Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Trade Policy, Agreements, Negotiations and Disputes
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVC01 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Trade and Investment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Trade Policy, Agreements, Negotiations and Disputes program works to build and safeguard and open and inclusive rules-based trading system, and maintain open markets for Canada. This is achieved by negotiating and implementing international trade, investment and air transportation agreements, as well as lowering and otherwise resolving market access barriers, and addressing trade disputes through participation in international trade dispute-resolution mechanisms. Policy development, including on progressive approaches to trade policy, also supports opening markets for Canada, and contributes to a more inclusive rules-based global trading system. Maintaining open markets, lowering barriers to trade, and advancing a rules-based trading framework are integral to helping Canadian businesses operate internationally and access international markets in a stable and predictable environment.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Policy, Agreements, Negotiations and Disputes | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $442M |
| Trade Policy and Negotiations | Later program (name match, medium confidence) | 2025-26 – 2027-28 | — |
| Trade Policy and Negotiations | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Appears to be replaced by Trade Policy and Negotiations | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $48.3M, against $77.3M in 2024-25 (−38%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 2019 | 4 Minimum tolerated (met) value: 4 Target met. | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4 | 2020 | 4 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 4 | 2021 | 4 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 4 | 2022 | 4 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4 | 2023 | 4 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 4 | 2024 | 4 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 4 | 2025 | 4 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 4 | 2019 | 4 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4 | 2020 | 4 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 4 | 2021 | 4 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 4 | 2022 | 4 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4 | 2023 | 4 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 4 | 2024 | 4 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 4 | 2025 | 4 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $38M | $64.4M |
| 2019-20 | $71.4M | $58.9M |
| 2020-21 | $59.9M | $57.4M |
| 2021-22 | $63.2M | $56.7M |
| 2022-23 | $63.6M | $63.2M |
| 2023-24 | $42.4M | $64.3M |
| 2024-25 | $70.5M | $77.3M |
| 2025-26 | $48.3M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $48.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 264 | 330 |
| 2019-20 | 281 | 278 |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 261 |
| 2021-22 | 254 | 243 |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 279 |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 290 |
| 2024-25 | 296 | 297 |
| 2025-26 | 248* | — |
| 2026-27 | 248* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $38,026,240 | $37,765,426 | $37,767,754 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $71,413,587 | $59,381,440 | $59,330,159 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $59,882,970 | $60,179,016 | $60,260,172 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $63,181,699 | $63,262,376 | $42,205,610 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $63,578,711 | $42,230,515 | $42,252,090 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $42,409,407 | $42,414,681 | $42,445,166 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $70,463,375 | $48,257,410 | $48,348,754 | ||||||
| Actual | $64,444,977 | $58,871,148 | $57,415,199 | $56,739,105 | $63,174,609 | $64,330,793 | $77,337,705 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
