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VETERANS AFFAIRS  

       
Ministry Summary          





 
      These Supplementary Estimates    



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





 
 
1a   Operating expenditures, upkeep of property, including          
  engineering and other investigatory planning          
  expenses that do not add tangible value to real          
  property, taxes, insurance and maintenance of public          
  utilities; to authorize, subject to the approval of the          
  Governor in Council, necessary remedial work on          
  properties constructed under individual firm price          
  contracts and sold under the Veterans ' Land Act          
  (R.S.C. 1970, c.V-4), to correct defects for which          
  neither the veteran nor the contractor can be held          
  financially responsible, and such other work on other          
  properties as may be required to protect the interest of          
  the Director therein 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   905,852,000   (335,611)   42,802,899   948,319,288  
5a   Capital expenditures   22,800,000   . . . . .   400,000   23,200,000  
10   Grants and contributions   2,397,619,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   2,397,619,000  
15   Veterans Review and Appeal Board - Operating          
  expenditures   9,459,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   9,459,000  
(S)   Minister of Veterans Affairs - Salary and motor car          
  allowance   74,522   . . . . .   . . . . .   74,522  
(S)   Re-Establishment Credits under section 8 of the War          
  Service Grants Act   2,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   2,000  
(S)   Repayments under section 15 of the War Service          
  Grants Act of compensating adjustments made in          
  accordance with the terms of the Veterans ' Land Act   10,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   10,000  
(S)   Returned Soldiers Insurance Actuarial Liability          
  Adjustment   10,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   10,000  
(S)   Veterans Insurance Actuarial Liability Adjustment   175,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   175,000  
(S)   Contributions to employee benefit plans   39,648,000   . . . . .   . . . . .   39,648,000  






  Total Ministry   3,375,649,522   (335,611)   43,202,899   3,418,516,810  

 

 

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)        

 
Veterans Affairs requests funds for the following items:        
 
Voted Appropriations   Vote 1   Vote 5   Total  



Ex gratia payments to deliver on the Government's commitments related to Agent        
      Orange testing at CFB Gagetown in 1966 and 1967   19,962   . . . . .   19,962  
Funding to strengthen services to veterans and their families by enhancing services to        
      Veterans' Family Support Network, establishing five Operational Stress Injury        
      Clinics and improving timeliness of services and benefits for clients   15,766   . . . . .   15,766  
Funding for the establishment of the Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman and a        
      Veterans' Bill of Rights   4,642   . . . . .   4,642  
Funding to honour Canada's military heroes through the commemoration of the 90th        
      anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge   1,279   . . . . .   1,279  
Funding related to government advertising programs ( horizontal item )   700   . . . . .   700  
Funding in support of the Federal Accountability Act to evaluate all ongoing grant        
      and contribution programs every five years ( horizontal item )   454   . . . . .   454  
Funding for the restoration of Canada's World War I European monuments   . . . . .   400   400  



      Total Voted Appropriations   42,803   400   43,203  



Transfers        
Transfer to Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada - To        
      support the National Managers' Community   (35)   . . . . .   (35)  
Transfer to Foreign Affairs and International Trade - To provide support to        
      departmental staff located at missions abroad   (301)   . . . . .   (301)  



      Total Transfers   (336)   . . . . .   (336)  



These Supplementary Estimates   42,467   400   42,867  





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