Table 9: Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue

Note 1: The CRTC retains respendable (vote netted) revenue to fund its operating budget

Note 2:  In November 2007, Treasury Board approved a two-year increase to the Commission’s budget for fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09. The full cost of this resource request, will be recovered from CRTC fee payers, is $8.5M ($4.5M Broadcasting, $4.0M Telecommunications) and $10.4M ($5.5M Broadcasting, $4.9M Telecommunications) for the two fiscal years, respectively. Further details on the approved increase are noted in Broadcasting Circular CRTC 2007-9 http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/c2007-9.htm and Telecom Circular CRTC 2007-18 www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/ct2007-18.htmdated December 21, 2007 .
The Commission’s broadcasting and telecommunications fee regulations have a provision whereby the Commission is able to adjust the annual fees (Part I Broadcasting Licence Fees and Telecommunications Fees) to take into account the Commission’s actual expenditures on both Broadcasting and Telecommunications activities during the fiscal year. The adjustments represent the difference between the estimated costs initially billed in a previous fiscal year and the actual costs incurred. The Commission’s actual expenses associated with this resource increase will be recovered as part of the annual billing adjustments for the telecommunications industry in 2008-09 and 2009-10 and for broadcasting licence fee payers in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Note 3: Non-respendable revenue for Part I broadcasting-licence fees and CRTC telecommunications fees recovers the costs incurred by other federal government departments for most services (excluding Industry Canada spectrum management) rendered without charge to the CRTC and the statutory costs of employee benefit plans. Part II broadcasting-licence fees are also considered to be non-respendable revenue