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Section III - Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights

The future–oriented financial highlights presented within this Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) are intended to serve as a general overview of AANDC's financial operations. These future–oriented financial highlights are prepared on an accrual basis to strengthen accountability and improve transparency and financial management.

Future-Oriented
Condensed Statement of Operations
For the Year (ended March 31)
($ millions)

	$ Change	Future-Oriented 2012-2013	Future-Oriented 2011-2012
Total Expenses	(124)	7,048	7,172
Total Revenues	(64)	214	278
Net Cost of Operations	(60)	6,834	6,894

Expenses
Total expenses are forecasted at $7,048 million in 2012-2013, representing a $124 million decrease from the previous year's expenses of $7,172 million. Transfer payments, the majority to Aboriginal people and Aboriginal organizations, are forecasted at $6,315 million or 89.6 percent of total expenses. Other significant forecasted expenses include salaries and employee benefits totaling $455 million (6.5 percent), and court awards and other settlements totaling $387 million (5.5 percent).

Revenues
Total forecasted revenues amount to $214 million for 2012-2013, representing a $64 million decrease over the previous year's forecasted revenue of $278 million. Resource royalties, earned pursuant to contracts or regulations such as the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations, the Frontier Lands Petroleum Royalty Regulations and the Norman Wells Project represent the most significant source of forecasted revenue, accounting for $201 million or 93.8 percent of total revenues. Other revenues accounted for the remaining $13 million (6.2 percent).

Significant Changes
The change in total expenses can be attributed mainly to a forecasted decrease in the provision for claims and litigation in 2011-2012, resulting in a significant reduction of expenses for that fiscal year. No changes were forecasted to the 2012-2013 provision, since no new claims or litigations could reasonably be foreseen or quantified. As a result, there is no comparable reduction in expenses for that fiscal year.

Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Financial Position
For the Year (ended March 31)
($ millions)

	$ Change	Future-Oriented 2012-2013	Future-Oriented 2011-2012
Total assets	134	3,024	2,890
Total liabilities	(655)	14,884	15,539
Equity of Canada	789	(11,860)	(12,649)
Total	134	3,024	2,890

Assets by Type
Total assets are forecasted at $3,024 million at the end of 2012-2013, which is an increase of $134 million (4.6 percent) from the previous year's total forecasted assets of $2,890 million. The Due from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) at $1,939 million accounted for 64.1 percent of total assets, loans receivable at $862 million accounted for 28.5 percent, other financial assets at $105 million accounted for 3.5 percent and non-financial assets at $118 million accounted for the remaining 3.9 percent of total assets.

Liabilities by Type
Total liabilities are forecasted at $14,884 million at the end of 2012-2013, which is a decrease of $655 million (-4.2 percent) from the previous year's forecasted total liabilities of $15,539 million. The provision for claims and litigation represents the largest portion of liabilities at $10,488 million or 70.5 percent of total liabilities. Other significant liabilities include environmental liabilities of $1,905 million (12.8 percent), trust accounts of $1,026 million (6.9 percent), accounts payable of $898 million (6.0 percent), and the liability for settled claims in the amount of $429 million (2.9 percent).

Significant changes
The change in total assets can be attributed mainly to the increase in the Due from CRF, as a result of the forecasted increase of accounts payable and accrued liabilities (payables-at-year-end) and the forecasted increase of the trust account liabilities.

The change in total liabilities can be attributed mainly to a decrease in the forecasted environmental liabilities since no new contaminated sites could reasonably be foreseen or quantified for the future-oriented financial statements. The change in total liabilities can also be attributed to a decrease in the liability for settled claims due to final payments on a number of settlement agreements which discharge AANDC's financial obligation.

Future-Oriented Financial Statements

Please refer to the future-oriented financial statements for more information.

List of Supplementary Information Tables

All electronic supplementary information tables found in the 2012-2013 Report on Plans and Priorities can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's web site:

• Details on Transfer Payment Programs (TPPs)
• Greening Government Operations
• Horizontal Initiatives
• Upcoming Internal Audits and Evaluations over the next three fiscal years
• Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable
• Summary of Capital Spending by Program Activity
• Status Report on Transformational and Major Crown Projects

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Section IV - Other Items of Interest

Organizational Contact Information

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington Street, North Tower
Gatineau, Québec
Mailing Address: Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H4
Internet: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca
E–mail: webmaster@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

General and statistical inquiries, and publication distribution
Tel. (toll–free): 1-800-567-9604
TTY (toll–free): 1-866-553-0554
E–mail: InfoPubs@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

Departmental Library
Tel.: 819-997-0811
E–mail: Reference@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

Media Inquiries – Communications
Tel.: 819-953-1160

Canadian Polar Commission
Constitution Square
360 Albert Street, Suite 1710
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
Tel.: 613-943-8605 or (toll–free) 1888–POLAR01 (1-888-765-2701)
Internet: http://www.polarcom.gc.ca

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Footnotes

1. Please refer to the Office of the Federal Interlocutor for more information. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
2. One adjustment to the 2012-2013 Program Activity Architecture from 2011-2012 is the streamlining of The People's Education Sub-Activities: Elementary and Secondary Education and Post-Secondary Education. The First Nation and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy and the Cultural Education Centres were merged into the Elementary and Secondary Education Sub-Activity to better align with the Performance Measurement Strategy. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
3. All treaties negotiated in the BC treaty process address both land claims and self-government, and all are constitutionally protected. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
4. Target refers to 50% of First Nations operating with a governance capacity plan; foundational baseline to be established in May, 2012. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
5. Target refers to First Nations not under Third Party Management, Directed Co-Management or Remedial Management. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
6. Productive active negotiation tables refer to instances where the Parties have concluded a major component and/or have met or surpassed Departmental negotiation objectives and where the negotiations continue to make steady progress to move in the direction of a successful conclusion. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
7. Although the application deadline was September 19, 2011, IRSSA allows for CEP applications to be processed until September 19, 2012 in situations where former students can prove exceptional circumstances. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
8. After all cases will be resolved and pursuant to the results of the audit under Section 5.07(2) of the Settlement Agreement, any remaining amount in the Designated Amount Fund will be either distributed as Personal Credits to eligible CEP members and / or transferred to the National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund (NIBTF) and to the Inuvialuit Education Foundation (IEF) consistent with applicable Treasury Board policies. For more information, please see Section 5.07(2) of the SA. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
9. AANDC's climate change program contributes to targets 1.1, Climate Change Mitigation and 2.1, Air Pollutants of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. (return to source paragraph)
   
   
10. The Northern Contaminants Program contributes to target 2.3, Chemicals Management of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. (return to source paragraph)
    
    
11. Percentage of organizations that follow their own by-laws and constitutions (e.g., elections, annual general assemblies, etc.). (return to source paragraph)
    
    
12. Harvesters is a term used in the context of those people who hunt, fish, trap and gather for personal use. (return to source paragraph)

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