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SECTION 3 - SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

3.1 Departmental Link to Government of Canada Outcome Areas

It is increasingly clear that Canada's economic prosperity will continue to be significantly defined by its success in the North American market. The NAFTA's rules-based dispute resolution system provides stability and transparency for Canadian business as they continue to seek new opportunities and secure market access abroad.

It is also crucial that the integrity of the rules-based framework continues to provide an effective means to resolve trade disputes that may arise in such a large trading partnership. In this regard, the Canadian Section of the NAFTA Secretariat continues to provide services of the highest quality in the administration of dispute settlement processes. The strategic outcome is directly aligned with one of the Government of Canada's outcomes, which is A Strong and Mutually Beneficial North American Partnership (see Table below).

Alignment of our Strategic Outcome and Program Activity With Outcome Areas in the Whole-of-Government Framework

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.
	Actual Spending 2007-08			Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Area
	Budgetary	Non-budgetary	Total
Program Activity: Administration of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms	$1,618	$0	$1,618	A Strong and Mutually Beneficial North American Partnership

3.2 Financial Information

Tables 1 and 2 shown below provide a comparison of planned and actual spending and voted resources for the NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section.

Complete financial statements are enclosed in ANNEX C. They have been prepared in accordance with accrual accounting principles. The unaudited supplementary information presented in the financial tables in the DPR is prepared on a modified cash basis of accounting principles in order to be consistent with appropriations-based reporting. Note 3 of the financial statements reconciles these two accounting methods.

Table 1: Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (Including FTEs)

This table provides a comparison of the Main Estimates, planned spending, total authorities, and actual spending for the most recently completed fiscal year, as well as historical figures for actual spending by the NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section.

($,000)
Program Activity	Actual 2005-2006	Actual 2006-2007	2007-2008
			Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual Spending
Administration of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms	2,003	1,511	3,001	3,001	2,908	1,6181
Total	2,003	1,511	3,001	3,001	2,908	1,6181
Less: Non-respendable revenue	0	2	N/A	0	N/A	0
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	203	209	N/A	236	N/A	212
Total Departmental Spending	2,206	1,718	N/A	3,237	N/A	1,830
FTEs	12	9	N/A	13	N/A	10

1. The Canadian Section has one key program activity, which is the administration of international trade dispute settlement mechanisms. The amount reported also includes the expenditures related to the internal services that support our key program.

Table 2: Voted and Statutory Items

Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording	2007-2008
		Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual Spending
55	Program Expenditures	2,802	2,802	2,814	1,524
(S)	Contributions to Employee Benefit Plans (EBP)	199	199	94	94
	Total	3,001	3,001	2,908	1,618

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