2001-2002 Estimates
Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
Ralph Goodale
Minister of Natural Resources Canada
The Estimates Documents
Each year, the government prepares Estimates in
support of its request to Parliament for authority
to spend public monies. This request is formalized
through the tabling of appropriation bills in
Parliament. The Estimates, which are tabled in the
House of Commons by the President of the Treasury
Board, consist of three parts:
Part I - The Government Expenditure Plan provides
an overview of federal spending and summarizes
both the relationship of the key elements of the
Main Estimates to the Expenditure Plan (as set out
in the Budget).
Part II - The Main Estimates directly
support the Appropriation Act. The Main
Estimates identify the spending authorities
(votes) and amounts to be included in subsequent
appropriation bills. Parliament will be asked to
approve these votes to enable the government to
proceed with its spending plans. Parts I and II of
the Estimates are tabled concurrently on or before
1 March.
Part III - Departmental Expenditure Plans which
is divided into two components:
- Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs) are
individual expenditure plans for each
department and agency (excluding Crown
corporations). These reports provide increased
levels of detail on a business line basis and
contain information on objectives, initiatives
and planned results, including links to
related resource requirements over a
three-year period. The RPPs also provide
details on human resource requirements, major
capital projects, grants and contributions,
and net program costs. They are tabled in
Parliament by the President of the Treasury
Board on behalf of the ministers who preside
over the departments and agencies identified
in Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial
Administration Act. These documents are to
be tabled on or before 31 March and referred
to committees, which then report back to the
House of Commons pursuant to Standing Order
81(4).
- Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs) are
individual department and agency accounts of
accomplishments achieved against planned
performance expectations as set out in
respective RPPs. These Performance Reports,
which cover the most recently completed fiscal
year, are tabled in Parliament in the fall by
the President of the Treasury Board on behalf
of the ministers who preside over the
departments and agencies identified in
Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial
Administration Act.
The Estimates, along with the Minister of
Finance's Budget, reflect the government's annual
budget planning and resource allocation
priorities. In combination with the subsequent
reporting of financial results in the Public
Accounts and of accomplishments achieved in
Departmental Performance Reports, this material
helps Parliament hold the government to account
for the allocation and management of public funds.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada,
represented by the Minister of Public Works and
Government Services, 2001
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Catalogue No. BT31-2/2002-III-15
ISBN 0-660-61456-1
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