Public Health Agency of Canada 2015–16 Report on Plans and Priorities

Section III: Supplementary Information

Future-Oriented Statement of Operations

The future-oriented condensed statement of operations provides a general overview of the Agency's operations. The forecast of financial information on expenses and revenues is prepared on an accrual accounting basis to strengthen accountability and to improve transparency and financial management.

Because the future-oriented condensed statement of operations is prepared on an accrual accounting basis, and the forecast and planned spending amounts presented in other sections of the Report on Plans and Priorities are prepared on an expenditure basis, amounts differ.

A more detailed future-oriented statement of operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net costs of operations to the requested authorities, can be found on the Agency's website.^{Footnote xxxiv}.

Total expenses are higher in 2014–15 primarily due to the Agency making the final payment of $49.7 million to provinces and territories under the Hepatitis C Health Care Services Program; the sunsetting of the Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities Program's Strategic Fund; and the temporary funding for Ebola Preparedness and Response Initiatives to Protect Canadians at Home and Abroad.

Supplementary Information Tables

The supplementary information tables listed in the 2015–16 Report on Plans and Priorities can be found on the Agency's website.^{Footnote xxxv}

• Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy;
• Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 Million or More;
• Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million;
• Horizontal Initiatives; and
• Upcoming Internal Audits and Evaluations of the next three years.

Tax Expenditures and Evaluations

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures annually in the Tax Expenditures and Evaluations^{Footnote xxxvi} publication. The tax measures presented in the Tax Expenditures and Evaluations publication are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.