Departmental plans: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates—November 16, 2020

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2020 to 2021 Departmental Plan overview for Public Services and Procurement Canada

Background

The departmental plan is a mechanism of ministerial accountability, communicating departmental expenditure plans for the next 3 years, as well as an organization’s priorities, resource requirements and expected results. The plan is tabled annually in parliament and published for all Canadians.

Status

The 2020 to 2021 Departmental Plan for Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) was tabled in Parliament on March 10, 2020.

Priority activities

The activities identified below summarize PSPC’s key priorities as well as the minister’s mandate commitments and are presented by the department’s core responsibility.

Purchase of goods and services

Payments and accounting

Property and infrastructure

Government-wide support

Procurement Ombudsman

Performance results

Key performance trends stemming from the report include:

Key financial information

Budgetary planning information for core responsibilities and internal services, including the 2020 to 2021 main estimates, and the 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 planned spending.

Table 1: Budgetary planning information for core responsibilities and internal services (in dollars)
Purpose of funding 2020 to 2021 Main Estimates 2021 to 2022 planned spending 2022 to 2023 planned spending
Core responsibilities 3,766,548,082 3,799,095,758 3,569,313,877
Internal services 281,723,937 271,071,532 258,397,860
Totals 4,048,272,019 4,070,167,290 3,827,711,737

For 2022 to 2023, the department plans to spend $221 million less than in 2020 to 2021. The decrease is due to the end or winding down of funding in a broad suite of initiatives including:

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