Business Plan - Canadian Coast Guard

Annex A: CCG Capital ExpendituresThe Canadian Coast Guard uses a wide range ofequipment and other physical assets as it carries out itsday-to-day activities. For example, search-and-rescueactivities typically require rescue vessels or helicopters,as well as communications equipment; similarly, movinggoods safely through Canadian waters depends on havingreliable aids to navigation and may require the servicesof icebreakers.The infrastructure required to support CCG activitiesfalls into two broad groups:• Equipment and other moveable assets. Theseinclude communications equipment, radio towersand radar sites, as well as aids to navigation such asbuoys and beacons. These assets have an estimatedreplacement value of $1.6 billion.• Fleet assets. These assets include 116 vessels —search-and-rescue lifeboats, fishery science vessels,patrol vessels, light and heavy icebreakers, etc. —and 22 helicopters. These assets have an estimatedreplacement value of $10 billion.These assets need to be systematically maintainedand eventually replaced for CCG to be able to fulfilits mandate. This requires a long-term approach andsignificant financial resources, as capital expendituresaccount for a comparatively high percentage of ourexpenditures. Please note that the figures containedin the following pages may fluctuate throughout thefiscal year depending on availability of equipmentand repair facilities and available funding: such as anemergency repair of a vessel as dictated by a TransportCanada inspection or the urgent requirement to repair acommunication service/equipment related to search andrescue operations on a vessel or helicopter.Capital expenditures for equipment and other moveableassets are grouped in terms of the CCG service involved;CCG capital expenditures for fleet assets are grouped interms of the type of capital expenditure involved.CCG funding for capital expenditures has a numberof sources:• Ongoing reference levels, which are reflected in theLong-term Capital Plan. This funding is for replacingor extending the life of critical assets. This funding is$43.1 million.• Additional annual funding for asset refurbishment.This funding was introduced in Budget 2003, andit totals about $47 million a year. This is referred toas National Capital Spending Plan (NCSP) funding.CCG has increased this by $23 million in refitfunding which was converted from the operating votein order to consolidate all refit and refurbishmentfunding in one area. The total refurbishment fundingis now $90 million.• Transformational Plan funding which was receivedin 2006 which totals $16 million.• Project slippage carried forward from previous years.• Major Capital Projects (MCP) funding. This isfunding for new vessels, including mid-shore andoff-shore vessels, as well as air cushion vehicles.67Type of Asset Expenditures by PAA Sub-Activity Example of ExpendituresForecast Expenditure,2009-2010(millions of dollars)Aids to Navigation Replacing shore-based and floating aids to navigation 10.4Equipment and othermoveable assetsMarine Communicationsand Traffic ServicesUpgrading various communicationequipment at MCTS Centres and remote sitesEnvironmental Response Services Investing in Environmental Response equipment 1.8Maritime Security Investing in critical surveillance and tracking systems 10.4Waterways Management Services Detroit River channel restoration 2.8Lifecycle Asset Management Investing in the enhancement of operational systems security 2.2Coast Guard Fleet Operational ReadinessAcquisition or replacement Acquiring new vessels 60.4Fleet assetsMajor repairs, refits, and refurbishments Refitting and refurbishing vessels and helicopters 80.3Vessel life extension Extending vessel life 51.6System enhancement Modernizing simulators 11.3Total 256.425.2BUSINESS PLAN 2009-2012