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ENVIRONMENT

Ministry Summary

      These Supplementary Estimates    
   


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





 
 
  Department            
1b    Operating expenditures, and           
  ( a ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of the           
  Prairie Provinces Water Board, the Qu'Appelle Basin          
  Study Board and the St. John River Basin Study          
  Board;           
  ( b ) authority for the Minister of the Environment to           
  engage such consultants as may be required by the           
  Boards identified in paragraph ( a ), at such          
  remuneration as those Boards may determine;          
  ( c ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of           
  Regional Water Resources Planning Investigations          
  and Water Resources Inventories;           
  ( d ) authority to make recoverable advances not           
  exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares          
  of the Provinces of Manitoba and Ontario of the cost          
  of regulating the levels of Lake of the Woods and Lac          
  Seul;           
  ( e ) authority to make recoverable advances not           
  exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares          
  of provincial and outside agencies of the cost of           
  hydrometric surveys;           
  ( f ) pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)( a ) of the Financial          
  Administration Act , authority to expend in the current           
  fiscal year revenues received during the fiscal year          
  arising from the operations of the department funded          
  from this Vote; and           
  ( g ) 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 $153,333 from Indian Affairs and          
  Northern Development Vote 1, Appropriation Act          
  No. 2, 2008-2009 for the purposes of this Vote and to           
  provide a further amount of    740,839,259 (1,060,488) 23,623,476 763,402,247
5b    Capital expenditures and authority to make payments          
  to provinces or municipalities as contributions          
  towards construction done by those bodies and          
  authority to make recoverable advances not exceeding          
  the amount of the shares of provincial and outside           
  agencies of the cost of joint projects including          
  expenditures on other than federal property - To          
  authorize the transfer of $315,000 from National          
  Defence Vote 5, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009          
  for the purposes of this Vote and to provide a further          
  amount of    46,301,000 315,000 4,513,140 51,129,140
10b    The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions,          
  contributions to developing countries in accordance          
  with the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol          
  taking the form of cash payments or the provision of          
  goods, equipment or services - To authorize the          
  transfer of $664,021 from Environment Vote 1, and           
  $67,763 from Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10,          
  Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009 for the purposes           
  of this Vote and to provide a further amount of   197,910,117 731,784 1,980,000 200,621,901
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    83,648,000 . . . . . . . . . . 83,648,000
(S)    Minister of the Environment - Salary and motor car           
  allowance    76,422 . . . . . . . . . . 76,422
     

 
                  Total Department    1,068,774,798 (13,704) 30,116,616 1,098,877,710
  Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency          
15    Program expenditures, contributions and authority to          
  expend revenues received during the fiscal year          
  arising from the provision of environmental          
  assessment services including the conduct of panel           
  reviews, comprehensive studies, mediations, training          
  and information publications by the Canadian          
  Environmental Assessment Agency    32,309,100 . . . . . . . . . . 32,309,100
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    2,942,000 . . . . . . . . . . 2,942,000
     

 
                  Total Agency    35,251,100 . . . . . . . . . . 35,251,100
  National Round Table on the Environment and            
        the Economy            
20    Program expenditures    4,958,200 . . . . . . . . . . 4,958,200
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    411,000 . . . . . . . . . . 411,000
(S)    Expenditures pursuant to paragraph 29.1(1) of the           
  Financial Administration Act   20,000 . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
     

 
                  Total Agency    5,389,200 . . . . . . . . . . 5,389,200
  Parks Canada Agency            
25b    Program expenditures, including capital expenditures,          
  the grants listed in the Estimates and contributions,          
  including expenditures on other than federal property,          
  and payments to provinces and municipalities as          
  contributions towards the cost of undertakings carried          
  out by those bodies - To authorize the transfer of           
  $270,000 from Canadian Heritage Vote 1, and          
  $122,000 from Canadian Heritage Vote 5,           
  Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009 for the purposes           
  of this Vote and to provide a further amount of   510,162,126 (11,608,000) 12,518,327 511,072,453
30b    Payments to the New Parks and Historic Sites          
  Account for the purposes of establishing new national          
  parks, national historic sites and related heritage          
  areas, as set out in section 21 of the Parks Canada          
  Agency Act - To authorize the transfer of $12,000,000           
  from Environment Vote 25, Appropriation Act No. 2,          
  2008-2009 for the purposes of this Vote   500,000 12,000,000 1 12,500,001
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    44,019,000 . . . . . . . . . . 44,019,000
(S)    Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from           
  the conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the          
  Parks Canada Agency Act   111,000,000 . . . . . . . . . . 111,000,000
     

 
                  Total Agency    665,681,126 392,000 12,518,328 678,591,454
     
   
                  Total Ministry    1,775,096,224 378,296 42,634,944 1,818,109,464






Note: The “Authorities to date” amount for the Parks Canada Agency includes $55,137,126 in Vote 25, which was appropriated in 2007-08 and will be spent in 2008-09.

Department

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Environment requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations     Vote 1     Vote 5     Vote 10     Total    
 



Funding for Industrial Sector Regulatory Actions in support of the           
      Clean Air Agenda    13,965 . . . . . . . . . . 13,965
Funding to enhance environmental law enforcement capacity    6,005 1,202 100 7,307
Funding for high priority Meteorological Service of Canada projects .    . . . . . 3,266 . . . . . 3,266 
Funding for the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement   255 . . . . . 1,645 1,900
Funding to establish, develop, and operate federal protected areas in           
      the Northwest Territories ( horizontal item )    1,090 45 . . . . . 1,135
Funding for the renewal of the Genomics Research and Development           
      Initiative ( horizontal item )   1,000 . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
Funding to support bilateral and tripartite processes and ongoing           
      activities under the Beyond Powley: Management of Métis           
      Aboriginal Rights initiative ( horizontal item )    706 . . . . . 235 941
Reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property   603 . . . . . . . . . . 603
 



      Total Voted Appropriations   23,624 4,513 1,980 30,117
 



Transfers            
Transfer from National Defence - For public security initiatives           
      related to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear           
      Research and Technology Initiative    . . . . . 315 . . . . . 315
Transfer from Indian Affairs and Northern Development - To           
      support research activities during the International Polar Year    153 . . . . . . . . . . 153
Transfer from Fisheries and Oceans - To support Aboriginal           
      involvement in activities intended to protect terrestrial species at           
      risk under the Species at Risk Act   . . . . . . . . . . 68 68
Internal reallocation of resources - For the revitalization of the           
      Toronto Waterfront through investments in infrastructure and           
      urban development (Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative)    (664) . . . . . 664 . . . . .
Transfer to Fisheries and Oceans - To continue the environmental           
      restoration of key aquatic areas of concern identified under the           
      Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement    (550) . . . . . . . . . . (550)
 



      Total Transfers     (1,061) 315 732 (14)
 



These Supplementary Estimates   22,563 4,828 2,712 30,103






 
Transfer Payments (dollars)   Voted     Statutory    



                                                                        Contributions      
Contributions for Inuit Activities related to the Implementation of the Inuit Impact and       
      Benefit Agreement    1,645,000                 . . . . .
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative   664,021                 . . . . .
Contributions to support environmental research and development    235,000                 . . . . .
Contributions to support environmental and sustainable development initiatives    167,763                 . . . . .



Total Transfer Payments     2,711,784                 . . . . .  



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

 Parks Canada Agency

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Parks Canada Agency requests funds for the following items:  

Voted Appropriations     Vote 25     Vote 30     Total    
 


Funding for the implementation of Canada Labour Code direction regarding law         
      enforcement in national parks    8,321 . . . . .    8,321
Funding for forest fire suppression within the boundaries of Parks Canada Agency         
      properties to minimize the risks associated with public safety and loss of         
      infrastructure and private property   8,000 . . . . .    8,000
Funding to establish, develop, and operate federal protected areas in the Northwest         
      Territories ( horizontal item )   1,820 . . . . .    1,820
Funding to support bilateral and tripartite processes and ongoing activities under the         
      Beyond Powley: Management of Métis Aboriginal Rights initiative ( horizontal        
      item )    1,096 . . . . .    1,096
Funding to provide continued support to resolve comprehensive land claims         
      negotiations outside British Columbia ( horizontal item )    233 . . . . .    233
Funding to provide greater support for Crown agents across Canada    11 . . . . .    11
 


      Gross Voted Appropriations    19,481 . . . . .    19,481
 


Funds Available          
Less: Spending authorities available within the Vote   6,962 . . . . . 6,962
 


      Total Voted Appropriations   12,519 . . . . . 12,519
 


Transfers          
Transfer from Canadian Heritage - For the National Historical Recognition Program         
      to present the story of First World War national internment operations    270 . . . . . 270
Transfer from Canadian Heritage - For the development of Official Language         
      Minority Communities (Interdepartmental Partnership with the Official Language         
      Communities) ( horizontal item )   122 . . . . . 122
Internal reallocation of resources - For additional capital costs associated with new         
      parks    (12,000) 12,000 . . . . .
 


      Total Transfers     (11,608) 12,000 392
 


These Supplementary Estimates   911 12,000 12,911





Explanation of Funds Available (dollars)

Vote 25 : $6,962,387 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to: $3,917,387 for employee benefit plan requirements related to 2007-08 year-end adjustments associated with Parks Canada Agency's multi-year spending authority; and $3,045,000 related to Budget 2006 Expenditure Restraint.

Transfer Payments (dollars)   Voted     Statutory    



                                                                      Contributions      
Contributions in support of activities or projects related to national parks, national marine       
      conservation areas, national historic sites and historic canals    150,000                 . . . . .



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