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Departmental Performance Report: 5
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Section V: Financial Performance

Financial Performance Overview

This section provides a summary of the Department of Finance Canada's financial performance, which is reported against three separate programs and eight business lines in accordance with the approved Planning, Reporting and Accountability Structure.

The tables included in this section show a comparison of three amounts: Planned, Total Authorities and Actual. The Planned column is the amount included in the department's Report on Plans and Priorities for 1998-99 and represents what the plan was at the beginning of the year. Total Authorities include Main, Supplementary and other Estimate amounts approved by Parliament to reflect changing priorities and unforeseen events. Actual shows what was actually spent.

The following Financial Tables apply to the Department of Finance Canada:

Table 1: Summary of Voted Appropriations
Table 2: Comparison of Total Planned to Actual Spending
Table 3: Historical Comparison of Total Planned to Actual Spending
Table 5: Resource Requirements by Organization and Business Line
Table 6: Respendable Revenues
Table 7: Non-Respendable Revenues
Table 8: Statutory Payments
Table 9: Transfer Payments
Table 13: Loans, Investments and Advances
Table 15: Contingent Liabilities

Financial Table 1: Summary of Voted Appropriations

Authorities for 1998–99

Financial Requirements by Authority (millions of dollars)

Vote

1998–99 Planned Spending

1998–99 Total Authorities

1998–99
Actual


Economic, Social and Financial Policies Program

1

Program expenditures 70.8 77.1 66.3

5

Grants and contributions 281.2 281.2 268.6

(S)

Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation 2,500.0 2,500.0

(S)

Minister of Finance - Salary and motor car allowance1 0.0 0.0 0.0

(S)

Payments to International Development Association 267.0 267.0 267.0

(S)

Payments to the International Monetary Fund's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility
50.2

296.3

98.8

(S)

Contributions to employee benefit plans 8.7 9.1 9.1

(S)

Purchase of Domestic Coinage 38.0 59.7 59.7

(S)

Payments of liabilities previously transferred to revenues 1.1 1.1

(S)

Refunds of amounts credited to revenues in previous years2 0.0 0.0

(S)

Spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets3

0.0

(S)

Adjustment to the Accounts of Canada 53.7 53.7

(S)

Payments to depositors of Canadian Commercial Bank,CCB Mortgage Investment Corporation and Northland Bank pursuant to the Financial Institutions Depositors Compensation Act - 69.0 0.4

Total Budgetary 716.0 3,614.3 3,324.8

L10

Issuance of demand notes to the International Development Association 195.2 195.2

(S)

Payments to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 9.1 7.0 7.0

(S)

Issuance of Loans to the International Monetary Fund's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility 119.0 298.1 50.9

(S)

Advances for loans to, or purchase of, preferred shares in Petro-Canada Limited pursuant to the Petro-Canada Limited Act 27.2

(S)

Subscriptions for common shares of Petro-Canada Limited pursuant to the Petro-Canada Limited Act 1,573.6

L25

Payments in respect of Canada's equity interest in the Hibernia Project 12.0 12.0 11.7

L11a

Issuance of a demand note to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 7.3

L11b

Payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 9.1

(S)

Financial assistance to the Bank of Thailand 598.4 598.4

(S)

Payment to the Canadian Commercial Bank pursuant to the Canadian Commercial Bank Financial Assistance Act 2.0

Total Non-Budgetary 140.1 2,729.8 863.1

Total Program 856.0 6,344.1 4,187.9
Public Debt Program

(S)

Interest and Other Costs 43,500.0 44,831.7 44,831.7

Total Program 43,500.0 44,831.7 44,831.7
Federal-Provincial Transfers Program

15

Transfer Payments to the Territorial Governments 1,134.0 1,339.0 1,324.7

20

Grant to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador 40.0 40.0 40.0

(S)

Statutory Subsidies 30.0 29.9 29.9

(S)

Fiscal Equalization 8,482.0 10,766.4 10,766.4

(S)

Canada Health and Social Transfer* 12,500.0 12,733.6 12,733.6

(S)

Youth Allowances Recovery (494.0) (476.5) (476.5)

(S)

Alternative Payments for Standing Programs (2,241.0) (2,149.7) (2,149.7)

(S)

Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer 3.3 3.3

Total Program 19,451.0 22,285.9 22,271.7

Total Department 63,807.0 73,461.7 71,291.3

The following figures are in dollars.

1 Planned Spending: $48,645; Total Authorities: $49,978; Actual: $49,978

2 Total Authorities: $25,300; Actual: $25,300

3 Total Authorities: $28,886

Total Authorities are Main plus Supplementary Estimates plus other authorities.

* Amounts shown are the cash contribution authorized by Part V of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. The following figures show the total federal contribution in respect of the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) including the tax portion of the transfer:

Cash Transfer $12.7 billion
Plus Tax Transfers $13.5 billion
Total $26.2 billion

Financial Table 2: Comparison of Total Planned to Actual Spending


Departmental Planned versus Actual Spending by Business Line (millions of dollars)

Business Line

FTEs

Operating1

Grants, Contributions
and Other Transfer Payments

Statutory Payments

Loans, Investments
and Advances

Total Gross Expenditures

Less: Respendable
Revenue *

Total Net Expenditures


Policies and Advice 491 48.0 48.0 0.7 47.3

(Total Authorities)

476 51.7 51.7 0.7 51.0

(Actuals)

423 47.6 47.6 0.6 47.0
Int'l Financial Organizations 281.2

445.3

726.5 726.5

(Total Authorities)

281.2

1,466.6

211.5 1,959.4 1,959.4

(Actuals)

268.6

1,022.0

195.2 1,485.8 1,485.8
Domestic Coinage

38.0

38.0 38.0

(Total Authorities)

59.7

59.7 59.7

(Actuals)

59.7

59.7 59.7
Corporate Administration2 215 37.2 37.2 4.9 32.3

(Total Authorities)

217 40.6 40.6 5.3 35.2

(Actuals)

213 34.1 34.1 5.7 28.5
Special Projects 12.0 12.0 12.0

(Total Authorities)

4,225.6

12.0 4,237.6 4,237.6

(Actuals)

2,554.2

11.7 2,565.8 2,565.8
Interest and Other Costs

43,359.0

43,359.0 43,359.0

(Total Authorities)

44,694.3

44,694.3 44,694.3

(Actuals)

44,694.3

44,694.3 44,694.3
Canada Investment and Savings

141.0

141.0 141.0

(Total Authorities)

137.4

137.4 137.4

(Actuals)

137.4

137.4 137.4
Federal-Provincial Transfer Payments (cash portion) 1,174.0

18,277.0

19,451.0 19,451.0

(Total Authorities)

1,379.0

20,906.9

22,285.9 22,285.9

(Actuals)

1,364.7

20,906.9

22,271.7 22,271.7

Total 706 85.2 1,455.2

62,260.3

12.0 63,812.7 5.6 63,807.0

(Total Authorities)

693 92.3 1,660.2

71,490.5

223.5 73,466.5 6.0 73,460.5

(Actuals)

636 81.7 1,633.4

69,374.4

206.8 71,296.4 6.3 71,290.13
Other Revenues and Expenditures

Non-Respendable
Revenues **

(99.0) 

(Total Authorities)

(Actuals)

(4,174.0)4
Cost of services provided by other departments 9.0

(Total Authorities)

(Actuals)

9.2

Net Cost of the Program

63,717.1

(Total Authorities)

73,460.5

(Actuals)

67,125.3

Note: Numbers in regular font denote planned expenditures/revenues for 1998–99.
Numbers in italics denote Total Authorities for 1998–99 (Main and Supplementary Estimates and other authorities).

Bolded numbers denote actual expenditures/revenues in 1998–99.

Due to rounding, figures may not add to totals shown.

* These revenues were formerly called ‘Revenues Credited to the Vote'
** These revenues were formerly called ‘Revenues Credited to the CRF'

1 Operating includes contributions to employee benefit plans and Minister's salary and car allowance.

2 Total Authorities and Actual Corporate Administration expenditures exclude an amount of $1.2 million for statutory items.

3 Actual expenditures were approximately $7.4 billion higher than planned. This can be attributed, primarily, to higher than anticipated transfer payments of $2.8 billion, payment to the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation of $2.5 billion, higher than anticipated public debt interest costs of $1.3 billion and higher than expected costs in International Financial Organizations of $0.8 billion.

4 Revenues consist of Bank of Canada and Exchange Fund profits, proceeds from sales of Domestic Coinage and other related revenue items.

Financial Table 3: Historical Comparison of Total Planned to Actual Spending

Departmental Planned versus Actual Spending by Business Line (millions of dollars)


Business Lines

1996–97
Actual

1997–98
Actual

1998–99 Planned Spending

1998–99
Total Authorities

1998–99
Actual


Policies and Advice 33.6

40.1

47.3

51.0 47.0
International Financial Organizations 937.3

836.3

726.5

1,959.4 1,485.8
Domestic Coinage 69.8

29.8

38.0

59.7 59.7
Corporate Administration 24.2

24.9

32.3

35.21 28.52
Special Projects 1,015.5

53.9

12.0

4,237.6 2,565.8
Interest and Other Costs 45,157.0

43,844.1

43,359.0

44,694.3 44,694.3
Canada Investment and Savings 26.8

126.6

141.0

137.4 137.4
Federal-Provincial Transfer Payments (cash portion) 22,408.8

19,731.7

19,451.0

22,285.9 22,271.7

Total 69,673.0 64,687.4

63,807.0

73,460.5 71,290.1

Total Authorities are Main plus Supplementary Estimates plus other authorities.

1 Total Authorities exclude $1.2 million for statutory items, primarily for the payment of liabilities previously transferred to revenues, which are reported in Public Accounts, giving a total of $36.4 million for this business line.

2 Total Actuals exclude $1.2 million for statutory items, primarily for the payment of liabilities previously transferred to revenues, which are reported in Public Accounts, giving a total of $29.7 million for this business line.

Financial Table 4: Crosswalk Between Old Structure and New Structure

Table 4 is not applicable to the Department of Finance Canada

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