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C-49  

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,  

56-57 Elizabeth II, 2007-2008   

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA  

BILL C-49  

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2009  

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AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS  
MARCH 12, 2008  

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	MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,
Preamble	Whereas it appears by message from Her
	Excellency the Right Honourable
	Michaëlle Jean, Governor General 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 financial year ending March 31, 2009, 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. 1, 2008-2009.
$23,434,275,693.65	2 . From and out of the Consolidated Revenue
granted for	Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum not
2008-2009	exceeding in the whole twenty-three billion, four
	hundred and thirty-four million, two hundred and
	seventy-five thousand, six hundred and
	ninety-three dollars and sixty-five cents towards
	defraying the several charges and expenses of the
	federal public administration from April 1, 200 8
	to March 31, 2009, not otherwise provided for,
	and being the aggregate of
	( a ) three twelfths of the total of the items
	set out in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Estimates
	for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009,
	except for those items included in
	Schedules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 5
	1.5 .....................$14,916,139,069.50
	( b ) eleven twelfths of the total of the items in
	the Estimates set out in Schedule
	1.1.....................$869,309,833.33
	( c ) seven twelfths of the total of the items in
	the Estimates set out in Schedule
	1.2.....................$1,520,747,083.33
	( d ) six twelfths of the total of the items in
	the Estimates set out in Schedule
	1.3.....................$282,285,500.00
	( e ) five twelfths of the total of the items in the
	Estimates set out in Schedule
	1.4.....................$3,742,192,874.16
	( f ) four twelfths of the total of the items in the
	Estimates set out in Schedule
	1.5.....................$2,103,601,333.33
Purpose and	3 . The amount authorized by this Act to be
effect of each	paid or applied in respect of an item may be paid
item	or applied only for the purposes and subject to
	any terms and conditions specified in the item,
	and the payment or application of any amount
	pursuant to the item has such operation and effect
	as may be stated or described in the item.
Commitments	4 . (1) Where an item in the Estimates referred
	section 2 purports to confer authority to
	enter into commitments up to an amount stated in
	Estimates or increases the amount up to
	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).
Commitments	(2) Where an item in the Estimates referred to
	in section 2 or a provision of any Act purports to
	confer 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 the Estimates, the
	estimated revenues set out in the details related
	to the item, whichever is greater.
Adjustments in	5. Subject to section 6, an appropriation that is
the Accounts of	granted by this or any other Act and referred to in
Canada for	section 2 may be charged after the end of the
appropriations	fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted
referred to in	at any time prior to the day on which the Public
section 2	Accounts for that fiscal year are tabled in
	Parliament, for the purpose of making
	adjustments in the Accounts of Canada for the
	fiscal year that do not require payments out of the
	Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Adjustments in	6. (1) An appropriation that is granted by this
the Accounts of	or any other Act and referred to in Schedule 2
Canada for	may be charged after the end of the fiscal year
appropriations	that is after the fiscal year for which the
referred to in	appropriation is granted at any time prior to the
Schedule 2	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 in which	(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of
the amounts in	this Act, amounts appropriated by this Act and
Schedule 2 must	set out in items of Schedule 2 may be paid and
be expended	applied at any time on or before March 31, 2010,
	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, and 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, 2009.
Accounts to be	7. Amounts paid or applied under the
rendered	authority of this Act shall be accounted for in the
R.S., c. F-11	Public Accounts in accordance with section 64 of
	the Financial Administration Act.

SCHEDULE 1.1

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $869,309,833.33, being the eleven twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.   

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

		Total	Amount
Vote		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD
	CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION
40	Canadian Grain Commission - Program expenditures	4,756,000	4,359,666.67
	NATURAL RESOURCES
	ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
10	Payments to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited for operating and capital
	expenditures	152,273,000	139,583,583.33
	PARLIAMENT
	LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT
15	Library of Parliament - Program expenditures, including authority to expend
	revenues received during the fiscal year arising from the activities of the Library
	of Parliament	34,971,000	32,056,750.00
	OFFICE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ETHICS COMMISSIONER
20	Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner - Program expenditures .	6,338,000	5,809,833.33
	TREASURY BOARD
	SECRETARIAT
5	Government Contingencies - Subject to the approval of the Treasury Board, to
	supplement other appropriations and to provide for miscellaneous, urgent or
	unforeseen expenditures not otherwise provided for, including grants and
	contributions not listed in the Estimates and the increase of the amount of grants
	listed in these, where those expenditures are within the legal mandate of a
	government organization, and authority to re-use any sums allotted and repaid to
	this appropriation from other appropriations	750,000,000	687,500,000.00
		948,338,000	869,309,833.33

SCHEDULE 1.2

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $1,520,747,083.33, being the seven twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.  

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

		Total	Amount
Vote		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	CANADIAN HERITAGE
	CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
10	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	180,526,000	105,306,833.33
	NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS COMMISSION
55	National Battlefields Commission - Program expenditures	8,009,000	4,671,916.67
	HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
	CANADIAN CENTRE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
25	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - Program expenditures	3,682,000	2,147,833.33
	TRANSPORT
	OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA
55	Office of Infrastructure of Canada - Contributions	2,414,778,000	1,408,620,50000
		2,606,995,000	1,520,747,083.33

SCHEDULE 1.3 

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $282,285,500.00, being the six twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.  

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

		Total	Amount
Vote		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
	DEPARTMENT
25	Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and non-Status Indians - Contributions .	21,444,000	10,722,000.00
	JUSTICE
	DEPARTMENT
1	Justice - Operating expenditures, and, pursuant to section 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
	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 .	265,373,000	132,686,500.00
	TRANSPORT
	CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT SECURITY AUTHORITY
20	Payments to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority for operating and capital
	expenditures	277,754,000	138,877,000.00
		564,571,000	282,285,500.00

SCHEDULE 1.4

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $3,742,192,874.16, being the five twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.  

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

		Total	Amount
Vote		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	CANADIAN HERITAGE
	NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE CORPORATION
50	Payments to the National Arts Centre Corporation	49,553,000	20,647,083.33
	PUBLIC SERVICE LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD
85	Public Service Labour Relations Board - Program expenditures	5,996,000	2,498,333.33
	CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
	DEPARTMENT
5	Citizenship and Immigration - The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions	884,648,355	368,603,481.25
	ENVIRONMENT
	DEPARTMENT
10	Environment - The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions, contributions to
	developing countries in accordance with the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal
	Protocol taking the form of cash payments or the provision of goods, equipment
	or services	165,065,000	68,777,083.33
	HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
	DEPARTMENT
5	Human Resources and Skills Development - The grants listed in the Estimates and
	contributions	1,675,346,543	698,061,059.58
	INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
	DEPARTMENT
10	Indian Affairs and Northern Development - The grants listed in the Estimates and
	contributions	5,314,881,000	2,214,533,750.00
	INDUSTRY
	DEPARTMENT
1	Industry - Operating expenditures, and authority to expend revenue received during
	the fiscal year related to 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	332,903,000	138,709,583.33
	CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY
35	Canadian Space Agency - The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions	46,431,000	19,346,250.00
	STATISTICS CANADA
95	Statistics Canada - Program expenditures, contributions and authority to expend
	revenue received during the fiscal year	398,872,000	166,196,666.67
	TRANSPORT
	MARINE ATLANTIC INC.
35	Payments to Marine Atlantic Inc. in respect of
	( a ) the costs of the management of the Company, payments for capital purposes
	and for transportation activities including the following water transportation
	services pursuant to contracts with Her Majesty: Newfoundland ferries and
	terminals; and
	( b ) payments made by the Company of the costs incurred for the provision of
	early retirement benefits, severance and other benefits where such costs result
	from employee cutbacks or the discontinuance or reduction of a service	106,354,000	44,314,166.67
	TRANSPORTATION APPEAL TRIBUNAL OF CANADA
70	Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada - Program expenditures	1,213,000	505,416.67
		8,981,262,898	3,742,192,874.16

SCHEDULE 1.5

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $2,103,601,333.33, being the four twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.   

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

Vote		Total	Amount
		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD
	DEPARTMENT
1	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 Pastures Program and the administration of
	the AgriStability program; 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 less than a year	530,761,000	176,920,333.33
	CANADIAN HERITAGE
	CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
15	Payments to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for operating expenditures	1,020,405,000	340,135,000.00
	PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
80	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 assessment and counselling services and products	84,955,000	28,318,333.33
	ENVIRONMENT
	CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY
15	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency - 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	31,514,000	10,504,666.67
	FINANCE
	DEPARTMENT
1	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 authority to expend revenue received
	during the fiscal year	89,793,000	29,931,000.00
	HEALTH
	DEPARTMENT
10	Health - The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions	1,358,089,000	452,696,333.33
	PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
45	Public Health Agency of Canada - The grants listed in the Estimates and
	contributions	199,617,000	66,539,000.00
	HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
	CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION
15	To reimburse Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for the amounts of loans
	forgiven, grants, contributions and expenditures made, and losses, costs and
	expenses incurred under the provisions of the National Housing Act or in respect
	of the exercise of powers or the carrying out of duties or functions conferred on
	the Corporation pursuant to the authority of any Act of Parliament of Canada
	other than the National Housing Act , in accordance with the Corporation's
	authority under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act	2,293,949,000	764,649,666.67
	INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
	DEPARTMENT
1	Indian Affairs and Northern Development - 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 ) 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 .	665,419,000	221,806,333.33
	INDIAN SPECIFIC CLAIMS COMMISSION
50	Indian Specific Claims Commission - Program expenditures	3,867,000	1,289,000.00
	VETERANS AFFAIRS
	DEPARTMENT
5	Veterans Affairs - Capital expenditures	22,862,000	7,620,666.67
15	Veterans Affairs - Veterans Review and Appeal Board - Operating expenditures	9,573,000	3,191,000.00
		6,310,804,000	2,103,601,333.33

SCHEDULE 2

Based on the Main Estimates 2008-2009, the amount hereby granted is $1,185,024,250.00, being the three twelfths of the total of the items in those Estimates as contained in this Schedule.  

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the financial year ending March 31, 2009, that may be charged to that fiscal year and the following fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 and the purposes for which they are granted.  

		Total	Amount
Vote		Main	Granted by
No.	Service	Estimates	this Schedule
		$	$
	CANADA REVENUE AGENCY
1	Canada Revenue Agency - Program expenditures and recoverable expenditures on
	behalf of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act	2,933,062,000	733,265,500.00
	ENVIRONMENT
	PARKS CANADA AGENCY
25	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	455,025,000	113,756,250.00
30	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	500,000	125,000.00
	PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
	CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
10	Canada Border Services Agency - Operating expenditures, contributions 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	1,300,600,000	325,150,000.00
15	Canada Border Services Agency - Capital expenditures	50,910,000	12,727,500.00
		4,740,097,000	1,185,024,250.00
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