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Departmental plan 2024–25

Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada

Plans at a glance

This plan describes our priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.

Vision, raison d’être and mandate

Our vision

Lobbying of federal officials is done transparently and ethically.

Raison d’être and operating context

Our Office exists to support the Commissioner of Lobbying in regulating lobbying at the federal level.

The Commissioner of Lobbying is an independent agent of Parliament and reports directly to Parliament.

Mandate and role

Canada's federal lobbying regime sets requirements and standards for the transparent and ethical lobbying of federal officials.

We support the Commissioner of Lobbying in administering the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct.

Our primary responsibilities include:

  • maintaining and enhancing the Registry of Lobbyists
  • developing and offering education and information resources to expand awareness and understanding of the lobbying regime and compliance obligations
  • conducting compliance work that supports respect of the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct

Key priorities

Our plans for 2024-25 and beyond continue to support good governance and trust in government institutions.

Ultimately, we aim to continuously strengthen lobbying regulation by:

  • maintaining and enhancing the Registry of Lobbyists, the searchable source of regulated lobbying and related information filed in accordance with the Lobbying Act
  • providing registration support and sharing appropriate advice with stakeholders
  • ensuring stakeholders have access to clear guidance
  • expanding awareness and understanding of the lobbying regime and compliance obligations through education
  • verifying that registrants, lobbyists and former designated officials are compliant with federal lobbying requirements
  • conducting investigations when necessary so that the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct are respected
  • sharing our regulatory expertise with Canadians, parliamentarians and regulatory peers (domestic and international) to help foster common and effective lobbying standards at all levels

In addition, we focus on maintaining a work environment that enables excellence and that delivers value to Canadians. We nurture collaboration, innovation and respect and support our team in being knowledgeable, skilled, engaged and productive.

Highlights for 2024-25

Our sole core responsibility — the regulation of lobbying — supports our strategic organizational results, which are as follows:

  • lobbyists, registrants, federal officials and the public understand the federal lobbying regime
  • registrants report regulated lobbying in the Registry of Lobbyists as required by the Lobbying Act
  • regulated individuals respect federal lobbying requirements

To fulfill our core responsibility in 2024-25, we are dedicating $4.44 million (about 72%) of our $6.15 million total budget to a single unified program focused on registration, education and compliance.

Approximately 85% of the money allocated to our core responsibility goes towards salaries and benefits for the equivalent of 30 employees. These employees work directly on the Registry of Lobbyists, registration support, education and compliance.

Table 1 — Summary of key plans for our core responsibility
Regulation of lobbying planning highlights for 2024-25
Registration
  • improve the Registry of Lobbyists and related support documentation to make it simpler and easier to understand what information and details must be filed
  • connect related information about lobbying that is filed in a registration (linking the description of matters lobbied about, subject-matter categories and government institutions lobbied)
Education
  • issue general advisory notes on applying the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
  • develop new online content about lobbying (videos, learning modules, etc.)
  • share the Commissioner's recommendations for improving the Lobbying Act and its regulations with parliamentarians
Compliance
  • address recurring and emerging compliance issues, such as late filings in the Registry

More information about the regulation of lobbying is available below.

Message from the Commissioner

Canada's federal lobbying regime will mark its 35th year in September 2024.

First enacted as the Lobbyists Registration Act in 1989, today's Lobbying Act evolved over its first two decades to enable and require transparent and ethical lobbying of federal officials. Despite having some weaknesses, the legislation provides for lobbying transparency and ethical behaviour standards that contribute to a healthy democracy.

Given that more than 15 years have passed since the Lobbying Act and its regulations were updated, my team and I continue to explore possible improvements so that our federal lobbying regime can continue to remain effective and be the best of its kind.

Since this is the last year of my 7-year term as Commissioner of Lobbying, I will share my most recent recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes later this year to support parliamentarians in developing future updates to the Lobbying Act.

As we begin 2024-25, I highlight that in recent years our budget has been modestly increased to enable our team to grow to 37 positions.

As a micro-organization that operated with no more than 28 staff for most of its existence, having 9 more employees enhances our capacity to operate and improve the Registry, to offer and deliver education and information about regulated lobbying to stakeholders, and to perform compliance work as the number of registered lobbyists and volumes of lobbying continue to increase.

Through the careful and responsible management of our limited resources, we deliver on our mandate while adapting as best we can to emerging issues and increasing workloads.

What we achieve is not possible without the perseverance of my team, and I remain impressed and grateful for their dedication to our work.

I stress how thankful I am for everything the team does to deliver value and excellence to the people of Canada while also developing and maintaining a truly exceptional work environment.

I am pleased to present this plan, which shares information about our mandate and our priorities for 2024-25 with parliamentarians and our many stakeholders.

Nancy Bélanger

Nancy Bélanger

Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada

February 2024

Regulation of lobbying

Reflecting our mandate set by the Lobbying Act, we organize our main work around one single core responsibility delivered through one program:

Core responsibility:

Regulation of lobbying

Program:

Registration, education and compliance

Description

The federal lobbying regime sets requirements and standards for the transparent and ethical lobbying of federal officials. The Commissioner of Lobbying with the support of the Office administers the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct.

Our primary responsibilities include:

  • maintaining and enhancing the Registry of Lobbyists
  • expanding awareness and understanding of the lobbying regime and compliance obligations through education
  • conducting compliance work that supports respect of federal lobbying requirements

Quality of life impacts

Canada’s Quality of Life Framework enables the federal government to identify future priorities and to build on previous actions in order to improve decision making and budgeting.

Under good governance, the framework recognizes that it is important in a well-functioning democracy that all individuals have their fundamental rights and freedoms respected, are able to participate in civil society, and know that their voices are being heard. Having public institutions that are trusted to function effectively and treat all people impartially can help ensure that people in Canada feel safe and have access to the public services they need.

Results linked to the regulation of lobbying relate most closely to the framework’s confidence in institutions indicator, under the good governance domain.

Results and targets

These tables show indicators and results – actual and planned – for each of our three result areas.

Table 2A — Lobbyists, registrants, federal officials and the public understand the federal lobbying regime
Indicator 2020-21 result 2021-22 result 2022-23 result Target for 2024-25 Date to achieve
Change in level of understanding reported by participants after an educational session
(on a 7-point scale)
2.2 2.6 2.5 At least 2 31 March 2025
Percentage of participants reporting a high level of understanding after an educational session
(5 or more on a 7-point scale)
83 % 84 % 89 % At least 80% 31 March 2025
Table 2B — Registrants report regulated lobbying in the Registry of Lobbyists as required by the Lobbying Act
Indicator 2020-21 result 2021-22 result 2022-23 result Target for 2024-25 Date to achieve
Percentage of new registrations filed on time 96 % 95 % 95 % At least 90% 31 March 2025
Percentage of registrations not requiring correction 80 % 81 % 81 % At least 75% 31 March 2025
Percentage of communications filed on time 92 % 94 % 94 % At least 90% 31 March 2025
Percentage of verified communications not requiring correction 89 % 87 % 88 % At least 90% 31 March 2025
Table 2C — Regulated individuals respect federal lobbying requirements
Indicator 2020-21 result 2021-22 result 2022-23 result Target for 2024-25 Date to achieve
Percentage of registrants and lobbyists who are not subject to a compliance activity * - - - At least 95% 31 March 2025

* New indicator effective April 1, 2023.

Financial, human resources and performance information for our program inventory is available on GC InfoBase.

Plans to achieve

Registration

We maintain and continuously improve the Registry of Lobbyists — the searchable source of information about lobbying activities reported by registrants as required by the Lobbying Act. Through the online Registry, the public can learn about lobbying taking place at the federal level.

Table 3A — Registry of Lobbyists
Our Registry of Lobbyists plans
2024-25
  • improve the Registry and related support documentation to make it simpler and easier to understand what information and details must be filed
  • connect related information about lobbying that is filed in a registration (linking the description of matters lobbied about, subject-matter categories and government institutions lobbied)
2025-26 and beyond
  • introduce templates to help registrant representatives manage multiple consultant lobbyist registrations for the same client
Every year
  • improve the user experience and accessibility of the system based on user feedback
  • enhance reports and statistics to help users find information filed in the Registry
  • improve the usability of the downloadable open data files containing all information filed in the Registry

Education

Awareness and understanding of the federal lobbying regime and compliance obligations are expanded by publishing educational material and providing information sessions.

Lobbyists, registrants, federal officials and other stakeholders are offered ongoing support and advice – including on how to use the Registry and how to comply with the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct.

Table 3B — Education
Our education plans
2024-25
  • issue general advisory notes on applying the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
  • develop new online content about lobbying (videos, learning modules, etc.)
  • share recommendations for improving the Lobbying Act and its regulations with parliamentarians
2025-26 and beyond
  • assess and further enhance delivery of our registration and advisory services
  • expand educational reach through partnerships, such as through the Canada School for Public Service and academic institutions
Every year
  • offer registrants timely and appropriate registration support
  • refine our interpretation on application of the Lobbying Act so that stakeholders have access to clear, comprehensive guidance
  • improve and develop our educational information and offerings
  • engage with a wide range of stakeholders with an ongoing focus to reach even more groups and individuals

Compliance

We enhance respect for federal lobbying requirements through our compliance work, such as verifications to ensure that registrants file information correctly and on time.

Concerns about non compliance are addressed and we investigate when the Commissioner believes it is necessary to ensure compliance with the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct; if the Commissioner discovers reasonable grounds to believe an offence has occurred, the matter is referred to the appropriate police authority. At the conclusion of an investigation, findings are reported to Parliament.

Table 3C — Compliance
Our compliance plans
2024-25
  • address recurring and emerging compliance issues, such as late filings in the Registry
  • analyze a 2023-24 evaluation of our compliance work and implement or revise work methods accordingly
Every year
  • conduct efficient and timely compliance work in an independent, fair and impartial manner, supported by rigorous and continuously improved practices
  • report on completed investigations

Key risks

We are committed to delivering on our mandate to support ethical and transparent lobbying of federal officials while also meeting important organizational obligations. With the ongoing evolution and growth of federal accountability measures, our capacity becomes ever more strained to deliver both our mandate and the same organizational expectations and accountability reporting as government departments many times our size.

Because we do not have the levels of financial resources or the depth of human resources comparable to those of other federal organizations, the unavoidable allocation of program resources to meet organizational accountability measures risks our ability to adequately fulfill our core responsibility.

Depth of capacity is a primary risk for our organization. While somewhat mitigated by the modest increases to our funding levels in Budget 2021 and Budget 2023, as a small organization our ability to reallocate resources is limited. This raises the risk of failure or delays in key areas such as education, policy, and communications. Similar challenges may develop when we face an increase in the volume or complexity of compliance matters.

Other ongoing organizational risks relate to adequately maintaining the Registry of Lobbyists, safeguarding the cybersecurity of our systems, relying on other organizations to obtain services that we cannot deliver ourselves because of our small size and minimal resourcing levels, and always ensuring the appropriate running of our information technology and information management systems.

Planned resources

Snapshot of our core responsibility resources planned for 2024–25:

Planned spending:

$4.44 million

Planned full-time resources:

30 positions — $3.76 million (85%) of core responsibility spending

Related government priorities

Gender-based analysis plus

Stakeholders providing feedback on our educational sessions are routinely invited to provide GBA Plus information on a voluntary basis. Analysis of this data informs changes to improve the inclusiveness and accessibility of our services and educational resources.

United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

We align with the United Nations’ sustainable development goal on peace, justice and strong institutions (Goal 16). We are committed to sharing our expertise in lobbying regulation with provincial and international counterparts to help foster effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Common goals of transparency and accountability in the principles of lobbying registration and compliance support the development of open standards that can strengthen democratic systems.

Program inventory

Our core responsibility is supported by our one and only program: Registration, education and compliance.

Supporting information on our planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to our program inventory is available on GC InfoBase.

Internal services

Our ability to deliver on our mandate and fulfill corporate obligations relies on a number of internal services, the majority of which we obtain through paid arrangements with other federal organizations.

Functional area:

Internal services

Results focus:

Team and work environment

Description

As a micro-organization operating with a limited budget, we rely on and pay for a number of services we obtain from federal partners. Our service providers include Public Services and Procurement Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Parole Board of Canada and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Reflecting our operational reality, our internal services include:

  • acquisition management
  • financial management
  • human resources management
  • information management
  • information technology
  • materiel management
  • management and oversight
  • real property management

Unlike most federal organizations, we allocate communications, legal and a substantial portion of information technology resources directly to our core responsibility. These particular resources are necessary to fulfill our mandate set by the Lobbying Act, and are used to maintain the Registry of Lobbyists, deliver educational services and review compliance with lobbying requirements.

Plans to achieve

Our team and work environment enables excellence and delivers value to Canadians through collaboration, innovation and respect. We support our employees in being knowledgeable, skilled, engaged and productive.

Table 4 — Internal services
Our team and work environment plans
2024-25
  • create and implement an integration program for new employees
  • enhance our compliance case management system
  • deliver change management training to support future transition to a new organizational head
  • review and update our organizational values and ethics code as needed following the Clerk of the Privy Council's review of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector
Every year
  • support the wellbeing of our employees, with particular attention to wellness and mental health initiatives
  • encourage diversity, equity and inclusion through training, awareness products and activities
  • reduce and prevent barriers to the accessibility of our program, services and work environment
  • support career development and employee retention through training and mentorship opportunities

Planned resources

Snapshot of our internal services resources planned for 2024–25:

Planned spending:

$1.71 million

Planned full-time resources:

7 positions — $889,000 (52%) of internal services spending

In 2024-25, we plan to spend $524,000 (31%) on services obtained from our federal partners and $299,000 (17%) on the purchase of goods and professional services. The remaining $889,000 (52%) funds 7 employee positions mainly related to acquisition, finance, information management, information technology, and management/oversight functions.

Related government priorities

Accessibility

The Government of Canada aspires to have a public service that is accessible by default for the Canadian public, government institutions and their workforce. This is rooted in the belief that an inclusive public service is more innovative, efficient and productive.

We recognize the importance of eliminating barriers and obstacles to accessibility in order to achieve a diverse workforce, an accessible work environment and an equitable approach to working with Canadians.

In 2024-25, we plan to have a third party assess the accessibility of our website and the Registry of Lobbyists. Following this analysis, we will work to address any identified barriers to accessibility. We also plan to seek feedback directly from the users of our website and the Registry.

Contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses

The Government of Canada is committed to economic reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and will contribute to improve socio-economic outcomes by increasing opportunities for First Nations, Inuit and Métis businesses through the federal procurement process.

Our organization is identified as a phase 3 contributor to the Government’s commitment and target that a minimum of 5% of the total value of contracts is awarded to Indigenous businesses annually, in accordance with Appendix E to the Treasury Board Directive on the Management of Procurement.

To support meeting or exceeding this target, we plan to do the following in 2024-25:

  • administer and implement revised contracting protocols, resources, tools and forms to help us identify opportunities for Indigenous businesses
  • ensure tracking, oversight and reporting measures are followed

2024-25 planned result:

at least 5% off all awarded contracts

Sustainable development

In keeping with the purpose of the Federal Sustainable Development Act – to make decision making related to sustainable development more transparent and accountable to Parliament – we support goals laid out in the 2022 to 2026 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy through the activities described in our sustainable development strategy.

Our sustainable development vision focuses on actions within our reach and directly in line with our commitments under goals 10, 12 and 13 of the federal strategy. Our strategy is centred on effective actions that we can achieve alongside our regulatory mandate as set by the Lobbying Act.

Planned spending and human resources

Our planned spending and human resources for 2024-25 and next two fiscal years builds on results achieved in 2023-24 and the two previous years.

Amounts indicated in tables and the related explanations are in dollars rounded to the nearest thousand.

Spending

Planned spending for 2024-25

Table 5A — Planned spending
Spending by area
Table 5A — Text version
Regulation of lobbying Internal services
$4,442,000 $1,712,000

Actual spending in recent years

Expenditures for previous years are based on the Public Accounts of Canada published by the Receiver General for Canada. Spending for 2023-24 is forecasted based on actual and anticipated spending as of 31 December 2023.

Table 5B — Actual spending summary
Spending 2021–22
actual
2022–23
actual
2023–24
forecast
Regulation of lobbying $3,143,000 $3,681,000 $4,079,000
Internal services $1,511,000 $1,539,000 $1,591,000
Total $4,654,000 $5,220,000 $5,670,000

Relative to 2021-22, spending in 2022-23 increased by $566,000 (12%). For 2023-24, we forecast an increase of $450,000 (9%) relative to actual spending in 2022-23. Both increases relate to our staffing of new positions and higher expenditures on professional and special services.

Relative to the years before 2021-22, the increases in spending shown in the table were enabled by new funding provided in Budget 2021 and Budget 2023.

Budgetary planning

Amounts below are based on Main Estimates published by the President of the Treasury Board and reflect planned spending for upcoming years.

Table 5C — Budgetary planning summary
Spending 2024–25
budgetary
(Main Estimates)
2024–25
planned
2025–26
planned
2026–27
planned
Regulation of lobbying $4,357,000 $4,442,000 $4,315,000 $4,318,000
Internal services $1,599,000 $1,712,000 $1,663,000 $1,664,000
Total $5,956,000 $6,154,000 $5,978,000 $5,982,000

Relative to actual spending in recent years, planned spending for 2024-25 and ongoing years includes allocations from Budget 2023 that enable funding of 4 new positions to strengthen our educational and accountability functions.

Planned spending for 2024-25 includes a maximum allowed 5% carryforward of lapsed funds from 2023-24. This accounts for an additional $198,000 in spending along with the $5,956,000 allocated in the 2024-25 Main Estimates.

Funding

Organizational spending, 2021-22 to 2026-27

Amounts indicated in the graph reflect actual spending for 2021-22 and 2022-23, forecasted spending for 2023-24 and planned spending for 2024-25 and future years.

Table 6 — Organizational spending graph
Organizational spending graph
Table 6 — Text version
Year 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27
Statutory $380,000 $447,000 $574,000 $564,000 $567,000 $567,000
Voted $4,274,000 $4,773,000 $5,096,000 $5,590,000 $5,411,000 $5,415,000
Total $4,654,000 $5,220,000 $5,670,000 $6,154,000 $5,978,000 $5,982,000

In recent years, our planned and actual spending levels have varied due to adjustments that include:

  • allocation in Budget 2021 of additional funds of $556,000 for 2021-22 and $590,000 for 2022-23 and future years
  • allocation in Budget 2023 of additional funds of $278,000 for 2023-24 and $400,000 for 2024-25 and future years
  • for 2024-25, the inclusion of an estimated carryforward of $198,000 of unused funds from 2023-24
  • lower actual spending than allowed by authorities in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 because we could not staff some new positions despite ongoing staffing efforts

Estimates by vote

Information on our organizational appropriations is available in the 2024–25 Main Estimates.

Statement of operations

Our future-oriented statements of operations and associated notes provide financial information on our operations. They include a reconciliation of the net cost of operations with the requested authorities.

The forecast and planned amounts in the statements of operations are prepared on an accrual basis and are based on our audited financial statements. The forecast and planned amounts presented in other sections of this plan are prepared on an expenditure basis. Amounts may therefore differ.

The amounts below summarize the net cost of our operations for 2023-24 to 2024-25.

Table 7 — Condensed future-oriented statement of operations for the year ending 31 March 2025
Results 2023–24
forecast
2024–25
planned
Difference:
2024-25 minus 2023-24
Total expenses $6,612,000 $7,166,000 $554,000
Total revenues - - -
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers $6,612,000 $7,166,000 $554,000

The difference of $554,000 (8%) relates mainly to vacant positions during 2023-24. At the time when this report was prepared, we forecasted the 2023-24 lapse to be approximately $600,000 given delays in staffing.

In 2024-25, we expect a $633,000 increase in personnel costs linked to the filling of all vacant positions and a $89,000 decrease in operating professional and special services. The remaining amount is an approximate increase of $10,000, which represents consolidated adjustments to other operating expenses.

Human resources

Actual human resources

Numbers below for previous years reflect past results reports tabled in Parliament. The number for 2023-24 is forecasted based on actual and anticipated staffing as of 31 December 2023.

Table 8A — Actual human resources summary
Full-time equivalents (employees) 2021–22
actual
2022–23
actual
2023–24
forecast
Regulation of lobbying 21 23 24
Internal services 5 5 5
Total 26 28 29

In 2020-21, we were resourced for 28 positions. Budget 2021 increased this to 33 positions and by the end of 2021-22, our actual utilization was equivalent to 26 positions.

With labour market conditions and competition for specialized resources, staffing efforts continued to prove challenging in 2022-23 and 2023-24. We forecast our actual utilization to be 29 positions by the end of 2023-24.

Staffing and recruitment are a continuous top priority for management. As a micro-organization that is minimally resourced and that faces depth-of-capacity challenges, every departure and unfilled position has a real impact on our ability to fulfill our core responsibility and deliver on the wide range of organizational responsibilities that apply to all government departments, regardless of department size or resourcing.

Planned human resources

Numbers below reflect allocations made based on funding levels outlined in the Main Estimates published by the President of the Treasury Board.

Table 8B — Planned human resources summary
Full-time equivalents (employees) 2024–25
planned
2025–26
planned
2026–27
planned
Regulation of lobbying 30 30 30
Internal services 7 7 7
Total 37 37 37

Effective April 2024, we are resourced to staff 37 positions. This 11% increase compared to 33 planned positions in 2023-24 is enabled by new authorities allocated in Budget 2023. The 4 new positions will strengthen our educational and accountability functions.

Additional information

Organizational profile

Official name Office of Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
Institutional head Nancy Bélanger,
Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
Enabling instrument Lobbying Act — R.S.C., 1985, c. 44 (4th Supp.)
Year commenced 2008
Ministerial portfolio Treasury Board
Other For administrative purposes, the President of the Treasury Board tables our departmental plans and departmental results reports in Parliament.

Contact information

Mailing address Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
410 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 810
Ottawa ON   K1R 1B7
Telephone 613-957-2760
Fax 613-957-3078
Email info@lobbycanada.gc.ca
Website lobbycanada.gc.ca

Supplementary information

Information tables:

Sustainable development vision, commitments and actions:

Federal tax expenditures

This plan does not include information on tax expenditures.

Tax expenditures are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for government-wide tax expenditures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. It provides detailed information on tax expenditures, including objectives, historical background and references to related federal spending programs, as well as evaluations, research papers and gender-based analysis plus.

Definitions

appropriation (crédit)
Any authority of Parliament to pay money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
core responsibility (responsabilité essentielle)
An enduring function or role performed by a federal organization. Intentions with respect to a core responsibility are reflected in one or more related results that the organization seeks to contribute to or influence.
full time equivalent (équivalent temps plein)
A measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person year charge against a budget. Full time equivalents are calculated as a ratio of assigned hours of work to scheduled hours of work. Scheduled hours of work are set out in collective agreements.
gender-based analysis plus (analyse comparative entre les sexes plus)
An analytical tool used to support the development of responsive and inclusive policies, programs and other initiatives. GBA Plus is a process for understanding who is impacted by the issue or opportunity being addressed by the initiative; identifying how the initiative could be tailored to meet diverse needs of the people most impacted; and anticipating and mitigating any barriers to accessing or benefiting from the initiative. GBA Plus is an intersectional analysis that goes beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences to consider other factors, such as age, disability, education, ethnicity, economic status, geography, language, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
indicator (indicateur)
A factor or variable that provides a valid and reliable means to measure or describe progress on a result.
Indigenous business (entreprise autochtone)
As defined on the Indigenous Services Canada website in accordance with the Government of Canada’s commitment that a mandatory minimum target of 5% of the total value of contracts is awarded to Indigenous businesses annually.
departmental plan (plan ministériel)
A document that sets out an organization’s priorities, programs, expected results and associated resource requirements, covering a three year period beginning with the year indicated in the title of the report. Plans are usually tabled in Parliament each spring.
departmental results report (rapport sur les résultats ministériels)
A report on an organization’s actual performance in a fiscal year against its plans, priorities and expected results set out in its organizational plan for that year. Results Reports are usually tabled in Parliament each fall.
plan (plan)
The articulation of strategic choices, which provides information on how an organization intends to achieve its priorities and associated results. Generally, a plan will explain the logic behind the strategies chosen and tend to focus on actions that lead up to the expected result.
planned spending (dépenses prévues)
Refers to those amounts presented in the Main Estimates. An organization is expected to be aware of the authorities that it has sought and received. The determination of planned spending is a organizational responsibility, and organizations must be able to defend the expenditure and accrual numbers presented to Parliament.
program (programme)
Individual or groups of services, activities or combinations thereof that are managed together within an organization and that focus on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.
program inventory (répertoire des programmes)
An inventory of an organization’s programs that describes how resources are organized to carry out its core responsibilities and achieve its planned results.
result (résultat)
An external consequence attributed, in part, to an organization, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single organization, policy, program or initiative; instead, they are within the area of the organization’s influence.
statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives)
Expenditures that Parliament has approved through legislation other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose of the expenditures and the terms and conditions under which they may be made.
target (cible)
A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.
voted expenditures (dépenses votées)
Expenditures that Parliament approves annually through an appropriation act. The vote wording becomes the governing conditions under which these expenditures may be made.
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Catalogue No. Lo2-4E
ISSN 2816-2560

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Plan ministériel 2024-2025 (Commissariat au lobbying du Canada)

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