Departmental Fees Report 2022-23 - agriculture.canada.ca

Departmental Fees Report 2022-23 (PDF, 495KB)

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay,
Privy Councillor, Member of Parliament,
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Minister's message

I am pleased to present Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) report on fees for 2022-23.

The Service Fees Act provides a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through better reporting to Parliament, improves transparency and oversight.

AAFC's Fees Report provides information on nine fees out of which one is set by contract/agreement and the rest are set by act, regulation or fees notice. The fees support services from Business Risk Management Programs to the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) to the Research and Development Centre.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic AAFC's revenue generating services and activities were directly impacted resulting in less revenues and costs for 2020-21. In 2021-22, facilities reopened thereby generating higher revenues and costs compared to 2020-21 but still not reaching pre-pandemic levels. In 2022-23, revenues and costs increased as activities and services were back to operating at almost pre-pandemic levels.

I invite you to review this year's report, which further advances our key objectives of open and transparent fee management. I will continue to lead my department's transition to the reporting regime provided under the Service Fees Act.

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay,
Privy Councillor, Member of Parliament,
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, the Low-Materiality Fees Regulations, and subsection 4.2.8 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had the authority to set in fiscal year 2022-23.

The report covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act and exempted from the Service Fees Act.

For reporting purposes, fees are categorized by fee-setting mechanism. There are three mechanisms:

1. Act, regulation or fees notice: The authority to set these fees is delegated to a department, minister or Governor in Council pursuant to an act of Parliament.
2. Contract: Ministers have the inherent authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the minister and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions. In some cases, that authority may also be provided by an act of Parliament.
3. Market rate or auction: The authority to set these fees is pursuant to an act of Parliament or a regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control over the fee amount.

For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee. For fees set by contract, the report provides totals only. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada did not have fees set by market rate or auction.

Although the fees Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada charges under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act, they are not included in this report. Information on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's access to information fees for 2022-23 is in our annual report to Parliament on the administration of the Access to Information Act Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Annual Report to Parliament - Access to Information Act and Privacy Acts.

Remissions

In 2022-23, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada was subject to the requirements to issue remissions under section 7 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.4 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities to remit a fee, in whole or in part, to a fee payer when a service standard was not met. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's remission policy and procedures, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, are on the following web page: AAFC Remission Policy for Fees under the Service Fees Act.

The other sections of this report provide detailed amounts for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's remissions for 2022-23.

Overall totals, by fee-setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had the authority to set in 2022-23, by fee-setting mechanism.

Overall totals for 2022-23, by fee-setting mechanism

Fee-setting mechanism	Revenue ($)	Cost ($)	Remissions ($)
Fees set by contract	0	The department had no mechanism for tracking costs at the departmental level.	Remissions do not apply to fees set by contract.
Fees set by act, regulation or fees notice	9,932,823	22,592,637	0
Total	9,932,823	22,592,637	0

Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice

A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to set for those activities.

This section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had the authority to set in 2022-23 that are set by the following:

act
regulation
fees notice

AgriStability Administrative Cost Share Fee: totals for 2022-23

Revenue ($)	Cost ($)	Remissions ($)
229,054	12,292,029	This fee was not subject to remissions.

Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Registration Fee: totals for 2022-23

Revenue ($)	Cost ($)	Remissions ($)
336,436	303,022	This fee was not subject to remissions.

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy: totals for 2022-23

Revenue ($)	Cost ($)	Remissions ($)
9,065,445	8,996,946	This fee was not subject to remissions.

Research and Development Centre Facility Use and Personnel Fees: totals for 2022-23

Revenue ($)	Cost ($)	Remissions ($)
301,888	1,000,640	0

Details on each fee set by act, regulation or fees notice

This section provides detailed information on each fee Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had the authority to set in 2022-23 and that was set by the following:

act
regulation
fees notice

Fee grouping: AgriStability Administrative Cost Share Fee
Fee: AgriStability Administrative Cost Share Fee
Fee-setting authority: Farm Income Protection Act (S.C. 1991, c. 22)
AAFC fees notice posted on the AgriStability - Step. 3 How to apply page
Year fee-setting authority was introduced: 2006
Last year fee-setting authority was amended: Not applicable
Service standard: Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
Performance result: Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations: Not subject to Service Fees Act: AgriStability Administrative Cost Share Fee

Fee	2022-23 fee amount ($)	2022-23 total fee revenue ($)	2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)	Fee adjustment date in 2024-25	2024-25 fee amount ($)
AgriStability Administrative Cost Share Fee	55.00 per applicant	229,054	This fee was not subject to remissions.	Not applicable	55.00 per applicant

Fee grouping: Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Registration Fee
Fee: Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Registration Fee
Fee-setting authority: Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 25 (3rd Supp.)
Canadian Agricultural Loans Regulations (SOR/99-122)
Year fee-setting authority was introduced: 2009
Last year fee-setting authority was amended: Not applicable
Service standard: Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
Performance result: Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations: Low-materiality (Schedule 1): Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Registration Fee

Fee	2022-23 fee amount ($)	2022-23 total fee revenue ($)	2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)	Fee adjustment date in 2024-25	2024-25 fee amount ($)
Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Registration Fee	0.85% of the loan amount	336,436	This fee was not subject to remissions.	Not applicable	0.85% of the loan amount

Fee grouping: Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy
Fee: Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy
Fee-setting authority: Criminal Code, section 204 (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)
Pari-Mutuel Payments Order (SI/83-72)
Year fee-setting authority was introduced: 1920
Last year fee-setting authority was amended: 1983
Service standard: Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.
Performance result: Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations: Material (formula): Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy

Fee	2022-23 fee amount ($)	2022-23 total fee revenue ($)	2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)	Fee adjustment date in 2024-25	2024-25 fee amount ($)
Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy	0.8% of each dollar bet through an approved pari-mutuel system on horse race betting made in Canada, as operated in conjunction with the conduct of horse racing.	9,065,445	This fee was not subject to remissions.	April 1, 2024	0.8% of each dollar bet through an approved pari-mutuel system on horse race betting made in Canada, as operated in conjunction with the conduct of horse racing. (The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy is unchanged and in 2023-24, AAFC will be seeking an exemption pursuant to paragraph 16(2)(b) of the amended Service Fees Act in order to be exempt from annually adjusting the levy in accordance with the Consumer Price Index as it is already adjusted for inflation.)

Fee

2022-23 fee amount ($)

2022-23 total fee revenue ($)

2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)

Fee adjustment date in 2024-25

2024-25 fee amount ($)

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy

0.8% of each dollar bet through an approved pari-mutuel system on horse race betting made in Canada, as operated in conjunction with the conduct of horse racing.

9,065,445

This fee was not subject to remissions.

April 1, 2024

0.8% of each dollar bet through an approved pari-mutuel system on horse race betting made in Canada, as operated in conjunction with the conduct of horse racing.

(The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Levy is unchanged and in 2023-24, AAFC will be seeking an exemption pursuant to paragraph 16(2)(b) of the amended Service Fees Act in order to be exempt from annually adjusting the levy in accordance with the Consumer Price Index as it is already adjusted for inflation.)

Fee grouping: Research and Development Centre Facility Use and Personnel Fees

Fee

Development Assistant
Research Assistant
Right of Access
Scientific Professional
Scientific Researcher

Fee-setting authority: Food Research and Development Centre Fees Order (SOR/92-478)
Year fee-setting authority was introduced: 1992
Last year fee-setting authority was amended: Not applicable
Service standard: Access to pilot plant is provided to clients as per the agreement.^{Note 1}
Performance result: Service standard was met for all clients.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations: Material (formula): Research and Development Centre Facility Use and Personnel Fees

Fee	2022-23 fee amount ($)	2022-23 total fee revenue ($)	2022-23 total remissions issued for the fee ($)	Fee adjustment date in 2024-25	2024-25 fee amount ($)
Development Assistant	32.27 per hour^{Table note [1]}	0	0	April 1, 2024	35.98 per hour
Research Assistant	32.27 per hour^{Table note [1]}	53,233	0	April 1, 2024	35.98 per hour
Right of Access	45.18 per hour	244,093	0	April 1, 2024	50.38 per hour
Scientific Professional	43.04 per hour	4,562	0	April 1, 2024	47.99 per hour
Scientific Researcher	67.78 per hour	0	0	April 1, 2024	75.57 per hour
Table Note [1] This is the accurate and actual fee amount charged for 2022-23. The 2020-21 Fees Report erroneously reported a fee amount of $32.28 per hour. Return to first table note [1] referrer