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Details on Transfer Payments Programs

1. Name of transfer payment program: Commemoration
2. Start date: April 1, 2007
3. End date: March 31, 2013
4. Description: Commemoration honours and pays tribute to former students, promotes closure, healing and reconciliation, educates Canadians of the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and signals a new relationship between Aboriginal Peoples and Canada.
5. Strategic outcome(s): Reconciliation among former students of Indian Residential Schools and the Government of Canada.
6. Expected results: Enhanced well-being of former students, their families and communities through higher levels of community interactions, self-esteem, cultural pride, sense of acceptance and a more positive perception of life in the future.

($ millions) 7. Forecast Spending 2007–08 8. Planned Spending 2008–09 9. Planned Spending 2009–10 10. Planned Spending 2010–11
11. Program activity: Claims Resolution        
12. Total grants $ $ $ $
12. Total contributions $2.0 $5.0 $5.0 $5.0
12. Total other types of transfer payments $ $ $ $
13. Total program activity $ $ $ $
14. Planned evaluations None None None None
15. Planned audits None None None None

 

1. Name of transfer payment program: Advocacy and Public Information
2. Start date: April 1, 2007
3. End date: March 31, 2009
4. Description: Provide advocacy and public education on a diverse range of issues related to the IRSSA issues, policies and programs, allowing the Government to respond to the widest source of information possible to (1) improve the quality of departmental decisions, (2) identify where changes may be necessary to enhance service delivery, and (3) ensure the Aboriginal community is informed of the benefits available through the IRSSA.
5. Strategic outcome(s): Reconciliation among former students of Indian Residential Schools and the Government of Canada.
6. Expected results: Improved community confidence and trust, access to quality well coordinated Indian Residential Schools programs and services and improved credibility for Indian Residential Schools programs and services and the Government.

($ millions) 7. Forecast Spending 2007–08 8. Planned Spending 2008–09 9. Planned Spending 2009–10 10. Planned Spending 2010–11
11. Program activity: Claims Resolution        
12. Total grants $ $ $ $
12. Total contributions $6.0 $4.0 $0 $0
12. Total other types of transfer payments $ $ $ $
13. Total program activity $ $ $ $
14. Planned evaluations None None None None
15. Planned audits None None None None

 

1. Name of transfer payment program: Group Independent Assessment Program
2. Start date: April 1, 2007
3. End date: March 31, 2011
4. Description: Groups of claimants can benefit from contribution funding to advance their files in common.
5. Strategic outcome(s): Reconciliation among former students of Indian Residential Schools and the Government of Canada.
6. Expected results: Increased satisfaction by claimants with the IAP.

($ millions) 7. Forecast Spending 2007–08 8. Planned Spending 2008–09 9. Planned Spending 2009–10 10. Planned Spending 2010–11
11. Program activity: Claims Resolution        
12. Total grants $ $ $ $
12. Total contributions $1.0 $1.0 $0.5 $0.25
12. Total other types of transfer payments $ $ $ $
13. Total program activity $ $ $ $
14. Planned evaluations None Program Evaluation None None
15. Planned audits None None None None