National Battlefields Commission
2017 to 2018 Fees Report
Table of contents
Minister’s Message
On behalf of the National Battlefields Commission, I am pleased to present the 2017 to 2018 Report on Fees.
On June 22, 2017, the Service Fees Act received royal assent, thereby repealing the User Fees Act.
The Service Fees Act introduces a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through enhanced reporting to Parliament, improved transparency and oversight. The act provides for:
- a streamlined approach to consultation and the approval of new or modified fees;
- a requirement to have performance standards and report against these standards, along with a policy to remit fees to fee payers when standards are not met;
- an automatic annual fee adjustment by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure that fees keep pace with inflation; and
- annual detailed reporting to Parliament in order to increase transparency.
This 2017 to 2018 Fees Report is the first report to be prepared under the Service Fees Act. The report includes new information such as a detailed listing of all fees along with future year fee amounts. Additional fee information will be included starting next fiscal year, once the NBC fully transitions to the Service Fees Act regime.
I welcome the increased transparency and oversight embodied by the reporting regime of the Service Fees Act, and I fully endorse the National Battlefields Commission’s efforts to transition to this modern framework.
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
General fees information
The tables that follow provide information on each category of fees, including:
- the name of the fee category
- the date that the fee (or fee category) was introduced and last amended (if applicable)
- service standards
- performance results against these standards
- financial information regarding total costs, total revenues and remissions
In addition to the information presented by fee category, there is a summary of the financial information for all fees as well as a listing of fees under the department’s authority. This listing includes the existing fee dollar amounts and the adjusted dollar fee amount for a future year.
General and financial information by fee category
General information
| Fee category | Provision of a service - animation |
|---|---|
| Fee setting authority | Authority under An Act respecting the National Battlefields at Quebec, S.C. 1908, c. 57 and its amendments |
| Year introduced | 1908 Authority |
| Year last amended | Not applicable |
| Service standard | Not subjected |
| Performance results | Not subjected |
| Other information | See rates on website |
Financial information (dollars)
| 2016 to 2017 Revenue | 2017 to 2018 Revenue | 2017 to 2018 Cost* | 2017 to 2018 Remissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 293,795 | 325,010 | 503,728 | Not applicable |
* The amount includes direct and indirect costs, where such costs are identifiable and material.
General information
| Fee catogery | Use of a facility – Museum, ground use and parking |
|---|---|
| Fee-setting authority | Authority under An Act respecting the National Battlefields at Quebec, S.C. 1908, c. 57 and its amendments |
| Year introduced | 1908 Authority |
| Year last amended | Sans objet |
| Service standard | Not subjected |
| Performance results | Not subjected |
| Other information | See rates on website |
Financial information (dollars)
| 2016 to 2017 Revenue | 2017 to 2018 Revenue | 2017 to 2018 Cost* | 2017 to 2018 Remissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,639,571 | 1,841,878 | 6,141,173 | Not applicable |
* The amount includes direct and indirect costs, where such costs are identifiable and material.
Financial totals for all fee categories
Total revenues, cost and remissions (dollars)
| 2016 to 2017 Total revenue | 2017 to 2018 Total revenue | 2017 to 2018 Total cost1 | 2017 to 2018 Total remissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,933,366 | 2,166,888 | 6,644,901 | Not applicable |
Note: the totals are the sums of the revenues, costs and remissions reported for all fee categories in the “Financial information” tables.
Fee amounts for 2017 to 2018, 2019 to 2020, and a future fiscal year, as applicable (dollars)
| Name of fees | 2017 to 2018 Fee amounts | 2019 to 2020 Adjusted fee amount* | Future fee amount and fiscal year† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation activities | Between $3 and $60 or flat rate | Exempt | Exempt |
| Exhibition ticketing | Between $2 and $15 or flat rate | Exempt | Exempt |
| Parking | Between $2 and $18 or daily rate or $30 and $150 for monthly rate | Exempt | Exempt |
| Use of the grounds | See table of rates | Exempt | Exempt |
| Administration fee for filing a ground use application | $34.79 | Exempt | Exempt |
* Fees are adjusted annually in one of two ways: (1) Under the Service Fees Act, fees are adjusted in each fiscalyear by the percentage change over 12 months in the April All-Items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada for the previous fiscal year. The Consumer Price Index rate for this report is 2.2%. (2) The fee is subject to a periodic adjustment at a predetermined rate, in accordance with another authority in legislation or regulation.
† The “Future fee amount and fiscal year” is the new amount of the fee, in a future fiscal year other than 2019 to 2020, adjusted by a predetermined rate, in accordance with the authority in legislation or regulation.