The Tribunal is composed of not more than six judicial members and not more than eight non-judicial members. Non-judicial members have backgrounds in economics,
business, accounting, marketing and other relevant fields. Figure 1 shows the Tribunal’s organizational structure.
The Governor in Council appoints judicial members, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, from among the judges of the Federal Court, Trial Division, and
designates one of the judicial members as Chairperson of the Tribunal. The Governor in Council appoints non-judicial members on the recommendation of the Minister of
Industry. Appointments are for a fixed term not exceeding seven years; members may be re-appointed.
The Registry has been designated a department for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act, with the Minister of Industry as its minister and the
Registrar as the deputy head. The Registry has 14 full-time employees and provides all necessary administrative support required by the Tribunal for the hearing and
disposition of all applications. The Registry responds to all requests for information by the legal community, researchers and the public on the status of cases, the
Competition Tribunal Rules and its case law.
Figure 1: Organizational Structure
The Registry of the Competition Tribunal is a small single service line organization, and as such, the spending trends are very stable as reflected by the following
table.
Table 1: Departmental Planned Spending and Full Time Equivalents
To be consistent with the Government efforts to develop its priorities and leading to a new budget, departments have been directed to repeat 2006-2007 Main Estimate
amounts in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 periods -- this table reflects that direction.
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($ thousands)
|
Forecast Spending 2005–2006
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Planned Spending 2006–2007
|
Planned Spending 2007–2008
|
Planned Spending 2008–2009
|
|
Budgetary Main Estimates
|
1,679
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
|
Less: Respendable revenue
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total Main Estimates
|
1,679
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
|
Adjustments1
|
74
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Net Planned Spending2
|
1,753
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
1,686
|
|
Plus: Cost of services received without charge
|
480
|
523
|
523
|
523
|
|
Net Cost of Program
|
2,233
|
2,209
|
2,209
|
2,209
|
|
Full-Time Equivalents
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
1 This amount is the 5% carry forward of $73,500
2 Reflects the best forecast of total net planned spending to the end of the fiscal year.
Table 2: Net Cost of Department for the Estimates Year 2006-2007
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($ thousands)
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Total
|
|
Net Planned Spending
|
1,686
|
|
Plus: Services Received without Charge
|
|
|
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada
|
459
|
|
insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board Secretariat
|
64
|
|
Workers’ compensation coverage provided by Human Resources Development Canada
|
-
|
|
Salary and associated expenditures of legal services provided by Justice Canada
|
-
|
|
2006–2007 Net Cost of Program
|
2,209
|
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