Program directory · Privy Council Office
Commissions of Inquiry
- Department
- Privy Council Office
- Program code
- BWW04 (PCO)
- Core responsibility
- Serve the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Commissions of Inquiry are established under Part 1 of the Inquiries Act to investigate issues when the Government requires an entirely independent source of advice. The Prime Minister is responsible for the expenditures of the Commission for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act. Flowing from this responsibility, PCO provides Commissions of Inquiry with financial and administrative support.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissions of Inquiry | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $132M |
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 | Employees (FTEs) 25, against 102 in 2018-19 (−75%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of days between the Chief Commissioner’s recommendations for funding and the Clerk’s decision is in accordance with service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of decisions made by the Clerk within 10 days of receiving a recommendation for funding by the Chief Commissioner. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $15.8M, against $44.5M in 2018-19 (−65%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $1.5M, against $15.8M in 2019-20 (−91%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $11.1M, against $1.5M in 2020-21 (+647%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $30M, against $11.1M in 2021-22 (+169%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 10, against 35 in 2022-23 (−71%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $10M, against $30M in 2022-23 (−67%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $19.3M, against $10M in 2023-24 (+94%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $2M, against $19.3M in 2024-25 (−90%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 95% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 85% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85% | 2018 | 90% Results surpassed target. | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $14M | $44.5M |
| 2019-20 | $11.5M | $15.8M |
| 2020-21 | $0 | $1.5M |
| 2021-22 | $0 | $11.1M |
| 2022-23 | $5M | $30M |
| 2023-24 | $5.4M | $10M |
| 2024-25 | $23M | $19.3M |
| 2025-26 | $2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $0 | — |
| 2027-28 | $0* | — |
| 2028-29 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 43 | 102 |
| 2019-20 | 24 | 25 |
| 2020-21 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022-23 | 11 | 35 |
| 2023-24 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024-25 | 13 | — |
| 2025-26 | 3 | — |
| 2026-27 | 0 | — |
| 2027-28 | 0* | — |
| 2028-29 | 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 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $13,984,110 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $11,539,815 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $4,980,985 | $500,000 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $5,368,910 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $22,986,106 | $1,960,351 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $1,966,532 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| Actual | $44,499,048 | $15,752,403 | $1,490,654 | $11,136,943 | $30,004,293 | $9,958,823 | $19,339,031 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
