Section IV: Other Items of Interest

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Canada’s Economic Action Plan
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Nineteenth Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada
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Transport Canada Annual Reports
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Treasury Board Secretariat Expenditure Management
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/estime.asp

Speech from the Throne
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Footnotes

[1] Type is defined as follows: previously committed to—committed to in the first or second fiscal year prior to the subject year of the report; ongoing—committed to at least three fiscal years prior to the subject year of the report; and new—newly committed to in the reporting year of the RPP or DPR. (Return to footnote 1 source paragraph)

[2] A new sub-program, 1.1.4, International Frameworks and Trade, was created for 2013-14. Most of these activities were under Internal Services in past years. As well, the Centre of Expertise for Transfer Payment was moved from Internal Services to sub-program 1.3.3.3. Program 1.4, Transportation Innovation, was amended to Transportation Analysis and Innovation for 2013-14. Economic Analysis functions previously under Internal Services have been allocated to new 1.4 sub-programs. (Return to footnote 2 source paragraph)

[3] Due to rounding, column totals shown may not be exact. (Return to footnote 3 source paragraph)

[4] For 2013-14, the Aboriginal Consultation Unit, previously under Internal Services, was realigned to 2.3. (Return to footnote 4 source paragraph)

[5] Due to rounding, column totals shown may not be exact. (Return to footnote 5 source paragraph)

[6] The SO3, A Safe Transportation System, was merged with SO4, A Secure Transportation System, for the 2013-14 PAA. Programs 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 were under SO4 from 2010 to 2012. As of 2013-14, these Programs will be under SO3. (Return to footnote 6 source paragraph)

[7] Program 3.9 was created for the 2013-14 PAA. Safe and Secure Strategies and Integration, previously under Internal Services, was allocated to sub-program 3.9.1. Sub-programs 3.9.2 and 3.9.3 were realigned from existing Programs in SO3 and SO4. (Return to footnote 7 source paragraph)

[8] Due to rounding, column totals shown may not be exact. (Return to footnote 8 source paragraph)

[9] Due to rounding, column totals shown may not be exact. (Return to footnote 9 source paragraph)

[10] Due to rounding, column totals shown may not be exact. (Return to footnote 10 source paragraph)

[11] Quarterly Financial Report of Transport Canada - September 30, 2012. (Return to footnote 11 source paragraph)

[12] An expected result is an outcome towards which Transport Canada is contributing through various activities in its Program Alignment Architecture. (Return to footnote 12 source paragraph)

[13] A performance indicator is a statistic or parameter that, tracked over time, provides information on trends in the status of a program. (Return to footnote 13 source paragraph)

[14] A target is a specific performance goal tied to a performance indicator against which actual performance will be compared. (Return to footnote 14 source paragraph)

[15] A unit of measurement equal to the space occupied by a standard twenty foot container. Source: American Association of Port Authorities. (Return to footnote 15 source paragraph)

[16] Note: It will only be possible to set an absolute value once the transportation sector's share of the Government of Canada reduction targets are established. (Return to footnote 16 source paragraph)

[17] New Program, which aligns functions previously conducted under different Programs. (Return to footnote 17 source paragraph)

[18] Note: Category 3 includes the following: An occurrence with moderate damage, injury, delay, grounded aircraft and/or costs and a hazard with moderate potential for injury, damage and/or delay. Canadian Aviation Regulation violations are categorized as 3 or higher. (Return to footnote 18 source paragraph)

[19] A follow-up flag is calculated using the severity of non-compliances found and the site activities (class of DG, import or export, bulk or package). (Return to footnote 19 source paragraph)

[20] Management and Oversight Services include the following service groupings: Strategic Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, Executive Services, Corporate Planning and Reporting, Internal Audit, Evaluation and Crown Corporation Governance and Internal Management. (Return to footnote 20 source paragraph)

[21] Transport Canada’s Financial Statements. (Return to footnote 21 source paragraph)

[22] Transport Canada’s supplementary information tables. (Return to footnote 22 source paragraph)