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SECTION 3: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Areas
 

Parks Canada Agency’s Strategic Outcome Protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure the ecological and commemorative integrity of these places for the present and future generations.
Program Activity	Actual Spending 2007-2008 ($ Thousands)		Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Area
	Budgetary	Total
Establish Heritage Places	19,808	19,808	Vibrant Canadian culture and heritage
Conserve Heritage Resources	201,388	201,388	Clean and healthy environment
Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding	33,287	33,287	Vibrant Canadian culture and heritage
Enhance Visitor Experience	286,621	286,621	Vibrant Canadian culture and heritage
Townsite Management	16,363	16,363	Safe and secure communities
Throughway Management	76,576	76,576	Strong economic growth

Parks Canada’s programs, products and services contribute to the government of Canada outcome areas in many meaningful ways as described below.

Vibrant Canadian culture and heritage is influenced by Establish Heritage Places, Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding and Enhance Visitor Experience because they:

• Establish Canada’s national parks and national marine conservation areas, as well as designating persons, places and events of national historic significance to Canada as symbols to the world and as part of the fabric of our nation;
• Create a system of national historic sites that respects the significance and irreplaceable historical legacy reflecting Canada’s values and identity;
• Preserve Canada’s natural and historical heritage and making it available to Canadians to discover and enjoy; and
• Enhance pride, and encourage stewardship and give expression to our identity as Canadians.

Clean and healthy environment is influenced by Conserve Heritage Resources because it:

• Maintains and restores ecological integrity in national parks through protection of natural resources and natural processes;
• Ensures commemorative integrity of national historic sites managed or influenced by Parks Canada;
• Ensures the ecologically sustainable use of national marine conservation areas; and
• Ensures that many of Canada’s most special natural and historical heritage resources will not be lost and that current and future generations will enjoy a system of protected heritage places.

Safe and secure communities is influenced by Townsite Management because it:

• Provides municipal services to support residents and visitors.

Strong economic growth is influenced by Throughway Management because it:

• Ensures the availability and maintenance of provincial and inter-provincial highways and bridges connecting communities and passing through national parks and national historic sites; and
• Ensures that water level management for effective commercial and recreational navigation at nine national historic canals and waterways is compliant with legislation.

Table 1: Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending and Full-Time Equivalents (Unaudited)

Program Activity	2005–2006 Actual	2006–2007 Actual	2007–2008 ($ Thousands)
			Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
Establish Heritage Places	23,017	22,716	24,649	24,985	29,024	19,808
Conserve Heritage Resources	185,848	207,772	199,092	206,895	219,253	201,388
Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding	70,259	78,120**	34,214	34,230	36,299	33,287**
Enhance Visitor Experience	194,415	189,598**	267,206	267,327	304,232	286,621**
Townsite Management	9,802	13,503	12,659	12,664	19,337	16,363
Throughway Management	51,357	92,906	61,508	61,535	81,036	76,576
Total	534,699	604,615	599,328	607,636	689,181	634,043
Total	534,699	604,615	599,328	607,636	689,181	634,043
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	48,626	43,666	-	38,902	-	41,616
Net cost of Program	583,325	648,281	599,328	646,538	689,181	675,659
Full Time Equivalents*	4,131	4,204	4,315
* Source: FTE actuals – Salary Management System Totals may not agree due to rounding **The variance between 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 actual expenditures in Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding and Enhance Visitor Experience is mainly attributable to: The realignment of Heritage Presentation Program expenditures to Enhance Visitor Experience; The receipt of one time funding for the Québec City 400th anniversary celebrations; and The realignment of External Communications to Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding.

Table 2: Use of Resources by Program Activity (Unaudited)

Program Activity	2007-2008 ($ Thousands)
	Budgetary			Total
	Operating	Capital	Grants and Contributions
Establish Heritage Places	17,076	1,683	1,049	19,808
Conserve Heritage Resources	180,017	11,122	10,249	201,388
Promote Public Appreciation and Understanding	32,368	245	674	33,287
Enhance Visitor Experience	245,530	40,514	577	286,621
Townsite Management	9,423	6,900	40	16,363
Throughway Management	39,223	37,353	0	76,576
Total	523,637	97,817	12,589	634,043
Totals may not agree due to rounding

Table 3: Voted and Statutory Items (Unaudited)

Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote  or Statutory Wording	2007–2008  ($ Thousands)
		Main  Estimates	Planned  Spending	Total  Authorities	Actual
25	Program expenditures	447,022	454,955	532,806	477,668
30	Payment to the New parks and historic sites account	2,300	2,300	500	500
(S)	Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from the conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the Parks Canada Agency Act	104,000	104,000	107,328	107,328
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	46,006	46,381	48,547	48,547
	Total	599,328	607,636	689,181	634,043
Totals may not agree due to rounding

Sources of Respendable Revenue

For supplementary information on the Agency's sources of respendable revenue please visit: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

2007-2008 User Fee Reporting Table 6-A: User Fees Act

For supplementary information on the Agency's User Fees, please visit: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

2007-2008 External Fee Reporting Table 6-B: Policy on Service Standards for External Fees

For supplementary information on the Agency's Service Standards for External Fees, please visit: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

Details on Project Spending

Supplementary information on Project Spending can be found at: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

Details on Transfer Payment Programs

Further information on the following programs can be found at http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

• Contribution in support of the Commercial Heritage Properties Incentive Fund;
• Historic Places Initiative Class Contribution Program;
• Cost Sharing Class Contribution Program; and
• General Class Contribution Program (GCCP).

Sustainable Development Strategy

The Parks Canada Agency is required to submit a Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS). The 2007-2009 Agency SDS is available on-line at www.pc.gc.ca under Library.

The Parks Canada Agency is in the business of sustainable development. Its mandate, “to protect and present…examples of natural and cultural heritage…for present and future generations” aligns perfectly with the government commitment to “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”

The commitments in the 2007-2008 Corporate Plan mirror those in the 2007-2009 Agency SDS. As this Departmental Performance Report provides the Agency’s performance against the expected results contained in the 2007-2008 Corporate Plan, no separate reporting on SDS commitments will be provided.

Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits

For supplementary information on the Agency's response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits please visit: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

Internal Audits and Evaluations

For supplementary information on the Agency's Internal Audits and Evaluations, please visit: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

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