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Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
($ millions)

Respendable Revenue (note 1)
($ millions)

Program Activity Actual
2008-09
Actual
2009-10
2010-11
Main
Estimates
Planned
Revenue
Total
Authorities
Actual
Canadian Broadcasting
Broadcasting Licence Fees Part I 21.7 15.2 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.5
Canadian Telecommunications
Telecommunications Fees 18.7 11.9 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5
 
Internal Services (note 3) - 14.2 14.4 14.4 14.6 14.6
Total Respendable Revenue 40.4 41.3 42.4 42.4 42.6 42.6

 

Non-Respendable Revenue (note 2)
($ millions)

Program Activity Actual
2008-09
Actual
2009-10
2010-11
Main
Estimates
Planned
Revenue
Total
Authorities
Actual
Canadian Broadcasting
Broadcasting Licence Fees Part I 5.6 11.1 3.0 13.1 5.5 12.8
Broadcasting Licence Fees Part II  (note 4) - 415.3 - 100.0 100.0 100.0
Canadian Telecommunications
Telecommunications Fees 8.8 12.1 2.7 7.9 8.2 7.6
Internal Services (note 3) - - - - - -
Other Revenue  (note 4 & 5) 0.1 18.7 - - - 2.0
Total Non-Respendable Revenue 14.5 457.2 5.7 121.0 113.7 122.4
Total Revenue (note 6) 54.9 498.5 48.1 163.4 156.3 165.0

Note 1: The CRTC has Parliamentary authority to retain respendable revenue to fund its operating budget (i.e. vote-netted revenue).

Note 2: Non-respendable revenue for Part I broadcasting licence fees and CRTC telecommunications fees recover the costs incurred by other federal government departments for services (excluding Industry Canada spectrum management) rendered without charge to the CRTC as well as the statutory costs of employee benefit plans. Part II broadcasting fees are also considered to be non-respendable revenue.

Note 3: Internal Services non respendable revenue are part of the Part I broadcasting licence fees and the telecom fees.

Note 4: The CRTC did not assess or collect any revenues for Part II licence fees for 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Further to the Government’s announcement on October 7, 2009, the CRTC recognized, during FY 2009-10, in the Public Accounts of Canada and its financial statements, the total amount of Part II fees and accrued interest that would have been payable by broadcasters covering the three year period FY 2007-08, FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10 (i.e. for those fees that would have been due and payable on 30 November 2007, 2008 and 2009). This amounted to $433.9M ($415.3M in fees and $ 18.6M in interest). This total amount was also written off by the CRTC as a bad debt expense in accordance with the authority provided for in the Government’s remission order.

Note 5: Other revenues is comprised of a) Do Not Call List (DNCL) administrative monetary penalties (AMPS) ( $1.94M), b) interest on overdue accounts receivable for CRTC broadcasting licence fees, telecommunications fees and AMPS($.02M, c) miscellaneous non tax revenue (e.g. access to information (ATI) fees) and d) gain on disposal of non-capital assets to outside parties

Note 6: All revenues are credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Note 7: Summary of CRTC Fees Assessed:

Part I Broadcasting fees 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
$27.3M
$ 33.5M
$ 35.8M
The total Part I fees include the respendable and non respendable for Broadcasting and Internal Services on behalf of broadcasting activities.
Part II Broadcasting Fees 2010-11 $100.0M
Telecom Fees 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
$ 27.5M
$ 31.0M
$ 27.3M
The total Telecom fees include the respendable and non respendable for Telecom and Internal Services on behalf of telecommunication activities.