Quarterly Financial Report for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2014

Introduction

This quarterly financial report has been prepared by management as required by section 65.1 of the Financial Administration Act and in the form and manner prescribed by the Treasury Board. The report should be read in conjunction with the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates A as well as Canada's Economic Action Plan 2012 (Budget 2012). The report has not been subject to an external audit or review.

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is an independent administrative tribunal that was created on January 1, 1989, by an amendment to the Immigration Act. In 2002, the Immigration Act was replaced by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which was amended by the Balanced Refugee Reform Act (BRRA) in 2010 and by the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act (PCISA) in 2012.

The IRB has a single strategic outcome which is to resolve immigration and refugee cases before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law.

The IRB has five programs: Refugee Protection, Refugee Appeals, Immigration Appeals, Admissibility Hearings and Detention Reviews and Internal Services. The Internal Services program supports the four other programs.

A summary description of the IRB's programs can be found in 2014-2015 Report on Plans and Priorities.

Basis of Presentation

This quarterly report has been prepared by management using an expenditure basis of accounting. The accompanying Statement of Authorities includes the IRB's spending authorities granted by Parliament and those used by the IRB in a manner consistent with the Main Estimates for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. This quarterly report has been prepared using a special purpose financial reporting framework designed to meet financial information needs with respect to the use of spending authorities.

The authority of Parliament is required before monies can be spent by the Government.

Approvals are given in the form of annually approved limits through appropriation acts or through legislation in the form of statutory spending authority for specific purposes.

The IRB uses the full accrual method of accounting to prepare and present its annual departmental financial statements that are part of the departmental performance reporting process. However, the spending authorities voted by Parliament remain on an expenditure basis.

Highlights of fiscal quarter and fiscal year to date (YTD) results

IRB's 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 authorities represent the total Main Estimates. IRB did not request authorities through Supplementary Estimates (A) in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.

Risks and Uncertainties

The IRB is funded through annual appropriations. As a result, its operations are affected by any changes in funding approved by Parliament. In addition, the IRB's operations are affected by fluctuations in the intake of immigration and refugee cases, and by changes brought by legislation and Federal Court jurisprudence.

Significant changes related to operations, personnel and program

There were no significant changes in the Board's operations, personnel and programs over this reporting period.

Budget 2012 Implementation

This section provides an overview of the savings measures announced in Budget 2012 that will be implemented in order to refocus government and programs; make it easier for Canadians and business to deal with their government; and, modernize and reduce the back office.

Under Budget 2012, the IRB will achieve savings of $13.1 million by fiscal year 2014-2015 through efficiency measures and program reductions that align resources to the IRB's core mandate, scaling back activities where the need is reduced; transforming internal operations; and by consolidating and streamlining its activities. With these changes the IRB will support management excellence and accountability in government.

In the first year of implementation, the IRB achieved savings of approximately $3.3 million. Savings have increased to $6.3 million in 2013-2014 and will result in ongoing savings of $13.1 million by 2014-2015.

For information on IRB’s savings included in Budget 2012 by Program Alignment Architecture, please consult the Supplementary Data on Budget 2012 Implementation.

The savings are derived from the closure of the Ottawa registry office; the elimination of a planned measure to provide transcripts of proceedings of the new Refugee Protection Division (RPD) where the decision is appealed to the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD); the elimination of the information-gathering interview at the new RPD; and the expected reduction in the volume of appeals to the RAD resulting from legislation adopted by Parliament.

Approval by Senior Officials

Approved by:

Ottawa, Canada
November 21, 2014

Statement of Authorities (unaudited)

Departmental budgetary expenditures by Standard Object (unaudited)