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Name of Transfer Payment Program: Infrastructure Canada Program
Start date: October 10, 2000
End date: March 31, 2011
Description: This transfer payment program was designed to improve urban and rural community infrastructure in Canada.
Strategic Outcome: Economically viable communities in Western Canada with a high quality of life.
Results Achieved: Improve Canadians' quality of life through investments that enhance the quality of the environment, support long-term economic growth, and improve community infrastructure. Build a 21st century infrastructure through the use of technologies, new approaches and best practices.
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Contributions | $80,429 | $30,659 | $8,700 | $13,632 | $12,950 | $- 4,250 |
Total Other types of transfer payments | $80,429 | $30,659 | $8,700 | $13,632 | $12,950 | $- 4,250 |
Comment(s) on Variance(s): Variance is due to the reprofiling of 2007/2008 funds through Supplementary Estimates (B)
Audit completed or planned: An audit of Infrastructure Programs covering the period April 01, 2006 to March 31, 2008, was completed in February 2009.
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Community Futures Program
Start date: May 1995
End date: October 2, 2010
Description: This transfer payment program was designed to promote economic development and diversification in Western Canada and advance the interests of Western Canada in national policy, program and project development and implementation.
Strategic Outcome: SO 1- A competitive and expanded business sector in Western Canada and a strengthened western Canadian innovation system.
SO 2 - Economically viable communities in Western Canada with a high quality of life.
Results Achieved: Strategic community planning: working with communities to assess local problems, establish objectives, plan and implement strategies to develop human, institutional and physical infrastructures, entrepreneurship, employment, and the economy.
Business Services: Delivering a range of business, counseling and information services to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Access to capital: Provide capital to assist businesses or to help entrepreneurs to create new businesses.
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Contributions | $12,950 | $13,881 | $13,948 | $13,948 | $18,508 | $- 4,560 |
Total Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment | $12,950 | $13,881 | $13,948 | $13,948 | $18,508 | $- 4,560 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Contributions | $13,442 | $14,429 | $13,948 | $13,948 | $19,274 | $- 5,326 |
Total Business Development and Entrepreneurship | $13,442 | $14,429 | $13,948 | $13,948 | $19,274 | $- 5,326 |
Total Program Activities | $26,392 | $28,310 | $27,986 | $27,986 | $37,782 | $-9,886 |
Comment(s) on Variance(s): WD invested at total of $10.0 M in the Community Futures Network Lending & Investment Pools in Alberta and British Columbia
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Western Diversification Program
Start date: 1987-1988
End date: On-going (program evaluation scheduled for 2011-2012)
Description: This program was designed to promote economic development and diversification in Western Canada and advance the interests of Western Canada in national policy, program and project development and implementation.
Strategic Outcome: SO 1- A competitive and expanded business sector in Western Canada and a strengthened western Canadian innovation system.
SO 2 - Economically viable communities in Western Canada with a high quality of life
SO 3 - Policies and programs that support the development of Western Canada
Results Achieved: - A strengthened western innovation system.
- An expanded business sector in Western Canada.
- Increased investment in strategic federal/regional economic development priorities that improves the viability, prosperity and quality of life in communities across Western Canada.
- A better understanding of Western Canada's needs, opportunities and aspirations inside and outside of the region leading to improved programs and services for western Canadians.
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Contributions | $73 | $0 | $115 | $115 | $0 | $115 |
Total Collaboration and Coordination | $73 | $0 | $115 | $115 | $0 | $115 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Contributions | $472 | $514 | $578 | $586 | $923 | $-345 |
Total Research and Analysis | $472 | $514 | $578 | $586 | $923 | $-345 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Contributions | $0 | $20 | $115 | $115 | $0 | $115 |
Total Advocacy | $0 | $20 | $115 | $115 | $0 | $115 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Grants | $15,000 | $16,500 | $1,475 | $0 | $0 | $1,475 |
Total Contributions | $71,144 | $34,194 | $46,101 | $83,697 | $41,774 | $4,327 |
Total Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment | $86,144 | $50,694 | $47,576 | $83,697 | $41,774 | $5,802 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Grants | $32,000 | $2,000 | $1,645 | $0 | $0 | $1,645 |
Total Contributions | $11,898 | $19,747 | $22,438 | $24,252 | $21,382 | $1,056 |
Total Business Development and Entrepreneurship | $43,898 | $21,747 | $24,083 | $24,252 | $21,382 | $2,701 |
Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) | |
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Total Grants | $0 | $0 | $1,880 | $0 | $0 | $1,880 |
Total Contributions | $51,560 | $63,439 | $59,885 | $78,801 | $70,151 | $-10,266 |
Total Innovation | $51,560 | $63,439 | $61,765 | $78,801 | $70,151 | $-8,386 |
Total Program Activities | $182,147 | $136,414 | $134,232 | $187,566 | $134,230 | $2 |
Comment(s) on Variance(s): Not applicable
Audit Completed or planned: An audit will be completed in 2009/2010.