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SECTION III – SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Organizational Information

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians is the Minister responsible for the Department.

As illustrated in the organizational chart below, the Minister is supported by the Department's Executive Director and Deputy Head.  The Executive Director and Deputy Head is accountable for the overall management of the Department, strategic policy direction, and the provision of executive support to the Minister. 

The Executive Director and Deputy Head is directly supported by the Directors General of Operations and Corporate Services and Transition Management, and the Directors of Policy and Strategic Planning, and Public Affairs, Liaison and Outreach.

The Director General, Corporate Services and Transition Management, is accountable for managing and providing corporate leadership in the development of programs, plans and strategies to integrate and ensure the integrity of corporate priorities in human resources, finance, administration, materiel management, procurement, Information Technology, Access to Information and Privacy Program, internal audit and evaluation, records management, and performance management.  The Director General is also accountable for the coordination of all transition issues related to the implementation of the Settlement Agreement.  

The Director General, Operations, is accountable for: the management of operations relating to the Alternative Dispute Resolution process and ensuring that claims are administered and resolved in accordance with established program authorities; processes and the approved compensation framework; as well as the transition from the Alternative Dispute Resolution process to the Independent Assessment Process under the Settlement Agreement.  The Director General is also accountable for: the management of litigation; the health-related components of the National Resolution Framework; and the management and delivery of an extensive research program which supports both litigation and the Alternative Dispute Resolution process;management of all Departmental transition issues related to implementation of the Settlement Agreement and post-resolution including overarching responsibility for delivery of the Advanced Payment program.

The Director, Policy and Strategic Planning, is accountable for: providing corporate leadership in developing and coordinating the preparation of the Department's strategic plan; developing and monitoring the implementation of the Department's strategic policy framework; and providing policy advice and support to the Executive Director and Deputy Head and the Department on issues related to claims resolution and broader healing and reconciliation.

The Director, Public Affairs, Liaison and Outreach, is accountable for: overall communications of the Department which includes: internal and external communications; media relations; strategic communications planning; and Parliamentary Affairs including liaison with Parliamentarians and the Minister's Office.  The Director is also accountable for: outreach to Aboriginal communities, Indian Residential Schools survivor societies, and the general public; liaison with national and regional Aboriginal organizations; the management of the Department's contribution funding authority and agreements; and the strategic management and delivery of the Commemoration Program.

Financial Tables

Table 1: Departmental Planned Spending and Full Time Equivalents

($ millions)	Forecast Spending 2005-2006+	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008	Planned Spending 2008-2009
Claims Resolution	121.1	208.6	-*	-*
Budgetary Main Estimates (gross)	121.1	208.6	-*	-*
Total Main Estimates	121.1	208.6	-*	-*
Adjustments:
Net funding received through Governor General Special Warrants 2 and 3:
Additional funding for the settlement of Indian Residential Schools claims	30.5	-	-*	-*
Aboriginal Healing  Foundation	40.0	-	-*	-*
Court Awards	0.4	-	-*	-*
Employee Benefit Plan	(3.6)	-	-*	-*
Total Adjustments	67.3	-	-*	-*
Lapses:
Lapsed funding	29.1	-	-*	-*
Total Planned Spending	159.2	208.6	-*	-*
Total Planned Spending	159.2	208.6	-*	-*
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	8.8	8.2	-*	-*
Net cost of Program	168.0	216.8	-*	-*
Full Time Equivalents	230.0	300.0	-*	-*

⁺Note : Fiscal year "2005-2006 Forecast Spending" is based on actual spending except for "Cost of services received without charge" which is an estimate.

*Note: Once court approved, the Government will provide adequate resources to fulfil its obligations under the Settlement Agreement. New funding and authorities will be sought for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 fiscal years.

As illustrated above, funding in Main Estimates for 2006-2007 is greater by $87.5 million when compared to the previous year.  Of this increase, $58 million is for the Advance Payment program.  The remaining $29.5 million of the increase in planned spending will provide continued support to the programs, activities and services under the current National Resolution Framework and preparation for the implementation of the Settlement Agreement.

Table 2: Program by Activity

	Budgetary  ($ millions)
Program Activity	Operating	Grants and Contributions	Total Main Estimates
Claims Resolution	202.6	6.0	208.6
Total	202.6	6.0	208.6

Total planned spending for the 2006-2007 Estimates year is $208.6 million which includes $202.6 million for operating expenditures and $6.0 million for contributions for Group Dispute Resolution and Policy and Consultation funding described below.

Further to the spending plans discussed under Table 1 – Departmental Planned Spending and Full-Time Equivalents, operating expenditures will be used to support the Department's commitment to ensuring timely and effective resolution of outstanding claims.  The principle tenet of this commitment is to ensure that resources are available to provide compensation to former students with validated claims.  In addition, operating expenditures will support the Department's research activities that are critical to its due diligence procedures ensuring that Indian Residential Schools claims are properly validated and funding for the administration and delivery of Advanced Payments.

The $6.0 million in resources for contributions will be used for the following purposes:

Group Dispute Resolution: These contributions are made to groups of former students and are used to provide a process by which individuals with common claim elements, and a desire to resolve their claim in a group setting, can proceed through the Alternative Dispute Resolution process.

Policy and Consultation: These contributions are made to organizations focused on providing support services to former Indian Residential Schools students, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit organizations and individuals (on and off-reserve); public or private policy organizations; institutions or individuals with expertise on issues of interest to the program.  These activities foster effective and collaborative partnerships with Aboriginal peoples and their communities.

Table 3: Voted and Statutory Items listed in Main Estimates 

2006-2007
Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording	Current Main Estimates	Previous Main Estimates
*	Operating expenditures	196.2	112.1
*	Contributions	6.0	3.0
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	6.4	6.0
	Total Department($ millions)	208.6	121.1

Note: Vote numbers were left blank as IRSRC was transferred from The Minister for Canadian Heritage to the Minister for Indian and Northern Affairs as a result of Order in Council 2006-0399 dated 17 May 2006.  IRSRC will be provided with interim votes via Supplementary Estimates (A). 

The 2006-2007 Main Estimates shows an increase of $87.5 million over the previous Main Estimates.  As previously discussed under Table 1 – Departmental Planned Spending and Full-Time Equivalents, this increase will provide continued support to the programs, activities and services under the current National Resolution framework in this transition year.  In addition the increase will provide support for the transition from the Alternative Dispute Resolution process to the Independent Assessment Process and the Advance Payments and operational requirements of preparing for the implementation of the Settlement Agreement.

Table 4: Services Received Without Charge

($ millions)	2006-2007
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)	4.3
Contributions covering employer's share of employees' insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) (excluding revolving funds).  Employer's contribution to employees' insured benefits plans and expenditures paid by TBS.	3.2
Salary and associated expenditures of legal services provided by Department of Justice	0.7
2006-2007 Services received without charge	8.2

The table above provides an estimate of the cost of common services received without charge by the Department from other government organizations.  The presentation of such amounts is consistent with the presentation of services received without charge in the Department's Financial Statements and Departmental Performance Report.

Table 5: Summary of Capital Spending by Program Activity

($ millions)	Forecast Spending 2005-2006	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008	Planned Spending 2008-2009
Claims Resolution	0.2	0.5	-*	-*
Total	0.2	0.5	-*	-*

*Note: Once court approved, the Government will provide adequate resources to fulfil its obligations under the Settlement Agreement.  New funding and authorities will be sought for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 fiscal years.

Capital expenditures planned for the 2006-2007 Estimates year will be used to support the full implementation of the Single Access to Dispute Resolution Enterprise (SADRE), the Department's automated case management tool, as well as any necessary changes to the tool'scapacity and functionality as a result of the transition from the current Alternative Dispute Resolution Process to the new Independent Assessment Process and the delivery of the Common Experience Payment.

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