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Schedule D – Canadian Blood Services' Expenses
To the Joint Committee of the 1986 –1990 Hepatitis
C Fund
Re: Canadian Blood Services' Expenses
We have performed the procedures listed below in connection
with Mr. Justice Winkler's Court Order (the "Order")
dated December 19, 2002 regarding approval of the Canadian
Blood Services Revised Cost Recovery Budget Proposal (the
"Budget") for the year ended March 31, 2003. This
is in regards to services to be provided by the Canadian Blood
Services (" CBS") to the Administrator of the 1986
-1990 Hepatitis C Fund (the "Fund") in the amount
of $399,763 (excluding Goods and Services Tax) for the year
ended March 31, 2003:
- Review of the Order and the Budget;
- Detailed discussions regarding how costs are determined
by CBS and allocated to the Fund;
- Detailed analytical review of CBS' claimed expenses for
the year compared to the Order and the Amendment; and,
- Examined on a test basis evidence supporting amounts recorded
as expenditures for the year.
The total amount of expenses incurred by CBS for the year
ended March 31, 2003 was $303,301 (excluding Goods and Services
Tax) (Appendix).
As a result of applying the above procedures, we have found
no exceptions.
These procedures in themselves are not sufficient to constitute
an audit of CBS' expenses and therefore we express no opinion
thereon.
This report is solely for your use in connection with your
assessment of expenses incurred by CBS for the year ended
March 31, 2003.
Chartered Accountants
May 9, 2003
Appendix
Canadian Blood Services' Expenses
For the Year Ended March 31, 2003
Cost/ Expense Category as
defined by the Budget |
Allowable Costs per the
Order and Budget |
Actual Expenses per CBS |
Variance
Over/(Under) |
| Staffing Costs |
|
|
|
Traceback Investigation &
Deficient Cases |
$ 200,787 |
$ 151,962 |
$ (48,825) |
| Administration |
102,000 |
79,650 |
(22,350) |
| Ongoing Cases |
27,612 |
36,819 |
9,207 |
| HRCs |
5,317 |
2,996 |
(2,321) |
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|
|
|
| Total Staffing Costs |
335,716 |
271,427 |
(64,289) |
| |
|
|
|
| Travel Expenses |
20,000 |
10,853 |
(9,147) |
| Office Supplies and Stationary |
15,000 |
1,890 |
(13,110) |
| Courier and Mailing Costs |
4,200 |
2,018 |
(2,182) |
| Other Expenses |
835 |
- |
(835) |
| Meeting Costs |
1,000 |
111 |
(889) |
| Stored Sample Costs |
10,038 |
9,218 |
(820) |
| Appeals Letter |
12,974 |
7,784 |
(5,190) |
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|
|
|
| Total before the undernoted |
399,763 |
303,301 |
(96,462) |
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|
|
|
| Expenses funded by CRCS (note 1) |
- |
(25,000) |
(25,000) |
| |
|
|
|
| Total |
$399,763 |
$278,301 |
$(121,462) |
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|
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Note:
- CBS received $25,000 of funding through a settlement with
the Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) with respect to the
National Blood Program Acquisition Agreement.
- Travel Expenses include $10,322 of appeals-related travel
costs. Instructions from the Joint Committee were that these
expenses were supposed to be recovered directly from Fund
Counsel. CBS believes the CRCS funding of $25,000 should
be applied against these expenses. Hence, the Fund is not
paying for these costs.
- Traceback Investigations and Deficient Cases were approved
separately in the Budget; however, they were not tracked
separately by CBS in recording their expenditures, and have
thus been grouped together for purposes of this report.
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