2024–25 Departmental Results Report – Supplementary Information Tables – Details on transfer payment programs

Transfer payment program or funding agreement: Grants and contributions in support of Indigenous Peoples’ and stakeholder participation in CER activities, including adjudication, engagement, and safety and environmental oversight.

Start date: 6 December 2022, subsuming prior Participant Funding established in 2010

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant and Contribution

Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates.

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental result(s): Energy adjudication processes are accessible.

Link to the department’s program inventory:

For 2024-25:

  • Infrastructure, Tolls and Export Application
  • Regulatory Framework
  • Indigenous Engagement
  • Management System and Industry Performance

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program:

The purpose of the Regulator’s Grants and Contributions program is to provide grants and/or contributions to enable the Regulator’s departmental results and commitment in the preamble of the CER Act to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples of Canada.

The overarching objective is to support public and Indigenous Peoples’ participation in the Regulator’s assessments of non-designated projects; to enable relationship-building and Indigenous involvement in lifecycle activities; to fulfill the Crown duty to consult with Indigenous Peoples; to gather meaningful input to inform policy development and work; and to promote and disseminate research and support establishment of relevant research networks.

Results achieved:

Departmental Results measure I4: Percentage of surveyed participant funding recipients who agree that participant funding enabled their participation in an adjudication process.

  • Target of 90%, met with 100% based on one survey respondent

Findings of audits completed in 2024–25 : No audit was conducted.

Findings of evaluations completed in 2024–25 : No evaluation was conducted.

This TPP is scheduled for an evaluation starting in July 2026, subject to changes to the CER’s Evaluation, Review, and Audit Plan.

Engagement of applicants and recipients in 2024–25 :

Recipients of contributions provide feedback on the claim form (financial report). Grant recipients are sent a feedback survey. Responses are compiled quarterly and reported against DRF measure I4. G&C staff also respond to questions and issues raised by recipients in meetings, by email or by phone.

Financial information (dollars)

Type of transfer payment 2022–23 actual spending 2023–24 actual spending 2024–25 planned spending 2024–25 total authorities available for use 2024–25 actual spending (authorities used) Variance (2024–25 actual minus 2024–25 planned)
Total grants 229,634 1,131,334 5,866,771 5,866,771 1,496,479 (4,370,292)
Total contributions 1,034,214 1,712,353 3,110,250 3,110,250 5,612,820 2,502,570
Total other types of transfer payments n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Total program 1,263,848 2,843,687 8,977,021 8,977,021 7,109,299 (1,867,722)

Explanation of variances

The CER does not control the events which trigger demand for funding (i.e., number of pipeline applications submitted by industry to the CER, number of Indigenous peoples potentially impacted, and level of participation of the Indigenous communities.) Therefore, it is normal for there to be years with lapses and years with higher demand for which a reprofile is required to offset the forecasted deficit.

The difference between actual spending undertaken and planned spending for Grants and Contributions is highly impacted by changes to timing of the CER activities for which the funding is being provided and the timing of recipients providing the supporting documentation for payment, and in the case of contributions the amount paid may be less than that awarded due to ineligible costs of fewer costs to reimburse than planned. These factors are beyond the control of the G&C program.

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