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Program directory · Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada

Compliance and Enforcement

Program code
BVA03 (ORL)
Core responsibility
Regulation of lobbying
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 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).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Compliance and Enforcement 2017-18: $1.3MCompliance and Enforcement 2018-19: $1.1MCompliance and Enforcement 2019-20: $1.1MCompliance and Enforcement 2020-21: $1.2MCompliance and Enforcement 2021-22: $1.2MCompliance 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 program2017-18 – 2021-22$3.4M

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

Percentage of allegations of non-compliance that are assessed
Expected result: Individuals, corporations and organizations engaged in lobbying activity comply with the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
Percentage of exemption reviews for which the letter of intent is completed within 60 days
Expected result: Former designated public office holders who request exemptions to the five-year prohibition on lobbying receive timely decisions in order to facilitate compliance with the Lobbying Act
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
Percentage of individuals, corporations and organizations subject to compliance measures that remained in compliance or demonstrated improved compliance in the subsequent twelve month period
Expected result: Individuals, corporations and organizations engaged in lobbying activity comply with the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 95%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 95%2020100%Met
Percentage of individuals, corporations and organizations subject to verification that are found to be compliant with the Act
Expected result: Individuals, corporations and organizations engaged in lobbying activity comply with the Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
91%2018-19✓ met92%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201991%Met
2019-20≥ 90%202092%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

2017-18: $1.3M2017-182018-19: $1.1M2018-19: $1.1M2018-192019-20: $1.2M2019-20: $1.1M2019-202020-21: $1.2M2020-212021-22: $1.2M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18—$1.3M
2018-19$1.1M$1.1M
2019-20$1.2M$1.1M
2020-21$1.2M*—
2021-22$1.2M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2017-18: 82017-18: 82017-182018-19: 82018-19: 82018-192019-20: 82019-20: 82019-202020-21: 82020-212021-22: 82021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-1888
2018-1988
2019-2088
2020-218*—
2021-228*—

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$1,118,312$1,118,312$1,118,312
2019-20 plan$1,236,146$1,236,146$1,236,146
Actual$1,087,774$1,051,439

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