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INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Department
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal

Ministry Summary

						These Supplementary Estimates
				Authorities				Adjustments to			Total Estimates
Vote (dollars)				to date		Transfers			Appropriations		to date
		Department
1b		Operating expenditures, and
		( a ) expenditures on works, buildings and equipment;
		and expenditures and recoverable expenditures in
		respect of services provided and work performed on
		other than federal property;
		( b ) authority to provide, in respect of Indian and Inuit
		economic development activities, for the capacity
		development for Indian and Inuit and the furnishing
		of materials and equipment;
		( c ) authority to sell electric power to private
		consumers in remote locations when alternative local
		sources of supply are not available, in accordance
		with terms and conditions approved by the Governor
		in Council; and
		( d ) 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 – To authorize the
		transfer of $600,000 from Indian Affairs and
		Northern Development Vote 5, Appropriation Act
		No. 2, 2009–10 for the purposes of this Vote and to
		provide a further amount of		991,038,957		(7,263,141)			97,276,212		1,081,052,028
5b		Capital expenditures, and
		( a ) expenditures on buildings, works, land and
		equipment, the operation, control and ownership of
		which may be transferred to provincial governments
		on terms and conditions approved by the Governor in
		Council, or to Indian bands, groups of Indians or
		individual Indians at the discretion of the Minister of
		Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and such
		expenditures on other than federal property; and
		( b ) authority to make recoverable expenditures in
		amounts not exceeding the shares of provincial
		governments of expenditures on roads and related
		works		44,419,000		(38,468,000)			. . . . .		5,951,000
10b		The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions –
		To authorize the transfer of $37,868,000 from Indian
		Affairs and Northern Development Vote 5, and
		$205,000 from Transport Vote 1, Appropriation Act
		No. 2, 2009–10 for the purposes of this Vote and to
		provide a further amount of		5,927,682,293		9,021,357			186,872,884		6,123,576,534
15a		Payments to Canada Post Corporation pursuant to an
		agreement between the Department of Indian Affairs
		and Northern Development and Canada Post
		Corporation for the purpose of providing Northern
		Air Stage Parcel Service		66,200,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		66,200,000
20		Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and
		non-Status Indians – Operating expenditures		9,305,250		. . . . .			. . . . .		9,305,250
25b		Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and
		non-Status Indians – Contributions – To authorize the
		transfer of $2,222,835 from Indian Affairs and
		Northern Development Vote 10, Appropriation Act
		No. 2, 2009–10 for the purposes of this Vote		30,164,000		2,222,835			1		32,386,836
(S)		Contributions to employee benefit plans		61,093,718		. . . . .			. . . . .		61,093,718
(S)		Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
		Development – Salary and motor car allowance		78,422		. . . . .			. . . . .		78,422
(S)		Transfer payments in connection with First Nations
		infrastructure for on-reserve housing ( Budget
		Implementation Act, 2009 )		75,000,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		75,000,000
(S)		Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to
		receive claim settlement payments pursuant to
		Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts		74,489,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		74,489,000
(S)		Grant to the Nunatsiavut Government for the
		implementation of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims
		Agreement pursuant to the Labrador Inuit Land
		Claims Agreement Act		17,987,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		17,987,000
(S)		Liabilities in respect of loan guarantees made to
		Indians for Housing and Economic Development		2,000,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		2,000,000
(S)		Payments to comprehensive claim beneficiaries in
		compensation for resource royalties		1,472,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		1,472,000
(S)		Indian Annuities Treaty payments		1,400,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		1,400,000
(S)		Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury
		Disability Board		15,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		15,000
		Total budgetary		7,302,344,640		(34,486,949)			284,149,097		7,552,006,788
L30		Loans to native claimants in accordance with terms
		and conditions approved by the Governor in Council
		for the purpose of defraying costs related to research,
		development and negotiation of claims		47,403,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		47,403,000
L35		Loans to First Nations in British Columbia for the
		purpose of supporting their participation in the British
		Columbia Treaty Commission process		30,400,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		30,400,000
		Total non-budgetary		77,803,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		77,803,000
		Total Department		7,380,147,640		(34,486,949)			284,149,097		7,629,809,788
		Canadian Northern Economic Development
		Agency
37b		Operating expenditures – To authorize the transfer of
		$5,428,803 from Indian Affairs and Northern
		Development Vote 1, Appropriation Act No. 2,
		2009–10 for the purposes of this Vote and to provide
		a further amount of		. . . . .		5,428,803			8,260,446		13,689,249
39b		Contributions – To authorize the transfer of
		$20,453,808 from Indian Affairs and Northern
		Development Vote 10, Appropriation Act No. 2,
		2009–10 for the purposes of this Vote and to provide
		a further amount of		. . . . .		20,453,808			600,000		21,053,808
(S)		Community Adjustment Fund		. . . . .		. . . . .			15,574,834		15,574,834
		Total Agency		. . . . .		25,882,611			24,435,280		50,317,891
		Canadian Polar Commission
40		Program expenditures and contributions		962,950		. . . . .			. . . . .		962,950
(S)		Contributions to employee benefit plans		70,550		. . . . .			. . . . .		70,550
		Total Agency		1,033,500		. . . . .			. . . . .		1,033,500
		First Nations Statistical Institute
45		Payments to the First Nations Statistical Institute for
		operating expenditures		4,700,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		4,700,000
		Total Agency		4,700,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		4,700,000
		Indian Residential Schools Truth and
		Reconciliation Commission
50		Program expenditures		22,892,743		. . . . .			. . . . .		22,892,743
(S)		Contributions to employee benefit plans		510,000		. . . . .			. . . . .		510,000
		Total Agency		23,402,743		. . . . .			. . . . .		23,402,743
		Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal
55b		Program expenditures		2,424,196		. . . . .			272,000		2,696,196
(S)		Contributions to employee benefit plans		195,332		. . . . .			. . . . .		195,332
		Total Agency		2,619,528		. . . . .			272,000		2,891,528
		Total Ministry		7,411,903,411		(8,604,338)			308,856,377		7,712,155,450

Note: Order in Council P.C. 2009-0931 deletes the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission Secretariat to the schedule I.1 of the Financial Administration Act and adds the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, effective July 1, 2009.

Note: Order in Council P.C. 2009-1423 transfers from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency the control and supervision of the portion of the federal public administration in the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development known as the Northern Economic Development Branch, effective August 18, 2009.

Department

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Indian Affairs and Northern Development requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations		Vote 1		Vote 5		Vote 10		Vote 25		Total
Funding for the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba
for the settlement of its 1907 Surrender
Specific Claim		. . . . .		. . . . .		77,596		. . . . .		77,596
Funding related to the assessment, management
and remediation of federal contaminated sites
( horizontal item )		15,288		. . . . .		34,512		. . . . .		49,800
Funding for payments awarded under the
adjudicated resolution process related to the
Indian Residential Schools Settlement
Agreement		41,287		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		41,287
Funding to support the implementation of
initiatives under the new Federal Framework
for Aboriginal Economic Development		9,756		. . . . .		20,574		. . . . .		30,330
Funding for the First Nations Infrastructure Fund
to improve quality of life and the environment
for First Nations		. . . . .		. . . . .		29,130		. . . . .		29,130
Funding for out-of-court settlements		21,500		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		21,500
Funding to implement comprehensive land claims
agreements in Yukon, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut and Quebec ( horizontal item )		1,265		. . . . .		10,135		. . . . .		11,400
Funding to support investments in the First
Nations Infrastructure Fund and First Nations
education facilities		. . . . .		. . . . .		10,219		. . . . .		10,219
Funding to promote energy development in
Canada's North through investments in the
Mackenzie Gas Project ( horizontal item )
( Budget 2009 )		4,493		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		4,493
Funding for the Performance Measurement
System for Education to enable data collection
on student and school performance		2,868		. . . . .		983		. . . . .		3,851
Funding for prevention-focused enhancements to
the First Nations Child and Family Services
Program ( Budget 2009 )		. . . . .		. . . . .		2,250		. . . . .		2,250
Funding to foster economic development, science
and technology initiatives and other measures
to promote economic diversification in
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
( Budget 2009 )		695		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		695
Funding for the Independent Assessment Process
related to the Indian Residential Schools
Settlement Agreement		. . . . .		. . . . .		500		. . . . .		500
Funding to support construction activities related
to recreational infrastructure ( horizontal item )
( Budget 2009 )		. . . . .		. . . . .		397		. . . . .		397
Funding to support the Government of Nunavut's
efforts to strengthen its financial management
practices and systems		. . . . .		. . . . .		377		. . . . .		377
Funding to support the implementation of the
Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement and
its accompanying side agreements, and for
payments to British Columbia to fulfill
cost-sharing transfer requirements of the
Tsawwassen Treaty		123		. . . . .		200		. . . . .		323
Total Voted Appropriations		97,275		. . . . .		186,873		. . . . .		284,148
Transfers		Vote 1		Vote 5		Vote 10		Vote 25		Total
Transfer from Transport – For First Nations
participation in negotiations regarding the
development of the Prince Rupert Port located
on their asserted traditional territories		. . . . .		. . . . .		205		. . . . .		205
Internal reallocation of resources – To fund the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games Aboriginal Pavilion		. . . . .		. . . . .		(2,223)		2,223		. . . . .
Internal reallocation of resources – To fund
provincially billed income assistance
payments in the Western regions, incremental
Nisga'a self-government costs, Canada's
obligation under the James Bay Northern
Quebec Agreement and Northeastern Quebec
Agreement, assessment of First Nation
connectivity needs under the First Nations
SchoolNet program, the Advocacy and Public
Information Program to ensure Aboriginal
communities are informed of the benefits
available through the Residential Schools
Settlement Agreement, and consultation and
policy development pertaining to the
implementation of Bill C-21: An Act to Amend
the Canadian Human Rights Act		600		(38,468)		37,868		. . . . .		. . . . .
Transfer to Treasury Board Secretariat – To
support the operational activities of the three
national employment equity councils:
National Council of Federal Employees with
Disabilities, National Council of Aboriginal
Federal Employees, and National Council of
Visible Minorities		(21)		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		(21)
Transfer to Canadian Heritage – To support the
Vancouver 2010 Indigenous Youth Gathering
through the Four Host First Nation Society		. . . . .		. . . . .		(1,500)		. . . . .		(1,500)
Transfer to Natural Resources – To support the
implementation of the new Arctic Research
Infrastructure Fund		. . . . .		. . . . .		(2,000)		. . . . .		(2,000)
Transfer to Fisheries and Oceans Canada ($660),
Environment ($634), Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council ($514), Natural
Resources ($305), Parks Canada Agency
($178), and Royal Canadian Mounted
Police ($123) – To support research activities
surrounding the International Polar Year		(2,414)		. . . . .		. . . . .		. . . . .		(2,414)
Transfer to Natural Resources – To support the
operations of the First Nations Forestry
Program and facilitate their access to
forest-based economic opportunities		. . . . .		. . . . .		(2,875)		. . . . .		(2,875)
Transfer to Canadian Northern Economic
Development Agency – To support the
Canadian Northern Economic Development
Agency's delivery of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development programming in the
territories		(5,429)		. . . . .		(20,454)		. . . . .		(25,883)
Total Transfers		(7,264)		(38,468)		9,021		2,223		(34,488)
These Supplementary Estimates		90,011		(38,468)		195,894		2,223		249,660

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

Transfer Payments (dollars)

		Voted		Statutory
Grants
Grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by
the Specific Claims Tribunal		77,595,555		. . . . .
Payments to self-governing Aboriginal organizations, pursuant to comprehensive land
claims agreements, self-government agreements or treaty legislation		8,200,000		. . . . .
Grants to support First Nations, Inuit, Tribal Councils, Organizations or other levels of
government for the implementation activities as stipulated in the various agreements		200,000		. . . . .
Total Gross Grants		85,995,555		. . . . .
Contributions
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in
capital facilities and maintenance		46,948,994		. . . . .
Contributions for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the
North's natural resources		17,946,015		. . . . .
Contributions to First Nations for the management of contaminated sites		16,566,328		. . . . .
Contributions under the Aboriginal Business Canada program		13,733,000		. . . . .
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in
social development		12,118,000		. . . . .
Contributions to beneficiaries and various implementing bodies for implementing
comprehensive land claim agreements		9,235,000		. . . . .
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in
education		7,683,184		. . . . .
Contributions to Indian Bands for Land Management Capacity Building		5,716,000		. . . . .
Contributions for eligible Aboriginal or other recipients for the purpose of providing
advocacy and public educations on a diverse range of issues related to the Indian
Residential Schools Settlement Agreement		4,000,000		. . . . .
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development		2,605,000		. . . . .
Urban Aboriginal Strategy		2,222,835		. . . . .
Contributions to support the negotiation process for comprehensive, specific, and special
claims and self-government initiatives		900,000		. . . . .
Contributions for Groups of Indian Residential School survivors who wish to resolve their
claim as a group under the Independent Assessment Process		500,000		. . . . .
Recreational Infrastructure Canada initiative		396,808		. . . . .
Contributions for enhancing the financial management capability and networking facilities
of the Government of Nunavut		377,000		. . . . .
Payments to support Indians, Inuit, and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services
in economic development		225,000		. . . . .
Total Gross Contributions		141,173,164		. . . . .
Total Gross Transfer Payments		227,168,719		. . . . .
Less: Funds transferred to another Vote		29,051,643		. . . . .
Net Transfer Payments		198,117,076		. . . . .

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations		Vote 37		Vote 39		Total
Funding to support the implementation and operations of the Canadian Northern
Economic Development Agency ( Budget 2009 )		8,260		. . . . .		8,260
Funding to support construction activities related to recreational infrastructure
( horizontal item ) ( Budget 2009 )		. . . . .		600		600
Total Voted Appropriations		8,260		600		8,860
Statutory Appropriations
Funding to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other
measures to promote economic diversification in Canadian communities in the
Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (Community Adjustment Fund)
( Budget 2009 )						15,575
Total Adjustments to Appropriations						24,435
Transfers
Transfer from Indian Affairs and Northern Development – To support the Canadian
Northern Economic Development Agency's delivery of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development programming in the territories		5,429		20,454		25,883
These Supplementary Estimates		13,689		21,054		50,318

Transfer Payments (dollars)  

		Voted		Statutory
Contributions
(S) Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three territories ( Budget
Implementation Act, 2009 )		. . . . .		15,574,834
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in
economic development		9,500,000		. . . . .
Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three territories		8,257,000		. . . . .
Aboriginal Business Development Program		2,300,000		. . . . .
Recreational Infrastructure Canada		996,808		. . . . .
Total Transfer Payments		21,053,808		15,574,834

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

Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations		Vote 55
Funding for accommodations for superior court judges and for a venue for proceedings related to the acceleration of
the resolution of specific claims		272

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

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