Program directory · Parole Board of Canada

Conditional Release Openness and Accountability

Department: Parole Board of Canada
Program code: BUB01 (NPB)
Core responsibility: Conditional Release Openness and Accountability
In Departmental Plans: 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This program ensures that the PBC operates in an open and accountable manner, consistent with the provisions of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. It includes working with victims of crime, offenders, and the public by providing information about our policies and programs, including access to the PBC's registry of decisions, as well as providing assistance for observers at hearings. The program also includes working to encourage citizen engagement, enhancing public education and awareness, investigating incidents in the community (i.e., when a new offence occurs), monitoring the PBC's performance and reporting on conditional release results.

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

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2017-18. 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).

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.

Program	Relation	Years with data	Actual spending over those years
Conditional Release Openness and Accountability	This program	2017-18 – 2028-29	$36.9M

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.

Year	What changed	Source
2019-20	Indicators dropped: The percentage of those who access the PBC's internet site that finds the information useful.	Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27	Indicators added: The percentage of observers that are satisfied with their experience.; The percentage of requests for information through the Decision Registry that are responded to within 30 days of receipt.; The percentage of victims that report PBC services positively impacted their participation in the federal corrections and conditional release systems.	Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27	Indicators dropped: The percentage of individuals (i.e., observers and victims) that are satisfied with the quality of the service and timeliness of the information provided.; The percentage of requests for information through the Decision Registry that are responded to in a timely manner.	Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)

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

The percentage of individuals (i.e., observers and victims) that are satisfied with the quality of the service and timeliness of the information provided.

Expected result: The timely exchange of relevant information with victims, offenders, observers, other components of the criminal justice system, and the general public.