ARCHIVED - 2007-08 Part II - Main Estimates

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Justice

Department
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
Courts Administration Service
Law Commission of Canada
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada

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Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008	2006-2007	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Justice
	Department
1	Operating expenditures	262,024	549,019	(286,995)
5	Grants and contributions	266,383	286,850	(20,467)
(S)	Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada -
	Salary and motor car allowance	75	73	2
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	67,190	79,810	(12,620)
	Total Department	595,672	915,752	(320,080)
	Canadian Human Rights Commission
10	Program expenditures	18,785	18,643	142
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	2,327	2,362	(35)
	Total Agency	21,112	21,005	107
	Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
15	Program expenditures	3,938	3,984	(46)
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	396	368	28
	Total Agency	4,334	4,352	(18)
	Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
20	Operating expenditures	7,368	7,629	(261)
25	Canadian Judicial Council - Operating expenditures	1,594	1,589	5
(S)	Judges' salaries, allowances and annuities, annuities to
	spouses and children of judges and lump sum
	payments to spouses of judges who die while in
	office	390,465	349,546	40,919
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	847	868	(21)
	Total Agency	400,274	359,632	40,642
	Courts Administration Service
30	Program expenditures	51,250	55,932	(4,682)
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	6,478	6,615	(137)
	Total Agency	57,728	62,547	(4,819)
	Law Commission of Canada
	Appropriations not required
-	Program expenditures	. . . . .	3,020	(3,020)
	Items not required
-	Contributions to employee benefit plans	. . . . .	173	(173)
	Total Agency	. . . . .	3,193	(3,193)
	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
35	Program expenditures	86,275	. . . . .	86,275
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plan	12,251	. . . . .	12,251
	Total Agency	98,526	. . . . .	98,526
	Offices of the Information and Privacy
	Commissioners of Canada
40	Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada -
	Program expenditures	6,684	7,188	(504)
45	Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada -
	Program expenditures	16,262	14,460	1,802
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	3,060	2,831	229
	Total Agency	26,006	24,479	1,527
	Supreme Court of Canada
50	Program expenditures	24,505	20,791	3,714
(S)	Judges' salaries, allowances and annuities, annuities to
	spouses and children of judges and lump sum
	payments to spouses of judges who die while in
	office	4,959	4,653	306
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	2,342	2,380	(38)
	Total Agency	31,806	27,824	3,982

Note: The Federal Accountability Act , which came into force on assent, December 12, 2006, established the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions under the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

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Department

Strategic Outcome

A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values.

Program Activity Descriptions

Developing policies and laws
The planning and development of government justice policies dealing with the matters within the mandate of the Minister of Justice.

Developing and implementing programs
The design, development and implementation of cost-shared programs and grants and contributions.

Strategic Outcome

A federal government that is supported by effective and responsive legal services.

Program Activity Descriptions

Providing legal advisory, litigation and legislative services to government
The provision of legal advisory services to departments and agencies and the supervision, coordination and/or conduct of civil litigation on their behalf.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates					2006-2007
		Budgetary			Total	Main
	Operating	Grants	Contributions	Less:		Estimates
			and other	Revenues
			transfer	credited
			payments	to the vote
Developing policies and laws	41,063	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	41,063	30,687
Developing and implementing programs	7,047	2,376	264,007	. . . . .	273,430	296,613
Providing legal advisory, litigation and
legislative services to government	459,179	. . . . .	. . . . .	178,000	281,179	507,709
Providing prosecution services	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	80,743
	507,289	2,376	264,007	178,000	595,672	915,752

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2007-2008	2006-2007
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
Developing and implementing programs
Institut international de droit d'expression française	1,140	1,140
British Institute of International and Comparative Law	7,220	7,220
Hague Academy of International Law	8,620	8,620
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police for the Law Amendments
Committee	12,274	12,274
Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Grants - Administration Grant	18,170	18,170
Canadian Human Rights Foundation	26,600	26,600
Canadian Society for Forensic Science	38,600	38,600
Grants in support of the Child-Centred Family Justice Fund	50,000	50,000
Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges	100,000	100,000
National Judicial Institute	268,345	268,345
Grants in support of the Justice Partnership and Innovation Fund	565,031	565,031
Grants in support of the Youth Justice Fund	880,000	. . . . .
Grants under the Access to Justice in both Official Languages Support
Fund	50,000	50,000
Grants for the Victims of Crime Initiative	350,000	500,000
Total grants	2,376,000	1,646,000
Contributions
Developing and implementing programs
Drug Treatment Court Funding Program	1,703,584	2,341,894
Contributions in support of Public Security and Anti-Terrorism - Legal
Aid	2,000,000	2,000,000
Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Fund	2,553,251	2,054,415
Contributions under the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages
Support Fund	2,842,846	2,837,546
Contributions to the provinces under the Aboriginal Courtwork Program	4,836,363	4,836,363
Contributions for Access to Justice Services to the Territories (being
Legal Aid, Aboriginal Courtwork and Public Legal Education and
Information Services)	3,356,593	3,356,593
Contributions to support the implementation of official languages
requirements under the Contravention Act	8,686,829	7,916,155
Contributions under the Aboriginal Justice Strategy Fund	2,900,000	7,250,000
Contributions in support of the Youth Justice Fund	2,650,000	. . . . .
Contributions in support of the Child-Centred Family Justice Fund	11,950,027	11,950,027
Contributions to the provinces to assist in the operation of legal aid
systems	79,827,507	79,827,507
Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth
justice services	134,550,000	144,750,000
Integrated Market Enforcement Teams Reserve Fund	3,750,000	3,750,000
Contributions for the Victims of Crime Initiative	2,400,000	2,100,000
Total contributions	264,007,000	274,970,500
Items not required
Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth
justice services - Intensive Rehabilitation Custody and Supervision
Program	. . . . .	6,903,500
Grants in support of the Aboriginal Justice Strategy	. . . . .	50,000
Grants in support of the Youth Justice Renewal Fund	. . . . .	565,000
Contributions in support of the Youth Justice Renewal Fund	. . . . .	2,715,000
Total items not required	. . . . .	10,233,500
Total	266,383,000	286,850,000

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Canadian Human Rights Commission

Strategic Outcome

Equality, respect for human rights and protection from discrimination by fostering understanding of, and compliance with, the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Employment Equity Act .

Program Activity Descriptions

Dispute Resolution
Resolution of individual human rights complaints filed against federally regulated employers and service providers to foster understanding of and compliance with the Canadian Human Rights Act .

Discrimination Prevention
Engaging key stakeholders toward preventing discrimination in federally regulated workplaces and service centers, and raising public awareness, understanding and acceptance of human rights.

Knowledge Development
Develop information tools, including policies and research initiatives, to help foster understanding of and compliance with the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Employment Equity Act for use by the Commission, key stakeholders and the Canadian public.

Program by Activities
(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates		2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Dispute Resolution	8,693	8,693	. . . . .
Discrimination Prevention	6,548	6,548	. . . . .
Knowledge Development	5,871	5,871	. . . . .
Foster understanding of and compliance with the
Canadian Human Rights Act	. . . . .	. . . . .	17,945
Employment Equity Audits in federal and federally
regulated workplaces	. . . . .	. . . . .	3,060
	21,112	21,112	21,005

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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Strategic Outcome

Individuals have equal access, as determined by the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Employment Equity Act, to the opportunities that exist in Canadian society through the fair and equitable adjudication of human rights and employment equity cases that are brought before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Program Activity Descriptions

Public hearings of cases referred by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) relating to complaints of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act
To inquire into complaints of discrimination to decide if particular practices contravened the Canadian Human Rights Act .

Review direction given by the CHRC to employers pursuant to the Employment Equity Act
Conduct hearings into requests from employers to review decisions issued to them by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) or into applications from the CHRC to confirm directions given to employers.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates		2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Public hearings of cases referred by the Canadian Human
Rights Commission (CHRC) relating to complaints of
discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act	4,334	4,334	4,352
Review direction given by the CHRC to employers
pursuant to the Employment Equity Act	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	4,334	4,334	4,352

Note: Based on prior year trends, it is not anticipated that any cases under the Employment Equity Act will be referred to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal by the CHRC. Therefore no funds have been allocated in the 2007-2008 Main Estimates under the program activity called "Review direction given by the CHRC to employers pursuant to the Employment Equity Act ."

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Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs

Strategic Outcome

An independent and efficient Federal Judiciary.

Program Activity Descriptions

Payments Pursuant to the Judges Act
Payments of salaries, allowance and annuities to federally appointed judges, and their survivors, in the superior courts and courts of appeal in Canada.

Canadian Judicial Council
Administrative support to the various committees established by the Council which is made up of all of the Chief and Associate Chief Justices in Canada as well as the senior judges from the superior courts in Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Federal Judicial Affairs
Provides other services to federally appointed judges including language training, editing of the federal courts reports, and services to the Minister of Justice through the Judicial Appointments Secretariat.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates			2006-2007
	Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Less:		Estimates
		Revenues
		credited
		to the vote
Payments Pursuant to the Judges Act	390,465	. . . . .	390,465	349,546
Canadian Judicial Council	1,688	. . . . .	1,688	1,685
Federal Judicial Affairs	8,396	275	8,121	8,401
	400,549	275	400,274	359,632

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Courts Administration Service

Strategic Outcome

The public has effective, timely and fair access, in either official language, to the litigation processes of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada and the Tax Court of Canada.

Program Activity Descriptions

Provide Registry Services
The Registry Services provide administrative support to the courts to ensure the proper and efficient operation of the litigation process.

Provide Judicial Services
This service line provides judicial support to the Justices, including but not limited to judicial assistants, ushers and other staff who provide direct support to the Justices in the discharge of their responsibilities.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)
	2007-2008 Main Estimates		2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Provide Registry Services	37,175	37,175	40,345
Provide Judicial Services	20,553	20,553	22,202
	57,728	57,728	62,547

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Law Commission of Canada

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates		2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Recommendations on Law Reform	. . . . .	. . . . .	3,193
	. . . . .	. . . . .	3,193

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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Strategic Outcome

Prosecute criminal offences under federal law in a manner that is independent of any improper influence and respects the public interest.

Program Activity Descriptions

Prosecution of drug, organized crime and Criminal Code offences
Provision of legal advice and litigation support during the police investigation, and prosecution of all drug charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act , regardless of whether a federal, provincial or municipal police agency laid the charges, except in the case of Quebec and New Brunswick, where the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) prosecutes drug charges laid by the RCMP. Prosecution of organized crime cases. Pursuant to understandings with the provinces, prosecution of Criminal Code offences where they are related to drug charges and the drug aspect forms the major part of the case. In the three Northern Territories, prosecution of all Criminal Code offences.

Prosecution of federal offences to protect the environment, natural resources, economic and social health
Provision of advice and litigation support to federal investigative agencies, and prosecution of federal offences under 50 federal statutes upholding the mandates and policies of federal departments e.g. Fisheries Act , Income Tax Act , Copyright Act , Canadian Environmental Protection Act . Advice and prosecution of complex capital market fraud cases.

Addressing criminal issues, in the context of prosecutions, to contribute to a safer world for Canada
Prosecution of offences under such federal statutes as the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Terrorist Financing Act , Customs Act , Excise Act and the Excise Tax Act to combating trans-national crime and terrorism.

Promoting a fair and effective justice system that reflects Canadian values within a prosecutorial context
This program activity contributes to strengthening the criminal justice system across Canada and improving its efficiency by providing legal training to police, and by promoting federal/provincial/territorial cooperation among the prosecution community on important shared issues.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates			2006-2007
	Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Less:		Estimates
		Revenues
		credited
		to the vote
Prosecution of drug, organized crime and Criminal Code
offences	75,724	. . . . .	75,724	. . . . .
Prosecution of federal offences to protect the
environment, natural resources, economic and social
health	28,972	11,342	17,630	. . . . .
Addressing criminal issues, in the context of prosecutions,
to contribute to a safer world for Canada	4,323	. . . . .	4,323	. . . . .
Promoting a fair and effective justice system that reflects
Canadian values within a prosecutorial context	849	. . . . .	849	. . . . .
	109,868	11,342	98,526	. . . . .

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Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada

Strategic Outcome

The protection of the privacy rights of Canadians.

Program Activity Descriptions

Assess and investigate compliance with privacy obligations
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is responsible for investigating complaints and responding to inquiries received from individuals and organizations who contact the Office for advice and assistance on a wide range of privacy-related issues. The OPC also assesses how well organizations are complying with requirements set out in the two federal laws and provides recommendations on Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) pursuant to the Treasury Board of Canada policy. This activity is supported by a legal team that provides specialized legal advice and litigation support.

Privacy Issues - Research and Policy
The OPC serves as a centre of expertise on emerging privacy issues in Canada and abroad by researching trends, monitoring legislative and regulatory initiatives, providing analysis on key issues, and developing policy positions that advance the protection of privacy rights. An important part of the work done involves supporting the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners in providing advice to Parliament on legislation and on government program initiatives that may impact on privacy.

Privacy Education - Promotion and protection of privacy
The OPC plans and implements a number of public education and communications activities, including speaking engagements and special events, media relations, advertising, and the production and dissemination of promotional and educational material.

Strategic Outcome

Individual's rights under the Access to Information Act are safeguarded.

Program Activity Descriptions

Assess, investigate, review, pursue judicial enforcement, and provide advice
The Access to Information Act is the legislative authority for the activities of the Information Commissioner and his/her office. The objectives of the activity are:

• To ensure that the rights and obligations of complainants under the Access to Information Act are respected; complainants, heads of federal government institutions and all third parties affected by complaints are given a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the Information Commissioner; and investigations are thorough and timely;
• To persuade federal government institutions to adopt information practices in keeping with the Access to Information Act ; and
• To bring appropriate issues of interpretation of the Access to Information Act before the Federal Court.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates			2006-2007
	Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Contributions		Estimates
		and other
		transfer
		payments
Assess and investigate compliance with privacy
obligations	10,219	. . . . .	10,219	10,154
Privacy Issues - Research and Policy	3,807	500	4,307	3,393
Privacy Education - Promotion and protection of privacy	3,820	. . . . .	3,820	2,751
Assess, investigate, review, pursue judicial enforcement,
and provide advice	7,660	. . . . .	7,660	8,181
	25,506	500	26,006	24,479

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2007-2008	2006-2007
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Contributions
Privacy Issues - Research and Policy
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Class Contribution Program	500,000	. . . . .
Total	500,000	. . . . .

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Supreme Court of Canada

Strategic Outcome

To provide the best decision-making environment for the Supreme Court.

Program Activity Descriptions

Process hearings and decisions
The Office of the Registrar exists to provide the services the Court must have to render its decisions as the Court of last resort. The principal responsibilities of the Office of the Registrar are to provide a full range of administrative and support services to the Judges and to manage cases coming to the Court.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates		2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Process hearings and decisions	31,806	31,806	27,824
	31,806	31,806	27,824

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