Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Statutory, Legislative and Policy Support to First Nations Governance
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXP13 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Governance and Community Development Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2020-21 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Program has at its foundation the administration of the governance provisions of the Indian Act, and the First Nations Elections Act, which includes:
• Training and supporting electoral officers in the conduct of First Nation elections held under the election rules of the Indian Act and the First Nations Elections Act
• Receiving, reviewing, investigating and making recommendations on appeals of elections held under the Indian Act (which is required by the statute)
• Supporting First Nations in developing and ratifying their own community election codes under the Conversion to Community Election System Policy
In administering these responsibilities, the program provides the support First Nations require to hold solid, open and transparent elections in accordance with the rules and procedures established in the statutes. With solid uncontested elections, First Nations governments have the legitimacy and one of the foundational elements to govern effectively and make decisions for the good of their communities. The program also supports First Nations in examining alternative electoral systems (First Nations Elections Act or community election codes).
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory, Legislative and Policy Support to First Nations Governance | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $10.6M |
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.
No significant changes detected.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 68.5% | 2021 | 77.1% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 68.5% | 2022 | 77.9% Nine additional First Nations opted out of the Indian Act election system (four converting to custom election codes and five to First Nations Elections Act). | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 68.5% | 2023 | 55.5% Five additional First Nations opted out of the Indian Act election system (two converting to custom election codes and three to First Nations Elections Act). | Not 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | $3.5M |
| 2020-21 | $3.9M | $3.3M |
| 2021-22 | $4M | $2.1M |
| 2022-23 | $4M | $1.7M |
| 2023-24 | $4M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 18 |
| 2020-21 | 21 | 19 |
| 2021-22 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022-23 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023-24 | 19* | — |
| 2024-25 | 19* | — |
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 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 plan | $3,903,831 | $3,903,831 | $3,903,831 | ||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,972,389 | $3,973,170 | $3,973,167 | ||
| 2022-23 plan | $3,978,868 | $3,978,866 | $3,978,865 | ||
| Actual | $3,261,264 | $2,122,622 | $1,689,466 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
