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Name of Horizontal Initiative: Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Name of lead department(s): Public Safety Canada

Lead department program activity: Countering Crime

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2003-04

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $381,299,000 from 2003-04 through 2014-15 and $38,500,000 ongoing*.

*All numbers include the employee benefits plans (EBP) and PWGSC accommodation costs.

Initiative description (including funding agreement): The objective of the IMET program is to effectively enforce the law against serious criminal capital market fraud offences in Canada. To achieve this objective, IMET is mandated to investigate serious Criminal Code capital market fraud offences that are of regional or national significance and threaten investor confidence or economic stability in Canada.

Shared outcome(s): Improved Canadian and international investor confidence in the integrity of Canada’s capital markets.

Governance structure(s): The IMET Executive Council is composed of senior officials from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (co-chair), Department of Finance (co-chair), the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Department of Justice and Public Safety Canada who provide strategic oversight for the IMET program.

Planning Highlights: IMET partners will establish a panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations on practices to enhance the strategic orientation and performance of the IMET program. IMET partners will also discuss performance measurement of the IMET program.

Federal Partner: Public Safety Canada

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	($)
		Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2012-13
Countering Crime	IMET	FY 2003-04 to FY 2007-08: $1,125,000 FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $2,384,606 (Ongoing: $340,658)	$340,658
Internal Services	IMET	FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $726,924 (Ongoing: $68,132)	$68,132
Total		(Total ongoing : $408,790) $4,236,530	$408,790

Expected Results for 2012-13:

Countering Crime – Fulfillment of Public Safety Canada’s IMET program management responsibilities, including coordination, reporting, evaluations, policy development and research

Internal Services – Program support

Federal Partner: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	($)
		Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2012-13
Federal and International Operations	IMET	FY 2003-04 to FY 2007-08: $74,000,000 FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $216,521,644 (Ongoing: $30,968,817)	$30,968,817
Total		$290,521,644	$30,968,817

Expected Result for 2012-13:

RCMP’s IMET will strive to be intelligence-led and fulfill its mandate to the fullest extent possible based on funding received. It will perform its prevention and investigation responsibilities, including the operation of the securities intelligence units (SIUs), investigative teams, headquarters operational support, and program management. 

Federal Partner: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	($)
		Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2012-13
Regulatory offences and economic crime prosecution program	IMET	FY 2003-04 to FY 2007-08: $3,750,000* FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $37,973,359 (Ongoing: $4,353,337)**	$5,853,337
Total		$41,723,359	$5,853,337

Expected Result for 2012-13:

Provision of pre-charge legal advice and litigation support, as well as prosecution of serious capital market fraud offences under the Criminal Code in response to the workload generated by the IMETs.

* Prior to the establishment of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 2006, funding for this program activity was allocated to Justice Canada’s Federal Prosecution Service.

**The decrease in ongoing funding is due to a Strategic Review decision effective in 2013-14 and ongoing.

Federal Partner: Department of Justice

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	($)
		Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2012-13
Justice, Policies, Laws and Programs	IMET	FY 2003-04 to FY 2007-08: $26,674,000 FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $15,586,092 (Ongoing: $2,405,156)	$2,405,156
Services to Government	IMET	FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $1,181,754 (Ongoing: $168,822)	$168,822
Internal Services		FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $158,795 (Ongoing: $22,685)	$22,685
Total		(Total ongoing: $2,596,663) $43,600,641	$2,596,663

Expected Result for 2012-13:

Justice, Policies, Laws and Programs – Market fraud cases are effectively prosecuted in order to maintain confidence in Canadian capital markets.

Services to Government – The International Assistance Group (IAG) provides legal advice on international assistance requests and coordinates all IMET requests to and from foreign countries. Once a request for mutual legal assistance has been executed, it is the responsibility of the RCMP, not the IAG, to monitor the outcome of the relevant investigation or prosecution for which the evidence was gathered.

Internal Services – Support the needs or the program through related activities and resources

Federal Partner: Finance Canada

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMET) Program

Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	($)
		Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2012-13
Economic and Fiscal Policy Framework	IMET	FY 2008-09 to FY 2014-15: $1,216,826 (Ongoing: $172,393)	$172,393
Total		$1,216,826	$172,393

Expected Result for 2012-13:

• As Co-Chair of the IMET Executive Council and the Interdepartmental Working Group, Finance Canada is to provide strategic direction to the IMET program that reflects the Government of Canada's broader capital markets agenda.
• Finance Canada is to provide leadership in engaging external stakeholders in efforts to enhance program performance, including opportunities to strengthen the continuum of enforcement.

Total Allocation for all Federal Partners

Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from 2003-04 to 2014-15 and ongoing)	Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2012-13
$381,299,000	$40,000,000

Contact information:

Name: Trevor Bhupsingh
Title: Director General
Law Enforcement and Border Strategies
Public Safety Canada
Telephone: (613) 991-4281
Email: trevor.bhupsingh@ps-sp.gc.ca