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Organizational Profile

Appropriate Minister:

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, PC, MP

Institutional Head:

General (retired) Walter Natynczyk, CMM, MSC, CD, Deputy Minister

Ministerial Portfolio:

Veterans Affairs

Enabling Instruments:

• Department of Veterans Affairs Act
• Veterans Well-being ActFootnote 6
• Pension Act

Year of Incorporation / Commencement:

1923

VAC’s Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do

Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do” is available on Veterans Affairs Canada’s website.

Veterans Ombudsman’s Mandate

The mandate for the Veterans Ombudsman is available on the Ombudsman’s website.

Reporting Framework

Veterans Affairs Canada’s Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory (PI) of record for 2019–20 are shown below:

Reporting framework

Veterans Affairs Canada’s Departmental Results Framework (DRF) and Program Inventory (PI) of record for 2019–20 are shown below:

Changes to the approved reporting framework since 2018–19

As we introduce Pension for Life on April 1, 2019, we will adjust some of the benefits available to members and Veterans while introducing three new programs. These changes will streamline benefits for Veterans and their families resulting in reduced paperwork and faster decisions. Along with new pain and suffering compensation programs, the new Income Replacement Benefit combines six pre-existing benefits into one.

Note 1: When Pension for Life (PFL) launches on April 1, 2019, “Disability Pension Benefits and Allowances” and “Critical Injury and Death Benefits” will be merged into the new program, “Disability Benefits.” This new program will also include both “Pain and Suffering Compensation” (a PFL component which replaces “Disability Awards”) and “Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation” (a PFL component which replaces “Career Impact Allowance”). These programs are being combined as they use the same adjudicative processes, tools and adjudicators, and seek to achieve the same outcomes regardless of the different legislative authority.

Note 2: When Pension for Life launches on April 1, 2019, “Disability Pension Benefits and Allowances” and “Critical Injury and Death Benefits” will be merged into the new program, “Disability Benefits.” This new program will also include both “Pain and Suffering Compensation” (a PFL component which replaces “Disability Awards”) and “Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation” (a PFL component which replaces “Career Impact Allowance”). These programs are being combined as they use the same adjudicative processes, tools and adjudicators, and seek to achieve the same outcomes regardless of the different legislative authority.

Note 3: When Pension for Life launches on April 1, 2019, “Career Impact Allowance” will be replaced by a PFL component, “Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation” which falls under the new “Disability Benefits” program. These PFL changes will streamline programs with the aim to achieve the same outcomes.

Note 4: When Pension for Life launches on April 1, 2019, “Income Support” will be comprised of “Canadian Forces Income Support Benefit” and “Income Replacement Benefit” (a PFL component). These PFL changes will streamline programs with the aim to achieve the same outcomes.

Note 5: When Pension for Life launches on April 1, 2019, “Earnings Loss Benefit” will be replaced by a PFL component, “Income Replacement Benefit” which falls under the new “Income Support” program. These PFL changes will streamline programs with the aim to achieve the same outcomes.

Note 6: When Pension for Life launches on April 1, 2019, “Retirement Benefits” will be replaced by “Income Replacement Benefit” (a PFL component which falls under the new “Income Support” program). These PFL changes will streamline programs with the aim to achieve the same outcomes.

Note 7: Centre of Excellence on PTSD and Related Mental Health Conditions has been changed to remove the acronym “PTSD” and replace it with the full spelling of “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”.

Supporting information on the Program Inventory

Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to VAC’s Program Inventory is available in the GCInfoBase.

Supplementary Information Tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on Veterans Affairs Canada’s website.

• Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
• Details on transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
• Disclosure of transfer payment programs under $5 million
• Gender-based analysis plus

Federal tax expenditures

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs, as well as evaluations, research papers and gender-based analysis. The tax measures presented in this report are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

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