Forward Regulatory Plan 2023-2025
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- RCMP
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- SOR
- Statutory Orders and Regulations
Amendment to the Criminal Record Verification for Civil Purposes Fee Regulations
Title or working title of the regulatory initiative
Amendment to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Criminal Record Verification for Civil Purposes Fee Regulations (SOR/93-485).
Enabling Act(s)
Financial Administration Act
Description
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Criminal Record Verification for Civil Purposes Fee Regulations (SOR/93-485), made pursuant to paragraph 19(1)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, prescribes the fee to be paid for the verification of a criminal record for civil purposes. Proposed amendments to the Regulations would update the cost recovery approach to ensure that fees are commensurate with service delivery. The objectives of these amendments are to ensure criminal record verification services for civil purposes are sustainable, enable responsible stewardship of National Police Services, and help encourage the sharing of electronic information through the National Police Services network in support of public safety.
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
No initial impact is anticipated on businesses that facilitate certified fingerprint-based criminal record checks, nor on Canadian citizens.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
Regulatory cooperation is not applicable to this initiative.
Consultations
Consultations will take place with the Treasury Board Secretariat and the National Police Services National Advisory Committee.
Further information
- The Ministerial Task Force on Program Review (1986), commonly known as the Nielsen Task Force, which reviewed annual government spending, determined that any attempts at cost recovery from police agencies might inhibit police participation and could reduce the overall effectiveness of law enforcement. One of its recommendations was to examine ways of recovering costs through civilian searches.
- Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services Cost Recovery Renewal Initiative: Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fee (February 25, 2022). This document provides a background on the evolution and administration of the AFIS Fee. Please contact the departmental contact to obtain a copy.
- Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services Cost Recovery Renewal Initiative: Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fee, options for modernization (October 13, 2022). Please contact the departmental copy to obtain a copy.
Contact information
Doris Mirella
Director, Operational Support and Client Relations
Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Email: doris.mirella@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Date the regulatory initiative was first included in the Forward Regulatory Plan
April 2023
Amendments to the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct)
Title or working title of the regulatory initiative
Amendments to the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct), SOR/2014-291 [CSO (Conduct)].
Enabling Act(s)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. R-10 [RCMP Act]
Description
The proposed amendments relate primarily to the organizational response to the expert recommendations stemming from the external review of the RCMP's conduct measures, which was noted as a priority in the Minister of Public Safety's 2021 mandate letter.
The proposed amendments would provide clarification on conduct authorities designated in respect of a member and would amend the list of available conduct measures for corresponding levels of authority to ensure measures are reflective of the current environment and appropriate to each section of the RCMP Code of Conduct.
Further, as affected employees have sometimes expressed their frustration about the transparency of the conduct process, there is interest to formalize provisions in the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct) affording certain rights for affected employees to enhance transparency.
For greater clarity, the potential amendments would:
- align the levels of conduct authorities designated in respect of a member with changes stemming from the external review of the RCMP's conduct measures;
Note
Section 2(3) of the RCMP Act provides the Commissioner with the authority to designate any person as a conduct authority in respect of a member.
- adjust the conduct measures, where appropriate, other than dismissal or recommendation for dismissal, that may be taken in respect of contraventions of provisions of the Code of Conduct and specifying which of those conduct measures may be imposed by any class of conduct authorities;
Note
Section 39.1(a) RCMP Act provides the Commissioner with the authority to make rules regarding conduct measures).
- formalize certain rights afforded to affected employees to enhance transparency.
Note
These changes have already been memorialized in conduct policy (AM XII.1 Conduct policy).
The objectives of the amendments are alignment of the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct) with the outcomes of the external review of the RCMP's conduct measures and enhanced transparency. The amendments will support clarity in the administrative actions, decisions, or processes provided for by the RCMP Act, the RCMP Regulations, the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct), and the interpretation of the RCMP's policies relating to an alleged contravention of the Code of Conduct of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by a member.
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
No expected impact on Canadians and businesses.
Stakeholder groups that may be affected by the change are members of the RCMP and affected employees under the Standing Orders.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
Regulatory cooperation is not applicable to this initiative.
Consultations
Through the external review of the RCMP's conduct measures, there has been ongoing consultation with key stakeholders, including bargaining agents, , subject matter experts, the RCMP's Management Advisory Board and other federal organizations.
Consultations will continue as the Conduct Measures Guidebook is modernized and if additional changes to the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Conduct) are determined to be necessary.
Further information
Information on the external review of the RCMP's conduct measures can be found here: Final report on the review of the RCMP's Conduct Measures Guide
Contact information
Stéphane Drouin
Chief Superintendent
Director General, Workplace Responsibility Branch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Email: stephane.drouin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Date the regulatory initiative was first included in the Forward Regulatory Plan
April 2023
Repealing the Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fees Regulations
Title or working title of the regulatory initiative
Repealing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fees Regulations (SOR/94-537).
Enabling Act(s)
Financial Administration Act
Description
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fees Regulations (SOR/94-537), made pursuant to paragraph 19(1)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, prescribe the fees to be paid by domestic police agencies that use the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
The request to repeal the Regulation without replacement is being proposed to ensure that police agencies feel encouraged to contribute and participate in searching and using the national repository of criminal record information. In addition, repealing the Regulation can avoid a potential duplication of fees currently collected under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Criminal Record Verification for Civil Purposes Fee Regulations (SOR/93-485).
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
There are no expected impacts on Canadians or businesses. The proposed actions are minor and are primarily relevant to police agencies that use services of the RCMP's Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
Regulatory cooperation is not applicable to this initiative.
Consultations
Consultations were undertaken with the National Police Information Services Advisory Board on November 23, 2022.
Further information
- The Ministerial Task Force on Program Review (1986), commonly known as the Nielsen Task Force, which reviewed annual government spending, determined that any attempts at cost recovery from police agencies might inhibit police participation and could reduce the overall effectiveness of law enforcement. One of its recommendations was to examine ways of recovering costs through civilian searches.
- Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services Cost Recovery Renewal Initiative: Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fee (February 25, 2022). This document provides a background on the evolution and administration of the AFIS Fee. Please contact the departmental contact to obtain a copy.
- Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services Cost Recovery Renewal Initiative: Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fee, options for modernization (October 13, 2022). Please contact the departmental contact to obtain a copy.
Contact information
Doris Mirella
Director, Operational Support and Client Relations
Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Email: doris.mirella@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Date the regulatory initiative was first included in the Forward Regulatory Plan
April 2023
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