42th Parliament · Session 1
Bill C-8: An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016
Appropriation Act No. 5, 2015-16
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March 21, 2016
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Scott Brison
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Bill C-8
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An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016
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That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 142
Total: 316
That Bill C-8, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, be concurred in at report stage.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 142
Total: 316
That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 141
Total: 315
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First reading
Completed on March 21, 2016
Second reading
Completed on March 21, 2016
Consideration in committee
Completed on March 21, 2016
Report stage
Completed on March 21, 2016
Third reading
Completed on March 21, 2016
Senate
First reading
Completed on March 22, 2016
Second reading
Completed on March 24, 2016
Third reading
Completed on March 24, 2016
Royal Assent
Royal assent
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This enactment grants the sum of $2,835,726,858 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 that are not otherwise provided for.
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Cover Summary BILL C-8 SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 STATUTES OF CANADA 2016 CHAPTER 1 An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 ASSENTED TO MARCH 24, 2016 BILL C-8 SUMMARY This enactment grants the sum of $2,835,726,858 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 that are not otherwise provided for. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 64-65 Elizabeth II CHAPTER 1 An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 [Assented to 24th March, 2016] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, Preamble Whereas it appears by message from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and the Estimates accompanying that message, that the sums mentioned below are required to defray certain expenses of the federal public administration, not otherwise provided for, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, and for other purposes connected with the federal public administration; May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, that: Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act No. 5, 2015–16. $2,835,726,858 granted for 2015–16 2 There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum not exceeding in the whole $2,835,726,858 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, not otherwise provided for, being the total of the amounts of the items set out in the Supplementary Estimates (C) for that fiscal year as contained in Schedules 1 and 2. Purpose of each item 3 (1) The amount authorized by this Act to be paid in respect of an item may be paid only for the purposes, and subject to any terms and conditions, specified in the item. Effective date (2) The provisions of each item in Schedules 1 and 2 are deemed to have effect as of April 1, 2015. Commitments 4 (1) Where an item in the Estimates referred to in section 2 confers authority to enter into commitments up to an amount stated in those Estimates or increases the amount up to which commitments may be entered into under any other Act, or where a commitment is to be entered into under subsection (2), the commitment may be entered into in accordance with the terms of that item or in accordance with subsection (2) if the amount of the commitment proposed to be entered into, together with all previous commitments entered into in accordance with this section or under that other Act, does not exceed the total amount of the commitment authority stated in that item or calculated in accordance with subsection (2). Commitment limits — revenue-spending authority (2) Where an item in the Estimates referred to in section 2 or a provision of any Act confers authority to spend revenues, commitments may be entered into in accordance with the terms of that item or provision up to an amount equal to the aggregate of (a) the amount, if any, appropriated in respect of that item or provision, and (b) the amount of revenues actually received or, in the case of an item in those Estimates, the estimated revenues set out in the details related to the item, whichever is greater. Adjustments in accounts of Canada — Schedule 1 5 An appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and referred to in Schedule 1 may be charged after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted at any time before the day on which the Public Accounts for that fiscal year are tabled in Parliament, for the purpose of making adjustments in the accounts of Canada for that fiscal year that do not require payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Adjustments in accounts of Canada — Schedule 2 6 (1) An appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and referred to in Schedule 2 may be charged after the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted at any time before the day on which the Public Accounts for that second fiscal year are tabled in Parliament, for the purpose of making adjustments in the accounts of Canada for that second fiscal year that do not require payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Order of payment (2) Despite any other provision of this Act, amounts appropriated by this Act and set out in Schedule 2 may be paid and applied at any time on or before March 31, 2017, so long as every payment is charged first against the relevant amount appropriated under any Act that is earliest in time until that amount is exhausted, next against the relevant amount appropriated under any other Act, including this Act, that is next in time until that amount is exhausted and so on. The balance of amounts so appropriated by this Act that have not been charged, subject to the adjustments referred to in section 37 of the Financial Administration Act, lapse at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. Public Accounts 7 Amounts paid or applied under the authority of this Act shall be accounted for in the Public Accounts under section 64 of the Financial Administration Act. SCHEDULE 1 Based on Supplementary Estimates (C), 2015–16, the amount granted is $2,724,997,866, being the total of the amounts of the items contained in this schedule. Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 and the purposes for which they are granted. Vote No. Items Amount ($) Total ($) AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD 1c Agriculture and Agri-Food – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received from, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year for, collaborative research agreements and research services, the grazing and breeding activities of the Community Pasture Program, the administration of the AgriStability program, and the provision of internal support services to other organizations; 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 6,927,382 5c Agriculture and Agri-Food – Capital expenditures 5,452,738 10c Agriculture and Agri-Food – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 35,521,769 47,901,889 ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY 5c Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 5,172,480 5,172,480 ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED 1c Payments to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited for operating and capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 52,093,692 52,093,692 CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS 1c Payments to the Canada Council for the Arts under section 18 of the Canada Council for the Arts Act, to be used for the furtherance of the objects set out in section 8 of that Act – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT SECURITY AUTHORITY 1c Payments to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority for operating and capital expenditures 6,513,787 6,513,787 CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY 1c Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Operating expenditures and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 5c Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 2 CANADIAN HERITAGE 1c Canadian Heritage – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year by the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Canadian Heritage Information Network, the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office and the Capital Experience Program and from the provision of internal support services to other organizations, 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 2,278,977 5c Canadian Heritage – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 8,328,933 10,607,910 CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION 3c Canadian High Arctic Research Station – Program expenditures, the grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfer of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 263,077 263,077 CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH 5c Canadian Institutes of Health Research – The grants listed in the Estimates 16,533,614 16,533,614 CANADIAN NORTHERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 5c Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency – Contributions 63,000 63,000 CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION 1c Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission – Program expenditures, the grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 1c Canadian Security Intelligence Service – Program expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY 1c Canadian Space Agency – Operating expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION 1c Payments to the Canadian Tourism Commission 5,000,000 5,000,000 CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 1c Citizenship and Immigration – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year from, and to offset related expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from, the provision of services related to International Experience Canada, 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 24,945,653 5c Citizenship and Immigration – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions including the provision of goods and services – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 25,191,000 50,136,653 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT 1c Communications Security Establishment – Program expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year arising from the operations of the organization, including the provision of internal support services to other organizations, to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 34,343,682 34,343,682 CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA 1c Correctional Service of Canada – Operating expenditures, the grants listed in the Estimates, contributions, and (a) authority to pay into the Inmate Welfare Fund revenue derived during the year from projects operated by inmates and financed by that Fund; (b) authority to operate canteens in federal institutions and to deposit revenue from sales into the Inmate Welfare Fund; (c) payments, in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by the Governor in Council, to or on behalf of discharged inmates who suffer physical disability caused by participation in normal program activity in federal institutions, and to dependants of deceased inmates and ex-inmates whose death resulted from participation in normal program activity in federal institutions; and (d) authority for the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, to enter into an agreement with any province for the confinement in institutions of that province of any persons sentenced or committed to a penitentiary, for compensation for the maintenance of such persons and for payment in respect of the construction and related costs of such institutions 1,788,446 5c Correctional Service of Canada – Capital expenditures, including payments as contributions to (a) aboriginal communities as defined in section 79 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act in connection with the provision of correctional services pursuant to section 81 of that Act; and (b) non-profit organizations involved in community corrections operations, provinces and municipalities towards construction done by those bodies 2,311,554 4,100,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF CANADA FOR THE REGIONS OF QUEBEC 5c Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 3,000,000 3,000,000 EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 1c Employment and Social Development – Operating expenditures and (a) authority to make recoverable expenditures on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Operating Account; (b) pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend, to offset related expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, revenues received in the fiscal year arising from (i) the provision of Public Access Programs Sector services, (ii) services to assist provinces in the administration of provincial programs funded under Labour Market Development Agreements, (iii) services offered on behalf of other federal government departments and/or federal government departmental corporations, (iv) the amount charged to any Crown corporation under paragraph 14(b) of the Government Employees Compensation Act in relation to the litigation costs for subrogated claims for Crown corporations, and (v) the portion of the Government Employees Compensation Act departmental or agency subrogated claim settlements related to litigation costs; and (c) 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 58,778,700 5c Employment and Social Development – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 3,910,224 7c Pursuant to subsection 25(2) of the Financial Administration Act, to write off from the Accounts of Canada 679 debts due to Her Majesty in right of Canada amounting to $62,858 related to overpayments from the Government Annuities Account – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 9c Pursuant to subsection 25(2) of the Financial Administration Act, to write off from the Accounts of Canada 33,967 debts due to Her Majesty in right of Canada amounting to $175,959,012 related to Canada Student Loans accounts 175,959,012 238,647,937 ENVIRONMENT 1c Environment – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received from, and offset related expenditures incurred in the fiscal year for, the provision of services or the sale of information products arising from the operations of the department funded from this Vote, including research, analysis and scientific services, hydrometric surveys, regulatory and monitoring services, including oil sands, entry fees and permits, real property services, and authority for the Minister of the Environment to engage consultants as may be required by different Boards at such remuneration as those Boards may determine; 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 174,287 10c Environment – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, and contributions to developing countries in accordance with the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol taking the form of monetary payments or the provision of goods, equipment or services – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 174,288 FINANCE 1c Finance – 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 and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year to offset expenditures incurred in that fiscal year from the provision of internal services to other organizations 4,452,906 4,452,906 FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND REPORTS ANALYSIS CENTRE OF CANADA 1c Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada – Program expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year through the provision of internal support services to other organizations to offset associated expenditures incurred in the fiscal year for the sharing of information management and information technology processes and systems 127,996 127,996 FISHERIES AND OCEANS 1c Fisheries and Oceans – Operating expenditures and (a) Canada’s share of expenses of the International Fisheries Commissions, authority to provide free accommodation for the International Fisheries Commissions and authority to make recoverable advances in the amounts of the shares of the International Fisheries Commissions of joint cost projects; (b) authority to make recoverable advances for transportation, stevedoring and other shipping services performed on behalf of individuals, outside agencies and other governments in the course of, or arising out of, the exercise of jurisdiction in navigation, including aids to navigation and shipping; (c) pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenue received during the fiscal year in the course of, or arising from, the activities of the Canadian Coast Guard and for the provision of internal support services to other organizations; and (d) 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 51,423,443 5c Fisheries and Oceans – Capital expenditures and authority to make payments to provinces, municipalities and local or private authorities as contributions towards construction done by those bodies and authority for the purchase and disposal of commercial fishing vessels – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 126,856,438 10c Fisheries and Oceans – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 2,690,000 180,969,881 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 1c Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development – Operating expenditures, including those related to the appointment of Canada’s representatives abroad, to the staff of those officials, and to the assignment of Canadians to the staffs of international organizations and authority to make recoverable advances in amounts not exceeding the amounts of the shares of such organizations; expenditures in respect of the provision of office accommodation for the International Civil Aviation Organization; recoverable expenditures for assistance to and repatriation of distressed Canadian citizens and Canadian residents living abroad, including their dependants; and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year from, and to offset related expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from, the provision of services related to: training services provided by the Canadian Foreign Service Institute; trade and education fairs, trade missions and other international business development services; investment development services; international telecommunication services; departmental publications; other services provided abroad to other government departments, agencies, Crown corporations and other non-federal organizations; specialized consular services; 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 transfers of appropriations listed in the Estimates and to provide a further amount 67,309,800 5c Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in the Estimates and to provide a further amount 25,320,179 10c Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions including payments for other specified purposes and including the provision of goods and services for: international security assistance, international development assistance, international humanitarian assistance, global peace assistance and promotion of trade and investment – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in the Estimates and to provide a further amount 364,646,202 15c Payments, in respect of pension, insurance and social security programs or other arrangements for employees locally engaged outside of Canada, or in respect of the administration of such programs or arrangements, including premiums, contributions, benefit payments, fees and other expenditures made in respect of employees locally engaged outside Canada and for such other persons, as Treasury Board determines 3,705,724 20c Pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act, the amount of financial assistance provided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, by way of direct payments for the purpose of contributions to the international financial institutions may not exceed $292,500,000 in the period commencing on April 1, 2015 and ending on March 31, 2016 1 L25c Pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act, the amount of financial assistance provided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, for the purchase of shares of international financial institutions, may not exceed an amount of $41,923,065 in United States dollars over a period commencing on April 1, 2015 and ending on March 31, 2016, which amount is estimated in Canadian dollars at $45,471,873 1 460,981,907 HEALTH 1c Health – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to spend revenues to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from the provision of services or the sale of products related to health protection, regulatory activities and medical services, and the provision of internal support services to other organizations, 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 15,955,389 5c Health – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 10c Health – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, in the form of monetary payments or the provision of goods or services – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 14,029,834 29,985,224 IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD 1c Immigration and Refugee Board – Program expenditures 1,485,620 1,485,620 INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT 1c Indian Affairs and Northern Development – Operating expenditures and (a) pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year through the provision of internal support services to other organizations to offset associated expenditures incurred in the fiscal year; (b) expenditures on works, buildings and equipment and expenditures and recoverable expenditures in respect of services provided and work performed on other than federal property; (c) authority to provide, in respect of Indian and Inuit economic development activities, for the capacity development for Indians and Inuit and the furnishing of materials and equipment; (d) 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 (e) 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 112,682,479 5c Indian Affairs and Northern Development – 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 100,000 10c Indian Affairs and Northern Development – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 119,273,013 232,055,492 INDUSTRY 1c Industry – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenue received during the fiscal year, to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, arising from the provision of internal support services to other organizations, communications research, bankruptcy and corporations and from services and regulatory processes, specifically pre-merger notification filings, advance ruling certificates, advisory opinions and photocopies, provided under the Competition Act, 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 5c Industry – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 10c Industry – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 3 JUSTICE 1c Justice – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, arising from the provision of mandatory legal services to Government departments and agencies and optional services to Crown corporations, non-federal organizations and international organizations provided they are consistent with the Department’s mandate, and from the provision of internal support services to other organizations, 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 5,089,448 5c Justice – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 2,300,000 7,389,448 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA 1c Library and Archives of Canada – Program expenditures, the grants listed in the Estimates, contributions, and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received to offset related expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from access to and reproduction of materials from the collection – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION 1c Payments to the National Capital Commission for operating expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 NATIONAL DEFENCE 1c National Defence – Operating expenditures and authority for total commitments, subject to allotment by the Treasury Board, of $27,379,962,074 for the purposes of Votes 1, 5 and 10 of the Department regardless of the year in which the payment of those commitments comes due (of which it is estimated that $9,345,616,973 will come due for payment in future years), authority, subject to the direction of the Treasury Board, to make recoverable expenditures or advances in respect of materials supplied to or services performed on behalf of individuals, corporations, outside agencies, other government departments and agencies and other governments and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenue received during the fiscal year, to offset related expenditures for the purposes of this Vote including the provision of internal support services to other organizations, and authority to make payments, in respect of pension, insurance and social security programs or other arrangements for employees locally engaged outside of Canada, or in respect of the administration of such programs or arrangements, including premiums, contributions, benefits, fees and other expenditures, made in respect of employees locally engaged outside of Canada and for such other persons, as Treasury Board determines, 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 215,485,400 5c National Defence – Capital expenditures 2,148,160 217,633,560 NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD 1c National Energy Board – Program expenditures, contributions and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year for regulatory services in respect of oil and gas exploration, production and operations provided to the Government of the Northwest Territories 16,078,537 16,078,537 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 5c National Research Council of Canada – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 10c National Research Council of Canada – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, including the provision of goods and services for the international Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 5,930,000 5,930,001 NATURAL RESOURCES 1c Natural Resources – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year from the sale of forestry and information products; licensing, training and certification activities related to the Explosives Act and Explosives Regulations, 2013; from research, consultation, testing, analysis, and administration services as part of the departmental operations; and for the provision of internal support services to other organizations 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 19,963,223 5c Natural Resources – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 10c Natural Resources – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 19,963,225 NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL 5c Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council – The grants listed in the Estimates – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 33,658,943 33,658,943 OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA 1c Office of Infrastructure of Canada – Operating expenditures 49,310,925 5c Office of Infrastructure of Canada – Capital expenditures 12,537,085 61,848,010 OFFICE OF THE CO-ORDINATOR, STATUS OF WOMEN 1c Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women – 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 76,000 5c Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 76,001 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 1c Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions – Program expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, arising from the provision of prosecution and prosecution-related services and the provision of internal support services to other organizations and optional services to Crown corporations, non-federal organizations and international organizations provided they are consistent with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution’s mandate 3,972,030 3,972,030 PARLIAMENTARY PROTECTIVE SERVICE 3c Parliamentary Protective Service – Program expenditures 16,887,833 16,887,833 PAROLE BOARD OF CANADA 1c Parole Board of Canada – Program expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from the provision of services to process record suspension applications for persons convicted of offences under federal Acts and regulations 299,150 299,150 PRIVY COUNCIL 1c Privy Council – Program expenditures, including operating expenditures of Commissions of Inquiry not otherwise provided for and the operation of the Prime Minister’s residence; 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 and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year through the provision of internal support services to other departments to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year 3,644,076 3,644,076 PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA 1c Public Health Agency of Canada – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year arising from the sale of products, inspection services and the provision of internal support services to other organizations – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 5,186,105 5c Public Health Agency of Canada – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 10c Public Health Agency of Canada – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 3,000,000 8,186,106 PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1c Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year through the provision of internal support services to other organizations to offset associated expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 5c Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 2 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 1c Public Service Commission – Program expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year to offset expenditures incurred in that fiscal year arising from the provision of staffing, assessment and counselling services and products and the provision of internal support services to other organizations – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 1 PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 1c Public Works and Government Services – Operating expenditures for the provision of accommodation, common and central services including recoverable expenditures on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan, the Employment Insurance Act and the Seized Property Management Act; authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year arising from accommodation and central and common services in respect of these services and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, internal support services to other organizations; 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 72,238,881 5c Public Works and Government Services – Capital expenditures including expenditures on works other than federal property and authority to reimburse tenants of federal property for improvements authorized by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 40,231,331 112,470,212 ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE 1c Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received during a fiscal year to offset associated expenditures, including revenues from the provision of internal support services to other organizations – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 71,330,241 5c Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 26,020,296 10c Royal Canadian Mounted Police – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, provided that the amount listed for any grant may be increased or decreased subject to the approval of the Treasury Board 6,600,000 103,950,537 SECURITY INTELLIGENCE REVIEW COMMITTEE 1c Security Intelligence Review Committee – Program expenditures 270,262 270,262 SHARED SERVICES CANADA 1c Shared Services Canada – Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in the fiscal year to offset expenditures incurred in that fiscal year arising from the provision of information technology services – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 20,712,999 5c Shared Services Canada – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 12,326,933 33,039,932 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL 1c Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – Operating expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates 1 5c Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – The grants listed in the Estimates 2,855,256 2,855,257 TRANSPORT 1c Transport – Operating expenditures and (a) authority to make expenditures on other than federal property in the course of, or arising out of the exercise of jurisdiction in, aeronautics; (b) authority for the payment of commissions for revenue collection pursuant to the Aeronautics Act; (c) pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenue received during the fiscal year including the provision of internal support services to other organizations; and (d) 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 5,312,160 10c Transport – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions 21,844,683 27,156,843 TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT 1c Treasury Board Secretariat – Program 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 and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenues received in a fiscal year, and to offset expenditures incurred in the fiscal year, arising from the provision of internal support services to other organizations and from activities of the Treasury Board Secretariat 43,981,086 20c Public Service Insurance – Payments, in respect of insurance, pension or benefit programs or other arrangements, or in respect of the administration of such programs, or arrangements, including premiums, contributions, benefits, fees and other expenditures, made in respect of the public service or any part thereof and for such other persons, as Treasury Board determines, and authority to expend any revenues or other amounts received in respect of such programs or arrangements to offset any such expenditures in respect of such programs or arrangements and to provide for the return to certain employees of their share of the premium reduction under subsection 96(3) of the Employment Insurance Act 469,200,000 513,181,086 VETERANS AFFAIRS 1c Veterans Affairs – Operating expenditures, upkeep of property, including engineering and other investigatory planning expenses that do not add tangible value to real property, taxes, insurance and maintenance of public utilities; to authorize, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, necessary remedial work on properties constructed under individual firm price contracts and sold under the Veterans’ Land Act (R.S.C. 1970, c. V-4), to correct defects for which neither the Veteran nor the contractor can be held financially responsible, and such other work on other properties as may be required to protect the interest of the Director therein 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 29,528,515 5c Veterans Affairs – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, provided that the amount listed for any grant may be increased or decreased subject to the approval of the Treasury Board 81,062,000 110,590,515 VIA RAIL CANADA INC. 1c Payments to VIA Rail Canada Inc. in respect of the costs of the management of the Company, payments for capital purposes and payments for the provision of rail passenger services in Canada in accordance with contracts entered into pursuant to subparagraph (c)(i) of Transport Vote 52d, Appropriation Act No. 1, 1977 38,790,134 38,790,134 WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION 5c Western Economic Diversification – The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 2,515,119 2,515,119 2,724,997,866 SCHEDULE 2 Based on Supplementary Estimates (C), 2015–16, the amount granted is $110,728,992, being the total of the amounts of the items contained in this schedule. Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, that may be charged to that fiscal year and the following fiscal year ending March 31, 2017 and the purposes for which they are granted. Vote No. Items Amount ($) Total ($) CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY 1c Canada Border Services Agency – Operating expenditures and, 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 related to the border operations of the Canada Border Services Agency: fees for the provision of a service or the use of a facility or for a product, right or privilege; and payments received under contracts entered into by the Agency – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 43,936,130 5c Canada Border Services Agency – Capital expenditures – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 8,960,703 52,896,833 CANADA REVENUE AGENCY 1c Canada Revenue Agency – Operating expenditures, contributions and recoverable expenditures on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 53,564,975 5c Canada Revenue Agency – Capital expenditures and recoverable expenditures on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act 1,073,312 54,638,287 PARKS CANADA AGENCY 1c Parks Canada Agency – 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 transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount 3,193,872 3,193,872 110,728,992 Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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Votes on this bill
That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 142
Total: 316
That Bill C-8, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, be concurred in at report stage.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 142
Total: 316
That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Mon Mar 21 2016
Yeas: 174
Nays: 141
Total: 315
First reading
Mar 21, 2016
Second reading
Mar 21, 2016
Committee of the Whole
(WHOL)
Consideration in committee
Mar 21, 2016
Committee of the Whole
(WHOL)
Report stage
Mar 21, 2016
Third reading
Mar 21, 2016
First reading
Mar 22, 2016
Second reading
Mar 24, 2016
Third reading
Mar 24, 2016
Royal Assent
Royal assent
Mar 24, 2016, 2:01 PM
Royal Assent Details
Royal assent
Mar 24, 2016, 2:01 PM
The bill has received Royal Assent and has become law. It will come into force according to the provisions specified in the Act.
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