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AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD  

       
 
 
 
 
Ministry Summary          





 
      These Supplementary Estimates    



    Authorities     Adjustments to   Total Estimates  
Vote (dollars)   to date   Transfers   Appropriations   to date  





 
 
  Department          
1a   Operating expenditures and the payment to each          
  member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada          
  who is a Minister without Portfolio or a Minister of          
  State who does not preside over a Ministry of State of          
  a salary not to exceed the salary paid to Ministers of          
  State who preside over Ministries of State under the          
  Salaries Act , as adjusted pursuant to the Parliament of          
  Canada Act and pro rata for any period of less than a          
  year and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)( a ) of the          
  Financial Administration Act , authority to expend          
  revenues received from, and to offset expenditures          
  incurred in the fiscal year for, collaborative research          
  agreements and research services, the grazing and          
  breeding activities of the Community Pastures          
  Program and the administration of the Canadian          
  Agricultural Income Stabilization program   605,886,000   (308,601)   27,965,451   633,542,850  
5a   Capital expenditures - To authorize the transfer of          
  $42,000 from National Defence Vote 5,          
  Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008 for the purposes          
  of this Vote and to provide a further amount of   28,631,000   42,000   21,927,157   50,600,157  
10a   The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions -          
  To authorize the transfer of $400,000 from Canadian          
  Heritage Vote 5, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008          
  for the purposes of this Vote and to provide a further          
  amount of   595,783,000   400,000   99,032,185   695,215,185  
15   Pursuant to section 29 of the Financial          
  Administration Act , to authorize the Minister of          
  Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of Her Majesty          
  in right of Canada, in accordance with terms and          
  conditions approved by the Minister of Finance, to          
  guarantee payments of an amount not exceeding, at          
  any one time, in aggregate, the sum of          
  $1,500,000,000 payable in respect of cash advances          
  provided by producer organizations, the Canadian          
  Wheat Board and other lenders under the Spring          
  Credit Advance Program and $1,500,000,000 payable          
  in respect of cash advances provided by producer          
  organizations, the Canadian Wheat Board and other          
  lenders under the Enhanced Spring Credit Advance          
  Program   1   . . . . .   . . . . .   1  
20   Pursuant to section 29 of the Financial          
  Administration Act , to authorize the Minister of          
  Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of Her Majesty          
  in right of Canada, in accordance with terms and          
  conditions approved by the Minister of Finance, to          
  guarantee payments of amounts not exceeding, at any          
  time, in aggregate, the sum of $140,000,000 payable          
  in respect of Line of Credit Agreements to be entered          
  into by the Farm Credit Corporation for the purpose          
  of the renewed (2003) National Biomass Ethanol          
  Program   1   . . . . .   . . . . .   1  
(S)   Grants to agencies established under the Farm          
  Products Agencies Act   200,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   200,000  
(S)   Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund   5,000,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   5,000,000  
(S)   Contributions in support of Business Risk          
  Management Programs under the Agricultural Policy          
  Framework - Canadian Agricultural Income          
  Stabilization Program   570,520,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   570,520,000  
(S)   Contributions in support of Business Risk          
  Management Programs under the Agricultural Policy          
  Framework - Production Insurance   406,970,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   406,970,000  
(S)   Payments in connection with the Agricultural          
  Marketing Programs Act   138,732,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   138,732,000  
(S)   Loan guarantees under the Farm Improvement and          
  Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act   4,000,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   4,000,000  
(S)   Contributions in support of Business Risk          
  Management Programs under the Agricultural Policy          
  Framework - Agriculture Policy Initiatives   4,180,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   4,180,000  
(S)   Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Salary and          
  motor car allowance   74,522   . . . . .   . . . . .   74,522  
(S)   Contributions to employee benefit plans   74,344,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   74,344,000  
(S)   Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Revolving Fund   . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .  
(S)   Grant payments for the Golden Nematode Disaster          
  Program   . . . . .   . . . . .   450,000   450,000  
(S)   Grants and contributions in support of the Cost of          
  Production Benefit   . . . . .   . . . . .   401,000,000   401,000,000  
(S)   Grant payments to the Drought Assistance Package          
  for Livestock Producers   . . . . .   . . . . .   30,000,000   30,000,000  


  Total Department   2,434,320,524   133,399   580,374,793   3,014,828,716  
  Canadian Dairy Commission          
25   Program expenditures   3,595,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   3,595,000  


  Total Agency   3,595,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   3,595,000  
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency          
30a   Operating expenditures and contributions - To          
  authorize the transfer of $255,000 from National          
  Defence Vote 5, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008          
  for the purposes of this Vote and to provide a further          
  amount of   494,987,000   (2,237,809)   24,947,097   517,696,288  
35   Capital expenditures   19,735,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   19,735,000  
(S)   Compensation payments in accordance with          
  requirements established by Regulations under the          
  Health of Animals Act and the Plant Protection Act ,          
  and authorized pursuant to the Canadian Food          
  Inspection Agency Act   1,500,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   1,500,000  
(S)   Contributions to employee benefit plans   71,129,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   71,129,000  


  Total Agency   587,351,000   (2,237,809)   24,947,097   610,060,288  
  Canadian Grain Commission          
40a   Program expenditures   30,940,000   . . . . .   7,300,000   38,240,000  
(S)   Canadian Grain Commission Revolving Fund   (127,000)   . . . . .   . . . . .   (127,000)  
(S)   Contributions to employee benefit plans   3,919,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   3,919,000  


  Total Agency   34,732,000   . . . . .   7,300,000   42,032,000  

  Total Ministry   3,059,998,524   (2,104,410)   612,621,890   3,670,516,004  

 

 

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD  

       
Department          





Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)          

 
Agriculture and Agri-Food requests funds for the following items:          
 
Voted Appropriations   Vote 1   Vote 5   Vote 10   Total  




Funding in support of the implementation of the Agricultural Policy          
      Framework   . . . . .   . . . . .   68,019   68,019  
Funding to facilitate the disposal of tissues that can carry the Bovine          
      Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease and infect the entire          
      food and animal chain   1,379   . . . . .   33,000   34,379  
Funding for investments in sectoral capacity that support the          
      transformation and transition of farmers and agri-food and          
      agri-bioproduct into new areas of opportunity (New          
      Opportunities for Agriculture Initiatives)   3,174   . . . . .   28,513   31,687  
Funding to ensure that agricultural producers have an opportunity to          
      invest and participate in the emerging renewable fuels industry          
      (ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative)   1,851   . . . . .   28,650   30,501  
Funding to support the establishment, further development and          
      operations of bioproducts research networks (Agricultural          
      Bioproducts Innovation Program)   9,575   8,600   10,500   28,675  
Funding to support the Cover Crop Protection Program in response          
      to flood damage *   2,661   . . . . .   22,100   24,761  
Funding to support the Canadian Farm Families Option Program,          
      which provides low income farm families with short-term          
      financial assistance and access to renewal services to improve          
      long-term income   2,000   . . . . .   17,000   19,000  
Funding to support the implementation of the Agricultural Policy          
      Framework - Food Safety and Food Quality   . . . . .   . . . . .   16,000   16,000  
Funding to help control the spread and impact of Porcine Circovirus          
      Associated Diseases through the testing and inoculation of hog          
      herds in Canada (Initiative for the Control of Diseases in the Hog          
      Industry - Circovirus Inoculation Strategy)   1,020   . . . . .   14,250   15,270  
Funding for the continuation of capital renewal and maintenance of          
      agricultural facilities across Canada   . . . . .   13,327   . . . . .   13,327  
Funding in support of organizations to facilitate adaptation and rural          
      development within the Agriculture and Agri-Food Sector under          
      the Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative   283   . . . . .   6,689   6,972  
Funding to increase the tender fruit sector's viability and profitability          
      by eradicating the Plum Pox Virus in Canada ( horizontal item )   145   . . . . .   5,811   5,956  
Reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property   4,923   . . . . .   . . . . .   4,923  
Reinvestment of revenues from sales and services related to          
      research, facilities and equipment   2,927   . . . . .   . . . . .   2,927  
Funding to assist producers in British Columbia, Alberta,          
      Saskatchewan and Ontario with purchasing and hauling feed          
      and/or water for animals in an effort to recover from the          
      economic impacts of the 2006 drought   2,639   . . . . .   . . . . .   2,639  
Funding for activities that are essential to the continued          
      implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act          
      ( horizontal item )   2,075   . . . . .   . . . . .   2,075  
Funding related to the assessment, management and remediation of          
      federal contaminated sites ( horizontal item )   1,224   . . . . .   . . . . .   1,224  
Funding in support of the expansion of co-operatives under the          
      Co-operative Development Initiative   209   . . . . .   1,000   1,209  
Funding for the Government of Canada Exhibitions Program and the          
      Government of Canada Rural Exhibits Program ( horizontal item )   500   . . . . .   . . . . .   500  
Funding for pest management controls for the evaluation and          
      registration of new low-risk pesticides and increasing the use of          
      evidence-based risk assessments ( horizontal item )   474   . . . . .   . . . . .   474  
Funding in support of the Federal Accountability Act to evaluate all          
      ongoing grant and contribution programs every five years          
      ( horizontal item )   181   . . . . .   . . . . .   181  
Funding to undertake projects related to the development and          
      application of biotechnology (Canadian Biotechnology Strategy)          
      ( horizontal item )   100   . . . . .   . . . . .   100  
Funding for implementation of the action plan to strengthen          
      Canada's regulatory system and establish a Centre of Regulatory          
      Expertise within the Treasury Board Secretariat ( horizontal item )   60   . . . . .   . . . . .   60  
Funding to prepare for Canada's participation in International Polar          
      Year 2007-2008, an extensive international research program in          
      the Arctic and Antarctic ( horizontal item )   41   . . . . .   . . . . .   41  
Funding to assist producers in Quebec, affected by the golden          
      nematode, more specifically potato producers, in order to provide          
      financial quick relief as well as renewal programming to evaluate          
      longer term implications (Golden Nematode Disaster Program)   25   . . . . .   . . . . .   25  




      Gross Voted Appropriations   37,466   21,927   251,532   310,925  




Funds Available          
Less: Spending authorities available within the Vote   9,500   . . . . .   152,500   162,000  




      Total Voted Appropriations   27,966   21,927   99,032   148,925  




Statutory Appropriations          
Funding for the Cost of Production Benefit to assist producers in          
      addressing past income declines due to increases in costs of          
      production over the last four years         401,000  
Funding to assist producers in British Columbia, Alberta,          
      Saskatchewan and Ontario with purchasing and hauling feed          
      and/or water for animals in an effort to recover from the          
      economic impacts of the 2006 drought         30,000  
Funding to assist producers in Quebec, affected by the golden          
      nematode, more specifically potato producers, in order to provide          
      financial quick relief as well as renewal programming to evaluate          
      longer term implications (Golden Nematode Disaster Program)         450  

      Total Statutory Appropriations         431,450  

Total Adjustments to Appropriations         580,375  
 
Transfers          
Transfer from Canadian Heritage - For the development of Official          
      Language Minority Communities (Interdepartmental Partnership          
      with the Official Language Communities)   . . . . .   . . . . .   400   400  
Transfer from National Defence - For public security initiatives          
      ( horizontal item )   . . . . .   42   . . . . .   42  
Transfer to Public Service Human Resources Management Agency          
      of Canada - To support the National Managers' Community   (65)   . . . . .   . . . . .   (65)  
Transfer to Foreign Affairs and International Trade - To provide          
      support to departmental staff located at missions abroad   (244)   . . . . .   . . . . .   (244)  




      Total Transfers   (309)   42   400   133  




These Supplementary Estimates   27,657   21,969   99,432   580,508  





*       Access to Treasury Board Contingencies Vote was approved to provide temporary funding for this item in the amount of $14,100,000. A summary of Treasury Board Contingencies Vote items can be found at the front of this document.
 

Explanation of Funds Available (dollars)

Vote 1 : $9,500,000 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to amendments to the Canadian Farm Families Option Program (the savings from the Program totalled $11,500,000, however $2,000,000 for the Community Pastures Program was sourced from these savings leaving a balance of $9,500,000).

Vote 10 : $152,500,000 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to amendments to the Canadian Farm Families Option Program.

Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements” may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to rounding.
 

Transfer Payments (dollars)  

Voted  

Statutory  



                                                                              Grants      
Business Risk Management      
Grant payments for the Cover Crop Protection Program (Funds in the amount of      
      $14,100,000 were provided from the Treasury Board Contingencies Vote to pay for a      
      portion of this item)   22,100,000   . . . . .  
(S) Grant payments for the Golden Nematode Disaster Program   . . . . .   450,000  
(S) Grant payments for the Drought Assistance Package for Livestock Producers   . . . . .   30,000,000  
(S) Grants in support of the Cost of Production Benefit   . . . . .   361,540,000  


  22,100,000   391,990,000  
Innovation and Renewal      
Grants to organizations to facilitate adaptation and rural development within the      
      Agriculture and Agri-food Sector   6,689,167   . . . . .  



Total Gross Grants   28,789,167   391,990,000  
                                                                      Contributions      
Environment      
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance - Environment   45,254,389   . . . . .  


Food Safety and Food Quality      
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance - Food Safety and Food      
      Quality   38,764,273   . . . . .  


Business Risk Management      
Contributions in support of facilitating the disposal of Specified Risk Materials   33,000,000   . . . . .  
Contribution payments for New Opportunities for Agriculture Initiatives   28,513,356   . . . . .  
Contribution payments for the control of diseases in the hog industry - Circovirus      
      Initiative   14,250,000   . . . . .  
(S) Contributions in support of the Cost of Production Benefit   . . . . .   39,460,000  


  75,763,356   39,460,000  
Innovation and Renewal      
Contribution payments for the ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative   28,650,000   . . . . .  
Contribution payments for the Canadian Farm Families Options Program   17,000,000   . . . . .  
Contribution payments for the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program   10,500,000   . . . . .  
Contribution payments for the Plum Pox Eradication Program   5,811,000   . . . . .  


  61,961,000   . . . . .  
Rural and Co-operatives      
Contributions in support of assistance to Rural Canada and Development in the Area of      
      Co-operatives Framework   1,400,000   . . . . .  



Total Gross Contributions   223,143,018   39,460,000  



Total Gross Transfer Payments   251,932,185   431,450,000  
Less: Funds available within the Vote   152,500,000   . . . . .  



Net Transfer Payments   99,432,185   431,450,000  




 

Canadian Food Inspection Agency  

   



Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)      

 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency requests funds for the following items:      
 
Voted Appropriations     Vote 30  

Funding for the implementation of Enhanced Animal Feed Restrictions to mitigate public health risks associated with    
      Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)     21,881  
Funding related to government advertising programs ( horizontal item )     2,500  
Funding to increase the tender fruit sector's viability and profitability by eradicating the Plum Pox Virus in Canada    
      ( horizontal item )     325  
Funding to prepare for Canada's participation in International Polar Year 2007-2008, an extensive international    
      research program in the Arctic and Antarctic ( horizontal item )     182  
Funding for implementation of the action plan to strengthen Canada's regulatory system and establish a Centre of    
      Regulatory Expertise within the Treasury Board Secretariat ( horizontal item )     59  

      Total Voted Appropriations     24,947  

Transfers      
Transfer from National Defence - For public security initiatives ( horizontal item )     255  
Transfer to Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada - To support the National Managers'    
      Community     (59)  
Transfer to Foreign Affairs and International Trade - To provide support to departmental staff located at missions    
      abroad     (434)  
Transfer to Western Economic Diversification - For the design and construction of the International Vaccine Centre's    
      (InterVac) Biosafety Level III Containment Facility in Saskatoon     (2,000)  

      Total Transfers     (2,238)  

These Supplementary Estimates     22,709  



 
Transfer Payments (dollars)   Voted   Statutory  



                                                                      Contributions      
Food Safety and Public Health      
Contributions in support of those initiatives that contribute to the improvement,      
      advancement and promotion of the federal inspection system   182,300   . . . . .  



Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements” may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to rounding.    
 

 

Canadian Grain Commission  

 


 
 
 
Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)    

 
Canadian Grain Commission requests funds for the following items:    
 
Voted Appropriations   Vote 40  

Funding to address operating shortfalls to allow for the continued delivery of mandated services such as grain    
      regulation and quality assurance   7,300  


Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements” may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to rounding.