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Treasury Board Contingencies Vote (TB Vote 5) Items

This table provides a comprehensive summary of all TB Vote 5 allocations for 2005-2006.

In general, there are two types of TB Vote 5 funding: permanent and temporary. Permanent funding is normally reserved for paylist shortfalls such as severance pay and parental benefits, which cannot be predetermined and are, therefore, paid centrally and typically at year-end. Temporary funding is provided for urgent miscellaneous, minor and unforeseen expenditures, which were not provided for in the Main Estimates and which are required before Supplementary Estimates are tabled. Once Parliament approves the appropriation bill for Supplementary Estimates and the Governor General provides Royal Assent, the temporary funding is reimbursed to TB Vote 5.

The Supplementary Estimates (A) for 2005-2006, which was tabled on October 27, 2005, reflected temporary allocations from TB Vote 5 of $162,742,639. In addition, an allocation of $550,000 was subsequently approved and would have been included in a future Supplementary Estimate. These items are listed below in section A.

In addition, given restrictions relating to using Special Warrants for grant payments, one of the first steps carried out by the Treasury Board prior to the dissolution of Parliament was to fund new grants that would also have been subject to Parliament's approval in the supply bill for the Supplementary Estimates (A). The payment of these grants (and Canadian International Development Agency's contributions) met the same "urgent" tests as other Special Warrant requirements and was consistent with the current practice of using TB Vote 5 when the payment of a grant is considered to be urgent. In total, $469,808,465 was allocated and the specific items are listed below in section B.

Finally, given the requirement that no appropriation is available from which a payment could be made, any funds remaining in central votes had to be depleted prior to the issuance of Special Warrants. In total, $116,898,896 was allocated in the initial Special Warrant period, on a first come, first served basis against organizational requests for funding. The departments receiving funding through TB Vote 5 in lieu of Special Warrants are listed below in section C.

As the election call precluded the related appropriation bill for Supplementary Estimates (A) from being introduced and approved, and no further Supplementary Estimates were tabled before March 31, 2006, all the allocations from TB Vote 5 for 2005-2006 will be permanent. In total, $750,000,000 was allocated as follows:

The following provides detailed information on the allocations. As well, the individual organizational pages will provide information on the allocations listed under sections B and C.

^* This item was approved subsequent to the tabling of the 2005-2006 Supplementary Estimates (A) and would have been included in a spring Supplementary Estimates had they been tabled.

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