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Through the Supplementary Estimates, an organization can seek changes to various spending authorities originally received through parliamentary approval of the previous Supply bills for Main or Supplementary Estimates. These alterations might include requests for additional funding relating to a transfer of funds from another organization, a re-allocation or amendment of existing spending authorities, or the addition of new authorities.
Parliamentary approval of such changes is sought through an enabling Supply bill. However, in order to be included in a Supply bill, an item must have a monetary value. This is not an issue when a department is also requesting an adjustment to its appropriation. However, in the absence of any increase to the Vote, a notional amount of “$1” allows the item to be included in the Supply bill.
The authority associated with each $1 item relates to either:
1. | Approval of grants - The wording used in the Estimates to describe a grant has a legislative character and, therefore all new grants or increases to existing grants must first be approved by Parliament before any payments can be made to eligible recipients. A $1 item is included when there is no requirement for additional appropriations because the new grant or the increase to an existing grant is to be funded from within existing resources or from a transfer of funds from another organization. |
2. | Vote transfers within an organization - Through Supply legislation, an organization may have received spending authorities in more than one Vote (e.g., operating expenditures Vote and capital expenditures Vote). As the fiscal year progresses, and for various reasons, the organization may need to realign its approved funding due to changes in delivery mechanisms within organizational priorities. |
3. | Transfers between organizations - Transfers between organizations are used for a variety of reasons such as: to redirect funding from one organization to another in order to manage or to implement more efficiently an initiative or project; and/or to reflect new organizational responsibilities. |
4. | Modify authority embedded in existing vote wording - The Supplementary Estimates can be used to amend an existing authority that is embedded in the Vote wording of an organization. Most of these authorities can be found in the non-budgetary Vote wording of organizations and are related to limits or ceilings on loans and investments. Such non-budgetary Votes are preceded by the letter “L”. |
The following table captures, under each of the above categories, the instances where a $1 item is required in these Supplementary Estimates. A number of these transactions can be captured in a department's Vote wording, but will require a single $1 item. Therefore, as the following table is presented by category, there may be some departmental Votes that appear more than once despite the fact they relate to a single $1 item.
1. Approval of grants
Vote | ||
Organization | Number | Explanation |
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Citizenship and Immigration - Department | 5c | To increase the grant “Grant for the Canada-Quebec |
Accord on Immigration” by $10,029,000 . | ||
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Fisheries and Oceans - Department | 10c | To increase the grant “Grants to support |
organizations associated with research, development, | ||
management, and promotion fisheries and oceans- | ||
related issues” by $30,000 ; and to increase the grant | ||
“Grant Program for the disposal of small craft | ||
harbours” by $1,175,000 . | ||
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Natural Resources - Department | 5c | To increase the grant “Grants in support of |
ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes” by $13,000,000 . | ||
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Transport - Department | 10c | To increase the grant “EcoAUTO Rebate program” |
by $658,000. | ||
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2. Vote transfers within an organization
Vote | ||
Organization | Number | Explanation |
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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency - | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $ 456,680 from Atlantic |
Department | Canada Opportunities Agency Vote 5 to support | |
the write-off of debts relating to the Newfoundland | ||
and Labrador Development Corporation. | ||
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Canadian Heritage - Department | 5c | To authorize the transfer of $4,310,000 from |
Canadian Heritage Vote 1 to support the creation of | ||
digital cultural content reflective of our diversity of | ||
cultures and heritage (Canadian Culture On-line | ||
Program) and to contribute to projects for minority | ||
language education as part of the Development of | ||
Official Language Communities Program. | ||
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Canadian Heritage - Canadian Broadcasting | 25c | To authorize the transfer of $5,658,000 from |
Corporation | Canadian Heritage Vote 15 for infrastructure | |
replacements and improvements such as replacement | ||
of technical equipment and upgrading studios and | ||
control rooms for Newsworld and RDI (Réseau de | ||
l'information) as well as to fund capital projects such | ||
as improvements to regional news and weather | ||
systems and human resources management systems. | ||
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade - | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $975,000 from Foreign |
Department | Affairs and International Trade Vote 1 for the | |
continuation of existing initiatives to advance | ||
Canada's Global Peace and Security priorities. | ||
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Fisheries and Oceans | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $2,683,154 from |
Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10 to reduce the amount | ||
of new appropriations required. | ||
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Fisheries and Oceans | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $1,360,000 from |
Fisheries and Oceans Vote 1 to support divestiture | ||
projects under the class grant program for Small Craft | ||
Harbours ($1,175,000) , to support fisheries and | ||
conservation enforcement capacity (Aboriginal | ||
Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Program) | ||
($100,000) , for the Small Craft Harbours Class | ||
Contribution Program to support Harbour Authorities | ||
in the Maritime, Pacific and Gulf regions ($50,000) , | ||
to support organizations that research, develop, | ||
manage and promote fisheries and oceans-related | ||
issues ($30,000) , and for the support of academic | ||
research and development related to science priorities | ||
(Academic Research Contribution Program) ($5,000) . | ||
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Human Resources and Skills Development - | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $15,586,562 from |
Department | Human Resources and Skills Development Vote 5 | |
to reduce the amount of new appropriations required. | ||
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Indian Affairs and Northern Development - | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $45,842,027 from Indian |
Department | Affairs and Northern Development Vote 1 to fund | |
additional provincial education billings for First | ||
Nations students, fuel price increases for diesel | ||
generating plants on-reserve and operating and | ||
maintenance of Personal Care homes ($39,515,000) | ||
and to provide funding related to the assessment, | ||
management and remediation of federal contaminated | ||
sites ($6,327,027) and $4,985,000 from Indian | ||
Affairs and Northern Development Vote 5 to fund | ||
additional provincial education billings for First | ||
Nations students, fuel price increases for diesel | ||
generating plants on-reserve and operating and | ||
maintenance of Personal Care homes. | ||
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Indian Affairs and Northern Development - | 15c | To authorize the transfer of $10,000,000 from Indian |
Department | Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10 to | |
reduce the amount of new appropriations required. | ||
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Indian Affairs and Northern Development - | 25c | To authorize the transfer of $900,000 from Indian |
Department | Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10 to | |
reduce the amount of new appropriations required. | ||
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Industry - Department | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $ 783,565 from Industry |
Vote 10 to reduce the amount of new appropriations | ||
required. | ||
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Industry - Department | 5c | To authorize the transfer of $ 2,040,000 from |
Industry Vote 10 to reduce the amount of new | ||
appropriations required. | ||
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National Defence - Department | 5c | To authorize the transfer of $82,000 from National |
Defence Vote 1 for investment in the | ||
Interdepartmental Maritime Integrated Command, | ||
Control and Communication capital project. | ||
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National Defence - Department | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $317,000 from National |
Defence Vote 1 to reduce the amount of new | ||
appropriations required. | ||
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Transport - Department | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $2,954,000 from |
Transport Vote 5 to cover the operating costs of | ||
various dredging projects ($2,929,000) and for | ||
administration costs associated with the Airport | ||
Policing Contribution Program ($25,000) . | ||
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Transport - Department | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $4,459,200 from |
Transport Vote 1 to boost Canada's commerce with | ||
the Asia-Pacific region, increase the Gateway's share | ||
of North America-bound container imports from Asia, | ||
and improve the efficiency and reliability of the | ||
Gateway for Canadian and North American exports. | ||
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Transport - Marine Atlantic Inc. | 35c | To authorize the transfer of $7,000,000 from |
Transport Vote 1 for additional costs related to the | ||
new MV Atlantic Vision charter and the likelihood of | ||
not selling the ageing MV Atlantic Freighter by the | ||
end of the fiscal year. | ||
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Veterans Affairs | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $20,000,000 from |
Veterans Affairs Vote 1 to address short term | ||
requirements related to grants. | ||
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3. Transfers between organizations
Vote | ||
Organization | Number | Explanation |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food - Canadian | 30c | To authorize the transfer of $1,010,000 from |
Food Inspection Agency | Agriculture and Agri-Food Vote 1 for program | |
continuity in the implementation of the Growing | ||
Forward policy framework and $350,000 from | ||
National Defence Vote 1 for public security | ||
initiatives related to Chemical, Biological, | ||
Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology | ||
Initiative. | ||
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Canada Revenue Agency | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $200,833 from Human |
Resources and Skills Development Vote 1 for the | ||
Canada Disability Savings Program to build the | ||
bridge between systems for the exchange of | ||
registration information. | ||
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Canadian Heritage - Department | 5c | To authorize the transfer of $168,637 from Public |
Works and Government Services Vote 1 for the | ||
logistics at the Fourth Inter-American Language | ||
Management Seminar. | ||
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Canadian Heritage - National Arts Center | 50c | To authorize the transfer of $600,000 from Canadian |
Corporation | Heritage Vote 5 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 and | ||
$150,000 from Canadian Heritage Vote 5 to | ||
support the 2009 edition of the biennial theatre | ||
festival for professional francophone theatres in | ||
minority regions in Canada and internationally | ||
(Festival Zones Théâtrales). | ||
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Canadian Heritage - National Film Board | 60c | To authorize the transfer of $750,000 from Canadian |
Heritage Vote 1 to create and broadcast an | ||
audiovisual production celebrating the 400th | ||
anniversary of Quebec. | ||
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Canadian Heritage - Status of Women - | 100c | To authorize the transfer of $332,462 from Canadian |
Office of the Co-ordinator | Heritage Vote 1 to fund the new Minister of State for | |
Status of Women. | ||
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade - | 35c | To authorize the transfer of $4,000,000 from Foreign |
International Development Research Centre | Affairs and International Trade Vote 25 to conduct | |
research in Africa in the areas of private sector | ||
development by promoting a better investment climate | ||
and business environment through research and | ||
advocacy ($2,000,000) and, health by supporting the | ||
development of health information capacity in | ||
integrated national health systems ($2,000,000) and | ||
$70,000 from Health Vote 40 for the Global Health | ||
Research Initiative to create and share knowledge to | ||
strengthen health systems and build global health | ||
research capacity in developing countries and in | ||
Canada. | ||
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Fisheries and Oceans | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $175,695 from National |
Defence Vote 5 and $144,000 from Environment | ||
Vote 1 for investments in search and rescue | ||
coordination initiatives across Canada. | ||
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Health - Public Health Agency of Canada | 40c | To authorize the transfer of $2,386,397 from Health |
Vote 1 for renewal of the Genomics Research and | ||
Development Initiative. | ||
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Human Resources and Skills | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $1,687,000 from |
Development - Department | Transport Vote 1 for the ecoAUTO Rebate Program | |
which encourages Canadians to purchase fuel-efficient | ||
vehicles and $53,800 from Transport Vote 1 | ||
funding to boost Canada's commerce with the Asia- | ||
Pacific region, increase the Gateway's share of North | ||
America bound container imports from Asia, and | ||
improve the efficiency and reliability of the Gateway | ||
for Canadian and North American exports. | ||
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Human Resources and Skills | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $220,000 from Human |
Development - Canada Industrial Relations | Resources and Skills Development Vote 5 for | |
Board | funding pressures relating to the relocation of the | |
Vancouver and Montreal regional offices. | ||
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Indian Affairs and Northern Development - | 10c | To authorize the transfer of $450,000 from |
Department | Transport Vote 1 for First Nations participation in | |
negotiations regarding the development of the Prince | ||
Rupert Port located on their asserted traditional | ||
territories. | ||
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National Defence - Department | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $ $941,000 from Public |
Safety and Emergency Preparedness Vote 10, | ||
$680,000 from Public Safety and Emergency | ||
Preparedness Vote 50, $482,000 from Transport | ||
Vote 1, for public security initiatives related to the | ||
return of unused funding for Marine Security | ||
Operations Centres and $310,000 from Foreign | ||
Affairs and International Trade Vote 1 in support | ||
of the Minister's responsibilities for regional | ||
representation of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward | ||
Island. | ||
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National Defence - Department | 5c | To authorize the transfer of $865,000 from Health |
Vote 40 for the return of unused funding for public | ||
security initiatives related to the Chemical, Biological, | ||
Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology | ||
Initiative and $66,000 from Public Safety and | ||
Emergency Preparedness Vote 50 for unused funds | ||
related to investments in search and rescue | ||
coordination initiatives across Canada. | ||
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Public Safety and Emergency | 20c | To authorize the transfer of $80,000 from National |
Preparedness - Canadian Security | Defence Vote 5 for public security initiatives related | |
Intelligence Service | to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear | |
Research and Technology Initiative. | ||
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Treasury Board - Secretariat | 1c | To authorize the transfer of $201,451 from Public |
Safety and Emergency Preparedness Vote 50 for | ||
the management of the Royal Canadian Mounted | ||
Police's life and disability insurance plans. | ||
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4. Modify authority embedded in existing vote wording
Vote | ||
Organization | Number | Explanation |
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Human Resources and Skills Development - | 16c | To increase from $450,000,000,000 to |
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | $600,000,000,000 the limit of the aggregate | |
outstanding insured amount of all insured loans by | ||
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, pursuant | ||
to paragraph 11(b) of the National Housing Act . | ||
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