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Section III. Supplementary Information

Financial Performance Overview

Revenues from sales of products and services continue to decline in many product areas. This is primarily due to changes in the market place for information due to competition from Internet providers of OSH information. To offset these losses, CCOHS has expanded its training service to include e learning and this has been very successful. A MSDS Management System Service has also been added and revenues are steadily increasing. Appropriations are consistent with prior years.

CCOHS generates approximately 55% of its budget from the sale of products and services. Expenditures are consistent with prior years other than the costs associated with new product development. Audited financial statements are published in our Annual Report.

Departmental Link to Government of Canada Outcomes

Strategic Outcome: Canadians will be provided with unbiased occupational health and safety information and services for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries
	Actual Spending 2007-08			Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Area
	Budgetary	Non-budgetary	Total
Occupational health and safety information development, delivery services and tripartite collaboration	$4,651		$4,651	Healthy Canadians

CCOHS contributes to the priorities of Canada as outlined in Canada's Performance in the following ways:

Healthy Canadians

• Occupational diseases, illnesses and deaths are serious health risks faced by Canadians. "These findings serve as a reminder that despite recent improvements, large numbers of workers are still being injured, and the risks are unevenly distributed within the workforce."⁶ Well over half a million Canadian workers were injured on the job in 2003. The government plans to strengthen our social foundations by improving the overall health of Canadians starting with health promotion to reduce the incidence of avoidable disease. One of the most effective strategies in reducing ill health is prevention of the causes. CCOHS' primary role is to support Canada's capability to improve prevention of work-related illness and disease by providing information and knowledge to enable Canadians to identify hazards and minimize or eliminate risks in the workplace and assist them to address issues and take remedial action. CCOHS advocates improvements in workplace health in the public and private sectors to improve the health of Canadians. Details of specific projects are noted throughout this report and in our annual report.
  
  Our public forum on Emerging Health and Safety Issues from Changing Workplaces http://www.ccohs.ca/events/forum07/ has increased awareness on important health and safety issues.

In addition, CCOHS delivers web portals "Pandemic Planning" and "Bringing Health to Work". The goal of these websites is to develop and provide information, tools and resources and to make it easily available to help employees, employers and practitioners participate in making their workplaces healthy and safe.

Canada's Role in the World

• CCOHS contributes to greater collaboration among nations to promote the sharing of information and knowledge for social and economic programs relating to health and safety to reduce injuries and illness and improve conditions for workers. CCOHS participates in promoting and supporting occupational health and safety initiatives with global organizations such as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health, International Labour Organization, and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. CCOHS also participates in representing Canada at the Tri-National Working Group of Government Experts in Occupational Health and Safety. Details of various projects can be found in our annual report at: http://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/reports.html

Sustainable Development

CCOHS provides extensive information on chemicals and their impact on health and the environment. CCOHS is a major source of information and is used by government regulators and the chemical industry, manufacturing industries and most sectors of the economy and many citizens. Environmental management is the shared responsibility of federal, provincial/territorial and municipal governments, and includes the participation of individuals, community groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and businesses. While federal departments and agencies share the responsibility of environmental management with other stakeholders, environmental issues at the international level are mainly the responsibility of the Government of Canada. ⁷

Table 1: Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (including FTEs)

($ thousands)	2005–2006 Actual	2006–2007 Actual	2007–2008
			Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
Occupational health and safety information development, delivery services and tripartite collaboration	8,331	8,382	8,928	8,928	4,983	8,578
Less: Non-respendable revenue	3,830	3,876	4,300	4,300	4,300	3,927
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	749	1,175	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,163
Total Departmental Spending	5,250	5,681	N/A	N/A	N/A	5,814
Full-time Equivalents	90	90	96	96	N/A	90

Authorities for revenues are higher than current revenue generation patterns. Sales of database products have declined in recent years. This has been offset partially by new product sales. However, the product development cycle takes some time to realize returns. Changes were necessary as it has become increasingly difficult to achieve sales targets due to the rapid change in technologies and availability of alternative information. Expenditures relating to revenue generation were lowered to balance the decline in revenues. The cost of services provided by other departments represents accommodation services provided by PWGSC, audit services provided by the OAG and the costs of health and dental benefits provided by Treasury Board.

Table 2: Voted and Statutory Items $(000)

Vote or Statutory Item	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety	2007-2008
		Main Estimates	Planned  Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
25	Operating expenditures	3,560	3,560	4,004	3,673
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	1,068	1,068	979	979
	Total	4,628	4,628	4,983	4,651

Additional funding was received during the year for rollover provisions, compensation and recoveries of pay-list shortfalls.

Table 3: 2007-8 User Fee Reporting

The User Fees Act is not applicable to the revenues generated by CCOHS.

Table 3B) Policy on Service Standards for External Fees

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

Table 4: Sources of Respendable Revenue

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

Table 5: Travel Policies

CCOHS follows the TBS Special Travel Authorities and the TBS Travel Directive, Rates and Allowances.

Table 6: Audited Financial Statements

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Audited Financial Statements are available in the Annual Report to Parliament 2007-8 at : http://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/reports.html

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