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Supplementary Information (Tables)
($ millions)
Program Activity | Respendable revenue | Forecast Revenue 2011-12 |
Planned Revenue 2012-13 |
Planned Revenue 2013-14 |
Planned Revenue 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canadian Broadcasting | Broadcasting Licence Fees– Part I | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 |
Canadian Telecommunications | Telecommunications Fees (Note 4) | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
Total Respendable Revenue (Note 1) | 42.6 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 42.6 |
($ millions)
Program Activity | Non-respendable revenue | Forecast Revenue 2011-12 |
Planned Revenue 2012-13 |
Planned Revenue 2013-14 |
Planned Revenue 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canadian Broadcasting | Broadcasting Licence Fees – Part I (Notes 2 & 6) | 9.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.1 |
Broadcasting Licence Fees – Part II (Notes 3 & 6) | 101.8 | 104.8 | 107.8 | 110.9 | |
Canadian Telecommunications | Telecommunications Fees (Notes 2 & 6) | 7.5 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
Administrative Monetary Penalties (Note 5) | 0.4 | - | - | - | |
Total Non-respendable Revenue (Note 6) | 118.8 | 120.5 | 122.5 | 124.9 | |
Total Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue | 161.4 | 163.1 | 165.1 | 167.5 |
Note 1: The CRTC retains respendable (vote netted) revenue to fund its operating budget
Note 2: 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 and are accounted for as non-respendable revenue.
Note 3: The Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 were amended in 2010 for the Part II licence fees (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-476 dated 14 July 2010). A cap of $100 million was introduced for the calculation of Part II licence fees and this cap is adjusted annually on a compound basis in accordance with the percentage increase or decrease to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the calendar year prior to the year of the adjustments. The CPI is the annual average all-items CPI for Canada that is published by Statistics Canada. The planned revenue figure for Part II licence fees will be adjusted and communicated to stakeholders once the CPI information is available. Further details are noted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-476.The CPI index was 1.8% for fiscal year 2011-12 and estimated at 2.9% for fiscal years 2012-13 to 2014-2015
Note 4: The Telecommunications Fees Regulations amended in March 2010 (Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-183 dated 25 March 2010) require all telecommunications service providers (TSPs), or groups of related TSPs, with at least $10 million dollars in Canadian telecommunications service revenues (CTSR) to pay telecommunications fees. Further details are noted in Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-183.
Note 5: The Commission has statutory responsibility for the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), including additional enforcement tools, including the imposition of Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) for telemarketer found to be in violation of Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules. The amounts recovered from the AMPs are deposited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Note 6: Non-respendable revenue for Part I broadcasting-licence fees and CRTC telecommunications fees also 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.
The CRTC collects fees under the authority of regulations in the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act. For the fiscal year 2012-2013:
Section 11 of the Broadcasting Act gives the Commission the authority to make regulations respecting licence fees. These regulations apply to most licensees, who are required to pay their Part I and Part II licence fees to the Commission annually. The last amendment to the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations was done in 2010. Details on the amendment can be found in Broadcasting
Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-476 on the CRTC website at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-476.htm. The Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations can be found on the Department of Justice web site at: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/.
For 2011–2012, the CRTC assessed $31.9 million in Part I fees, including "true-up" and adjustments.
Part I licence fees are based on the broadcasting regulatory costs incurred each year by the Commission and other federal departments or agencies, and are equal to the aggregate of:
The CRTC’s estimated broadcasting regulatory costs are set out in its Expenditure Plan published in Part III of the Estimates of the Government of Canada (Part III Report on Plans and Priorities).
There is an annual adjustment (‘true-up’) amount to the Part I fee to adjust estimated costs to actual expenditures. Any excess fees or shortfalls are credited or charged to the licensee in a following year’s invoice.
The Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 were amended in 2010 (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-476). A cap of $100 million was introduced for the calculation of Part II licence fees and this cap will be adjusted annually on a compound basis in accordance with the percentage increase or decrease to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the calendar year prior to the year of the adjustments. The CPI is the annual average all-items CPI for Canada that is published by Statistics Canada.
These fees recover part of the Government of Canada’s substantial annual investment in the Canadian broadcasting system.
For 2011–2012, the CRTC assessed $101.8 million in Part II licence fees.
Section 68 of the Telecommunications Act grants the CRTC authority to create the Telecommunications Fees Regulations.
The Telecommunications Fees Regulations amended in March 2010 (Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-183 dated 25 March 2010) require all telecommunications service providers (TSPs), or groups of related TSPs, with at least $10 million dollars in Canadian telecommunications service revenues (CTSR) to pay telecommunications fees, whether or not they file a tariff
for approval with the Commission. The Telecommunications Fees Regulations can be found on the Department of Justice web site at: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/.
For 2011–2012, the CRTC assessed $27.3 million in telecommunications fees, including "true-up" and adjustments.
The CRTC’s annual telecommunications fees are equal to the aggregate of:
The CRTC’s estimated telecommunications regulatory costs are set out in its Expenditure Plan, published in Part III of the Estimates of the Future Government of Canada (Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities).
There is an annual adjustment (‘true-up’) amount to the telecommunications fees to adjust estimated costs to actual expenditures. Any excess fees or shortfalls are credited or charged to the carriers in the following year’s invoice.