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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.
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 |
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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 | . . . . . | ||
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.
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.