Financial Statements For the year ended March 31, 2012

Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)

3. Parliamentary authorities

The Agency receives most of its funding through annual parliamentary authorities.  Items recognized in the Statement of Financial Position and the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position in one year may be funded through Parliamentary authorities in prior, current or future years. Accordingly, the Agency has different net results of operations for the year on a government funding basis than on an accrual accounting basis.  These differences are reconciled in the following tables:

a. Reconciliation of net cost of operations to current year authorities used:
(in thousands of dollars)



  2012
2011
Restated
(note 12)
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers $ 661,524 $ 613,744
Adjustments for items affecting net cost of operations but not affecting authorities:
Amortization of tangible capital assets (9,246) (8,598)
Gain (loss) on disposal of tangible capital assets (86) (170)
Services provided without charge by other government departments (26,230) (26,468)
Decrease (increase) in vacation pay and compensatory leave 1,514 (326)
Decrease (increase) in employee future benefits 11,111 (4,449)
Refund/adjustment of previous year’s expenditures 3,337 12,830
Workforce adjustment measures (35,000) -
Other (73) 5
Total items affecting net cost of operations but not affecting authorities 606,851 586,568
Adjustments for items not affecting net cost of operations but affecting authorities:
Acquisitions of tangible capital assets 29,589 31,519
Proceeds from disposal of Crown assets 60 35
Net change to accountable advances - (2)
Current year authorities used $ 636,500 $ 618,120
b. Authorities provided and used:
(in thousands of dollars)


  2012
2011
Authorities provided:
Vote 40 - Operating expenditures $ 431,838 $ 438,184
Vote 45 - Capital expenditures   28,373 36,774
Vote 50 - Grants and contributions 196,986 201,473
Statutory amounts 36,600 35,502
Total authorities and statutory amounts provided 693,797 711,933
Less:
Authorities available for future years (2) (16)
Lapsed authorities (57,295) (93,797)
Current year authorities used $ 636,500 $ 618,120

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