Program directory · Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Investigations
- Program code
- BXF02 (PCC)
- Core responsibility
- Independent review of the RCMP
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
Investigate a public complaint into RCMP conduct when it is in the public interest to do so; conduct a hearing into a public complaint when deemed necessary; initiate a review of a specified RCMP activity; provide an independent observer to investigations of serious incidents involving RCMP members.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investigations | This program | 2019-20 – 2027-28 | $9.7M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 0, against 28 in 2024-25 (−100%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 70% | 2020 | 0% The Commission completed its public interest investigation (PII) of the RCMP's handling of the death of Colten Boushie and delivered its interim report to the RCMP Commissioner in January 2020. The complexity and scope of these PIIs have challenged the Commission’s ability to meet the performance indicator targets outlined in the Departmental Results Framework. These targets recognize that to eff… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 70% | 2021 | 0% The complexity and scope of the CRCC’s public interest investigations and SARs, as well as the limitations placed on some aspects of investigative work by pandemic restrictions, challenged the CRCC’s ability to meet the performance indicator targets outlined in the Departmental Results Framework. These targets recognize that to effectively address public concerns about the RCMP, investigations an… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 70% | 2022 | 0% No results applicable for this indicator. There were no Public Interest Investigation Interim Reports issued in fiscal year 2021-22. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 70% | 2023 | 0% Continued efforts are being made to improve this result. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 0% No investigations were completed in this fiscal year. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 70% | 2020 | 0% The Commission’s final reports on its specified activity reviews (SARs) of the RCMP’s use of strip searches and crime reduction units were near completion at the end of this reporting period, with completion expected by mid-year 2020. The Commission’s final SAR report on the RCMP’s use of street checks is expected to be made public early in 2021. The complexity and scope of these SARs have challe… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 70% | 2021 | 0% The complexity and scope of the CRCC’s public interest investigations and SARs, as well as the limitations placed on some aspects of investigative work by pandemic restrictions, challenged the CRCC’s ability to meet the performance indicator targets outlined in the Departmental Results Framework. These targets recognize that to effectively address public concerns about the RCMP, investigations an… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 70% | 2022 | 0% Only one specified activity review (SAR) was completed in fiscal year 2021-22 - the Bias-Free Policing Model. It was initiated in 2018. Therefore, 0% of SARs were completed within one year of initiation of the review. The Commission has limited investigative resources. As such, investigators were reallocated to a higher-priority public interest investigation. That investigation was further to a c… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 70% | 2023 | 0% The CRCC did not have any ongoing Specified Activity Reviews. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 0% The CRCC did not start any new Specified Activity Reviews. | 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 | $3.2M | $319K |
| 2020-21 | $3.2M | $141K |
| 2021-22 | $1.8M | $141K |
| 2022-23 | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| 2023-24 | $3.3M | $2.9M |
| 2024-25 | $3.8M | $4.5M |
| 2025-26 | $0 | — |
| 2026-27 | $0* | — |
| 2027-28 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020-21 | 21 | 16 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024-25 | 28 | — |
| 2025-26 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $3,157,801 | $2,981,815 | $2,981,815 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $3,157,801 | $2,981,815 | $2,981,815 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $1,824,469 | $1,825,666 | $1,825,666 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,702,456 | $1,702,456 | $1,702,456 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,301,479 | $3,301,479 | $3,301,479 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,800,398 | $3,815,179 | $3,817,708 | ||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||
| Actual | $318,551 | $141,205 | $141,435 | $1,692,498 | $2,865,896 | $4,500,110 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
