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Supplementary Information (Tables)
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care (Voted).
Start date: April 1, 2011
End date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-2012
Strategic Outcome: First Nations and Inuit communities and individuals receive health services and benefits that are responsive to their needs so as to improve their health status
Program Activity: First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care
Description: The Primary Health Care Authority funds a suite of programs, services and strategies provided primarily to First Nations and Inuit individuals, families, and communities living on-reserve or in Inuit communities. It encompasses health promotion and disease prevention programs to improve health outcomes and reduce health risks; public health protection, including surveillance, to prevent and/or mitigate human health risks associated with communicable diseases and exposure to environmental hazards; and primary care where individuals are provided diagnostic, curative, rehabilitative, supportive, palliative/end-of-life care, and referral services.
Expected results:
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 711.9 | 665.3 | 673.7 | 686.9 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 711.9 | 665.3 | 673.7 | 686.9 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation:
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A):
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:
General Targeted Recipient Group: Aboriginal
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Discuss the new Ts & Cs with recipients at the time of renewal of their contribution agreement. As necessary work with them to ensure they comply with these Ts & Cs.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits (Voted).
Start date: April 1, 2011
End date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-2012
Strategic Outcome: First Nations and Inuit communities and individuals receive health services and benefits that are responsive to their needs so as to improve their health status
Program Activity: Supplementary Health Benefits for First Nations and Inuit
Description: The NIHB Program provides a specified range of medically necessary health-related goods and services to registered Indians (according to the Indian Act) and Inuit (recognized by one of the Inuit Land Claim Organizations) regardless of residency in Canada where not otherwise covered under a separate agreement (e.g. a self-government agreement) with federal, provincial or territorial governments. The benefits under the NIHB Program include the following, where not otherwise provided to eligible clients through other private or provincial/ territorial programs: pharmacy benefits (prescription drugs and some over-the-counter medication), medical supplies and equipment, dental care, vision care, short term crisis intervention mental health counselling, and medical transportation benefits to access medically required health services not available on reserve or in the community of residence. The Program also pays provincial health premiums on behalf of eligible clients in British Columbia.
Expected results:
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 192.2 | 165.6 | 170.4 | 175.3 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 192.2 | 165.6 | 170.4 | 175.3 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016
General Targeted Recipient Group: Aboriginal
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Discuss the new Ts & Cs with recipients at the time of renewal of their contribution agreement. As necessary work with them to ensure they comply with these Ts & Cs.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support (Voted).
Start date: April 1, 2011
End date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-2012
Strategic Outcome: First Nations and Inuit communities and individuals receive health services and benefits that are responsive to their needs so as to improve their health status
Program Activity: Health Infrastructure Support for First Nations and Inuit
Description: The Health Infrastructure Support Authority underpins the long-term vision of an integrated health system with greater First Nations and Inuit control by enhancing their capacity to design, manage, deliver and evaluate quality health programs and services. It provides the foundation to support the delivery of programs and services in First Nations communities and for individuals, and to promote innovation and partnerships in health care delivery to better meet the unique health needs of First Nations and Inuit. The funds are used for: planning and management for the delivery of quality health services; construction and maintenance of health facilities; research activities; encouraging Aboriginal people to pursue health careers; investments in technologies to modernize health services; and integrate and realign the governance of existing health services.
Expected results:
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 249.6 | 244.2 | 228.5 | 232.0 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 249.6 | 244.2 | 228.5 | 232.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:
General Targeted Recipient Group: Aboriginal
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Discuss the new Ts & Cs with recipients at the time of renewal of their contribution agreement. As necessary work with them to ensure they comply with these Ts & Cs.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant for Territorial Health System Sustainability Initiative (THSSI)
Start date: April 1, 2012
End date: March 31, 2014
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: February 9, 2012
Strategic Outcome: A health system responsive to the needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: In 2011 the Government announced that the Territorial Health System Sustainability Initiative funding is being further extended by $60m over a period of two years (2012-2014). Funds being allocated for this period will support time-limited initiatives in key health system reform areas:
The Territorial Health System Sustainability Initiative is divided into the following three funds:
Expected Results: The overriding goal of the two-year extended THSSI is to assist the three territories to consolidate progress made under the THSSI in reducing the reliance on outside health care systems and medical travel. For territories, consolidating projects that have achieved their goals and integrating projects with an ongoing mandate into territorial core business.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: N/A
General Targeted Recipient Group: Territorial Governments
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A. Eligible recipients involve Territorial Governments.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Official Languages Health Contribution Program (Voted)
Start Date: April 2009
End Date: March 2013
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009
Strategic Outcome: A health system responsive to the health needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Official Language Minority Community Development
Description: Builds on initiatives established under the previous Contribution Program to Improve Access to Health Services for Official Language Minority Communities (2003-2004 to 2008-2009). The Program is managed by the Official Language Community Development Bureau.
The Program was approved for a five year period (2008-2009 to 2012-2013) with a total budget of $174.3 million, to support three mutually reinforcing components: 1) Health Networking ($22M); 2) Training and Retention of Health Professionals ($114.5M); and 3) Official Language Minority Community Health Projects ($33.5M); and to strengthen Health Canada's capacity to administer the Program ($4.3M).
The Health Networking component aims to: (i) maintain and enhance official language minority community health networks in line with provincial/territorial priorities; (ii) develop strategies to increase and improve OLMC health services; and (iii) provide leadership and coordination of activities that span all three components of the Official Languages Health Contribution Program.
The Training and Retention component is designed to: (i) provide post-secondary training of francophone health professionals in official language minority communities located outside Quebec to respond to the health care provider needs of those communities; (ii) promote the recruitment of qualified students into francophone post-secondary health training programs and their re-integration into official language minority communities upon graduation; (iii) provide training and retention initiatives in Quebec to ensure that health professionals have opportunities to improve their ability to work in both official languages, and to practice where they can meet the needs of official language minority communities; (iv) in communities outside Quebec, provide cultural and French-language training to bilingual health professionals to improve their ability to provide health services to Francophone minority language communities; and (v) promote research and information-sharing on approaches to reducing barriers to health care access for official language minority communities.
The Official Language Minority Community Health Projects component of the Program provides short and medium term support for projects in six activity areas in response to community and provincial, territorial, or regional health priorities: (i) strategies to develop, retain and mobilize health human resources within French official language minority communities; (ii) development of sustained health information products and tools to facilitate access to health services within networks; (iii) provision of improved front-line health service expertise in the minority official language; (iv) support to regional and local health and social service agencies and community organizations in implementing new programs and best practices for access to health services in the minority official language; (v) development of volunteer health and social support services for official language minority communities within local networks, institutions and health
Expected results: The two main objectives of the Program are to improve access to health services in the minority official language and to increase the use of both official languages in the provision of health services. To achieve these objectives the Program has identified five expected outcomes:
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 38.0 | 38.3 | 23.0 | 23.0 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 38.0 | 38.3 | 23.0 | 23.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group: Named or designated recipients (15) include 3 organizations mandated to improve the health and health services needs of official language minority communities, 11 post-secondary institutions (colleges and universities) that promote training and labour market integration for health professionals to respond to the needs of official language minority communities, and one provincial government program to promote health human resources initiatives for improving services to these communities.
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Health Canada analysis and review of financial cash flows and outcomes for each recipient, accompanied by bilateral discussions on the nature of the outcomes and their pertinence to meeting program objectives for improving health and health services in both official languages.
Regular meetings between Health Canada officials and recipient organizations, including their management meetings, community-based events (conferences, consultations, research fora), face-to-face meetings, and site visits.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Assessed Contribution to the Pan American Health Organization
Start Date: July 2008
End Date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009
Strategic Outcome: A health system responsive to the health needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: Payment of Canada's annual membership fees to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Expected Results: Canada's participation in PAHO promotes results aimed at improving and protecting the health of Canadians, enhancing global health security, and supporting global health efforts through the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and the provision of technical expertise in strengthening health systems and in building capacity. PAHO has an effective disease surveillance system at the country level which is used extensively to provide an early warning system for Canadian tourists and businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean. This infrastructure is essential to Canada's interests in being better prepared to respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
Canada's influence and interests in the Americas region with respect to good governance, transparency and accountability are also advanced through our membership in PAHO, which provides a forum for the wider dissemination of Canadian-based values related to health and the provision of health-care, amongst others. Canada's membership in this multilateral organization also aligns with the Government of Canada's foreign policy objectives for the Americas which seek to strengthen our bilateral and multilateral relations in the region.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: N/A -Terms and Conditions indicate that DFAIT provides for a review of membership in international organizations every five years.
General Targeted Recipient Group: PAHO is the sole recipient of membership fees under these terms and conditions.
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: meetings with the recipient; participation in PAHO governing bodies (planning and budgeting processes); technical and program cooperation in priority areas; knowledge transfer activities through Canada's participation in PAHO's technical advisory groups; review of annual reporting; monitoring performance and results.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to the Canadian Blood Services: Blood Safety and Effectiveness Research and Development (Voted)
Start Date: April 2000
End Date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Not applicable (no Ts and Cs for this grant)
Strategic Outcome: Canadians are informed of and protected from health risks associated with food products, substances and environments, and are informed of the benefits of healthy eating.
Program Activity: Health Products
Description: To support basic, applied and clinical research on blood safety and blood product safety and effectiveness issues under the auspices of Canadian Blood Services.
Expected Results: Improved blood safety and blood system governance
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2016-2017
General Targeted Recipient Group: Canadian Blood Services is the sole recipient of funds under this Program.
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Meetings with recipient; knowledge transfer activities; site visits; analysis and follow-up of progress and financial reporting; monitoring performance and results.
Please note: The Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS) is currently up for renewal. The description of the FTCS contribution funding program beyond March 31, 2012 is unknown until the FTCS is renewed. Renewal is currently underway with a submission to Cabinet planned for this fiscal year.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contribution in support of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (Voted)
Start Date: April 1, 2001
End Date: March 31, 2012
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2007-2008
Strategic Outcome: Canadians are informed of and protected from health risks associated with food products, substances and environments, and are informed of the benefits of healthy eating.
Program Activity: Substance Use and Abuse
Description: A transfer payment program in support of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy designed to develop and test tobacco cessation and prevention techniques and approaches and to transfer this knowledge to stakeholders with the intention of changing behaviour. Contributions are provided to support the provinces and territories as well as key national and regional non-governmental organizations and others in order to help build a strong knowledge base and ongoing capacity for developing effective tobacco prevention and cessation interventions. The grant portion of the program is designed to support international tobacco control efforts.
Expected Results: Supporting the attainment of a smoking prevalence rate in Canada of 12% by 2011 by: contributing to a reduction in smoking uptake among Canadian youth; contributing to the number of Canadians who quit smoking; contributing to the reduction in the number of Canadians exposed to second-hand smoke; increasing capacity in research and regulations; and contributing to the global implementation of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2006-2007
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2011-2012
General Targeted Recipient Group: Given expiry date, we are unable to confirm the details of any recipients.
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Given expiry date, we are unable to confirm any plans for future activities.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund (Voted)
Start Date: April, 2004
End Date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010-2011
Strategic Outcome: Canadians are informed of and protected from health risks associated with food products, substances and environments, and are informed of the benefits of healthy eating.
Program Activity: Substance use and abuse
Description: The Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund will contribute to reducing drug use among Canadians, particularly among vulnerable populations such as youth, by focusing on health promotion and prevention approaches to address drug abuse before it happens. The objectives of the Fund are to facilitate the development of local, provincial, territorial, national and community-based solutions to drug use among youth and to promote public awareness of illicit drug use among youth. The Program is delivered through Health Canada's regional and national offices and the Northern region.
Expected Results: DSCIF plans to enhance the capacity of targeted populations to make informed decisions about illicit drug use. The program's success and progress will be measured by the level/nature of acquired or improved knowledge/skills to avoid illicit drug use within the targeted population, and will be measured by evidence that capacity changes are influencing decision-making and behaviours around illicit drug use and associated consequences in targeted populations.
DSCIF also plans to strengthen community responses to illicit drug issues in targeted areas, and will measure their progress based on the type/nature of ways that community responses have been strengthened in targeted areas. For example, the adoption/integration evidence-informed/best practices within the targeted areas will indicate the program's contribution to this outcome.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2006-2007
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015
General Targeted Recipient Group:
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: DSCIF engage applicants and recipients by responding to inquiries and regular monitoring activities such as performance measurement and evaluation training and reporting, site visits and knowledge exchange meetings to share project strategies and lessons learned.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Drug Treatment Funding Program (Voted)
Start Date: October 2007 - Services component; April 2008 - Systems component
End Date: 2012-2013 (services component); 2012-2013 (systems component)
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2007-2008
Strategic Outcome: Canadians are informed of and protected from health risks associated with food products, substances and environments, and are informed of the benefits of healthy eating.
Program Activity: Substance use and abuse
Description: The aim of the Drug Treatment Funding Program (DTFP) will be to provide the incentive (seed funding) for provinces, territories and key stakeholders to initiate projects that will lay the foundation for systemic change leading to sustainable improvement in the quality and organization of substance abuse treatment systems. At the same time that provincial and territorial governments are working to achieve these system-level efficiencies, five-year time limited funding (new funds) will be available for the delivery of treatment services to meet the critical illicit drug treatment needs of at-risk youth in high needs areas.
Expected Results: DTFP plans to increase availability of and access to effective treatment services and programs for at-risk youth in areas of need. The Program's success and progress will be measured by the type/nature of treatment services and supports that have been made available by end of FY and will be measured by the program/service utilization trends associated with their populations and areas of need.
DTFP will also seek to improve treatment systems, programs and services to address illicit drug dependency of affected Canadians. The Program's success and progress in this plan will be measured by the extent to which treatment system improvements have been made; perceptions of stakeholders; and, the extent to which uptake/integration of evidence-informed practices has occurred.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 29.9 | 25.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 29.9 | 25.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group:
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: DTFP has undertaken many initiatives to engage applicants including: national F/P/T working group meetings and teleconferences to develop program and prepare a performance measurement and evaluation strategy; national knowledge exchange meetings to share project strategies and lessons learned; bi-lateral meetings and site visits for regular monitoring.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to support the Mental Health Commission of Canada (Voted)
Start Date: April 1, 2008
End Date: March 31, 2017
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009 to 2016-2017
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: In Budget 2007, the federal government committed $130M over 10 years to establish the national Mental Health Commission of Canada, an arm's length, not-for profit organization designed to improve health and social outcomes for people and their families living with mental illness.
Expected Results: Over the course of this grant, the Commission is expected to develop a national mental health strategy, a knowledge exchange centre, and undertake anti-stigma public awareness and educational initiatives.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Note: The contribution agreement started in 2007-2008 but the actual grant started in April 2008.
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: N/A
General Targeted Recipient Group: Non-Profit
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (Voted)
Start Date: April 1, 2008
End Date: March 31, 2013
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: We fall under the Health Care Strategies and Policy, Federal/Provincial/ Territorial Partnerships Grant Program, there was an amendment to these with the 2004 TB Sub for CADTH (CCHOTA at the time) and the next Grant renewal for CADTH was 2008 but cannot say if an amendment to the Ts & Cs occurred.
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) is an independent, not-for-profit agency funded by Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments to provide credible, impartial advice and evidence-based information about the effectiveness of drugs and other health technologies to Canadian health care decision makers.
Expected Results: The purpose of the Named Grant is to provide financial assistance to support CADTH's core business activities, namely, the Common Drug Review (CDR), Health Technology Assessment (HTA), and the Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing and Utilization Service (COMPUS). Expected results are: creation and dissemination of evidence-based information that supports informed decisions on the adoption and appropriate utilization of drugs and non-drug technologies, in terms of both effectiveness and cost.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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* The funding had increased in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 due to the Funding Agreement amendment of increased funding for two years in support of the Optimizing Health System Efficiency Initiative. The amount was up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 and up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 | ||||
Total grants | 18.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 18.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2007-2008
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group: Not for profit
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients:
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contribution to the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (Voted)
Start Date: April 1, 2007
End Date: March 31, 2017
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Not Applicable (Ts and Cs are embedded in the funding agreement)
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Corporation (the Partnership) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation established to implement the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control (CSCC). The CSCC was developed in consultation with more than 700 cancer experts and stakeholders with the following objectives: (1) to reduce the expected number of new cases of cancer among Canadians; (2) to enhance the quality of life of those living with cancer; and (3) to lessen the likelihood of Canadians dying from cancer. Health Canada is responsible for managing the funding to the corporation. The Partnership's initial five-year grant provided $250 million for 2007-2012, and a named contribution agreement will provide an additional five years and $250 million for 2012-2017.
Expected Results: the Partnership will become a leader in cancer control through knowledge management and the coordination of efforts among the provinces and territories, cancer experts, stakeholder groups, and Aboriginal organizations to champion change, improve health outcomes related to cancer, and leverage existing investments. A coordinated, knowledge-centered approach to cancer control is expected to significantly reduce the economic burden of cancer, alleviate current pressures on the health care system, and bring together information for all Canadians, no matter where they live.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | 50.0 | |||
Total contributions | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016
General Targeted Recipient Group: N/A
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) (Voted)
Start date: April 1, 2007
End date: March 31, 2012
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Previous Funding Agreements with CIHI acted as the Terms and Conditions for the HII Program. A clauses was included in these agreements which states "WHEREAS the Minister and CIHI wish to set forth the terms and conditions pertaining to this Grant Funding, and further wish to modify certain terms and conditions set forth in the previous funding agreements between the Minister and CIHI by replacing them with specific provisions of this Funding Agreement for the purpose of ensuring that CIHI is accountable to the Minister for use of the federal assistance in a manner that enables the Minister to discharge his accountability to Parliament for the effective ongoing administration of this Funding Agreement and the reporting of plans and results." A TB submission to establish new Ts and Cs for the HII will be presented to the board for approval soon.
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: CIHI is an independent, not-for-profit organization supported by federal, provincial and territorial (F/P/T) governments that provides essential data and analysis on Canada's health system and the health of Canadians. CIHI was created in 1991 by the F/P/T Ministers of Health to address significant gaps in health information. CIHI's data and its reports inform health policies, support the effective delivery of health services and raise awareness among Canadians about the factors that contribute to good health.
From 1999 to 2007, the federal government provided approximately $313 million to CIHI through a series of grants, known as the Roadmap Initiative. This allowed CIHI to provide quality, timely health information. More recently CIHI's funding has been consolidated through the Health Information Initiative.
Beginning in 2007-08, the Health Information Initiative provides conditional grant funding to CIHI. This funding allows CIHI to continue important work initiated under the Roadmap Initiative and to further enhance the coverage of health data systems to improve the information available to Canadians on their health care system, including information on wait times, and comparable health indicators. The funding also enables CIHI to respond effectively to emerging priorities. Under this initiative, up to $406.49 million will be delivered to CIHI over five years (2007-08 to 2011-12).
Expected results: As per CIHI's funding agreement with Health Canada, CIHI's draft 2012-13 Operational Plan and Budget is to be provided to Health Canada by the end of January 2012. At the March 2012 CIHI Board Meeting, the document will be brought forward for review and approval and then subsequently submitted to the Minister of Health. In CIHI's 2010-2011 Annual Report they indicated that they will remain focused on their strategic priorities as follows:
More and Better Data:
More Relevant and Actionable Analysis:
Understanding and Use of Our Data:
2011-2012 is the fourth year of CIHI's four year strategic plan.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
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Total grants | 81.7 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 81.7 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 81.7 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 81.7 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group: The HII was developed to support only CIHI, as such CIHI is the only recipient of Health Information Initiative (HII) funding. This caveat is noted in the Terms and Conditions for the HII, which stipulates that CIHI is, and only ever will be, the recipient of HII funding.
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: None needed. CIHI is the sole recipient of HII funding. See answer above.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Multi-Year Contribution Agreement for Brain Canada Foundation to establish the Canada Brain Research Fund.
Start date: March 2012
End date: March 31, 2017
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-12 (No stand alone Ts & Cs were developed--Ts & Cs are included within the Agreement)
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: Funding of up to $100M over 6 years for Brain Canada to establish a Canada Brain Research Fund, which will support Canadian neuroscience, and accelerate discoveries in this field. Brain Canada will raise resources from the private sector to match the Government's contribution to the Fund.
Expected Results: An increase in the number of multidisciplinary, networked researchers and research projects in universities and teaching hospitals within Canada. This will lead to advanced knowledge and new research of the brain.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 10.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 10.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): N/A
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: N/A
General Targeted Recipient Group: Other (university and research hospital-based neuroscientists from across Canada).
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (Voted)
Start Date: September 2002
End Date: March 31, 2013
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: The grant to the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) supports the federal government's interest (in an F/P/T partnership context) in achieving an accessible, high quality, sustainable and accountable health system adaptable to the needs of Canadians. It is designed to improve the quality of health care services by providing a leadership role in building a culture of patient safety and quality improvement in the Canadian health care system through coordination across sectors, promotion of best practices, and advice on effective strategies to improve patient safety. The first five-year Funding Agreement with CPSI ended on March 31, 2008, and was renewed for an additional five years, starting April 1, 2008 and ending March 31, 2013. Health Canada has ongoing funding authority of up to $8 million per year for the CPSI grant.
Expected Results: CPSI will provide leadership and coordination of efforts to prevent and reduce harm to patients, with an emphasis on four key areas: education, with a focus on developing curriculum and training programs; interventions and programs, with a focus on coordinating and supporting evidence-informed clinical interventions and programs; research, to increase the scope and scale of patient safety research; and tools and resources, with a focus on creating tools and resources that can be applied by health care organizations.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2007-2008
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group: Non-Profit
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Health Canada worked with CPSI to establish activities to be carried out under the funding agreement and maintains regular contact with CPSI to monitor progress and compliance under the funding agreement.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Grant to the Health Council of Canada (Voted)
Start Date: April 1, 2004
End Date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010-2011
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: The Health Council of Canada (the Council) was established out of the 2003 First Ministers' Accord on Health Care Renewal to monitor and report on progress against commitments in the 2003 Accord. In the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care, First Ministers expanded the mandate of the Council to include reporting on the health status of Canadians and health outcomes. The Health Council is governed by its Corporate Members, who are participating F/P/T Ministers of Health (excluding Québec and Alberta).
Expected Results: Through monitoring and annual public reporting on the progress achieved in implementing commitments in the 2003 First Ministers' Accord and the 2004 Health Accord, the Council contributes to enhancing accountability and transparency in health care system reform.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
* Maximum amount allowable under this grant. The actual spending amount would be dependant on the annual work plan as approved by the Corporate Members (i.e., participating F/P/T Ministers of Health). | ||||
Total grants | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Total contributions | ||||
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2007-2008
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014
General Targeted Recipient Group: Non-Profit
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Health Canada consulted with the Council when finalizing new funding agreements. The department also reviews and consults with the Council on a yearly basis in reference to the annual Work Plan and Budget. In addition, Health Canada maintains regular contact with the Council to monitor progress and compliance under the funding agreement.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Health Care Policy Contribution Program (Voted)
Start Date: September 2002
End Date: Ongoing
Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008
Strategic Outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
Program Activity: Canadian Health System
Description: The Health Care Policy Contribution Program fosters strategic and evidence based decision-making for quality health care, and promotes innovation through pilot projects, evaluation, policy research and analysis, and policy development on current and emerging priorities. Currently, the Program funds projects in priority health care policy areas such as access to health care; chronic and continuing care (including home and community care); health human resources, including assessment and integration of internationally educated health professionals; patient safety; and palliative/end-of-life care.
Expected Results: Program outputs include: research and evaluation reports; educational models, tools and resources for health providers, health system managers and decision makers; innovative models, case studies and best practices; and development and promotion of collaborative relationships. Program outcomes include: increased awareness and understanding of knowledge tools/products, approaches, models, innovations and health system reform issues; broader adoption of knowledge or innovations resulting in changes to policy, practice and/or organizational structure; and expansion or enhancement of existing practices or models.
Program Activity (millions of dollars) |
Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | ||||
Total contributions | 33.5 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.3 |
Total other types of transfer payments | ||||
Total Transfer payments | 33.5 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.3 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2007-2008
Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation (Continuation, Amendment, Termination, Pending, or N/A): Continuation
Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013
General Targeted Recipient Group: Non-Profit, Other Level of Government and Other-National
Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A
Name of TPP | Main Objective | End Date | Type | Forecast Spending 2012-13 |
Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation | General Targeted Recipient Group |
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Women's Health Contribution Program | To improve the health status of women in Canada by enhancing the health system's understanding of, and responsiveness to, women's health issues through knowledge generation, networking, communications, information analysis and policy advice. | On-going funding. Current terms and conditions end March 31, 2014. | C | $2,850 | 2008-2009 | Canadian non-profit and voluntary organizations, provincial or local government departments and agencies, academic institutions, health, education, research, social policy or women's organizations, institutions, agencies or individuals. |
Grant to eligible non-profit international organizations in support of their projects or programs on health | To facilitate Health Canada's support for international activities that will promote best practices, increase knowledge and strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations to advance Canada's global health priorities. | On-going funding. Current terms and conditions end March 31, 2013 | G | $3,080 | 2007-2008 | International entities (i.e. bilateral and multilateral international organizations and institutions with established relationships with Canada); Canadian not-for-profit organizations and institutions, including academic and research-based institutions. |
Contribution to strengthen Canada's organs and tissues donation and transplantation system | To support the development of a national organ and tissue donation and transplantation system that will improve and extend the quality of the lives of Canadians while respecting the federal role and interest in organ and tissue donation and transplantation. | On-going funding. Current agreement/terms and conditions end March 31, 201 | C | $3,580 | 2006-2007 | Canadian Blood Services is the sole recipient under the Ts and Cs |
Grant to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse | To provide objective, evidence-based information and advice to help reduce the health, social and economic harms associated with substance abuse and addictions | On-going funding. Current grant agreement ends March 31, 2016 | G | $3,750 | 2010-2011 | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse |
International Commission on Radiological Protection | N/A | N/A | G | $5 | N/A | N/A |
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
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Target Status |
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Number of completed new construction, build-to-lease and major renovation projects in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
0 | |
Number of completed new construction, build-to-lease and major renovation projects that have achieved an industry-recognized level of high environmental performance in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
0 | |
Existence of strategic framework. |
Yes: Completed 2011-2012 |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status |
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Number of buildings over 1000m2, as per departmental strategic framework. |
7 | |
Percentage of buildings over 1000m2 that have been assessed using an industry-recognized assessment tool, as per departmental strategic framework. |
100% | |
Existence of strategic framework. |
Yes: Completed 2011-2012 |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status |
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Number of completed lease and lease renewal projects over 1000m2 in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
N/A | |
Number of completed lease and lease renewal projects over 1000m2 that were assessed using an industry-recognized assessment tool in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
N/A | |
Existence of strategic framework. |
Yes: Completed 2011-2012 |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status |
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Number of completed fit-up and refit projects in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
3 | |
Number of completed fit-up and refit projects that have achieved an industry-recognized level of high environmental performance in the given fiscal year, as per departmental strategic framework. |
3 | |
Existence of strategic framework. |
Yes: Completed 2011-2012 |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR | |
---|---|---|---|
Target Status | |||
HC commits to a reduction in on-road fleet-related GHG emissions (relative to fiscal year 2005-06 baseline) by 2020-21. | 10% | ||
Departmental GHG emissions in fiscal year 2005-06 in kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent. | 3.06 | ||
Departmental GHG emissions in the given fiscal year, in kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent. | F/Y 2011-12 |
3.03 |
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F/Y 2012-13 |
3.00 |
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F/Y 2013-14 |
2.97 |
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F/Y 2015-16 |
2.94 |
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F/Y 2016-17 |
2.91 |
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F/Y 2017-18 |
2.88 |
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F/Y 2018-19 |
2.85 |
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F/Y 2019-20 |
2.82 |
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F/Y 2020-21 |
2.79 |
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Percent change in departmental GHG emissions from fiscal year 2005-2006 to the end of the given fiscal year. | F/Y 2011-12 |
2.76 |
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F/Y 2012-13 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2013-14 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2015-16 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2016-17 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2017-18 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2018-19 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2019-20 |
-1% |
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F/Y 2020-21 |
-1% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR | |
---|---|---|---|
Target Status | |||
Existence of implementation plan for the disposal of all departmentally-generated EEE. |
Yes: Completed 2011-2012 |
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Total number of departmental locations with EEE implementation plan fully implemented, expressed as a percentage of all locations, by the end of the given fiscal year. | F/Y 2011-12 |
11% |
|
F/Y 2012-13 |
77% |
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F/Y 2013-14 |
100% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR | |
---|---|---|---|
Target Status | |||
Ratio of departmental office employees to printing units in fiscal year 2010-11, where building occupancy levels, security considerations and space configuration allow. (Optional) |
N/A |
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Ratio of departmental office employees to printing units at the end of the given fiscal year, where building occupancy levels, security considerations and space configuration allow. | F/Y 2011-12 |
4:1 |
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F/Y 2012-13 |
8:1 |
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F/Y 2013-14 |
8:1 |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR | |
---|---|---|---|
Target Status | |||
Number of sheets of internal office paper purchased or consumed per office employee in the baseline year selected, as per departmental scope. |
7823 |
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Cumulative reduction (or increase) in paper consumption, expressed as a percentage, relative to baseline year selected. | F/Y 2011-12 |
N/A |
|
F/Y 2012-13 |
10% |
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F/Y 2013-14 |
20% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Presence of a green meeting guide. | Yes: Completed 2011-12 |
Strategies / Comments
As of April 1, 2011, each department will establish at least 3 SMART green procurement targets to reduce environmental impacts.
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Percentage of IT hardware purchases that meet the target relative to total of all purchases for IT hardware in 2011-12. |
29% |
|
Percentage of IT hardware purchases that meet the target relative to total of all purchases for IT hardware in the given year (2012-13). |
52% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Increase percentage of office supply purchases identified as environmentally friendly frombaseline of 30% in 2009-10. |
50% |
|
Progress against measure in 2011-12. |
10% |
|
Progress against measure in 2012-13. |
37% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Percentage of vehicles purchased in 2011-2012 that conformto the directives of HC Fleet Standard. |
45% |
|
Progress against measure in 2012-2013. |
25% |
Strategies / Comments
As of April 1, 2011, each department will establish SMART targets for training, employee performance evaluations, and management processes and controls, as they pertain to procurement decision-making.
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Percentage of procurement and materiel management staff with formal green procurement training relative to total number of procurement and materiel management staff identified with such responsibilities in 2011-12. |
100% |
|
Percentage of procurement and materiel management staff with formal green procurement training relative to total number of procurement and materiel management staff identified with such responsibilities in 2012-13. |
100% |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Phase 1a: Number of performance evaluations of identified positions of managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management within MAMD that have environmental consideration clauses relative to the total of identified positions. |
2/11 |
|
Phase 1b: Percentage of performance evaluations of identified EX positions that have environmental consideration clauses relative to the total of identified EX positions. |
100% |
|
Phase 2: Percentage of performance evaluations of identified positions (Regional Directors and PG Program Managers) that have environmental consideration clauses relative to the total of identified positions. |
100% |
|
Phase 1a: Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. |
18% |
|
Phase 1b: Acceptance/Inclusion of "greening of government operations" as part of the Corporate Commitments for Executives and specific identification of positions and applicable clauses. |
Completed |
|
Phase 2: Specific identification of positions and applicable clauses |
Completed |
Strategies / Comments
Performance Measure | RPP | DPR |
---|---|---|
Target Status | ||
Percentage of procurement related tools with a "greening" process 2011-2012. |
30% |
|
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year 2012-2013. |
35% |
Strategies / Comments
Notes:
1 This would be demonstrated by achieving LEED NC Silver, Green Globes Design 3 Globes, or equivalent.
2 Assessment tools include: BOMA BESt, Green Globes or equivalent.
3 Assessment tools include: BOMA BESt, an appropriately tailored BOMA International Green Lease Standard, or equivalent.
4 This would be demonstrated by achieving LEED CI Silver, Green Globes Fit-Up 3 Globes, or equivalent.
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS)
2. Name of lead department(s): Health Canada
3. Lead department program activity: Substance Use and Abuse
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: April 2007
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Funding for the initiative is ongoing but the current policy authority ends March 31, 2012. Further information is not available at this time.
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $419.6M - Funding for the initiative is ongoing but the current policy authority ends March 31, 2012. Further information is not available at this time.
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The FTCS establishes a framework for a comprehensive, fully-integrated, and multi-faceted approach to tobacco control. It is driven by the longstanding commitment of the Government of Canada to reduce the serious and adverse health effects of tobacco for Canadians. It focuses on four mutually reinforcing components: prevention, cessation, protection, and product regulation.
8. Shared outcome(s): The long-term outcome of the FTCS is to reduce tobacco-related disease and death in Canada.
9. Governance structure(s): N/A
10. Planning Highlights: Among ongoing activities, the Department will continue the enforcement of provisions of the Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act (2009) and will continue to implement the new labelling requirements for cigarettes and little cigars, including larger health warning messages, and a pan-Canadian quitline number and a web address to encourage Canadians to quit smoking.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Substance Use and Abuse | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 322.2M |
52.5M |
Total | 322.2M | 52.5M |
Public Safety Canada (PSC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Law Enforcement Strategies | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 3.7M |
0.6M |
Total | 3.7M | 0.6M |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
RCMP | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 |
|
Police Operations | 4.9M | 0.8M | |
Canadian Law Enforcement Services | 5.4M | 0.9M | |
Total | 10.3M | 1.7M |
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
ODPP | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 11.9M |
2.0M |
Total | 11.9M | 2.0M |
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Taxpayers and Business Assitance | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 5.3M |
0.9M |
Total | 5.3M | 0.9M |
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
CBSA - Risk Assessment | FTCS | Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 |
|
CBSA - Admissibility Determination | FTCS | 0.2M | |
Total | 67.7* | 2.6M |
*Approximately $2M was deducted from the total allocation to date as well as the ongoing total since 2011-12, as a result of Strategic Review reductions. Also, of the $7.9M in yearly funding received by CBSA, $4.3M is related to compensation for revenue lost (loss of Duty Free Licensing) and is allocated to other Agency activities.
Expected results by program:
Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) | Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2012-13 |
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Notes:
|
|
Total from 2007-08 to 2012-13 | 60.3M |
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact information:
Cathy A. Sabiston
Director General
Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate
Health Canada
Telephone: 613-941-1977
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: Defence of Canada Against Third-Party Claims in Tobacco Litigation
2. Name of lead department(s): Health Canada
3. Lead department program activity: Substance Use and Abuse
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2010-2013
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: March 31, 2013
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $45.738 million
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The purpose of this horizontal initiative is to defend Canada against third party claims in tobacco litigation. The source of funding for this initiative is:
8. Shared outcome(s):
9. Governance structure(s): The major stakeholders are Health Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Justice Canada. While acting within their respective mandates, the defence effort is coordinated by the Interdepartmental Assistant Deputy Minister Steering Committee on Tobacco Litigation. The committee is co-chaired by the three departments and ensures the management of issues and finances.
10. Planning Highlights: In light of the favorable decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in July 2011, and with the guidance and support from Justice Canada, Health Canada and Agriculture Canada will continue to defend Canada against third-party claims in all tobacco litigation as required.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
PA 2.5 Substance Use and Abuse | Defence of Canada Against Third-Party Claims in Tobacco Litigation | 29.742 from new funding 9.0 (up to) from existing reference levels |
8.641 from new funding 3.0 (up to) from existing reference levels |
Total | 38.742 | 11.641 |
Expected results by program: Canada is defended against third-party claims in tobacco litigation and has met its legal obligations.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Internal Services | Defence of Canada Against Third-Party Claims in Tobacco Litigation | 5.136 from new funding 1.860 (up to) from existing reference levels |
1.936 from new funding 0.380 (up to) from existing reference levels |
Total | 6.996 | 2.316 |
Expected results by program: Canada is defended against third-party claims in tobacco litigation and has met its legal obligations.
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact information:
Louis Proulx
A/Director
Health Canada Litigation Support Office
99 Metcalfe
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
Telephone: 613-957-3659
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: FCSAP to Protect Human Health from Environmental Contaminants
2. Name of lead department(s): Health Canada
3. Lead department program activity: Sustainable Environmental Health
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2008-2009
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2012-2013
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $84.6M
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Recent surveys show that Canadians are concerned about environmental contaminants. There is a clear need to ensure that Canadians have credible information on the impact of chemicals in the environment and the steps that they should take as a result.
The Government has already taken steps to address environmental contaminants through the Chemicals Management Plan and the Clean Air Agenda, focusing on substances which have known potential for harming human health and the environment. Both industry and stakeholders have been supportive of these initiatives but continue to insist that decisions be made based on scientific evidence. This requires mechanisms such as monitoring, surveillance and research to ensure that the effectiveness of interventions to address known potential risks can be assessed and that emerging risks can be detected.
The FCSAP to Protect Human Health from Environmental Contaminants is designed to further protect the health of Canadians from environmental contaminants while increasing the knowledge-base on contaminant levels and potential impacts on health, in particular:
$13.1M has been allocated to Health Canada from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 to develop an Environmental Health Guide for Canadians, as well as tailored guides for First Nations and Inuit communities. The objective of the guide is to help make Canadians aware of the risks that harmful environmental contaminants may pose to their health along with direct actions that they can take to reduce these risks and improve their health. The Guide, Hazardcheck, was published March 1, 2010. The First Nations and Inuit Guides, Your Health at Home, were published on May 7, 2010 and April 11, 2011 respectively.
$54.5M has been allocated to Statistics Canada from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 towards conducting the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and $5.6M from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 for Health Canada to conduct the First Nations Biomonitoring Initiative (FNBI). The CHMS is used to collect information from Canadians about their general health and lifestyles and includes collection of blood and urine specimens to be tested for environmental contaminants among other things. The CHMS will not provide data on First Nations on-reserve or Inuit communities. Data for First Nations' peoples on reserve will be captured under the First Nations Biomonitoring Initiative.
$5.9M has been allocation to the Public Health Agency of Canada from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 to enhance surveillance of congenital anomalies.
$5.5M has been allocation to the Public Health Agency of Canada from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 to conduct surveillance of developmental disorders.
8. Shared outcome(s): Reduce health risks to Canadians (particularly vulnerable populations) from environmental contaminants.
9. Governance structure(s): All FCSAP initiatives take advantage of governance and management structures already established for ongoing government programs such as: the Canadian Population Health Statistics Program, the Chemicals Management Plan, the Healthy Living and Chronic Disease initiative of the Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as components of existing national surveillance systems developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada in partnership with stakeholders.
Each program within Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada will be fully responsible for the management of initiatives they are leading within the FCSAP. Consultations and stakeholder involvement will be governed through consultative structures and interdepartmental committees already established.
A tripartite governance structure between Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada will be used to oversee the implementation of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). The CHMS will use the existing Canadian Population Health Statistics Program as a governance structure, which includes senior officials from all three federal organizations.
10. Planning Highlights:
The Environmental Health Guide for Canadians has been developed with partners across the Health Portfolio and with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation to raise awareness among Canadians about environmental hazards and to inform them of what they can do to reduce their exposure to these risks such ascarbon monoxide, mould, radon, second-hand smoke, and lead.
A public awareness and education campaign was launched in March 2010 to promote the new Environmental Health guide and to raise awareness of the link between health and the environment. To complement on-line tactics (blogger outreach, twitter and Facebook posts), public engagement events were held at 121 retail locations over 2 consecutive weekends in October and November 2011, thereby educating Canadians on the environmental issues that could impact their health.
Activities for 2012-13 are currently being planned to build on the momentum generated by the campaign. This will include an environmental health product focusing on seniors aged 65+, an exploration of partnerships with various non-Governmental and private sector collaborators, and ongoing public relations and outreach activities. Program evaluation will also be undertaken.
The First Nations Environmental Health Guide-Your Health at Home, What you can do is available on the Health Canada web site and has been mailed out to First Nations communities across Canada. Also available on the Health Canada web site are the First Nations and Inuit youth guides and activity booklets, and the Inuit Home Guide. The First Nations Spring/Summer outdoor guide will be posted on the Health Canada Website by the beginning of the 2012-13 fiscal year. These materials will also be distributed to communities across Canada.
In addition, the First Nations Fall/Winter Guide and Inuit seasonal guides were developed in 2011/12 and planned distribution will take place during the 2012/13 fiscal year. These guides will be supported through targeted public awareness and education activities, including radio advertising, online advertising (Facebook, Google and YouTube), print public service announcements, a youth art contest, a pilot project with the Aboriginal People's Television Network, activity booklets for teens and kids, and social media (Facebook and Twitter).
The First Nations Biomonitoring Initiative (FNBI) is a partnership between Health Canada and the Assembly of First Nations. It is a health survey which seeks to establish baseline information on human exposure to environmental contaminants for First Nations' people on reserve. The survey contains a household questionnaire, direct physical measurements, and biospecimen collection (blood and urine). The environmental chemicals that will be measured include: metals, PCBs, pesticides, phthalates, perfluorinated compounds, etc. This Initiative was developed to complement the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), which excludes First Nations' people on reserve.
In 2011-12, laboratory results from the pilot project were received. Based on the operational and logistical findings from the pilot project, the full-scale health survey was conducted in 13 randomly selected First Nation communities (42 participants per community) across Canada. Over 500 First Nation peoples participated to yield a 92% success rate. Laboratory analysis from the full-scale survey will be available by the beginning of the 2012-13 fiscal year.
The 2012-13 fiscal year will be the Analysis and Dissemination Phase. Analysis of the laboratory data will be carried out. Participants of the health survey will be provided with their individual results and community summary reports for each First Nation community that was part of the health survey will be developed and presented to the community. A national report will also be prepared of the aggregate findings.
In 2012-2013 the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will continue to work with the provinces and territories on the implementation of congenital anomalies surveillance systems in the various jurisdictions. It will also continue its participation in the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research and organize the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Agency's Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network.
In 2012-2013 the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will continue to build a national surveillance system for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In 2011-12, PHAC established relationships with surveillance partners and stakeholders, put in place an expert ASD Advisory Committee to oversee the development process, and completed the preliminary research necessary to inform the selection of the most appropriate surveillance option for ASD surveillance. Options include the use of administrative datasets, sentinel surveillance, clinical databases, population based surveys and/or registries. With input from the ASD Expert Advisory Committee, PHAC will determine the most cost-effective, comprehensive, flexible and reliable surveillance option(s) for a national ASD surveillance system.
In 2012-13, the focus will be on establishing the surveillance methodology, as well as implementing pilot projects to identify indicators, case definitions, data sources, and a sampling approach. This work will be done collaboratively, with the guidance of the ASD Advisory Committee, and with experts in the field, other levels of government and other stakeholders.
In 2012-13 the CHMS team will be working simultaneously on three cycles of the survey:
Cycle 3 (2012-2013): Data collection begins in Montreal QC, the first of 16 national sites. Data collection response rates will be monitored regularly to ensure adequate representation of the Canadian population by age group and sex.
Four new measures in support of environmental contaminants include passive sampling and measurement of household tap water for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fluoride; hearing tests to support examination of hearing loss and its association with noise exposure/noise pollution; a Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) measurement that directly measures airway inflammation; and an objective test of skin pigmentation.
Cycle 2 (2009-2011): Data processing and validation will begin in FY 2012-13, with the first data files planned for release and dissemination in the fall, 2012.
Cycle 1 (2007-2009): The first studies using stored samples from the CHMS biobank begin in 2012 according to published protocols. More than 50 studies based on CHMS data in 21 universities across Canada will continue in 2012 through the Research Data Centre Network.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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PA 3.1 Sustainable Environmental Health HECSB & PACCB |
Environmental Health Guide for Canadians | HECSB 3.0 |
HECSB 0.4 |
PACCB: 6.5 |
PACCB: 0.2 |
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PA 3.1 Sub-total | 9.5 | 0.6 | |
PA 4.1 First Nations and Inuit Health Programming and Services FNIHB & PACCB |
Environmental Health Guide for First Nations | FNIHB: 1.5 |
FNIHB: 0.1 |
PACCB: 2.1 |
PACCB: 0.1 |
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3.6 | 0.2 | ||
First Nations Biomonitoring Initiative | 5.6 | 0.7 | |
PA 4.1 Sub-Total | 9.3 | 0.9 | |
Total | 18.7 | 1.5 |
Expected results by program:
Statistics Canada (SC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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PA 2 Social Statistics | Canadian Health Measures Survey | 54.5 | 14.0 |
Total | 54.5 | 14.0 |
Expected results by program:
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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PA 1.2 Surveillance and Population Health Assessment | Enhanced Congenital Anomalies Surveillance | 5.8 | 1.7 |
Surveillance of Developmental Disorders | 5.3 | 1.7 | |
Total | 11.1 | 3.4 |
Expected results by program:
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact information:
Suzanne Leppinen
Director
Chemicals Policy Bureau
Safe Environments Directorate
Healthy Environments and Consumer Product Safety Branch
Health Canada
Telephone: 613-941-8071
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: Chemicals Management Plan
2. Name of lead department(s): Health Canada (HC)/Environment Canada (EC)
3. Lead department program activity: Environmental Risks to Health (HC)/Substances and Waste Management (EC)
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2011-2012 (second phase)
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2015-2016 (second phase)
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $516 M
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Originally launched in 2006, the Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) enables the Government of Canada to protect human health and the environment by addressing substances of concern in Canada. It is a science-based approach that includes:
Jointly managed by Health Canada and Environment Canada, the CMP brings all existing federal chemical programs together under a single strategy. This integrated approach allows the Government of Canada to address various routes of exposure to chronic and acute hazardous substances. It also enables use of the most appropriate management tools among a full suite of federal laws, which include the Canadian Environmental Projection Act, 1999, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (which replaced the Hazardous Products Act in June 2011), the Food and Drugs Act, and the Pest Control Products Act.
Building on lessons learned in the first four years of the program, CMP priority setting was refined and, under this phase of the CMP substances will be grouped to facilitate more efficient assessments, industry participation and risk management. Integration across government programs remains critical since many remaining substances are found in consumer, health, drug and other products.
The same core functions continue: risk assessment; risk management, compliance promotion and enforcement; research; monitoring and surveillance; stakeholder engagement and risk communications; and policy and program management.
The following program areas are involved in CMP activities:
Health Products and Food Branch:
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch:
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Environmental Stewardship Branch:
Science and Technology Branch:
Enforcement Branch
Strategic Policy Branch:
For more information, see the Government of Canada's Chemical Substances Portal
8. Shared outcome(s):
Immediate Outcomes:
Intermediate Outcomes:
Final Outcome:
9. Governance structure(s): In meeting their obligations pursuant to the CMP, EC and HC deliver their responsibilities through established internal departmental governance structures. CMP governance is assured through a joint Assistant Deputy Ministers Committee (CMP ADM Committee) and an Interdepartmental Chemicals Management Executive Committee (CMEC). These Committees were established to maximize the coordination of efforts, while minimizing duplication between the two departments.
The CMP ADM Committee provides strategic direction, coordination and a challenge function for the implementation and review of results and resource utilization of the CMP. The CMEC is the management committee at the Director General level to support the development of joint Health Canada/Environment Canada strategic directions. It is also a formal body for cooperation to ensure timely and concerted actions in implementing the CMP activities in an integrated fashion. The CMEC reports to the ADM Committee, providing recommendations on program implementation, results and resource utilization.
10. 2012-213 Planning Highlights: In 2012-2013, HC and EC will continue to assess and manage the potential health and ecological risks from the remaining high priority substances from the first phase of the CMP, including completion of assessments from the Petroleum Sector Stream Approach, as well as the assessment of other substances deemed to be a priority. Screening Assessment Reports and Risk Management Strategies for high priorities will be completed and risk management measures will continue to be developed, implemented, tracked and monitored. Work with other jurisdictions bilaterally and in multinational fora to undertake regional and multilateral efforts to manage chemicals of concerns will continue.
The next phase of the CMP will see the continued assessment and management of the potential health and ecological risks associated with approximately 1,500 substances by 2015 through the substance groupings initiative, rapid screening, and other approaches. During 2012-2013, data collection activities will take place for the following groups of substances:
Health Canada will continue to conduct risk assessments and develop and implement risk management measures to address risks posed by harmful chemicals in foods, consumer products, cosmetics and drinking water. Highlights for 2012-13 include the publication of regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act in Canada Gazette Part II for two CMP substances - (2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) and 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol (DEGME). Health Canada will also continue its review, listing and prioritization for assessment of risk due to presence in the environment of substances in Food and Drugs Act regulated products.
HC and EC will continue to conduct research and monitoring programs to address existing and emerging chemicals of concern, and to inform risk assessment needs and risk management activities. Specific monitoring activities include completion of the second cycle of the Canadian Health Measures Survey and preparation for the release of the biomonitoring results in 2013-2014. Research in support of current CMP themes and priorities will continue and opportunities for synergies with government organizations and universities will be explored. Ways and means of improving knowledge transfer will also be implemented.
Work will continue on substances/products regulated under the Food and Drugs Act, including the development of Environmental Assessment Regulations and non-regulatory initiatives, re-evaluation of food additives and food packaging materials and assessment of food contaminants as indicated by CMP screening assessments and new scientific knowledge.
Work will also continue on the re-evaluation of previously approved pesticides according to legislated timelines and requirements under the Pest Control Products Act, as well as on continuing to monitor health and environmental incidents related to pesticides, analyzing trends and sales data, and taking regulatory action as needed.
EC will continue to develop compliance strategies and enforcement plans and will continue to deliver related activities, to promote regulatees' awareness and understanding of, and compliance, with regulatory requirements for CMP substances. Focus will be on delivering compliance promotion activities for the highest priority instruments as determined by the compliance priority setting process.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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*$9.3M ($3.1M/year) from 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 not included for the Banting Retrofit. Funds earmarked in fiscal framework and the department will seek access to these funds moving forward. Totals may differ within tables due to rounding of figures. |
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2.1 Health Products | a. Risk Management, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement | 10.4 | 2.1 |
2.2 Food Safety and Nutrition | a. Risk Assessment | 5.8 | 1.2 |
b. Risk Management, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement | 5.3 | 1.1 | |
c. Research | 3.6 | 0.7 | |
d. Monitoring and Surveillance | 5.4 | 1.1 | |
e. Stakeholder Engagement and Risk Communications | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
2.3 Environmental Risks to Health | a. Risk Assessment | 57.5 | 11.5 |
b. Risk Management, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement | 72.7 | 14.5 | |
c. Research* | 42.2 | 7.3 | |
d. Monitoring and Surveillance | 43.3 | 8.7 | |
e. Stakeholder Engagement and Risk Communications | 10.1 | 2.0 | |
f. Policy and Program Management | 12.1 | 2.3 | |
2.4 Consumer Products | a. Risk Assessment | 12.8 | 2.6 |
b. Risk Management, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement | 12.9 | 2.6 | |
2.7 Pesticide Safety | a. Risk Assessment | 20.9 | 4.2 |
b. Risk Management, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement | 4.4 | 0.9 | |
c. Research | 1.7 | 0.3 | |
Internal Services | 36.9 | 7.3 | |
Total | 359.2 | 70.6 |
Expected results by program:
Environment Canada (EC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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Totals may differ within tables due to rounding of figures. | |||
3.1 Substances and Waste Management | a. Risk Assessment | 17.4 | 3.5 |
b. Risk Management | 68.4 | 13.7 | |
c. Research | 9.0 | 1.8 | |
d. Monitoring and Surveillance | 24.6 | 4.9 | |
3.3 Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - Pollution | a. Compliance Promotion | 4.3 | 0.9 |
b. Enforcement | 11.3 | 2.3 | |
Internal Services | 12.4 | 2.5 | |
Total | 147.5 | 29.5 |
Expected results by program:
Total* Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date): | Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2012-13: |
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*$9.3M ($3.1M/year) from 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 not included for the Banting Retrofit. Funds earmarked in fiscal framework and the department will seek access to these funds moving forward. | |
506.7 | 100.1 |
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact information:
Suzanne Leppinen
Director
Chemicals Policy Bureau
Safe Environments Directorate
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Health Canada
Telephone: (613) 941-8071
Stewart Lindale
Director
Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Environmental Stewardship Branch
Environment Canada
Telephone: (819) 934-2358
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: Early Childhood Development (ECD) Strategy for First Nations and Other Aboriginal Children
2. Name of lead department(s): Health Canada (HC)
3. Lead department program activity: First Nations and Inuit Health Primary Health Care
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative:
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative:
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date):
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The goal of the Federal Strategy on Early Childhood Development for First Nations and Other Aboriginal Children, announced in October 2002, is to address the gap in life chances between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. This initiative allocated $320 million over first five years which was shared by Health Canada, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
In December 2004, Cabinet approved an additional $45 million over three years (beginning fiscal year 2005-06) and $14 million ongoing for the ELCC component to improve integration and coordination of two ECD programs: Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve (AHSOR- Health Canada) and the First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada).
8. Shared outcome(s): The ECD component complements the September 2000 First Ministers F/P/T ECD Agreement. It seeks to address the gap in life chances between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children by improving the developmental opportunities to which Aboriginal children (and their families) are exposed at an early age (0-6 years).
The ELCC component complements funding released to provinces and territories under the March 2003 Multilateral Framework for Early Learning and Childcare (ELCC) to improve access to ELCC programs and services.
9. Governance structure(s):
10. Planning highlights: In collaboration with partners and stakeholders, federal departments will continue to build on evidence to inform programming and capacity building efforts, and to enhance linkages and integrate services to better support Aboriginal children and families.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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*The budget for the AHSOR program in 2009-2010 was $59 million which included $25 million historical funding, $21.5 million in enhanced funding under the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Federal Strategy, $7.5 million in Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) funds and $5 million under upstream investments. | |||
First Nations and Inuit Health | Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) |
107.595 (2002-03 through to 2006-07; 21.519/year). 21.519/year ongoing.* Committed in 2002. |
21.519 |
ELCC 7.5 in 2008-09 and ongoing. Committed in 2005. |
7.5 | ||
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - First Nations and Inuit Component (FASD-FNIC) |
70.0 (2002-03 through to 2006-07; 10.0 in 2002-03 and 15.0 thereafter). 15.0/ year ongoing. Committed in 2002. |
15.0 | |
Capacity Building |
5.075 (2002-03 through to 2006-07; 1.015/year). 1.015/ year ongoing. Committed in 2002. |
1.015 | |
Total |
From start to 2009-10 ELCC: 39.0 |
ECD: 37.534 ELCC: 7.5 |
Electronic Link: For more information, please visit Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve and Fetal Alchohol Syndrom/Fetal Alcohol Effects.
Expected results by program:
Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (ADSOR):
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - First Nations and Inuit Component (FASD-FNIC):
Capacity Building:
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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Health Promotion | Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) | 62.880 (2002-03 through to 2006-07; 12.576/ year and ongoing. | 12.576 |
5.0/year as per renewal of AHSUNC (2010-11). Committed in 2002. |
5.0 | ||
Capacity Building |
2.5 (2002-03 through to 2006-07; 0.5/year) and ongoing. Committed in 2002. |
0.5 | |
Total | 109.608 | 18.076 |
Electronic Link: For more information, visit Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC)
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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The People - Social Development |
Capacity building |
5.05 (total for 2001-03 through to 2006-07; 1.01/year and ongoing) Committed in 2002. |
1.01 |
Total | 9.01 | 1.01 |
Expected results by program: Support horizontal work with ECD partners by funding research and capacity-building.
Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) |
Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2012-13 |
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ECD: $320 million 2002-03 to 2006-07 ($60 million in 2002-03 and $65 million thereafter). Ongoing: $65 million per year. |
ECD: 55.651 |
ELCC: $45 million 2005-06 to 2007-08 ($14.5 million in 2005-06; $15.3 million in 2006-07; $15.2 million in 2007-08). Ongoing: $14 million per year. |
ELCC: 7.5 |
Total | 63.151 |
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact Information:
Cathy Winters
Senior Policy Coordinator
Children and Youth Division
Community Programs Directorate
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Telephone: (613) 946-2896
1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan (FCSAP)
2. Name of lead department(s): The lead is shared between Health Canada (HC), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
3. Lead department program:
4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: Fiscal Year 2008-2009.
5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Fiscal Year 2012-2013 (and ongoing).
6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $489.4 million over five years ending in Fiscal Year 2012-2013 (and $126.7 million ongoing).
7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The federal government is responsible for promoting the health and safety of Canadians. A key part of this role is ensuring that the food, health and consumer products used by Canadians are safe. Adverse consequences associated with unsafe products impact not only the Canadian public, but also the Canadian economy. The FCSAP is a horizontal initiative aimed at modernizing and strengthening Canada's safety system for food, health and consumer products. A number of high-profile incidents, such as lead and ingestible magnets in children's toys, food borne illness outbreaks, and the global withdrawal of some prescription medicines, have underscored the need for government action.
The FCSAP includes efforts to modernize Canada's regulatory system to enable it to better protect Canadians from unsafe consumer products in the face of current realities and future pressures. The FCSAP bolsters Canada's regulatory system by committing to amending or replacing outdated health and safety legislation with new legislative regimes that respond to modern realities, and by enhancing safety programs in areas where modern legislative tools already exist. The FCSAP helps to ensure that Canadians have the information they need to assess the risks and benefits associated with the consumer and health products they choose to use, and to minimize risks associated with food safety.
The FCSAP is an integrated, risk-based plan and includes a series of initiatives that are premised on three key areas of action: active prevention, targeted oversight and rapid response. We focus on active prevention to avoid as many incidents as possible and work closely with industry to promote awareness, provide regulatory guidance, and help identify safety concerns at an early stage. Targeted oversight provides for early detection of safety problems and further safety verification at the appropriate stage in a product's life cycle. To improve rapid response capabilities and ensure the government has the ability to act quickly and effectively when needed, we work to enhance health and safety risk assessments, strengthen recall capacity, and increase the efficiency in responding and communicating clearly with consumers and stakeholders.
8. Shared outcome(s):
9. Governance structure(s): The Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have joint responsibility and accountability for results, and for providing information on progress achieved by the FCSAP.
A Governance Framework has been established and endorsed by all of the partner departments/agencies. To facilitate horizontal coordination, the following Director General (DG)/Executive Director (ED) level Task Forces have been established:
These Task Forces report to a DG/ED level Coordinating Committee. An Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM)/Vice President (VP) level Steering Committee provides direction to the Coordinating Committee. An Oversight Committee of Deputy Heads facilitates the provision of high level guidance to the Steering Committee.
Health Canada's Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) has primary responsibility for implementing FCSAP activities related to health products with support from Health Canada's Strategic Policy Branch (SPB) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) on one initiative (increased knowledge of post-market drug safety and effectiveness).
Health Canada's Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch (HECSB) and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), along with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), work together to implement FCSAP activities related to consumer products.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Health Canada's Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) work together to implement FCSAP activities related to food.
The Public Affairs, Consultation and Communications Branch (PACCB) of Health Canada provides communications support for all of the above activities and will coordinate or lead many of the horizontal Departmental activities under the Consumer Information Strategy.
10. Planning Highlights: The FCSAP reflects the need to modernize and sharpen the focus of Government action to protect Canadians and responds to the economic realities and new technologies of the 21st century, such as globalization and the introduction of more complex products. The FCSAP is an integrated, risk-based plan with the streams of initiatives (premised on the three key areas of action) aligned to meet these needs.
11. Federal Partner(s):
Health Canada (HC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
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Health Products | Active Prevention | 57.6 | 11.7 |
Targeted Oversight | 34.6 | 10.2 | |
Rapid Response | Existing resources | Existing resources | |
Consumer Products Safety | Active Prevention | 41.0 | 13.7 |
Targeted Oversight | 15.7 | 4.9 | |
Rapid Response | 17.9 | 4.4 | |
Pesticide Safety | Active Prevention | 6.9 | 1.6 |
Rapid Response | 8.0 | 2.1 | |
Food Safety and Nutrition | Active Prevention | 29.6 | 7.6 |
Rapid Response | 1.3 | 0.3 | |
Total | 212.6 | 56.5 |
Expected results by program (HC):
Regulatory modernization is an area of great importance for Health Canada. In 2012-13, the Health Products program will continue to engage stakeholders in discussions to support the policy development process for modernized regulatory frameworks.
In an effort to improve the safety, quality and efficacy of health products, the Health Products program will initiate regulatory change to include regulatory oversight of the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Inspection Program is dependent on the new API legislation, therefore, API inspections are not possible at this time and targets cannot be set until the regulatory amendments come into force. Planning and implementation work on inspection training, compliance and promotion, as well as on quality system documents continue while these regulations are pending.
As part of its review of drugs and medical devices, Health Canada prepares Summary Basis of Decision (SBD) documents to explain why certain products are authorized for sale in Canada. The documents include regulatory, safety, effectiveness and quality (chemistry and manufacturing) considerations.
Health Canada also produces Product Monographs (PM) that are factual, scientific documents on a drug product that describes the properties, claims, indications and conditions as well as information that may be required for the optimal, safe and effective use of the drug. The Product Monograph consists of three sections: Part 1 - Health Professional Information, i.e., prescribing information; Part 2 - Scientific Information; and Part 3 - Consumer Information. Health Canada will be finalising the plain language labelling improvements to PM Part III.
As part of the lifecycle approach, and in the absence of enabling legislation, Health Canada will continue reviewing Risk Management Plans (RMP) for therapeutic products. Generally, these plans are reviewed as part of a New Drug Submission and for various therapeutic health products in the post market setting. An RMP can be requested by Health Canada or submitted voluntarily by the manufacturer. It provides information related to identified and potential risks, strategies to characterize the risks in question, and a risk minimization plan.
To increase awareness and compliance with regulatory requirements, Health Canada will continue to engage in pre-submission meetings with industry. These meetings provide the opportunity to better document, track, monitor and evaluate the exchange of information as well as obtain feedback regarding areas of concern prior to filing a submission.
As technology adapts and Canadians look for their information in different ways -- via websites, smart phones, TV, and print materials - Health Canada continues to strive to offer information in a variety of new and traditional ways. In 2012-13, PACCB will continue to focus on improving the structure and content of our websites. We will launch a new Recalls and Safety Alerts Database making it easier for Canadians to find important safety information.
Expected Results: Increase industry awareness and knowledge of regulatory requirements; Enhance knowledge of post-market health products safety risks to inform decisions; increase oversight of the risk management and risk mitigation strategies for health products; increase safety of APIs through industry compliance with the Food and Drug Act (FDA) and its regulations; improve timeliness of pre-market reviews; increase awareness and understanding of the safe use of health products by consumers and health care professionals.
Performance Indicator: number of engagement opportunities with industry, international collaborations; number of guidance/educational tools developed; number of standards, frameworks and policies developed or modified; and number of consultations/ engagement activities with Canadians and target populations; improved timeliness of pre-market reviews; number risk management and mitigation plans received, reviewed and implemented; percent of API firms inspected.
Through the National Border Integrity Program, Health Canada's ability to make and support admissibility decisions at the border as they relate to health products will be strengthened. This program was implemented in 2008 and is delivered by Health Canada. The program will continue to advance its ability to monitor and control the importation of health products by addressing challenges involved in reducing the health and safety risk for products entering Canada through the following initiatives: a national standardized process for the handling of health products at the border; establishment of service standards between Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Health Canada to improve the ability to respond when safety incidents occur; and, undertaking public education activities to inform Canadians of risk associated with the importation of non-compliant health products. An interim compliance policy to address key border issues is intended to be implemented in fiscal year 2012-13. Meanwhile, Health Canada will continue to work to address these issues on a more permanent basis.
In addition, Health Canada will continue to enhance the post-market surveillance elements of the program through increased efforts focused on review of Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs) - documents that summarize the worldwide safety experience of a health product at pre-established post-authorization times. Furthermore, Health Canada will continue to seek opportunities to expand and enhance the Post Market Reporting Compliance (PMRC) inspection program, such as through a review of international best practices and the incorporation of additional elements to its inspections.
The Department will continue to work with its partners to increase reporting of adverse drug reactions through the Hospital-Based Mandatory Reporting Project for Adverse Drug Reactions. Implementation of mandatory reporting is however dependent upon the passing of relevant enabling legislation. Health Canada also promotes adverse reaction reporting through the Canada Vigilance Regional Offices, by way of outreach and promotional activities, as a way to increase health professional and consumer awareness of, and participation in, the Canada Vigilance Program.
In partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Health Canada has implemented the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN), a pan-Canadian network of centres of excellence in post-market pharmaceutical research, to fund studies that will inform pharmaceutical decision-making across the health care system. The DSEN partners (CIHR and Health Canada) will continue to work collaboratively to refine the processes and procedures to support DSEN research, including the development of a framework to prioritize DSEN research queries to reflect pan-Canadian needs for evidence on past market safety and effectiveness.
Expected Results: Enhance capacity of Health Canada and industry to identify and respond to risk issues; increase capacity to identify safety issues with health products on the market; increase knowledge of post-market drug safety and effectiveness to inform decisions and increase capacity to address priority research on post-market drug safety and effectiveness; improve ability to monitor and control importation of health products.
Performance Indicators: Year over year increase in PSUR submitted by industry; number new safety signals generated through PSUR reviews per year; percent of safety issues identified by Market Authorization Holders (MAH) resulting in product monograph changes or regulatory action to mitigate risk; percent of ARs addressed within service standards; number of import alerts resulting in detecting/stopping non-compliant products at the border.
The Consumer Products Safety program will provide information to consumers and work closely with industry to promote awareness, provide regulatory guidance, help identify and systematically assess safety risks at early and ongoing stages of product development, develop standards and share best practices.
Through targeted oversight actions, the Consumer Product Safety program works to detect safety problems as early as possible and at all stages in a product's life cycle. Under the new Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Products Safety program has improved authorities to ensure investigative actions are being taken to determine the safety profile of products and to verify that preventative measures are being implemented.
Expected Results: Improved information and reporting of consumer product safety related incidents (by industry and consumers).
The Government is equipped to respond rapidly to remove unsafe consumer products from shelves, preventing them from reaching consumers. While the Department continues to operate with a step-wise approach to compliance and enforcement by working with industry to voluntarily take corrective actions, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) offers new measures to protect Canadians from unsafe consumer products. This includes a general prohibition against products that pose an unreasonable danger, the authority to order industry to recall* and/or take other corrective measures and in the case of industry's failure to act in a timely manner, Health Canada's ability to initiate a recall and/or corrective measures to ensure the health and safety of Canadians.
*Recall is a process by which the responsible establishment in Canada notifies consumers of the danger associated with a product and this notice should be accompanied by all of the following steps:
(The recall may also include other corrective measures in a separate order.)
Expected results: Increased consumer/industry awareness of health risks and regulatory requirements related to consumer products; Improved industry compliance** with product safety obligations.
**Compliance is measured by a monitoring approach. Compliance results are determined by monitoring activities following initial inspection. Due to the non-license (post-market) nature of the consumer products industry, compliance verification is limited to primary level establishments and targeted to the highest levels of trade.
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) encourages and facilitates industry development and adoption of quality assurance and stewardship programs for the safe manufacture and subsequent selection and use of pesticides and other consumer products containing pesticides. Retailers of pest control products often rely on their distributors for validation of access to products with lapsed registrations, or which have never been registered. Work under this strategy fosters an increased knowledge of the requirements of the Pest Controls Products Act (PCPA) and an awareness of the tools available to validate the status of the pest control products and their label information.
PMRA enhances compliance targeting and enforcement capacity in support of expanded regulatory authority under the PCPA, and maintains public confidence in pesticide product safety. In conjunction with other federal and provincial regulators, Health Canada continues the development and implementation of an evidence and risk-based approach to identify and act on situations of higher risk associated with non-compliance. Activities continue to include the enhancement of current information/intelligence networks, analysis and an updated targeting strategy to verify the presence of compliance and the reasons that non-compliance was found to exist. Activities also include an updated strategy to address the importation of unregistered consumer pesticides where the safety would be unknown.
The PMRA also provides information to consumers through outreach programs, these initiatives are critical in promoting the safe and proper use of pesticides and ensuring risk reduction practices are established along the entire supply chain. The compliance strategies under active prevention aim to engage stakeholders in order to test assumptions about the ability and will to comply in a timely and effective manner with enforcement actions.
Expected results: Increased awareness and understanding of product safety obligations, standards and regulatory requirements by industry; improved risk-based monitoring of products.
The Food Safety and Nutrition program will continue to support the Government as it develops and seeks Parliamentary approval for amendments to food safety legislation.
Health Canada will continue to enhance risk management measures for priority food safety hazards in foods, implement Food Allergy Incident Prevention Measures, consult with industry and stakeholders on key files, and engage with international standards bodies while developing standards, policies, regulations and processes.
Expected Results: Increased effective assessment and mitigation strategies of food safety risks.
Performance Indicators: number of risk modelling activities conducted, number and type of involvement in International initiatives that support industry, number and type of involvement with international standard setting initiatives, percent and range of new submissions addressed within time standards, research in policy and RIAS, as well as the considerations of consumer and stakeholder feedback documented in decision-making.
The Food Safety & Nutrition program has no targeted oversight funding under this stream.
Under the rapid response pillar the Food Safety and Nutrition program will continue its participation in the Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education with the goal of promoting the "Be Food Safe" campaign and will continue to develop new education materials for consumers to promote food safety in an effort to reduce foodborne disease outbreaks in Canada.
Expected Results: Consumers make informed decisions about food.
Performance Indicators: percent of consumers aware and knowledgeable of their role in food safety, and how this is used in decision-making.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Food Safety Program and Internal Services |
Active Prevention | 114.2 | 27.3 |
Targeted Oversight | 77.0 | 21.9 | |
Rapid Response | 32.2 | 7.2 | |
Total | 223.4 | 56.4 |
Expected results by program (CFIA):
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) food safety initiatives aimed at ensuring active prevention include measures to enable government to better understand and identify food safety risks and to work with industry to implement effective food safety risk mitigation strategies. The CFIA, along with its federal partners, will strive to strengthen food safety standards and regulations and will engage Canadians in making decisions with respect to food safety.
In 2012-13, the CFIA will continue to support the Government as it develops and seeks Parliamentary approval for amendments to food safety legislation, and will move forward with its Imported Food Sector Product Regulations regulatory proposal under the Canada Agricultural Products Act.
The CFIA will continue to work with Health Canada on data collection and risk mapping towards identification and characterization of areas of concern, including imported food ingredients, produce, mycotoxins in cereals and undeclared allergens. Risk mapping will identify gaps in standard-setting and policy development and will assist in focusing operational efforts on areas of greatest risk. Data collected through baseline surveillance will serve to fill information gaps.
The CFIA will continue engagement with counterparts in foreign countries to enhance food safety information exchange and identify best practices to inform risk management approaches.
The CFIA will continue to revise its food safety programming for verification of industry food safety systems in high-risk sectors and IM/IT business solutions for supporting importer licensing will be further developed. As well, the CFIA will also continue to inform consumers and industry on the Canadian Food Labelling Initiative and the use of Product of Canada and Made in Canada claims on food products.
Expected results: To better identify, assess, and prioritize potential food safety hazards through risk mapping, information gathering, and sampling and testing of foods on the Canadian marketplace and to inform the relevant Agency stakeholders on relative risk in order to influence decisions and priorities for different food/hazard combinations; improved industry compliance; industry implementation of preventive food safety systems; establishment of standards, regulations, and policies that contribute to the prevention of food safety issues through the product lifecycle.
Performance indicators: number of planned and percent completed commodity / hazard targeted surveys to address information gaps; number of risk profiles completed; percent completion of re-engineered risk prioritization, profiling, and mapping approaches; number of consultations held with industry and other jurisdictions; percent completion of revised approaches to food safety system verification; number of inquiries related to Product of Canada guidelines; percent completion of the supporting IM/IT infrastructure and tool for importer licensing management
In 2012-13, the CFIA will continue to adapt its food safety inspection practices for high-risk sectors. Evaluation and verification of industry's food safety control systems in both fresh fruit and vegetable and non-federally registered sectors will take place with a focus on imported products. Method development and testing in targeted areas will continue, and front-line capacity will continue to increase. Border blitz will be conducted, and IM/IT business solutions for supporting enhanced tracking of imported food products will be further developed.
Expected results: Improved industry compliance with food safety standards; modern tools and new risk-based approaches contribute to improved safety of imported foods.
Performance indicators: number and percent of planned high-risk food safety inspections and verifications completed; number of border blitzes conducted; percent completion of the supporting IM/IT infrastructure and enhancements to tools for import tracking; number required and percent in place of new hires to support increased import tracking and enhanced inspection / verification activities; number and percent of new testing methodologies developed and implemented.
Towards ensuring rapid response to food safety issues and emergencies, enhanced recall capacity will enable the Government of Canada to effectively respond to and conduct investigations for an anticipated increased number of food recalls resulting from targeted oversight activities. Targeted consumer risk communication activities and products will also improve Canadian's awareness of food safety issues and recalls and will help consumers better protect their health.
In 2012-13, the CFIA will continue to augment human resource capacity to address identified food safety issues. Enhancements to food safety recall and investigation methodology will continue.
Expected results: Timely and efficient recall capacity in the face of increased identification of potential risks through targeted testing and other information; better public understanding of food safety risks; increased consumer use of various food safety alert systems; and increased public trust and confidence in the food safety system.
Performance indicators: number of personnel trained and available to support recall activities; number of recalls and percent conducted in accordance with CFIA standards; number of and percent of required investigations conducted in accordance with CFIA standards; number of communications initiatives aimed at increasing consumer awareness of food safety issues and recall; percent of consumers aware of food safety issues.
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Surveillance and Population Health Assessment | Targeted Oversight | 22.8 | 5.3 |
Disease and Injury Prevention and Mitigation | Targeted Oversight | 3.5 | 1.00534 |
Total | 26.3 | 6.30534 |
Expected results by program (PHAC):
Through ongoing and expanded data collection, analysis and reporting on the rates, patterns and circumstances of unintentional injury of Canadians, focusing on children and seniors, PHAC will contribute to the evidence base for policies, practices and programs for injury prevention and control.
Expected results: 1) More and better data on accidents, injuries, illnesses and deaths due to consumer products. 2) Engagement of risk assessment stakeholders.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) |
Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) |
Planned Spending for 2012-13 |
---|---|---|---|
Health and Health Services Advances | Targeted Oversight | 27.1 | 9.0 |
Total | 27.1 | 9.0 |
Expected results by program (CIHR):
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research will make investments and focus efforts in advancing the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network to increase the available evidence on drug safety and effectiveness to regulators, policy-makers, health care providers and patients and to increase capacity within Canada to undertake high-quality post-market research in this area.
Work will continue on engaging interested parties during the development of the Network, delivering on peer reviewed funding opportunities for the initiative and responding to strategic direction received from the DSEN Steering Committee.
Expected results: Increased knowledge of post-market drug safety and effectiveness to inform decisions and increased capacity in Canada to address priority research on post-market drug safety and effectiveness.
Performance Indicators: Evidence of the dissemination of research knowledge to the target audience.
Total* Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date): | Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2012-13: |
---|---|
Health Canada | 56.5 |
Canadian Food and Inspection Agency | 56.4 |
Public Health Agency of Canada | 6.30534 |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 9.0 |
Total | 128.20534 |
12. Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A
13. Contact information: N/A
Program Activity | Forecast Revenue 2011-12 |
Planned Revenue 2012-13 |
Planned Revenue 2013-14 |
Planned Revenue 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Specialized Health Services | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
Health Products | 100.8 | 94.2 | 96.0 | 97.9 |
Environmental Risks to Health | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Consumer Products Safety | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Radiation Protection | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
Pesticides Safety | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Internal Services | 0.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
Total Respendable Revenue | 129.2 | 131.2 | 133.2 | 135.3 |
Program Activity | Forecast Revenue 2011-12 |
Planned Revenue 2012-13 |
Planned Revenue 2013-14 |
Planned Revenue 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Specialized Health Services | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Health Products | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
Environmental Risks to Health | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Consumer Products Safety | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Radiation Protection | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Pesticides Safety | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Internal Services | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Workplace Health | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First Nations and Inuit Health Programming and Services | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total Non-respendable Revenue | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.4 |
Total Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue | 144.7 | 147.0 | 149.3 | 151.7 |
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
Planned Spending 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||
Specialized Health Service | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Food Safety and Nutrition | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Environmental Risks to Health | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Consumer Products Safety | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Substance Use and Abuse | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Radiation Protection | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Pesticides Safety | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
Health Infrastructure Support for First Nations and Inuit | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Internal Services | 21.7 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Total | 37.7 | 28.2 | 25.4 | 25.5 |
1. Strategic outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
2. Program activity: Canadian Health System
3. Name of recipient: Rick Hansen Man in Motion Foundation
4. Start date: April 1, 2007
5. End date: March 31, 2012 (possible extension to March 31, 2013)
6. Description: The Rick Hansen Man in Motion Foundation (RHF) is an independent, not-for-profit organization founded by Rick Hansen in 1988 to create solutions to improve the lives of Canadians with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to drive advances in SCI research. Funding is being used to implement the Strategy of the Rick Hansen Institute (RHI), namely to: (1) reduce the incidence and severity of permanent paralysis resulting from SCI; (2) increase the recovery of function following SCI; (3) reduce the incidence and severity of secondary complications associated with SCI; (4) increase the level of satisfaction with quality of life among Canadians with SCI; (5) enhance the customized response to the priority unmet needs of Canadians with SCI; and (6) establish a world class Canadian SCI registry and data management platform.
Total Funding | Prior Years' Funding | Planned Funding 2012-13 |
Planned Funding 2013-14 |
Planned Funding 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
7. Summary of annual plans of recipient: The current Funding Agreement with the RHF expires March 31, 2012. The RHF and RHI have requested a no-cost extension to the term of the Funding Agreement to March 31, 2013. The RHI has forecasted a projected surplus of $1,850,066 of the existing Health Canada investment, which it wants to use to continue funding to key projects that support the RHI's Strategy, as outlined in the Funding Agreement.
8. Link recipient's site: Rick Hansen Foundation; Rick Hansen Institute
1. Strategic outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
2. Program activity: Canadian health system
3. Name of recipient: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)
4. Start date: 1996-97
5. End date: N/A
6. Description: At the time of its establishment (1996-97), CHSRF received a $66.5 million endowment. In addition, it received additional federal grants for the following purposes:
1999: $25 million to support a ten-year program to develop capacity for research on nursing recruitment, retention, management, leadership and the issues emerging from health system restructuring (Nursing Research Fund or NRF)
1999: $35 million to support the CHSRF's participation in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
2003: $25 million to develop a program to equip health system managers and their organizations with the skills to find, assess, interpret and use research to better manage the Canadian health care system (Executive Training for Research Application or EXTRA) over a thirteen-year period.
CHSRF is an independent organization dedicated to accelerating healthcare improvement and transformation for Canadians. It collaborates with governments, policy makers, and health system leaders to convert evidence and innovative practices into actionable policies, programs, tools and leadership development.
CHSRF's work contributes to Health Canada's aim of strengthening the knowledge base to address current and emerging health care issues and priorities.
It should be noted that CHSRF's programs receive funding from other sources through various partnerships.
Total Funding | Prior Years' Funding | Planned Funding 2012-13 |
Planned Funding 2013-14 |
Planned Funding 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
151.5 | 1996 - 66.5 1999 - 60 2003 - 25 |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
7. Summary of annual plans of recipient: (Because CHSRF's 2012 program of work and budget will be submitted for approval to its Board of Trustees on 1 December 2011, the following information is subject to any final direction approved by trustees on that date.)
CHSRF will seek opportunities to work with jurisdictions and organizations which demonstrate leadership, innovation and readiness for change in how the healthcare of Canadians is delivered, financed and/or managed. Both cost-sharing and cost-recovery strategies will be pursued. The organization will work in collaboration with policy makers, health system leaders and decision makers to:
CHSRF's total 2012 operating budget is $11,906,142. In 2012, CHSRF's activities will be grouped into four key program areas in support of CHSRF's mission. Products and services will be offered under each of these program areas:
This program area develops and mobilizes capacity to redesign and improve healthcare, and provides evidence-informed strategic leadership and support in:
Activities will include:
This program area will:
Activities will include:
This program area:
Activities will include:
In order to generate high quality evaluative evidence to demonstrate CHSRF's results, this program area provides the following services:
With the launch in 2012 of a series of new programs, CHSRF needs to achieve quick recognition and uptake of these programs. The organization will focus on communicating the new programs and new corporate direction to CHSRF's target audiences with the goals of: 1) creating recognition of the value of CHSRF in accelerating healthcare improvement and transformation for Canadians; and 2) articulating how CHSRF's programs are interconnected and convert evidence and innovative practices into actionable policies, programs, tools and leadership development.
8. Link recipient's site: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
1. Strategic outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
2. Program activity: Canadian Health System
3. Name of recipient: Canada Health Infoway (Infoway)
4. Start date: March 31, 2001(a)
5. End date: March 31, 2015(b)
6. Description: Canada Health Infoway Inc. (Infoway) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation established in 2001 to accelerate the development of electronic health technologies such as electronic health records, telehealth and public health surveillance systems on a pan-Canadian basis. Its Corporate Members are the 14 federal, provincial and territorial Deputy Ministers of Health.
Since 2001, the Government of Canada has committed the following funding allocations: $500 million in 2001 in support of the September 2000 First Ministers' Action Plan for Health System Renewal to strengthen a Canada-wide health infostructure, with the electronic health record (EHR) as a priority; $600 million in the First Ministers' Health Accord of February 2003, to accelerate implementation of the EHR and Telehealth; $100 million as part of Budget 2004 to support development of a pan-Canadian health surveillance system; and $400 million as part of Budget 2007 to support continued work on EHRs and wait times reductions. Also, as announced in Budget 2009 and confirmed in Budget 2010, Canada's Economic Action Plan allocated an additional $500 million to Infoway, to support continued implementation of EHRs, implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) in physicians' offices, and integration of points of service with the EHR system. In March 2010, Health Canada and Infoway signed a related funding agreement, which includes enhanced accountability provisions.
It is anticipated that Infoway's approach, where federal, provincial and territorial governments participate toward a goal of modernizing electronic health information systems, will reduce costs and improve the quality of health care and patient safety in Canada through coordination of effort, avoidance of duplication and errors, and improved access to patient data.
Total Funding | Prior Years' Funding | Planned Funding 2012-13 |
Planned Funding 2013-14 |
Planned Funding 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
$2,100.00 | $1,580.44(c) | To be determined(d) | To be determined(d) | To be determined(d) |
7. Summary of annual plans of recipient: Infoway's overarching goal is as follows:
By 2010, every province and territory and the populations they serve will benefit from new health information systems that will help transform their health care delivery system. Further, by 2010, the electronic health records of 50 per cent of Canadians and by 2016, those of 100 per cent of Canadians, will be available to their authorized health care professional.
As of March 31, 2011, 50% of Canadians have an EHR available to their health care professionals, and electronic health tools are in place in every province and territory. Infoway is continuing to work with provincial and territorial partners towards full availability of EHRs.
In its 2011-12 Summary Corporate Plan, Infoway indicated the following four key objectives which will continue into 2012-13:
8. Link recipient's site: Canada Health Infoway
1. Strategic outcome: A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
2. Program activity: Canadian Health System
3. Name of recipient: Mental Health Commission of Canada -- Conditional Grant to support Research Demonstration Projects in Mental Health and Homelessness
4. Start date: March 31, 2008
5. End date: March 31, 2013
6. Description: As part of Budget 2008, the federal government provided $110 million in funding to the MHCC to support five research demonstration projects in mental health and homelessness over five years (2008 - 2013). Projects are underway in Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver and each site is exploring issues related to various sub-populations. The overall goal of this initiative is to provide evidence about what services and systems could best help people who are living with a mental illness and are homeless.
Expected outcomes:
Total Funding | Prior Years' Funding | Planned Funding 2012-13 |
Planned Funding 2013-14 |
Planned Funding 2014-15 |
---|---|---|---|---|
$110M | $110M | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Total funding of $110 M for this project was provided to the MHCC in 2008. The MHCC provides project forecast expenditures for each fiscal year in its annual business plan / corporate plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of its funding agreement.
7. Summary of annual plans of recipient: According to MHCC's Annual Report 2010-2011, Together We Can, as of March 2011, all five project sites had nearly reached their target enrollment. As of June 2011, the MHCC reported that the recruitment phase of the project was completed with 2,277 participants, of which 1158 have been housed at least once. The MHCC is planning for the next phase of the project which includes an increased focus on supporting individuals in their recovery and ongoing research and data collection.
Over the past year, efforts were made to ensure all five sites were implementing project protocols in order to improve quality control. On-site training was put in place to help project teams deal with challenges associated with providing services to vulnerable individuals. National training events for over 200 frontline staff took place in Moncton during June 2010 and in Vancouver during May 2011.
Several activities were initiated to share information about the project. For example, members presented at local and international conferences and an Early Findings Report was published in April 2010 which provides information on the participants and the preliminary impact of the Housing First approach. The MHCC continues to work on a plan to produce a video documentary about the project and At Home / Chez Soi's Montreal team hosted a delegation from France in order to share information about the project.
The At Home / Chez Soi Team developed metrics to rate the quality of housing for participants as well as measure the impact that adverse childhood events have had on participants. This is important for understanding the path to homelessness. Project team members also developed guidelines and suggestions to help project participants and the media interact in the best way.
Sustainability planning is underway as the project funding agreement with the federal government approaches expiry in 2013. A cross-site committee is leading this work and the MHCC continues to liaise with their partners to develop a transition plan for project participants. The objective of these efforts is to ensure project participants have places to live and the necessary supports at the end of the project; and that the research findings are used to inform public policy in the area of homelessness.
8. Link recipient's site: Mental Health Commission of Canada
(a) Infoway's original allocation (2001) was governed by a Memorandum of Understanding. Infoway is presently accountable for the provisions of four active funding agreements, signed in: March 2003 (encompasses 2001 and 2003 allocations), March 2004, March 2007, and March 2010. The first three allocations (totalling $1.2B) were provided as immediate lump sum disbursements, whereas the 2007 allocation ($400M) and 2010 allocation ($500M) are up-front multi-year funding, subject to specific conditions, with funds flowing to Infoway on an as-needed basis, at least annually (Infoway makes individual cash flow requests specific to those funding agreements).
(b) As per the 2010 funding agreement, the duration of the agreement is until the later of: the date upon which all Up-Front Multi-Year Funding provided has been expended, or March 31, 2015. The duration of the 2007 funding agreement is until the later of: the date upon which all Grant Funding provided has been expended, or March 31, 2012.
(c) This figure represents funds disbursed to Infoway since its creation in 2001 up to November 2011, including the immediate lump sum disbursements in 2001, 2003 and 2004 totalling $1.2 B, as well as funds disbursed through cash flow requests under the 2007 and 2010 funding agreements. This figure does not reflect additional cash flow requests that Infoway may submit between December 2011 and March 2012.
(d) As per both the 2007 and 2010 funding agreements, funds are to be disbursed according to the annual cash flow requirements identified by Infoway. These requirements are to be submitted to the Department no later than March 30, in advance of the upcoming fiscal year to which that cash flow statement applies. Also, Infoway can submit additional cash flow requests within a fiscal year, should the need for additional funding arise. Infoway has not provided an advance estimate of its 2012-13 to 2014-15 requirements.
Name of Internal Audit | Internal Audit Type | Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Fiscal Year 2011 - 2012 | |||
Audit of the investment plan | Corporate Performance Framework | In progress | June 2012 |
Audit of information technology application development and maintenance | Information Technology Management | In progress | June 2012 |
Audit of the management of scientific research | Quality or Program and Policy Analysis | In progress | June 2012 |
Audit of transfer payments to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health | Financial Management and Control | Planned | March 2013 |
Follow-up audit - Medical transportation | Quality or Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | September 2012 |
Audit of regional operations | Corporate Performance Framework | Planned | June 2013 |
Audit of key financial controls (annual) | Financial Management and Control | Planned | September 2012 |
Audit of financial statement readiness | Financial Management and Control | Planned | March 2013 |
Audit of privacy | Information Management | Planned | December 2012 |
Audit of natural health products | Quality or Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | December 2012 |
Audit of performance reporting/Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) Horizontal internal audit of compliance with the Policy on Management, Resources and Results Structure | OCG Horizontal Audits | Planned | March 2013 |
Audit of public service health program | Quality or Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | December 2012 |
Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 | |||
Audit of the implementation of the Chemical Management Plan | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | June 2013 |
Audit of Non-insured Health Benefits - Vision care, medical supplies, mental health | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of information technology planning | Information Technology Management | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of user fees for health products | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of transfer payments for First Nations and Inuit public health protection | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of regulatory compliance and enforcement activities | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Follow-up audit - Emergency management | Integrated Risk Management Framework | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of project management | Project Management | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of PeopleSoft | Information Technology Management | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of key financial controls (annual) | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of budgeting, expenditure monitoring and forecasting/OCG Horizontal internal audit of financial forecasting | OCG Horizontal Audits | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Audit of strategic operational review commitments | Managing Organizational Change | Planned | 2013-2014 |
OCG Horizontal internal audit of the efficiency of procurement and contracting practices | Procurement | Planned | 2013-2014 |
Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015 | |||
Audit of transfer payments to First Nations and Inuit health promotion and disease prevention | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of transfer payments for home and community care | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of transfer payments for First Nations and Inuit health system capacity | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Act | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of the grants and contributions Centre of expertise/OCG Horizontal internal audit of the grants and contributions management control framework - Phase 2 | OCG Horizontal Audits | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Follow-up audit - Pharmaceutical drugs | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of the departmental evaluation function | Corporate Performance Framework | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of key financial controls (annual) | Financial Management and Control | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of business continuity planning for mission critical systems | Security and Business Continuity Planning | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of outsourced information technology services | Information Technology Management | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of strategic operational review commitments | Managing Organizational Change | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Audit of biologics and radiopharmaceuticals | Quality of Program and Policy Analysis | Planned | 2014-2015 |
Name of Evaluation | Evaluation Type | Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Fiscal Year 2012 - 2013 | |||
Health Care Policy Contribution Program - Evaluation | 1.1 Canadian Health System | Ongoing | December 2012 |
International Health Grants Program including the contribution to the Pan-American Health Organization - Evaluation | 1.1.4 International Health Partnerships | Planned | December 2012 |
Official Languages Health Contribution Program -Evaluation | 1.3 Official Language Minority Community Development | Ongoing | September 2012 |
Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-13: Acting for the Future - Horizontal Evaluation (Heritage lead) | 1.3 Official Language Minority Community Development | Planned | March 2013 |
Implementation of the Agricultural Regulatory Action Plan element of Growing Forward - Horizontal Evaluation (AAFC lead) | 2.1.1 Pharmaceutical Drugs 2.2 Food Safety and Nutrition |
Planned | March 2013 |
Veterinary Drugs Program - Evaluation | 2.1.1 Pharmaceutical Drugs 2.2.1 Food Safety |
Ongoing | March 2013 |
Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Program - Evaluation | 2.1.2 Biologics & Radiopharmaceuticals | Planned | December 2012 |
Medical Devices Program - Evaluation | 2.1.3 Medical Devices | Ongoing | March 2013 |
Federal Contaminated Sites - Horizontal Evaluation (EC and TBS lead) | 2.3 Environmental Risks to Health 3.1.2.2 First Nations and Inuit Environmental Health |
Planned | March 2013 |
Consumer and Pesticide Products - Evaluation | 2.4 Consumer Products Safety 2.6.2 Radiation Emitting Devices 2.7 Pesticide Safety |
Ongoing | September 2012 |
Enhancing Access to Pest Management Tools - Evaluation | 2.7 Pesticide Safety | Planned | March 2013 |
Drug Treatment Funding Program of the National Anti-Drug Strategy - Evaluation | 2.5.2 Controlled Substances | Planned | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit Mental Health and Addictions - Cluster Evaluation | 3.1.1.2 First Nations and Inuit Mental Wellness | Ongoing | September 2012 |
First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan - Horizontal Evaluation (INAC lead) | 3.1.2.2 First Nations and Inuit Environmental Health | Planned | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit Clinical and Client Care - Evaluation | 3.1.3.1 First Nations and Inuit Clinical and Client Care | Planned | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care - Evaluation | 3.1.3.2 First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care | Planned | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit BC Tripartite Implementation Funding - Evaluation | 3.3.1.1 First Nations and Inuit Nursing Innovation | Ongoing | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit Health Human Resources -Evaluation | 3.3.1.2 First Nations and Inuit Health Human Resources | Planned | March 2013 |
First Nations and Inuit Nursing Innovation -Evaluation | 3.3.2.3 First Nations and Inuit Nursing Innovation | Planned | March 2013 |
Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 | |||
Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan (FCSAP) - Horizontal Evaluation (HC Lead) | 1.1 Canada Health System 2.1 Health Products 2.2 Food Safety and Nutrition 2.4 Consumer Products Safety 2.6 Radiation Protection 2.7 Pesticide Safety |
Planned | March 2014 |
Women's Health Contribution Program - Evaluation | 1.1.1 Health System Priorities | Planned | December 2013 |
Cabinet Directive on Streamlining Regulation (CDSR) - Horizontal Evaluation (TBS lead) | 2. Canadian are informed of and protected from health risks associated with food, products, substances and environments, and are informed of the benefits of healthy eating | Planned | March 2014 |
Human Drugs Program -Evaluation | 2.1.1 Pharmaceutical Drugs | Planned | September 2013 |
Strategy for Managing BSE in Canada - Evaluation (CFIA lead) | 2.1.1 Pharmaceutical Drugs 2.1.2 Biologics & Radiopharmaceuticals 2.1.4 Natural Health Products 2.2.1 Food Safety |
Planned | March 2014 |
Biologics Program - Evaluation | 2.1.2 Biologics & Radiopharmaceuticals | Planned | June 2013 |
Implementation of an action plan to protect human health from environmental contaminants - Horizontal Evaluation (Health Canada lead) | 2.3.1 Climate Change 2.3.2 Air Quality 2.3.4 Health Impacts of Chemicals 3.1.2.2 First Nations and Inuit Environmental Health |
Planned | December 2013 |
Water Quality Program - Evaluation | 2.3.3 Water Quality | Planned | March 2014 |
First Nations and Inuit Healthy Child Development - Evaluation | 3.1.1.1 First Nations and Inuit Healthy Child Development | Planned | March 2014 |
First Nations and Inuit Mental Wellness - Evaluation | 3.1.1.2 First Nations and Inuit Mental Wellness | Planned | March 2014 |
First Nations and Inuit Healthy Living - Evaluation | 3.1.1.3 First Nations and Inuit Healthy Living | Planned | March 2014 |
Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015 | |||
Genomics Research and Development Initiative - Horizontal Evaluation (NRC lead) | 1.1.3 Emergent Health Issues | Planned | December 2014 |
Drug Strategy Community Initiative Fund (DSCIF) - Evaluation | 2.5.2 Controlled Substances | Planned | March 2015 |
First Nations and Inuit Communicable Disease Control and Management - Evaluation | 3.1.2.1 First Nations and Inuit Communicable Disease Control and Management | Planned | March 2015 |
First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits - Evaluation | 3.2 First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits | Planned | March 2015 |
1. Name of User Fee | 2. Fee Type | 3. Fee-setting Authority | 4. Reason for Planned Introduction of or Amendment to Fee | 5. Effective Date of Planned Change | 6. Consultation and Review Process Planned |
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Right to Sell Drugs Fees | Regulatory Service (R) | Financial Administration Act (FAA) |
The User Fees Proposal was approved by the senate in May 2010. Regulations for updated fees came into force April 1, 2011. Both the original consultation and the User Fee Proposal included a provision for a 2% annual increase to accommodate inflation. The annual increase helps provide stable and sustainable resourcing of these regulatory programs. It is applied the 1st of every April, starting in 2012. |
2% annual increase: April 1st of every year, commencing in 2012. |
All reviews and consultations for the updated fees were done in accordance with the User Fees Act. The User Fee Proposal of 2010, states that a review of user fees will be undertaken every three years. Pending the outcome of the review, to be completed by 2014-15, a process, in accordance with the requirements of the User Fees Act, to update fees will be undertaken. |
Drug Establishment Licensing Fees | R | FAA | |||
Drug Submission Evaluation Fees | R | FAA | |||
Medical Device License Application Fees | R | FAA | |||
Right to Sell Medical Device Fees | R | FAA | |||
Medical Device Establishment Licensing Fees | R | FAA | |||
Fees to be paid for Pest Control Product Application Examination Services | R | Pest Control Products Act | Update Fee Structure as recommended by the Treasury Board Secretariat mandated Cost Recovery Initiative Evaluation, which was completed in 2005. | Targeted for April 1, 2014 |
Begin stakeholder consultation, via multiple communication vehicles, in Spring 2012. In 2012-13, update regulations and the Branch cost recovery policy, and notify stakeholders. |
Fees to be paid for the right or privilege to manufacture or sell a pest control product in Canada and for establishing a Maximum Residue Limit in relation to a pest control product. | R | Financial Administration Act |