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Program directory · Public Prosecution Service of Canada

Compliance and Enforcement

Program code
BRE01 (ODPP)
Core responsibility
Electoral Compliance and Enforcement
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

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 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Compliance and Enforcement 2018-19: $4.6MCompliance and Enforcement 2019-20: $7.5MCompliance and Enforcement 2020-21: $7.1MCompliance and Enforcement 2021-22: $6.5MCompliance and Enforcement
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
Compliance and EnforcementThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$4.6M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 45, against 0 in 2019-20 (—).FTEs (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

Number and percentage of complaints resulting in compliance measures, broken down by type of measure.
Expected result: Compliance and enforcement activities under the Canada Elections Act contribute to the integrity of the electoral process.
100%2018-19✓ met80%2019-20– no result

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 80%2020—
On April 1, 2019, a notice was given in the Canada Gazette, making it official that the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections (OCCE) was transferred back to Elections Canada, pursuant to section 401 of An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts.
No result reported
Number and percentage of complaints resulting in formal criminal enforcement measures.
Expected result: Compliance and enforcement activities under the Canada Elections Act contribute to the integrity of the electoral process.
100%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%2019100%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

2018-19: $3.1M2018-19: $4.6M2018-192019-20: $7.5M2019-202020-21: $7.1M2020-212021-22: $6.5M2021-22
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
2018-19$3.1M$4.6M
2019-20$7.5M—
2020-21$7.1M*—
2021-22$6.5M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 222018-19: 242018-192019-20: 452019-20: 02019-202020-21: 452020-212021-22: 452021-22
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
2018-192224
2019-20450
2020-2145*—
2021-2245*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$3,131,426$3,102,426$3,239,426
2019-20 plan$7,478,571$7,133,571$6,538,268
Actual$4,596,852

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

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