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FISHERIES AND OCEANS |
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Ministry Summary | |||||
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These Supplementary Estimates | |||||
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Authorities | Adjustments to | Total Estimates | |||
Vote (dollars) | to date | Transfers | Appropriations | to date | |
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1a | Operating expenditures, and | ||||
( a ) Canada's share of expenses of the International | |||||
Fisheries Commissions, authority to provide free | |||||
accommodation for the International Fisheries | |||||
Commissions and authority to make recoverable | |||||
advances in the amounts of the shares of the | |||||
International Fisheries Commissions of joint cost | |||||
projects; | |||||
( b ) authority to make recoverable advances for | |||||
transportation, stevedoring and other shipping | |||||
services performed on behalf of individuals, outside | |||||
agencies and other governments in the course of, or | |||||
arising out of, the exercise of jurisdiction in | |||||
navigation, including aids to navigation and shipping; | |||||
( c ) authority to expend revenue received during the | |||||
fiscal year in the course of, or arising from, the | |||||
activities of the Canadian Coast Guard; and | |||||
( d ) 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 - To authorize the | |||||
transfer of $743,928 from National Defence Vote 5, | |||||
$424,750 from Public Safety and Emergency | |||||
Preparedness Vote 1, and $851,590 from Transport | |||||
Vote 1, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008 for the | |||||
purposes of this Vote and to provide a further amount | |||||
of | 1,129,800,000 | (24,150,301) | 99,491,488 | 1,205,141,187 | |
5a | Capital expenditures - To authorize the transfer of | ||||
$23,000,000 from Fisheries and Oceans Vote 1, | |||||
Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008 for the purposes | |||||
of this Vote and to provide a further amount of | 232,054,000 | 23,000,000 | 8,456,229 | 263,510,229 | |
10a | The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions - | ||||
To authorize the transfer of $2,631,216 from Fisheries | |||||
and Oceans Vote 1, $722,592 from Environment | |||||
Vote 10, and $75,000 from Transport Vote 1, | |||||
Appropriation Act No. 2, 2007-2008 for the purposes | |||||
of this Vote and to provide a further amount of | 55,130,000 | 3,428,808 | 23,075,000 | 81,633,808 | |
(S) | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Salary and motor | ||||
car allowance | 74,522 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 74,522 | |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 121,530,000 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 121,530,000 |
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Total Ministry | 1,538,588,522 | 2,278,507 | 131,022,717 | 1,671,889,746 | |
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Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars) | ||||
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Fisheries and Oceans requests funds for the following items: | ||||
Voted Appropriations | Vote 1 | Vote 5 | Vote 10 | Total |
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Funding to permit the Small Craft Harbours Program to continue its | ||||
current level of repair and maintenance activity at core | ||||
commercial fishing harbours | 19,868 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 19,868 |
Funding for the implementation of the Pacific Integrated | ||||
Commercial Fisheries Initiative | 4,548 | . . . . . | 12,175 | 16,723 |
Funding to support science and sustainable fisheries in order to | ||||
strengthen fisheries management and resource conservation | 16,449 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 16,449 |
Funding to address an operating shortfall created by a contractual | ||||
dispute | 16,000 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 16,000 |
Funding for the implementation of the Species at Risk Act to | ||||
continue the stabilization and recovery of wildlife species at risk | ||||
in Canada | 14,170 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 14,170 |
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 ) | 10,508 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 10,508 |
Funding for the Ice Compensation Program to help fishers in | ||||
specified regions of Newfoundland and Quebec unable to fish | ||||
due to severe ice* | 929 | . . . . . | 7,900 | 8,829 |
Funding to improve the performance of the regulatory system for | ||||
major natural resource projects that are subject to a | ||||
comprehensive study, a panel review or a multijurisdictional | ||||
screening under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act | ||||
( horizontal item ) | 5,935 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 5,935 |
Funding for Canadian Coast Guard vessel life extensions | . . . . . | 4,000 | . . . . . | 4,000 |
Funding to support the Health of the Oceans initiative to contribute | ||||
to the National Water Strategy ( horizontal item ) | 2,949 | 500 | . . . . . | 3,449 |
Funding for the implementation of the Automatic Identification | ||||
System for vessel monitoring in the upper Great Lakes | . . . . . | 3,136 | . . . . . | 3,136 |
Funding related to the assessment, management and remediation of | ||||
federal contaminated sites ( horizontal item ) | 3,136 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 3,136 |
Funding in response to the Supreme Court Decision in R.v. Marshall | ||||
to support activities related to fisheries co-management, | ||||
conservation and protection, and economic capacity building for | ||||
Malseet and Mi'kmaq First Nations | . . . . . | . . . . . | 3,000 | 3,000 |
Funding to fulfill the obligations set out in the Nunavik Inuit Land | ||||
Claims Agreement ( horizontal item ) | 1,965 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 1,965 |
Funding for activities that are essential to the continued | ||||
implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act | ||||
( horizontal item ) | 1,706 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 1,706 |
Funding for the acquisition of two offshore fisheries science vessels | . . . . . | 1,650 | . . . . . | 1,650 |
Funding for the construction of a new search and rescue operational | ||||
service centre in Shippagan, New-Brunswick | . . . . . | 892 | . . . . . | 892 |
Reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property | 793 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 793 |
Funding for environmental assessments of sites for the 2010 | ||||
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and | ||||
Whistler, British Columbia | 300 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 300 |
Funding in support of the Federal Accountability Act to evaluate all | ||||
ongoing grant and contribution programs every five years | ||||
( horizontal item ) | 181 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 181 |
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 ) | 53 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 53 |
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Gross Voted Appropriations | 99,490 | 10,178 | 23,075 | 132,743 |
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Funds Available | ||||
Less: Spending authorities available within the Vote | . . . . . | 1,722 | . . . . . | 1,722 |
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Total Funds Available | . . . . . | 1,722 | . . . . . | 1,722 |
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Total Voted Appropriations | 99,490 | 8,456 | 23,075 | 131,021 |
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* | Access to Treasury Board Contingencies Vote was approved to provide temporary funding for this item in the amount of $7,900,000. A summary of Treasury Board Contingencies Vote items can be found at the front of this document. |
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Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars) | ||||
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Transfers | Vote 1 | Vote 5 | Vote 10 | Total |
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Transfer from National Defence - For investments in search and | ||||
rescue coordination initiatives across Canada | 744 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 744 |
Transfer from Environment - To support Aboriginal involvement in | ||||
aquatic species at risk activities under the Species at Risk Act | . . . . . | . . . . . | 723 | 723 |
Transfer from Transport - For the change in responsibility for port | ||||
facilities at Harbour Breton, Newfoundland | 500 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 500 |
Transfer from Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness - For | ||||
furthering connectivity to the National Integrated Interagency | ||||
Information System | 425 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 425 |
Transfer from Transport - For cost adjustments to the Aviation | ||||
Program | 352 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 352 |
Transfer from Transport - To support the Canadian Chair in Marine | ||||
Environmental Protection at the World Maritime University | . . . . . | . . . . . | 75 | 75 |
Internal reallocation of resources - For the Fraser Basin scientific | ||||
study of salmon populations, to enhance relationships with | ||||
stakeholders and for fisheries management improvement | (1,125) | . . . . . | 1,125 | . . . . . |
Internal reallocation of resources - To establish a fleet refit capital | ||||
budget | (23,000) | 23,000 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Internal reallocation of resources - To support organizations that | ||||
research, develop, manage and promote fisheries and oceans | ||||
related issues | (781) | . . . . . | 781 | . . . . . |
Internal reallocation of resources - To support the Canadian Coast | ||||
Guard Auxiliary | (401) | . . . . . | 401 | . . . . . |
Internal reallocation of resources - For the support of academic | ||||
research and development related to science priorities (Academic | ||||
Research Contribution Program) | (324) | . . . . . | 324 | . . . . . |
Transfer to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - To | ||||
support the Oceans Management Research Network which | ||||
strengthens the links between researchers in oceans management | ||||
related fields in the social sciences and humanities, natural | ||||
sciences and engineering, universities and other sectors and | ||||
institutions | (264) | . . . . . | . . . . . | (264) |
Transfer to Foreign Affairs and International Trade - For operating | ||||
costs related to the International Fisheries and Governance | ||||
Strategy | (275) | . . . . . | . . . . . | (275) |
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Total Transfers | (24,149) | 23,000 | 3,429 | 2,280 |
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These Supplementary Estimates | 75,341 | 31,456 | 26,504 | 133,301 |
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Explanation of Funds Available
(dollars)
Vote 5
: $1,721,805 in total authorities is
available
within
the Vote due to a
2006-2007 year-end adjustment for the provision of
employee benefit plans.
Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements”
may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to
rounding.
Transfer Payments (dollars) | Voted | Statutory |
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Grants | ||
Science (Safe and Accessible Waterways) | ||
Grants to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and | ||
promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issues | 23,096 | . . . . . |
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Fisheries Management | ||
Ice Compensation for East Coast Commercial Fishers ( Funds were provided from the | ||
Treasury Board Contingencies Vote to pay for this item ) | 7,900,000 | . . . . . |
Grants to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and | ||
promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issues | 215,000 | . . . . . |
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8,115,000 | . . . . . | |
Oceans Management | ||
Grants to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and | ||
promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issues | 15,000 | . . . . . |
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Habitat Management | ||
Grants to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and | ||
promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issues | 20,000 | . . . . . |
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Total Grants | 8,173,096 | . . . . . |
Contributions | ||
Canadian Coast Guard | ||
Contribution agreements with the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary for the provision of | ||
voluntary search and rescue services and the promotion of boating safety through | ||
accident prevention and education | 401,000 | . . . . . |
Contribution to support the Canadian Chair in Marine Environmental Protection at the | ||
World Maritime University | 75,000 | . . . . . |
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 30,000 | . . . . . |
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506,000 | . . . . . | |
Small Craft Harbours | ||
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 48,000 | . . . . . |
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Science (Safe and Accessible Waterways) | ||
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 30,000 | . . . . . |
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Fisheries Management | ||
Contributions to support the Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative | 12,175,000 | . . . . . |
Contributions under the Fisheries Access Program | 3,000,000 | . . . . . |
Contribution to the Pacific Salmon Foundation (Fraser Basin) | 1,125,000 | . . . . . |
Contribution to support Aboriginal involvement in aquatic species at risk activities under | ||
the Species at Risk Act (SARA) | 722,592 | . . . . . |
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 117,300 | . . . . . |
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17,139,892 | . . . . . | |
Science (Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture) | ||
Contribution to support the Academic Research Contribution Program for the support of | ||
academic research and development related to science priorities | 324,320 | . . . . . |
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 100,000 | . . . . . |
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424,320 | . . . . . | |
Habitat Management | ||
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans related issues | 182,500 | . . . . . |
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Total Contributions | 18,330,712 | . . . . . |
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Total Transfer Payments | 26,503,808 | . . . . . |
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