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SECTION 3: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

3.1 Financial Tables

The following tables 1 – 5 provide a summary of the financial resources required by the NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section to operate. The total planned spending for the 2008-2009 fiscal year will be $3,004,000. Over the coming three years, the funding level is expected to remain stable.


Table 1: Departmental Planned Spending and Full Time Equivalents


($ thousands)

Forecast Spending
2007-2008
Planned Spending
2008-2009
Planned Spending
2009-2010
Planned Spending
2010-2011
Administration of International Trade Dispute
Settlement Mechanisms
3,001 3,004 3,004 3,004
Budgetary Main Estimates (gross) 3,001 3,004 3,004 3,004
Non-Budgetary Main Estimates (gross) 0 0 0 0
Less: Respendable revenue 0 0 0 0
Total Main Estimates 3,001 3,004 3,004 3,004
Adjustment:

Treasury Board Vote 15

3 0 0 0
Total Adjustment 3 0 0 0
Total Planned Spending 3,004 3,004 3,004 3,004
 
Total Planned Spending 3,004 3,004 3,004 3,004
Less: Non-Respendable revenue 0 0 0 0
Plus: Cost of services received without charge 248 248 248 248
Total Departmental Spending 3,252 3,252 3,252 3,252
 
Full Time Equivalents 13 13 13 13


Table 2: Voted and Statutory Items Listed in Main Estimates
2008-2009
($ thousands)
Vote or Statutory Item Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording 2008-2009
Main Estimates
2007-2008
Main Estimates
45 Program Expenditures 2,814 2,802
(S) Contributions to employee benefit plans 190 199
  Total 3,004 3,001



Table 3: Services Received Without Charge
 

($ thousands)

Administration of International Trade Dispute
Settlement Mechanisms


Total
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) 161 161
Contributions covering employers' share of employees’ insurance premiums and expenditures
paid by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (excluding revolving funds)
87 87
Total 2008-2009 Services received without charge 248 248



Table 4: Summary of Spending by Program Activity
($ thousands) Forecast Spending
2007-2008
Planned Spending
2008-2009
Planned Spending
2009-2010
Planned Spending
2010-2011
Administration of International Trade
Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
3,001 3,004 3,004 3,004
Total 3,001 3,004 3,004 3,004



Table 5: Resource Requirement by Branch or Sector
($ thousands) Administration of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

Full-time equivalent

Total Planned Spending
Corporate 5 1,224
Financial Services 1 120
Information Technology 1 210
Registry Services 6 1,450
Total 13 3,004

3.2 Departmental Link to the Government of Canada Outcomes

One of the fundamental features of the NAFTA is its efficient trade dispute settlement processes. These processes provide critical stability and transparency for Canadian business and investors as they continue to seek new opportunities and secure market access abroad. Canadian businesses can export their products with the knowledge that rules exist to ensure traded products are treated fairly and that procedures are in place to settle disputes impartially on the rare occasions when they occur. Hence, the program activity and strategic outcome of the NAFTA Secretariat contributes to the achievement of the Government of Canada’s “A Strong and Mutually Beneficial North American Partnership” outcome area.

The following table shows NAFTA Secretariat’s alignment of program activity and strategic outcome to Government of Canada’s outcome area as well as information on planned spending on financial and human resources over the coming three-year period.


NAFTA Secretariat’s alignment of program activity and strategic outcome to Government of Canada area
Strategic Outcome: A highly efficient, impartial and rules-based international trade dispute resolution process that benefits Canadian exporters to NAFTA countries, as well as NAFTA country exporters doing business in Canada
  Planned Spending ($ thousands) Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Area
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Program Activity:

Administration of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

3,004 3,004 3,004 A Strong and Mutually Beneficial North American Partnership