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WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION |
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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 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 | 42,527,000 | (3,508) | 5,739,444 | 48,262,936 | |
5a | The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions - | ||||
To authorize the transfer of $3,000,000 from Health | |||||
Vote 35, and $2,000,000 from Agriculture and | |||||
Agri-Food Vote 30, Appropriation Act No. 2, | |||||
2007-2008 for the purposes of this Vote and to | |||||
provide a further amount of | 205,495,000 | 5,000,000 | 60,463,375 | 270,958,375 | |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 5,188,000 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 5,188,000 |
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Total Ministry | 253,210,000 | 4,996,492 | 66,202,819 | 324,409,311 | |
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Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars) | |||
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Western Economic Diversification requests funds for the following items: | |||
Voted Appropriations | Vote 1 | Vote 5 | Total |
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Funding for projects that improve the quality of drinking water and treatment of | |||
wastewater in Western Canada (Infrastructure Canada Program) | . . . . . | 16,555 | 16,555 |
Funding for flood risk structural mitigation in British Columbia | . . . . . | 16,500 | 16,500 |
Funding for implementation of the Community Economic Diversification Initiative - | |||
A component of the federal government's modified response to the mountain pine | |||
beetle infestation in British Columbia | 1,198 | 9,731 | 10,929 |
Funding for the design and construction of the International Vaccine Centre's | |||
(InterVac) Biosafety Level III Containment Facility in Saskatoon | . . . . . | 7,000 | 7,000 |
Funding for the implementation of the Airport Improvements Initiative - A | |||
component of the federal government's modified response to the mountain pine | |||
beetle infestation in British Columbia | 448 | 5,440 | 5,888 |
Funding to provide information services on government regulations, programs and | |||
business support to small businesses and entrepreneurs ( horizontal item ) | 3,702 | . . . . . | 3,702 |
Reinvestment of receipts from repayable contributions to increase economic | |||
development activities | . . . . . | 2,929 | 2,929 |
Funding in support of activities related to the celebration of the Alberta and | |||
Saskatchewan Centenaries | . . . . . | 2,308 | 2,308 |
Funding to strengthen Canada's competitive position in international commerce by | |||
further developing and exploiting the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor | . . . . . | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Funding for activities that are essential to the continued implementation of the Public | |||
Service Modernization Act ( horizontal item ) | 197 | . . . . . | 197 |
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 the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund relating to investments in public | |||
infrastructure projects designed to improve the quality of life in both urban and | |||
rural communities ( horizontal item ) | 13 | . . . . . | 13 |
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Gross Voted Appropriations | 5,739 | 62,463 | 68,202 |
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Funds Available | |||
Less: Spending authorities available within the Vote | . . . . . | 2,000 | 2,000 |
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Total Voted Appropriations | 5,739 | 60,463 | 66,202 |
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Transfers | |||
Transfer from the Public Health Agency of Canada ($3,000) and the Canadian Food | |||
Inspection Agency ($2,000) - For the design and construction of the International | |||
Vaccine Centre's (InterVac) Biosafety Level III Containment Facility in | |||
Saskatoon | . . . . . | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Transfer to Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada - To | |||
support the National Managers' Community | (4) | . . . . . | (4) |
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Total Transfers | (4) | 5,000 | 4,996 |
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These Supplementary Estimates | 5,735 | 65,463 | 71,198 |
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Explanation of Funds Available
(dollars)
Vote 5
: $2,000,000 in total authorities is
available
within
the Vote due to a
reduction in funding requirements for the Western
Diversification Program.
Transfer Payments (dollars) | Voted | Statutory |
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Grants | ||
Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment | ||
Flood Risk Structural Mitigation in British Columbia | 16,500,000 | . . . . . |
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Business Development and Entrepreneurship | ||
Grant to the Fraser River Port Authority for Dredging the Fraser River | 2,000,000 | . . . . . |
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Total Gross Grants | 18,500,000 | . . . . . |
Contributions | ||
Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment | ||
Contributions under programs or for projects that promote or enhance the economic | ||
development and diversification of Western Canada, including the initiation, promotion | ||
or expansion of enterprises, the establishment of new businesses, research and | ||
development activities, the development of business infrastructure, and selective | ||
contributions to other programs affecting regional and economic development in | ||
Western Canada | 18,064,859 | . . . . . |
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Infrastructure | ||
Contributions to the Western Provinces under the Infrastructure Canada Program | 16,554,936 | . . . . . |
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Business Development and Entrepreneurship | ||
Contributions under programs or for projects that promote or enhance the economic | ||
development and diversification of Western Canada, including the initiation, promotion | ||
or expansion of enterprises, the establishment of new businesses, research and | ||
development activities, the development of business infrastructure, and selective | ||
contributions to other programs affecting regional and economic development in | ||
Western Canada | 1,171,790 | . . . . . |
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Innovation | ||
Contribution to the University of Saskatchewan for the International Vaccine Centre's | ||
(InterVac) Biosafety Level III Containment Facility | 12,000,000 | . . . . . |
Contributions under programs or for projects that promote or enhance the economic | ||
development and diversification of Western Canada, including the initiation, promotion | ||
or expansion of enterprises, the establishment of new businesses, research and | ||
development activities, the development of business infrastructure, and selective | ||
contributions to other programs affecting regional and economic development in | ||
Western Canada | 1,171,790 | . . . . . |
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13,171,790 | . . . . . | |
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Total Gross Contributions | 48,963,375 | . . . . . |
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Total Gross Transfer Payments | 67,463,375 | . . . . . |
Less: Funds available within the Vote | 2,000,000 | . . . . . |
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Net Transfer Payments | 65,463,375 | . . . . . |
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Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements” may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to rounding. |