RCMP External Review Committee's 2025-26 Departmental Plan: At a glance
A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans, and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
Key priorities
RCMP External Review Committee’s top priorities for 2025-26 are as follows:
- Support fair and transparent RCMP recourse processes and decision-making with findings and recommendations.
- Issuing findings and recommendations in a timely manner.
- Continuing to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion.
- Focusing on succession planning and recruitment for key ERC positions.
Highlights
In 2025-26, total planned spending (including internal services) for RCMP External Review Committee is $6,774,073 and total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 27. For complete information on RCMP External Review Committee’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full plan.
The following provides a summary of the department’s planned achievements for 2025-26 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Core responsibility: Independent review of RCMP employment matters
Planned spending: 4,799,577
Planned human resources: 18
Departmental results:
- ERC’s findings and recommendations support fair and transparent RCMP recourse processes and decision-making.
- Findings and recommendations are issued in a timely manner.
- RCMP members and the public have access to current information on the issues addressed by the ERC in its reviews.
RCMP External Review Committee’s core responsibility focuses on contributing to RCMP’s recourse system through the delivery of independent and impartial case reviews, findings and recommendations for final decisions in appeals of internal RCMP decisions in harassment complaints, conduct cases, discharges or demotions, and stoppages of pay and allowances.
More information about Independent review of RCMP employment matters can be found in the full plan.