Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million - RPP 2016-17

Name of transfer payment program	Payments to dependants of certain members of the Royal Canadian Air Force killed while serving as instructors under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (Appropriation Act No. 4, 1968) - [Statutory Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.1: Military Personnel and Organization Lifecycle 4.1.10: Military Personnel and Organization - Strategic Coordination, Development and Control
Main objective	To provide compensation to the dependants of certain personnel killed in-service, who were otherwise not entitled to pension benefits.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$25,700
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	N/A
General targeted recipient groups	Persons

Name of transfer payment program	Grant to the Royal Canadian Naval (RCN) Benevolent Fund - [Voted Payments]
End date	2014-15 (Program ended 31 March 2015)
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.1: Military Personnel and Organization Lifecycle 4.1.7: Military Personnel - Morale and Well Being
Main objective	To fully or partially cover the Benevolent Fund’s annual rent and telecommunication expenses. The grant funding allows the organization to better focus on their mandate to relieve distress and to promote the well-being of current and former members of the Naval Forces of Canada, Merchant Navy War Veterans, and their dependants.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program termination by RCN)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations

Name of transfer payment program	Grants in support of the Defence Engagement Program - [Voted Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.2: Defence Services for Canadian Safety and Security 2.2.5: Defence Services to other Government Departments and Agencies
Main objective	To support a strong Canadian knowledge base in contemporary security and defence issues that is relevant to Canadian defence policy and capable of informing, confirming and challenging DND/CAF defence policy thinking, and to foster the next generation of security and defence scholars in the Canadian academic community.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$500,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2010-11
General targeted recipient groups	Persons; Non-profit organizations

Name of transfer payment program	Grant Program to the National Offices of the Cadet Leagues of Canada, as: Navy League of Canada Army Cadet League of Canada Air Cadet League of Canada [Voted Payments]
End date	2017-18
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.3: Military Heritage and Outreach 2.3.2: Youth Program
Main objective	To provide support to the Cadet Leagues through a Grant to each of the three National Offices (Navy League, Army Cadet League, and Air Cadet League) to permit the Cadet Leagues to concentrate their efforts on attracting and developing an extensive volunteer network in support of the Cadet Movement.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$458,000 $458,000 $458,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2012-13
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations.

Name of transfer payment program	Named Grant to the Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research (IEMR) - [Voted Payments]
End date	2014-15 (Program ended 31 March 2015)
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.3: Real Property Lifecycle 4.3.5: Real Property - Environment and Remediation
Main objective	To provide sufficient funds to enable the IEMR to continue to operate and meet the following objectives : to initiate, coordinate, support and conduct environmental research; to monitor effects and proposed mitigation measures associated with low level military flight training activities over north-eastern Quebec and Labrador; to foster inclusion or incorporation of aboriginal environmental knowledge and cooperation in research and monitoring activities amongst DND, scientific establishments, research institutions, consultants and universities interested in the mandate and objectives of the IEMR; to promote a solid understanding and flow of information with the public on the work of the IEMR; and to provide advice and information to stakeholders to ensure that the environmental impact of low-level military flight training activities in and around the low-level training area is minimized to the fullest extent possible.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program termination)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2013-14
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations.

Name of transfer payment program	Grant in support of the Compensation for Employers of Reservists Program (CERP) – [Voted Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contribution to Government 2.3: Military Heritage and Outreach 2.3.1: Military History, Heritage and Awareness
Main objective	To establish new federal financial assistance that will enable the delivery of a program to compensate civilian employers, build bridges with businesses and other stakeholders, and ensure that Reservists continue to be fully integrated and readily available for military duty.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$2,350,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	None Note: New program was approved by Treasury Board in September 2014.
General targeted recipient groups	Civilian employers of reservists, and self-employed Reservists, within the following sectors: Non-profit organizations, Provinces and Territories, Industry-related, employers of the Primary reservists in Canadian Armed Forces. Note: The program does not apply to civilian employers of Reservists from the Federal Government, Federal Agencies and Crown Corporations.

Name of transfer payment program	Payments under Parts I-IV of the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act (R.S., 1970 c. D-3) - [Statutory Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.1: Military Personnel and Organization Lifecycle 4.1.10: Military Personnel and Organization - Strategic Coordination, Development and Control
Main objective	The Defence Services Pension Continuation Act provides for the payment of pensions to certain persons enrolled as members of the Regular Forces before the 1^st day of April 1946.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$600,000 Note: The amount was reduced due a decrease of targeted recipient’s accessibility.
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	N/A
General targeted recipient groups	Persons

Name of transfer payment program	Payments under the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act - [Statutory Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.1: Military Personnel and Organization Lifecycle 4.1.10: Military Personnel and Organization - Strategic Coordination, Development and Control
Main objective	The Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act provides supplementary retirement benefits for certain persons in receipt of pension payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$2,700,000 Note: The amount was reduced due a decrease of targeted recipient’s accessibility.
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	N/A
General targeted recipient groups	Persons

Name of transfer payment program	Contribution to the Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee - [Voted Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	5.0: Defence Capability Development and Research 5.1: Capability Design, Development and Integration 5.1.3: Science and Systems Development and Integration
Main objective	To foster public confidence that Canadian biological and chemical defence activities are for defensive purposes, to present tangible evidence to the international bodies reinforcing Canada’s declarations that its biological and chemical defence programs are for defensive purposes, and to provide independent non-government expert review of the Canadian biological chemical defence activities to improve program safety.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$129,089
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	Other - committee

Name of transfer payment program	COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat Contribution Program - [Voted Payments]
End date	2015-16 (Program was transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.2: Defence Services for Canadian Safety and Security 2.2.3: National Search and Rescue Program Note: The Program Alignment Architecture was modified last year, which may change the Total Transfer Payments Value.
Main objective	The main objective of this transfer program is to meet Canada's obligation, under the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Agreement (ICSPA), to share the operating costs of the COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat when performing administrative task and functions in support of the Parties to the agreement and the other participants of the COSPAS-SARSAT Programme. The COSPAS-SARSAT Programme supports a satellite-based distress alerting system. Distress alerting is a key part of our national and international air, marine and ground search and rescue systems. The mission of the Programme is to provide accurate, timely and reliable distress alerting and location data to help search and rescue authorities assist persons in distress. It ensures that all Canadians within, and to an extent those outside of, Canada’s search and rescue zone of responsibility are provided with a real-time response to the emergency beacon transmissions.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program was transferred to Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	International organizations

Name of transfer payment program	Contribution Program in Support of the Remediation of the Former Mid-Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario - [Voted Payments]
End date	2015-16 (Program may be requesting one more year to complete its tasks)
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.3: Real Property Lifecycle 4.3.5: Real Property - Environment and Remediation
Main objective	To support the remediation of 11 of the 17 former Mid-Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario, and to provide a financial contribution to the Government of Ontario in order to undertake remediation activities at former Mid-Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario on a cost-sharing basis.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program reached the limit of $30 million)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	Provinces and territories

Name of transfer payment program	Canadian Association of Physician Assistants Contribution Program - [Voted Payments]
End date	2015-16 (Program may be requesting one more year to complete its tasks)
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	4.0: Defence Capability Element Production 4.1: Military Personnel and Organization Lifecycle 4.1.8: Military Personnel - Health Care
Main objective	To allow the association to transit from a DND organization to establish itself as the sole national governing body, whose role is to represent physician assistants in Canada and to provide professional, ethical and certification standards to this health science profession.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program termination)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	N/A
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations

Name of transfer payment program	NATO Contribution Program: NATO Other Activities - [Voted Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	1.0: Defence Combat and Support Operations 1.3: Ongoing Centralized Operations and Operational Enablement 1.3.4: Military Diplomacy and Global Engagement Note: The NATO Program Alignment Architecture was modified last year and is now combined with the MTCP Program which changes the Total Transfer Payments Value.
Main objective	To support the department’s mission to defend Canada and Canadian interests and values while contributing to international peace and security.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$2,050,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2011-12
General targeted recipient groups	International organizations and foreign countries.

Name of transfer payment program	Contribution to the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) - [Voted Payments]
End date	On-going
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.2: Defence Services for Canadian Safety and Security 2.2.3: National Search and Rescue Program
Main objective	To prepare (train) CASARA volunteers in the fundamental techniques required to assist in search activities for missing aircraft, to interact with members of the general aviation community for the purpose of Search and Rescue (SAR) awareness messaging, and maintain the National Organization.
Planned spending for 2016-17	$3,100,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations

Name of transfer payment program	Contribution Program in Support of the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF) - [Voted Payments]
End date	2015-16 (Program was transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.2: Defence Services for Canadian Safety and Security 2.2.3: National Search and Rescue Program Note: This SAR NIF Program Alignment Architecture was modified last year, which may change the Total Transfer Payments Value.
Main objective	To promote and support projects designed to develop and improve SAR prevention, to enhance the effectiveness of the SAR response in federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, and to share SAR response and prevention best practices throughout the SAR community.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program was transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014-15
General targeted recipient groups	Provinces and territories; Non-profit organizations; Industry-related

Name of transfer payment program	Contribution Program in support of the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC) - [Voted Payments]
End date	FY 2015-16 (Program was transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Type of transfer payment	Contribution
Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture	2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government 2.2: Defence Services for Canadian Safety and Security 2.2.3: National Search and Rescue Program Note: This SARVAC Program Alignment Architecture was modified last year, which may change the Total Transfer Payments Value.
Main objective	To improve Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) through the coordination, consistency and standardization of the 12,000 volunteers involved in GSAR. This program provides significant value to the National Search and Rescue Program by ensuring a robust volunteer framework across all domains and contribution to a reduction of injuries/loss of life through providing consistent SAR prevention messaging, developed nationally and delivered locally.
Planned spending for 2016-17	N/A (Program was transferred to Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on 24 July 2015)
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	None Note: New program, approved by DND on March 2015.
General targeted recipient groups	Provinces and territories; Non-profit organizations; Industry-related

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Date modified:: 2016-03-07