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SECTION III – SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Organizational Information

The Tribunal is composed of not more than six judicial members and not more than eight non-judicial members. Non-judicial members have backgrounds in economics, business, accounting, marketing and other relevant fields. Figure 1 shows the Tribunal's organizational structure.

The Governor in Council appoints judicial members, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, from among the judges of the Federal Court, Trial Division, and designates one of the judicial members as Chairperson of the Tribunal. The Governor in Council appoints non-judicial members on the recommendation of the Minister of Industry. Appointments are for a fixed term not exceeding seven years; members may be re-appointed.

The Registry of the Competition Tribunal has been designated a department for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act, with the Minister of Industry as its minister and the Registrar of the Competition Tribunal as the deputy head. The Registry has 14 full-time employees and provides all necessary administrative support required by the Tribunal for the hearing and disposition of all applications. The Registry responds to all requests for information by the legal community, researchers and the public on the status of cases, the Competition Tribunal Rules and its case law.

Figure 1: Organizational Structure

Table 1: Departmental Planned Spending Table and Full-time Equivalents

($ millions)	Forecast Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008	Planned Spending 2008-2009	Planned Spending 2009-2010
The Tribunal hears cases and the Registry processes the materials for the cases heard by the Tribunal under Parts VII.1 and VII of the Competition Act; and
Support Services related to cases, other administrative support (IT, finance, etc.)	1 524	1 536	1 536	1 536
Less: Respendable revenue	-	-	-	-
Total Main Estimates	1 524	1 536	1 536	1 536
Employee Benefit Plan (EBP)1 *	162	160	160	160
Total Adjustments
Total Planned Spending	1 686	1 696	1 696	1 696
Total Planned Spending	1 686	1 696	1 696	1 696
Less: Non-respendable revenue
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	630	630	630	630
Total Departmental Spending	2 316	2 326	2 326	2 326
Full-time Equivalents	14	14	14	14

¹ Note that this adjustment can only be applied to the "Forecast Spending" column.

Table 2: Voted and Statutory Items listed in Main Estimates

(in thousands of dollars)

Vote or Statutory Item	Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording	2007-2008 Main Estimates	2006-2007 Main Estimates
45	Program expenditures	1 536	1 524
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	160	162
	Total Department or Agency	1 696	1 686

Table 3: Services Received Without Charge

($ millions)	2007-2008
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada	570
Contributions covering employers' share of employees' insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (excluding revolving funds)	60
Total 2007-2008 Services received without charge	630

 

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