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Economic and Fiscal Policy Framework

Program code
BLH00 (FIN)
Core responsibility
A strong economy and sound public finances for Canadians.
In Departmental Plans
Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2010-11 – 2017-18

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2010-11. 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).

2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Economic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2010-11: -$33.2MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2011-12: $93MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2012-13: $81.3MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2013-14: $91MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2014-15: $125MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2015-16: $63.5MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2016-17: $69.9MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework 2017-18: $77.8MEconomic and Fiscal Policy Framework
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Economic and Fiscal Policy FrameworkThis program2010-11 – 2017-18$568M

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

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2011-12Spending $93M, against -$33.2M in 2010-11 (+380%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2014-15Spending $125M, against $91M in 2013-14 (+37%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2015-16Spending $63.5M, against $125M in 2014-15 (−49%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2013-14: $91M2013-142014-15: $125M2014-152015-16: $63.5M2015-162016-17: $69.9M2016-172017-18: $77.8M2017-18
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2013-14—$91M
2014-15—$125M
2015-16—$63.5M
2016-17—$69.9M
2017-18—$77.8M

Employees (FTEs)

2013-14: 5102013-14: 4672013-142014-15: 4812014-15: 4532014-152015-16: 4572015-16: 4372015-162016-17: 4502016-17: 4402016-172017-18: 4642017-18: 4762017-18
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2013-14510467
2014-15481453
2015-16457437
2016-17450440
2017-18464476

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
Actual

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