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ENVIRONMENT

Department
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Parks Canada Agency

Ministry Summary

		Previous	Allocation	Special	Total
Vote (dollars)		Estimates	from TB Votes	Warrants	Appropriation



	Department
1	Operating expenditures, and
	( a ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of the
	Prairie Provinces Water Board, the Qu'Appelle Basin
	Study Board and the St. John River Basin Study
	Board;
	( b ) authority for the Minister of the Environment to
	engage such consultants as may be required by the
	Boards identified in paragraph ( a ), at such
	remuneration as those Boards may determine;
	( c ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of
	Regional Water Resources Planning Investigations
	and Water Resources Inventories;
	( d ) authority to make recoverable advances not
	exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares
	of the Provinces of Manitoba and Ontario of the cost
	of regulating the levels of Lake of the Woods and Lac
	Seul;
	( e ) authority to make recoverable advances not
	exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares
	of provincial and outside agencies of the cost of
	hydrometric surveys; and
	( f ) 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
	arising from the operations of the department funded
	from this Vote ...............................................................	671,527,000	. . . . .	76,807,367	748,334,367
5	Capital expenditures and authority to make payments
	to provinces or municipalities as contributions
	towards construction done by those bodies and
	authority to make recoverable advances not exceeding
	the amount of the shares of provincial and outside
	agencies of the cost of joint projects including
	expenditures on other than federal property .................	31,240,000	. . . . .	2,582,100	33,822,100
10	The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions ....	55,654,000	. . . . .	13,596,340	69,250,340

	Total Department ...........................................	758,421,000	. . . . .	92,985,807	851,406,807

	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
15	Program expenditures, contributions and authority to
	expend revenues received during the fiscal year
	arising from the provision of environmental
	assessment services including the conduct of panel
	reviews, comprehensive studies, mediations, training
	and information publications by the Canadian
	Environmental Assessment Agency .............................	15,744,000	. . . . .	1,722,946	17,466,946

	Parks Canada Agency
20	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 .......................................................	375,528,321	. . . . .	53,866,120	429,394,441
25	Payments to the New Parks and Historic Sites
	Account for the purposes of establishing new national
	parks, national historic sites and related heritage
	areas, as set out in section 21 of the Parks Canada
	Agency Act ....................................................................	1,800,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,800,000

	Total Agency..................................................	377,328,321	. . . . .	53,866,120	431,194,441


	Total Ministry ................................................	1,151,493,321	. . . . .	148,574,873	1,300,068,194

Department

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)


Environment requests funds for the following items:	Vote 1	Vote 5	Vote 10	Total

Funding to support Canada's hosting of the first Meeting of the
Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, in conjunction with the eleventh
session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change ( horizontal item ).......	32,699	. . . . .	7,056	39,755
Operating budget carry forward ( horizontal item )................................	29,384	. . . . .	. . . . .	29,384
Compensation for salary adjustments ( horizontal item ) .......................	28,054	. . . . .	. . . . .	28,054
Funding to continue, and in some cases complete, federal actions
required for environmental restoration to meet Canada's
obligations under the Canada-US Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement.......................................................................................	7,269	. . . . .	. . . . .	7,269
Funding for the development of and reporting on environmental
indicators related to clean air, clean water and greenhouse gas
emissions ( horizontal item ).............................................................	3,933	2,132	490	6,555
Funding to implement the Partnership Fund, a component of the
2005 Climate Change Plan for Canada that engages the provinces
and territories in developing projects that reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.........................................................................................	. . . . .	. . . . .	5,000	5,000
Funding to increase federal, regional and science capacity in order to
respond to the Mackenzie Gas Project and related resource
development (Mackenzie Gas Project) ( horizontal item ) ...............	1,627	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,627
Funding for the environmental clean-up of the Sydney Tar Ponds
and Coke Oven Sites in the Muggah Creek Watershed
( horizontal item ) .............................................................................	1,351	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,351
Funding in support of initiatives associated with the 2010 Olympic
and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler,
British Columbia ( horizontal item ).................................................	620	450	. . . . .	1,070
Funding to support the implementation of a strategy designed to
protect Canada's natural resources through early detection of
unknown diseases or pests (Invasive Alien Species Strategy for
Canada) ( horizontal item ) ...............................................................	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,000	1,000
Funding to undertake or participate in feasibility studies concerning
the introduction of a shared service approach to the government's
internal financial, human resource and material systems and
services ( horizontal item )................................................................	1,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,000
Funding to continue the Government's plan to establish core
genomics research and development capacity ( horizontal item ) ....	961	. . . . .	. . . . .	961
Funding to undertake projects related to the development and
application of biotechnology (Canadian Biotechnology Strategy)
( horizontal item ) .............................................................................	942	. . . . .	. . . . .	942
Funding to ensure the sustainable development and management of
Canada's oceans (Oceans Action Plan) ( horizontal item ) ..............	790	. . . . .	50	840
Initiatives to support the implementation of a common electronic
infrastructure and multi-channel service delivery strategy
(Government On-Line) ( horizontal item ) .......................................	664	. . . . .	. . . . .	664
Reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property ( horizontal
item ) ................................................................................................	565	. . . . .	. . . . .	565
Funding to modernize human resources management in the Federal
Public Service ( Public Service Modernization Act ) ( horizontal
item ) ................................................................................................	518	. . . . .	. . . . .	518
Initial funding to create the Canada Emission Reduction Incentives
Agency as a permanent institution to purchase greenhouse gas
reduction and removal credits on behalf of the Government of
Canada ............................................................................................	426	. . . . .	. . . . .	426
Funding for monitoring water quality and living organisms in waters
diverted from Devils Lake (North Dakota) into Canadian water
systems............................................................................................	313	. . . . .	. . . . .	313
Interim funding in response to the Supreme Court decision in R. v.
Powley to support research, multilateral discussions, and capacity
development for Métis organizations ( horizontal item )..................	289	. . . . .	. . . . .	289

Total Items	111,405	2,582	13,596	127,583

Less Funds Available:
Within the Department..........................................................................	34,597	. . . . .	. . . . .	34,597

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements	76,808	2,582	13,596	92,986

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency requests funds for the following items:	Vote 15

Compensation for salary adjustments ( horizontal item ) .....................................................................................................	748
Funding to increase federal, regional and science capacity in order to respond to the Mackenzie Gas Project and
related resource development (Mackenzie Gas Project) ( horizontal item )...................................................................	570
Operating budget carry forward ( horizontal item )..............................................................................................................	374
Funding related to the reform and modernization of Canada's regulatory system in order to respond better to the
needs of citizens and to enable business innovation and growth ( horizontal item )......................................................	81

Total Items	1,773

Less Funds Available:
Within the Agency ..............................................................................................................................................................	50

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements	1,723

Parks Canada Agency

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)


Parks Canada Agency requests funds for the following items:	Vote 20

Compensation for salary adjustments ( horizontal item ) .....................................................................................................	23,726
Funding to reduce the risk of the permanent loss of cultural assets of national significance and to ensure public and
staff safety.....................................................................................................................................................................	11,000
Funding for the continuing implementation of the Historic Places Initiative which aims to conserve and celebrate
Canada's historic places................................................................................................................................................	10,650
Funding for costs related to the suppression of forest fires ................................................................................................	4,566
Funding to enhance the ability to manage ecological integrity in Canada's national parks...............................................	4,279
Funding for the settlement of litigation claims ...................................................................................................................	2,400
Funding related to the assessment, management and remediation of federal contaminated sites ( horizontal item ) ..........	1,203
Funding related to government advertising programs ( horizontal item ) ............................................................................	1,121
Funding to support the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Québec City in 2008.....................	972
Interim funding in response to the Supreme Court decision in R. v. Powley to support research, multilateral
discussions, and capacity development for Métis organizations ( horizontal item ) ......................................................	300
Funding for a settlement agreement with the Deh Cho First Nation that provides direction for land, resource and
governance negotiations under the Deh Cho Process and which cooperatively resolves issues related to the review
of the Mackenzie Gas Project ( horizontal item ) ...........................................................................................................	234
Funding to ensure the sustainable development and management of Canada's oceans (Oceans Action Plan)
( horizontal item ) ...........................................................................................................................................................	170
Funding to increase federal, regional and science capacity in order to respond to the Mackenzie Gas Project and
related resource development (Mackenzie Gas Project) ( horizontal item )...................................................................	125
Funding for the settlement and implementation of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement ( horizontal item )...........	25
Additional resources to meet official language objectives in the Federal Public Service related to: information
exchange, regional bilingualism needs, learning and language retention, bilingual networks and service delivery
(Official Languages Innovation Program) ( horizontal item ) ........................................................................................	23

Total Items	60,794

Less Funds Available:
Within the Agency ..............................................................................................................................................................	6,928

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements	53,866

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