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SECTION III - SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Organizational Information and Organization Chart

The Minister of Environment is responsible for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. The President and Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the NRTEE's single activity (i.e., to provide advice on strategic environment and economy issues of national relevance), including total gross planned spending of approximately $5.0 million and the 26 full-time equivalents associated with this activity.

NRTEE Organization Chart

Table 1: Departmental Planned Spending and Full-Time Equivalents


($ thousands)
Forecast Spending
2005-2006(1)
Planned Spending
2006-2007
Planned Spending
2007-2008
Planned Spending
2008-2009
Provide advice on environment and economy issues
5,051.0
5,183.0
5,189.0
5,189.0
Budgetary Main Estimates (gross)
5,051.0
5,183.0
5,189.0
5,189.0
Non-Budgetary Main Estimates (gross)
-
-
-
-
Less: Respendable revenue
-
-
-
-
Total Main Estimates
5,051.0
5,183.0
5,189.0
5,189.0
Adjustments
TB Vote 5, Procurement Savings
635.8
-
-
-
Budget Announcement
-
-
-
-

Treasury Board Vote 15

-
-
-
-
Employee Benefit Plan (EBP)
-
-
-
-
Total Adjustments
635.8
-
-
-
Total Planned Spending
5,686.8
5,183.0
5,189.0
5,189.0
 
Total Planned Spending
5,686.8(2)
5,183.0
5,189.0
5,189.0
Less: Non-respendable revenue
(20.0)
(20.0)
(10.0)
(10.0)
Plus: Cost of services received without charge
408.5
408.5
408.5
408.5
Net Cost of Program
6,075.3
5,571.5
5,587.5
5,587.5
 
Full-time Equivalents
24
25
25
25

(1) Reflects best forecast of total planned spending to the end of the fiscal year and includes approvals obtained since the Main Estimates, Supplementary Estimates and any other adjustments.

(2) Actual spending for 2006-2007 = $5,575,624

Table 2: Program Activities



($ thousands) 2006-2007

Program Activity
Budgetary
Non-Budgetary
Total
Main Estimates
Adjustments (Planned Spending not in Main Estimates)
Total Planned Spending
Operating

Capital

Grants

Gross
Contributions and Other Transfer Payments
Respendable Revenue

Net

Loans,
Investments and Advances
Provide advice on environment and economy issues
5,183.0
-
-
5,183.0
-
-
-
-
5,183.0
-
5,183.0
Total
5,183.0
-
-
5,183.0
-
-
-
-
5,183.0
-
5,183.0

This table shows total 2006-2007 planned spending for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy by program activity. All planned spending for 2006-2007 is classified as operating expenses in support of agency initiatives.

Table 3: Voted and Statutory Items Listed in Main Estimates


2006-2007
Vote or Statutory Item

Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording

Current
Main Estimates
($ thousands)
Previous
Main Estimates
($ thousands)
25
Program expenditures
4,762.0
4,632.0
(S)
Contributions to employee benefit plans
441.0
439.0
(S)
Expenditures pursuant to Paragraph 29.1(1) of the Financial Administration Act
(20.0)
(20.0)
Total Department or Agency
5,183.0
5,051.0

This table displays the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy's Main Estimates by vote and statutory items for the current and previous estimates years. The decrease in operating expenditures and increase in contributions to employee benefit plans in the current main estimates result from a permanent transfer of funds within the operating expenditures vote from operating to personnel expense. The amount of the decrease and increase represents the cost of the employee benefit plans related to the amount transferred.

Table 4: Services Received Without Charge


($ thousands)
2006-2007
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
368.5
Pay and benefit services received without charge from Environment Canada
2.0
Audit Services received without charge from the Office of the Auditor General
38.0
2006-2007 Services received without charge
408.5

Table 5: Summary of Capital Spending by Program Activity


($ thousands)
Forecast Spending 2005-2006
Planned Spending 2006-2007
Planned Spending 2007-2008
Planned Spending 2008-2009
NRTEE      
Provide advice on environment and economy issues
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
Total
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0

Table 6: Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue

Respendable Revenue

($ thousands)
Forecast Spending 2005-2006
Planned Spending 2006-2007
Planned Spending 2007-2008
Planned Spending 2008-2009
Provide advice on environment and economy issues
-
-
-
-
Total Respendable Revenue
-
-
-
-

Non-Respendable Revenue


($ thousands)
Forecast Spending 2005-2006
Planned Spending 2006-2007
Planned Spending 2007-2008
Planned Spending 2008-2009
NRTEE        
Provide advice on environment and economy issues        
Expenditures pursuant to section 29.1(1) of the Financial Administration Act (3)
20.0
20.0
10.0
10.0
Total Non-Respendable Revenue
20.0
20.0
10.0
10.0
Total Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
20.0
20.0
10.0
10.0

(3) During 1996-1997, the NRTEE commenced cost-recovery for its publications. Under the NRTEE Act, and Section 29.1 of the Financial Administration Act, the NRTEE has authority to spend any revenues received.

Table 7. Internal Audits and Evaluations


Internal Audits or Evaluations
Internal audits: The NRTEE will assign resources to audit selected financial process.
Evaluations: The NRTEE will assign resources to assess the optimal approach to evaluating its performance.

SECTION IV - OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Contact for more information

Ms. Lisa Woodward
Director of Operations
344 Slater Street, Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 7Y3

Telephone: (613) 947-4421
E-mail: woodwardl@nrtee-trnee.ca


NRTEE Members
(at September 6, 2006)

Chair, Glen Murray
Toronto, Ontario

Elyse Allan
President & CEO
GE Canada
Toronto, Ontario

Katherine M. Bergman
Dean, Faculty of Science
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan

Richard Drouin
Corporate Director
Montréal, Quebec

Stephen Kakfwi
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

David Kerr
Director
Toronto, Ontario

Manon Laporte
President and CEO, Enviro-Access
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Audrey McLaughlin LLD, P.C., O.C.
Whitehorse, Yukon

Dee Marcoux
Gibsons, British Columbia

Darren Allan Riggs
Marketing and Sales Manager
Superior Sanitation Services Ltd.
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Outgoing Chair
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Iqaluit, Nunavut

Steve Williams
Executive Vice President, Oil Sands
Suncor Energy Inc.
Fort McMurray, Alberta