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WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION

Ministry Summary

      These Supplementary Estimates    
   


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





 
 
1b    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    50,604,350    . . . . .     132,694   50,737,044   
5b    The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions   214,521,000    (250,000)   18,162,587   232,433,587   
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    5,322,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     5,322,000   






                  Total Ministry    270,447,350    (250,000)   18,295,281   288,492,631   


Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)  

Western Economic Diversification requests funds for the following items:  

Voted Appropriations   Vote 1     Vote 5     Total     
 


Funding for projects that improve the quality of drinking water and treatment of         
      wastewater in Western Canada (Infrastructure Canada Program)    . . . . .    13,632    13,632   
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   . . . . .    2,838    2,838   
Reinvestment of receipts from repayable contributions to increase economic         
      development activities    . . . . .    1,692    1,692   
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 )   77    . . . . .    77   
Funding to administer contributions made under the Building Canada Fund    56    . . . . .    56   
 


      Total Voted Appropriations   133   18,162   18,295  
 


Transfers        
Transfer to National Arts Centre Corporation - For the development of the BC Scene         
      Festival in Ottawa, which will showcase the British Columbia arts community,         
      build new export opportunities and encourage cultural tourism    . . . . .    (250)    (250)   
 


These Supplementary Estimates   133   17,912   18,045  





 
Transfer Payments (dollars)   Voted   Statutory  



                                                                      Contributions      
Contributions to the Western Provinces under the Infrastructure Canada Program    13,631,774                    . . . . .   
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    4,530,813                    . . . . .   



Total Gross Transfer Payments   18,162,587                   . . . . .  
Less: Funds transferred to another Vote   250,000                    . . . . .   



Net Transfer Payments   17,912,587                   . . . . .  



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