Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces 2017-18 Departmental Results Report
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DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 2017-18 DEPARTMENTAL RESULTS REPORT © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence Canada, 2018. Cat. No. D3-41E-PDF ISSN 2560-8975 Key title: Departmental results report (Canada. Department of National Defence) This document is available on the Internet at www.forces.gc.ca Cette publication est aussi disponible en français. 2017-18 DEPARTMENTAL RESULTS REPORT Table of Contents Minister’s message ..........................................................................................................................................1 Results at a glance ...........................................................................................................................................3 Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do ........................................................................9 Raison d’être ..............................................................................................................................................9 Mandate and role .......................................................................................................................................9 Operating context and key risks .................................................................................................................... 11 Operating context ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Key risks .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Results: what we achieved ............................................................................................................................. 19 Programs .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Program 1.0: Defence Combat and Support Operations .................................................................... 19 Description ................................................................................................................................. 19 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Program 2.0: Defence Services and Contributions to Government .................................................... 27 Description ................................................................................................................................. 27 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Program 3.0: Defence Ready Force Element Production ................................................................... 35 Description ................................................................................................................................. 35 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Program 4.0: Defence Capability Element Production ...................................................................... 41 Description ................................................................................................................................. 41 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Program 5.0: Defence Capability Development and Research .......................................................... 51 Description ................................................................................................................................. 51 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Internal Services ................................................................................................................................. 55 Description ................................................................................................................................. 55 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 55 Analysis of trends in spending and human resources .................................................................................... 57 Actual expenditures ................................................................................................................................. 57 Actual human resources ........................................................................................................................... 60 Expenditures by vote................................................................................................................................ 62 Government of Canada spending and activities ....................................................................................... 62 Financial statements and financial statements highlights......................................................................... 62 Financial statements ................................................................................................................... 62 Financial statements highlights .................................................................................................. 62 Supplementary information ........................................................................................................................... 63 Corporate information .............................................................................................................................. 63 Organizational profile ................................................................................................................ 63 Reporting framework ................................................................................................................. 64 Supporting information on lower-level programs .................................................................................... 66 Supplementary information tables ........................................................................................................... 66 Federal tax expenditures .......................................................................................................................... 67 Organizational contact information ......................................................................................................... 67 Appendix: definitions .................................................................................................................................... 69 Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................ 73 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES | i 2017-18 DEPARTMENTAL RESULTS REPORT ii | TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017-18 DEPARTMENTAL RESULTS REPORT Minister’s message It is my pleasure to present the Departmental Results Report for fiscal year 2017-18. This year we launched and started implementing Canada’s new defence policy – Strong, Secure, Engaged. The policy is a detailed, 20-year roadmap to help address our security and defence challenges. To ensure the women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces have the critical capabilities to meet those challenges, Strong, Secure, Engaged commits to the largest defence modernization in decades. We know that to achieve our objectives, the Defence Team must be properly resourced with stable, predictable, and realistic funding. That is why we have ensured our policy is rigorously costed and fully funded over its 20-year timeframe. Over the next 10 years, defence spending will grow to $32.7 billion – an increase of more than 70 percent. I am proud of how much the military and civilian members of the Defence Team accomplished to implement Strong, Secure, Engaged in its first year. Expanding resources for military families, modernizing and greening Defence infrastructure to reduce our carbon footprint, smart pledges to UN peace operations, and steps to ensure timely equipment procurement are just a few examples. At the same time, the Defence Team collectively contributed to missions to keep Canadians safe at home and to support global peace and stability. In Canada, that included more than 4600 military personnel assisting provinces when several communities across the country were affected by fires and floods. Worldwide, more than 7900 Canadian military personnel were engaged in over 20 operations, including in Latvia, Iraq and Ukraine. The work done and the work still to do to implement Strong, Secure, Engaged makes a real difference to the Defence Team’s well-being and operational effectiveness, as well as to Canada’s security and a more stable world. The pages ahead provide Canadians and parliamentarians with more information about the Defence Team’s accomplishments in 2017-18. Ultimately, the initiatives in Strong, Secure, Engaged are about supporting our people. Looking ahead, Canadians can be confident that we will continue to make the investments they will need to deliver on the important work Canada asks of them. Original signed by: