This graphic is a line graph that illustrates the spending trend for Secretariat program expenditures (Vote 1) for actual spending and planned spending, including the statutory items for contributions to employee benefit plans in respect of its own employees, and the salary and motor car allowance for the President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario. Financial figures are presented in thousands of dollars along the y axis, increasing by $50,000 thousand increments up to $350,000 thousand, and are graphed against the fiscal years from 2008–09 to 2014–15 on the x axis.
The graph demonstrates that actual spending increased from 2008–09 ($205,121 thousand) to 2009–10 ($273,450 thousand), 2010–11 ($285,502 thousand), and 2011–12 ($311,639 thousand). The graph also demonstrates that planned spending is expected to decrease each year from 2012–13 to 2014–15. Planned spending for the next three fiscal years is as follows: $262,944 thousand for 2012–13, $243,796 thousand for 2013–14, and $240,544 thousand for 2014–15.
Actual spending for 2008–09 has been restated from the 2010–11 Departmental Performance Report (DPR) for consistency in presentation.