Program directory · Leaders’ Debates Commission
Leaders’ Debates
- Department
- Leaders’ Debates Commission
- Program code
- BXK01 (LDC)
- Core responsibility
- Organize Leaders’ Debates for federal general elections
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2025-26 · Missing from some plans
What it does
In order to execute its core responsibility to organize leaders’ debates, the Debates Commission will apply mandated criteria to confirm the participation of eligible party leaders in leaders’ debates during general election periods, negotiate broadcast requirements with broadcasters, ensure that Canadians have access to these broadcasts, and communicate with Canadians to ensure they are aware of when, where and how debates can be accessed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders’ Debates | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $9.4M |
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
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — Results are not currently available for this organization due to either the absence of a Departmental Plan or an exemption from producing a Departmental Results Report for this fiscal year. | No result reported |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — Results are not currently available for this organization due to either the absence of a Departmental Plan or an exemption from producing a Departmental Results Report for this fiscal year. | No result reported |
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 | — | $142K |
| 2019-20 | $4.6M | $3.7M |
| 2020-21 | — | $331K |
| 2021-22 | — | $3.2M |
| 2022-23 | — | $699K |
| 2023-24 | — | $644K |
| 2024-25 | — | $669K |
| 2025-26 | $3.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $0* | — |
| 2027-28 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 1 | — |
| 2021-22 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022-23 | 1 | — |
| 2023-24 | 2 | — |
| 2025-26 | 4 | — |
| 2026-27 | 0* | — |
| 2027-28 | 0* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $4,629,699 | $0 | $0 | |||
| 2025-26 plan | $3,522,889 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Actual | $3,732,870 | $330,748 | $3,206,396 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
