Program directory · Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Access to the Communications System

Department

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Program code

BRT02 (CRTC)

Core responsibility

Regulate and Supervise the Communications System

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This program focuses on promoting competition and investment to deliver reliable, affordable and high-quality Internet and cellphone services to Canadians. More specifically, guided by its legislative mandate, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission regulates where market forces are not sufficient to ensure Canadians benefit from increased choice and affordable telecommunications services, investment in high-quality networks and connectivity for rural, remote and Indigenous communities. Such regulatory measures include requiring large incumbent telephone and cable companies to provide essential wholesale telecommunications services to their competitors in a manner that encourages ongoing investment and innovation, as well as more choice for Canadians for such services.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.