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Section III: Supplementary Information

Departmental Organization

The Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada's only business line is to hold review and appeal hearings.

The office of the Tribunal is located in the National Capital Region. The Tribunal's Chairperson is also its chief executive officer. The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and immediate staff account for 12 FTEs. The immediate staff carries out the functions of registry, research, communications and administrative support. The Tribunal outsources some corporate services that are not required full-time. Twenty-nine part-time members were in office during 2007-2008, twenty-five in aeronautics, including medicine, three in rail and one in marine. Members are drawn from across Canada and are appointed by order in council on the basis of their knowledge and expertise. The part-time members are remunerated for the days they serve.

Table 2: Organization Chart

• The lower half of the organization chart displays the distribution of part-time members and their area of expertise by region. All members report to the Chairperson.
• Twelve FTEs are utilized by the indeterminate full-time employees including the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson.

Table 3: Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (Including FTEs)

($ thousands)	2005-2006 Actual	2006-2007 Actual	2007-2008
			Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Total Actual
Provision of an independent review process	1,284.8	1,337.0	1,433.0	1,433.0	1,597.2	1,523.0
Total	1,284.8	1,337.0	1,433.0	1,433.0	1,597.2	1,523.0
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	223.9	225.8	222.9	222.9	222.9	222.9
Net cost of Tribunal	1,508.7	1,562.8	1,655.9	1,655.9	1,820.1	1,745.9
FTEs	8	10	12	12	12	12

In 2007-2008, planned spending for the Tribunal was $1 433 000. The actual expenditures were $1 523 216. The personnel costs accounted for 57% of actual expenditures and operations accounted for 43%. The cost for preparing and holding hearings was $185 655.

Table 4: Average Costs for Reviews and Appeals

	2007-2008	2006-2007	2005-2006
Reviews	$5,446	$4,599	$5,134
Appeals	$3,461	$4,463	$7,249
Reviews and Appeals Held	37	39	63
Monthly Average	3.08	3.25	5.25
Caseload	258	211	272

When comparing the types of hearing actions, there are significant variances in resources spent due to uncontrollable factors such as location, travel, time spent on hearings, remuneration, interpreters, preparation, decision writing, costs for court reporting, transcripts and translations. The Chairperson presided over 6 of the 37 cases. Sometimes, cases are heard together to reduce costs. The average costs fluctuate each fiscal year as they are determined by the number of reviews and the complexity of cases.

Resources by Program Activity

2007-2008 ($ thousands)
Provision of an independent review process	Budgetary				Plus: Non- Budgetary	Total
	Operating	Capital	Less: Respendable Revenue	Total: Net Budgetary Expenditures	Employee Benefit Plans
Main Estimates	1,307.0	-	-	1,307.0	126.0	1,433.0
Planned Spending	1,307.0	-	-	1,307.0	126.0	1,433.0
Total Authorities	1,471.2	-	-	1,471.2	126.0	1,597.2
Actual Spending	1,411.1	-	-	1,411.1	111.9	1,523.0

Table 6: Voted and Statutory Items

Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording	2007-2008 ($ thousands)
		Main Estimates	Planned Spending	Total Authorities	Actual
70	Operating expenditures	1,307.0	1,307.0	1,471.2	1,411.1
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	126.0	126.0	126.0	111.9
	Total	1,433.0	1,433.0	1,597.2	1,523.0

Table 7: Services Received Without Charge

	2007-2008 ($ thousands)
Total Actual Spending	1,523.0
Plus: Services Received without Charge
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada	175.1
Contributions covering the employers' share of employees' insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board Secretariat (excluding revolving funds)	47.8
2007-2008 Net cost of Tribunal	1,745.9

Financial Statements

In its Annual Report for the fiscal year 2007-2008 (http://www.tatc.gc.ca/doc.php?did=56&lang=eng), the Tribunal includes financial statements that provide an accounting of the Tribunal's administration of its public financial affairs and resources.

Financial statements are prepared in accordance with accrual accounting principles. The unaudited supplementary information presented in the financial tables in the Annual Report is prepared on a modified cash basis of accounting in order to be consistent with appropriations-based reporting.

ANNEX 1

Future Plans

The Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada replaces the Civil Aviation Tribunal which was established under Part IV of the Aeronautics Act in 1986. On the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to section 73 of the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act, assented to on December 18, 2001, the Act officially came into force on June 30, 2003. The Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada, the multi-modal tribunal, is available to the air, rail and marine sectors. Section 2 of the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act amends the Aeronautics Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Canada Transportation Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Railway Safety Act to establish the jurisdiction and decision-making authorities of the Tribunal under those Acts. The Tribunal's caseload will increase considerably over the next few years.

The Marine Transportation Security Regulations, passed in November 2006, came into force in November 2007. Our anticipated future plans of the past few years have come to fruition. Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, currently at third reading stage, proposes increased monetary penalties for contraventions of designated provisions. As reported last year, the passage of the International Bridges and Tunnels Act provides the federal government with the legislative authority to ensure effective oversight of the existing 24 international vehicular bridges and tunnels and 9 international railway bridges and tunnels, as well as any new international bridges or tunnels built in the future. Regulations enabling commencement of cases before the Tribunal under the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 are now in force and the Tribunal is keeping a watching brief on its expanding mandate.

Government of Canada On-line

In 2008-2009, the Tribunal will continue to improve the delivery of its key services to the public for greater efficiencies and increased client satisfaction and will improve access and service performance by making ongoing modifications to its Web site and by providing Internet links.

Statutory Annual Report

Under section 22 of the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act, the Tribunal shall, not later than June 30 in each fiscal year, submit a report of its activities during the preceding fiscal year.

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