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Investigation of complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Program code
BWY02 (SIRC)
Core responsibility
Investigations of Canadian Security Intelligence Services' operational activities
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 the Departmental Plans 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).

2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Investigation of complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service 2019-20: $344KInvestigation of complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service 2020-21: $758KInvestigation of complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service 2021-22: $758KNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2019-20: $3MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2020-21: $5.6MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2021-22: $7.4MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2022-23: $7.8MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2023-24: $9.1MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2024-25: $10.9MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2025-26: $11.3MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2026-27: $10.6MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2027-28: $10.3MNational security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations 2028-29: $9.7MInvestigation of complaints against …National security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigations
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
Investigation of complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence ServiceThis program2019-20 – 2021-22$344K
National security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigationsLater program (name match, medium confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$43.7M

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
2020-21Appears to be replaced by National security and intelligence activity reviews and complaints investigationsCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

No results reported yet.

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: $1.4M2018-192019-20: $1.4M2019-20: $344K2019-202020-21: $758K2020-212021-22: $758K2021-22
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
2018-19$1.4M—
2019-20$1.4M$344K
2020-21$758K*—
2021-22$758K*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 02018-19: 62018-192019-20: 72019-20: 82019-202020-21: 42020-212021-22: 42021-22
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
2018-1906
2019-2078
2020-214*—
2021-224*—

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$1,409,230$1,401,730$757,428
2019-20 plan$1,414,988$757,983$757,983
Actual$344,127

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