appointed as the appropriate minister for the CLC, a federal Crown corporation that pays dividends to the federal government though payments submitted to PCO.

Total expenditures for PCO were $182,815 thousand for fiscal year 2010-11, compared with $176,433 thousand for fiscal year 2009-10.

Program Activity (PA) 1.1 represents the core of PCO’s mandate, which is to serve Canada and Canadians by providing professional, non-partisan policy advice and support to the Prime Minister and portfolio ministers. The increase in the level of expenses from fiscal year 2009-10 to fiscal year 2010-11 for PA 1.1 was mainly due to funding received for the Panel of Arbiters, which was created for the review of documents related to the transfer of Afghan detainees by the Canadian Forces; and a realignment of resources, made as part of the 2010-11 Annual Reference Level Update (ARLU) process, in order to  facilitate the transfer of two activities, the Media Centre and the Prime Minister’s switchboard, from PA 1.5 to PA 1.1.

The increase in expenses from 2009-10 to 2010-11 was partially offset by measures identified in the day-to-day operations of the Prime Minister’s Office and the closing of the Office of the Coordinator for the 2010 Olympics and G8 Security following the completion of the G8 and G20 summits.

Furthermore, a change in allocations affecting the Security Operations Division resulted in a decrease in expenditures coded under PA 1.1 and an increase in expenditures coded under PAs 1.2 and 1.5.

PA 1.2 provides policy advice and secretariat support to Cabinet and Cabinet committees. There was no material variance in the level of expenditures in 2010-11 compared with 2009-10, except for the variation related to the change in allocation for activities under the Security Operations Division, which resulted in a small increase in expenditures coded under PA 1.2.

PA 1.3 provides overall leadership and direction to the Public Service in support of the Government’s agenda. There was no material variance in the level of expenditures in2010-11 compared with 2009-10.

PA 1.4 provides commissions of inquiry with administrative and financial support. In 2010-11, there was an increase in expenditures related to the operation of the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. This increase was partially offset by the closing of The Commission of Inquiry into certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney; the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182; and the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin.

For PA 1.5, there was a decrease in expenditures related to the hiring of full-time staff (instead of temporary help); a reduction in legal costs related to public inquiries; and a change in resource alignment associated with the transfer of two activities, the Media Centre and the Prime Minister’s switchboard, to PA 1.1 following the 2010-11 ARLU process. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in expenditure in PA 1.5 due to a change in allocations affecting the Security Operations Division and an increase in the level of expenditures for the Security Operations Division for new security-related initiatives to enhance PCO’s security posture.

For Internal services expenses, please note that PCO operates in a highly centralized and unique environment where many costs normally assumed by line managers, e.g., all informatics and technical services (including protected and classified networks, furniture and equipment, supplies printing and graphics, messenger services, telecommunications and review of Cabinet Confidence information), are covered under corporate services and are not reallocated to individual program activities.

Financial Statements

PCO’s Financial Statements can be found at www.pco-bcp.gc.ca in the Reports and Publications section.

List of Supplementary Information Tables

All electronic supplementary information tables found in the 2010-11 Departmental Performance Report can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat website.¹²

• Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
• User Fees Reporting
• Green Procurement
• Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
• Internal Audits and Evaluations

Section IV: Other Items of Interest

The following items provide additional information about PCO:

• Performance Summary Details (Annex I)
• Summary of Correspondence Activities (Annex II)
• Annual Reports to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada
• Commissions of Inquiry
• Governor-in-Council Appointments
• Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan

Organizational Contact Information

• Privy Council Office
• Clerk of the Privy Council

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1. “Type” is categorized as follows: Previously committed to—committed to in the first or second fiscal year before the subject year of the report; Ongoing—committed to at least three fiscal years before the subject year of the report; and New—newly committed to in the reporting year of the Departmental Performance Report.

2. Performance/Priority Status Legend:

• “Status” is defined as the percent (%) of the expected level of performance identified in the Report on Plans and Priorities that was achieved during the fiscal year.
• Exceeded = more than 100%
• Met All = 100%
• Mostly Met = 80 to 99%
• Somewhat Met = 60 to 79%
• Not Met = less than 60%

3. Although the Speech from the Throne was introduced prior to the tabling of PCO’s Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) for 2010-11, the RPP was actually developed first, due to the requirements of cross-governmental deadlines. PCO’s 2010-11 RPP should be read in the context of the specific articulation of the Government’s agenda that is included in the March 2010 Speech from the Throne.

4. For program activity descriptions please see Section II of this document.

5. The dollar amounts of variations are provided in Section IV under Performance Summary Details (Annex I).

6. Commencing in the 2009-10 Main Estimates cycle, the resources for Program Activity Internal services are displayed separately from other program activities; internal services are no longer distributed among the remaining program activities, as was the case in previous Main Estimates. This has affected the comparability of spending and FTE information by program activity between fiscal years.

7. No additional funding was requested for the Administrative Services Review as financial needs were met through internal reallocations.

8. See Public Accounts of Canada 2010.

9. “Value-added” is here understood as meaning complete, accurate, relevant and timely.

10. For a description of Cabinet Committee Mandates and Membership, please see http://pm.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=53.

11. Actual Spending reflects the total cost of commissions of inquiry, even though PCO only  provides administrative support for these organizations.

12. See 2010-11 Part III—Departmental Performance Reports (DPR): Supplementary Information (Tables).

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