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The Tribunal is composed of not more than six judicial members and not more than eight non-judicial members. Non-judicial members have backgrounds in economics, business, accounting, marketing and other relevant fields. Figure 1 shows the Tribunal's organizational structure.
The Governor in Council appoints judicial members, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, from among the judges of the Federal Court, Trial Division, and designates one of the judicial members as Chairperson of the Tribunal. The Governor in Council appoints non-judicial members on the recommendation of the Minister of Industry. Appointments are for a fixed term not exceeding seven years; members may be re-appointed.
The Registry of the Competition Tribunal has been designated a department for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act, with the Minister of Industry as its minister and the Registrar of the Competition Tribunal as the deputy head. The Registry has 14 full-time employees and provides all necessary administrative support required by the Tribunal for the hearing and disposition of all applications. The Registry responds to all requests for information by the legal community, researchers and the public on the status of cases, the Competition Tribunal Rules and its case law.
Figure 1: Organizational Structure
($ millions) |
Forecast Spending |
Planned Spending |
Planned Spending |
Planned Spending |
The Tribunal hears cases and the Registry processes the materials for the cases heard by the Tribunal under Parts VII.1 and VII of the Competition Act; and |
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Support Services related to cases, other administrative support (IT, finance, etc.) |
1 524 |
1 536 |
1 536 |
1 536 |
Less: Respendable revenue |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Main Estimates |
1 524 |
1 536 |
1 536 |
1 536 |
Employee Benefit Plan (EBP)1 * |
162 |
160 |
160 |
160 |
Total Adjustments |
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Total Planned Spending |
1 686 |
1 696 |
1 696 |
1 696 |
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Total Planned Spending |
1 686 |
1 696 |
1 696 |
1 696 |
Less: Non-respendable revenue |
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Plus: Cost of services received without charge |
630 |
630 |
630 |
630 |
Total Departmental Spending |
2 316 |
2 326 |
2 326 |
2 326 |
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Full-time Equivalents |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
1 Note that this adjustment can only be applied to the "Forecast Spending" column.
(in thousands of dollars)
Vote or Statutory Item |
Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording |
2007-2008 |
2006-2007 |
45 |
Program expenditures |
1 536 |
1 524 |
(S) |
Contributions to employee benefit plans |
160 |
162 |
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Total Department or Agency |
1 696 |
1 686 |
($ millions) |
2007-2008 |
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada |
570 |
Contributions covering employers' share of employees' insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (excluding revolving funds) |
60 |
Total 2007-2008 Services received without charge |
630 |