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SECTION III: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Departmental Planned Spending and Full-Time Equivalents

($ thousands)	Forecast Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Planned Spending 2010-11	Planned Spending 2011-12
Copyright Tariff Setting and Issuance of Licences	2,606	2,624	2,624	2,624
Budgetary Main Estimates (gross)	2,606	2,624	2,624	2,624
Less: Respendable revenue
Total Main Estimates	2,606	2,624	2,624	2,624
Adjustments:
Supplementary Estimates:
Carry Forward	115
Transfers from Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage		430	430	430
Collective Bargaining	23
Total Adjustments	138	430	430	430
Total Planned Spending	2,744	3,054	3,054	3,054
Total Planned Spending	2,744	3,054	3,054	3,054
Less: Non-Respendable revenue
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	352	367	367	367
Net cost of Program	3,096	3,421	3,421	3,421
Full-Time Equivalents	18	21	21	21

 

Other Items of Interest

Organizational Information

Board Members

Board members are appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years. They may be reappointed once.

The Act requires that the Chairman must be a judge, either sitting or retired, of a superior, county or district court. The Chairman directs the work of the Board and apportions its caseload among the members.

The Act also designates the Vice-Chairman as Chief Executive Officer of the Board. He or she exercises direction over the Board and supervises its staff.

The organizational structure of the Board follows the requirements set out in section 66 and following sections of the Act.

Board's Staff

The Board has a staff of thirteen employees, organized around five operational groups:

1. The Registrar, which plans and manages all activities and resources related to public hearings, and the issuing of licences for the use of works whose copyright owners cannot be located, which includes receiving, organizing and reviewing the documentary evidence and information, and organizing and maintaining the Board's records, archives and library.
2. The Research and Analysis group, which is responsible for the preparation and analysis of reports and research papers, the development of scenario analysis and recommendations and the provision of economic support to Board members and for decisions.
3. The Legal Analysis group, which provides legal analysis and advice on tariff and licence applications before the Board, and represents the Board before the Courts in matters involving its jurisdiction.
4. The Corporate Services group, which is responsible for financial and materiel management policies, systems, processes and standards which are consistent with modern comptrollership.
5. The Technical Support group, which provides support in particular in respect of informatics.

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