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Ministry Summary
Vote | (thousands of dollars) | 2010–11 | 2009–10 | Difference |
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Environment | ||||
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1 | Operating expenditures | 795,083 | 736,287 | 58,797 |
5 | Capital expenditures | 51,016 | 44,473 | 6,543 |
10 | Grants and contributions | 158,767 | 129,845 | 28,922 |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 89,120 | 81,899 | 7,221 |
(S) | Minister of the Environment – Salary and motor car | |||
allowance | 79 | 78 | . . . . . | |
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Total Department | 1,094,065 | 992,583 | 101,482 | |
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency | ||||
15 | Program expenditures | 26,305 | 29,199 | (2,894) |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 2,655 | 2,850 | (195) |
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Total Agency | 28,960 | 32,049 | (3,089) | |
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National Round Table on the Environment and the | ||||
Economy | ||||
20 | Program expenditures | 4,826 | 4,732 | 94 |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 417 | 402 | 16 |
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Total Agency | 5,243 | 5,134 | 110 | |
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Parks Canada Agency | ||||
25 | Program expenditures | 647,226 | 465,152 | 182,074 |
30 | Payments to the New Parks and Historic Sites Account | 500 | 500 | . . . . . |
(S) | Contributions to employee benefit plans | 46,229 | 42,654 | 3,576 |
(S) | Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from the | |||
conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the | ||||
Parks Canada Agency Act | 111,000 | 111,000 | . . . . . | |
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Total Agency | 804,955 | 619,306 | 185,649 | |
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
Strategic Outcome
Threats to Canadians and their environment from pollution are minimized.
Program Activity Descriptions
Climate Change and Clean Air
This program activity is critical to protect the health of Canadians and the Environment from the harmful effects of air pollutants and the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. This will be achieved through developing an integrated sector- based approach to regulating air pollutants and controlling greenhouse gas emissions; collaboration and partnerships with other levels of government and non-governmental organizations; awareness and promotion activities and programs for Canadians to reduce emissions and pollutants from vehicles and consumer products; strengthening international cooperation (particularly with the United States) including implementation of international agreements related greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants; and advancing science-based approaches and innovative technologies in support of investment decisions, policy making and regulations.
Substances and Waste Management
Activities in this program reduce threats to the environment posed by pollutant and toxic releases and waste from human activities. Pollutant and toxic releases and waste may exert a direct harmful effect on plants, animals, humans and the environment due to their nature, volume or manner of release. The program assesses environmental threats posed by toxic substances and other substances of concern in terms of their fate and effects, and develops and implements prevention, reduction, elimination and management measures to deal with these substances.
Compliance Promotion and Enforcement – Pollution
This program contributes to minimizing damages and threats to the natural environment and biodiversity through promotion and enforcement of Environment Canada-administered legislation. Program actions focus on pollution including toxic substances, their release to air, water or land, and the import and export of hazardous waste that present a risk to the environment and/or human health. Compliance promotion initiatives provide information to regulatees on legislative requirements, the environmental benefits of compliance and the potential penalties of non-compliance. The program maintains a contingent of enforcement officers, whose activities include gathering intelligence, conducting inspections to verify compliance with acts and regulations, and pursuing investigations to take appropriate enforcement measures against offenders. The program includes compliance analysis and planning to integrate data from all available sources to provide continuous feedback on program activities and results. Funding includes support through Class contributions to Support Environmental Research and Development.
Strategic Outcome
Canadians are equipped to make informed decisions on changing weather, water and climate conditions.
Program Activity Descriptions
Weather and Environmental Services for Canadians
The program activity provides weather warnings, forecasts and information to anticipate, manage and adapt to the risks and opportunities of changing weather, water and climate conditions. It involves monitoring, research and development, supercomputing, production and service delivery. Because a global effort is needed to monitor, understand and predict constantly changing weather, water and climate conditions, this program relies on various collaborators, in Canada and around the world; key ones include the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations, as well as the media, academia and all levels of government within Canada. The program supports the Department of the Environment Act, the Canadian Weather Modification Information Act, the Emergency Management Act (2007) and Memoranda of Agreement with national meteorological and space agencies. This program activity is unique, having the only national mandate, infrastructure or skills to deliver this service.
Weather and Environmental Services for Targeted Users
The program activity provides essential decision-making tools and information to targeted sectors and their regulatory agencies to help them anticipate, manage and adapt to the risks and opportunities created by changing weather and climate conditions. This program activity involves monitoring, research, production and service delivery. It provides observations, forecasts and warnings 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and other tools tailored to users' specific needs. It requires various collaborations, within Canada (including other government departments and provincial agencies), and internationally with the World Meteorological Organization, United States Coast Guard and the International Civil Aviation Organization. This program supports the Department of the Environment Act ; it helps other government departments meet their obligations under the Aeronautics Act , Oceans Act and the Fisheries Act ; and supports Memoranda of Agreement with Transport Canada, National Defence and various provincial agencies. This program activity is unique, having the only national mandate, infrastructure or skills to deliver this service.
Strategic Outcome
Canada's natural environment is conserved and restored for present and future generations.
Program Activity Descriptions
Biodiversity – Wildlife and Habitat
This program aims to prevent biodiversity loss while still enabling sustainable use by protecting and recovering species at risk, conserving, restoring and rehabilitating significant habitats, and conserving and managing migratory birds. It also aims to ensure a coordinated and coherent national assessment, planning and action to protect biodiversity, including viable populations of species, healthy and diverse ecosystems, and genetic resources. The program includes the formation of strategic partnerships for integrated management of Canada's natural capital including stewardship and the sustainable management of landscapes. Legal and statutory responsibilities for this program include the Species at Risk Act ; the Migratory Birds Convention Act , the Canada Wildlife Act ; and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act . International responsibilities include the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (known as the Ramsar Convention).
Water Resources
This program addresses the risks to water resources from economic growth and climate change through partnerships on an integrated approach to water issues. Conservation, protection and sustainable use of water resources are critical aspects of Canada's economic, social and ecological well being. The program is delivered in collaboration with partners that include other federal departments, provinces and territories, and a range of non governmental organizations. The Program Activity captures Environment Canada's leadership on water issues and its role in determining priorities for water quality, quantity, and aquatic ecosystem monitoring and research, by providing scientific information and advice to decision-makers, and by building best management practices. The program supports the implementation of the Canada Water Act , the 1987 Federal Water Policy, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act , the Fisheries Act and the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act .
Sustainable Ecosystems
This program aims to sustain Canada's ecosystems over the long term. Canadians, their governments and the private sector must incorporate social, economic and environmental considerations in their decision-making and action. The ecosystem approach to environmental management focuses on maintaining the capacity of a whole system to produce ecological goods and services. This program is the focal point for the development and implementation of Environment Canada's sustainability policies and strategies, information to support integrated, ecosystem-scale priority setting, community engagement in remediation of sites, youth engagement, and research and reporting on environmental status and trends. The program facilitates inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral planning and information sharing among partners.
Compliance Promotion and Enforcement – Wildlife
This program serves to conserve and protect the natural environment through compliance promotion and enforcement of the following wildlife related legislation administered by Environment Canada: the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (MBCA 1994), the Wild Animal and Plants Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA), and the Canada Wildlife Act (CWA) . Measures to promote compliance include communication and publication of information, education, and consultation with parties affected by these legislations. The program maintains a contingent of enforcement officers, whose actions focus on ensuring and verifying conformity with laws and regulations and permits pertaining to wildlife through several activities that include gathering intelligence, conducting inspections and pursuing investigations to take appropriate enforcement measures against alleged offenders. These actions ensure that damages and threats to biodiversity are reduced for the benefit of Canadians and the international community.
Strategic Outcome
The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.
Program Activity Descriptions
Internal Services
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Program by Activities
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Climate Change and Clean Air | 134,158 | 10,639 | 39,500 | 57,672 | 1,824 | 240,145 | 138,132 |
Internal Services | 208,170 | 1,502 | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | 209,672 | 282,891 |
Weather and Environmental Services for | |||||||
Canadians | 147,076 | 19,090 | 44 | 4,502 | 4,488 | 166,223 | 90,481 |
Substances and Waste Management | 119,351 | 2,062 | . . . . . | 1,545 | 2,341 | 120,617 | 127,183 |
Biodiversity – Wildlife and Habitat | 75,359 | 1,960 | . . . . . | 28,274 | 1,503 | 104,090 | 85,039 |
Water Resources | 104,766 | 11,420 | . . . . . | 5,375 | 18,602 | 102,959 | 94,278 |
Sustainable Ecosystems | 45,418 | 700 | . . . . . | 21,796 | 439 | 67,476 | 40,235 |
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Enforcement – Pollution | 40,289 | 950 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 110 | 41,129 | . . . . . |
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Targeted Users | 61,349 | 2,087 | . . . . . | 60 | 40,814 | 22,682 | 86,397 |
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Enforcement – Wildlife | 18,466 | 606 | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | 19,072 | . . . . . |
Legislation and Information Program | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | 47,947 |
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954,403 | 51,016 | 39,544 | 119,223 | 70,121 | 1,094,065 | 992,583 | |
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
Transfer Payments
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Grants | ||
Grant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology | 37,500,000 | 12,500,000 |
Grants for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol on substances that | ||
deplete the ozone layer | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Grants to support environmental research and development | 44,000 | 44,000 |
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Total grants | 39,544,000 | 14,544,000 |
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Contributions | ||
National Vehicle Scrappage Program - Contributions | 41,223,000 | 35,113,000 |
Contributions to support environmental and sustainable development | ||
initiatives | 22,502,900 | 28,228,302 |
Habitat Stewardship Contribution Program | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
Contributions to support environmental research and development | 10,913,840 | 5,106,131 |
Contributions to support Canada's international commitments | 8,828,423 | 8,665,231 |
Initiatives of the Action Plan on Clean Water - Freshwater Programs - | ||
Contributions | 8,447,298 | 10,890,611 |
EcoAction 2000 – Community Funding Initiative | 5,054,000 | 5,044,000 |
Contribution for Canada's share of the Commission of Environmental | ||
Co-operation budget | 3,400,000 | 3,400,000 |
Contributions for the Science Horizons Youth Internship and the | ||
International Environmental Youth Corp programs | 3,069,000 | 3,069,000 |
Contribution to the Wildlife Habitat Canada Foundation | 2,200,000 | 2,200,000 |
Contributions for Inuit Activities related to the implementation of the | ||
Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement | 585,000 | 585,000 |
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Total contributions | 119,223,461 | 115,301,275 |
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Total | 158,767,461 | 129,845,275 |
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Strategic Outcome
Environmental considerations are taken into account in federal government decisions respecting policies, plans, programs and projects.
Program Activity Descriptions
Environmental Assessment Support Program
This program comprises the Public Participation Program, James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement, the Training and Guidance Program and the Environmental Assessment Management Program - the various means by which Canadians, industry, stakeholders and interested parties interact and encounter their various obligations pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act . This includes public participation, information dissemination, guidance and record keeping. This is done with the goal of ensuring a transparent and rigorous environmental assessment process is applied under the auspices of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act .
Environmental Assessment Development Program
This program is aimed at developing and maintaining an effective, efficient and integrated environmental assessment process at the federal level, taking into full account the interactions with other environmental assessment, consultative and regulatory decision-making processes in Canada, as well as the trans-boundary context for environmental assessment. A sound environmental assessment process is vital to achieving the Strategic Outcome. Ensuring that environmental considerations are integrated into federal government decision-making through sound environmental assessment practices supports quality of life for Canadians, environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness.
Strategic Outcome
The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.
Program Activity Descriptions
Internal Services
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Program by Activities
(thousands of dollars) | 2010–11 Main Estimates | 2009–10 | |||
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Budgetary | Total | Main Estimates | |||
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Operating | Contributions | Less: | |||
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Environmental Assessment Support Program | 21,293 | 3,815 | 8,001 | 17,107 | 20,653 |
Internal Services | 7,700 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 7,700 | 7,510 |
Environmental Assessment Development Program | 3,853 | 300 | . . . . . | 4,153 | 3,887 |
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32,846 | 4,115 | 8,001 | 28,960 | 32,049 | |
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
Transfer Payments
(dollars) | 2010–11 | 2009–10 |
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Contributions | ||
Contributions for the support of public participation in the environmental | ||
assessment review process – Participant Funding Program | 3,569,000 | 3,669,000 |
Contributions to support the promotion, research and development of | ||
environmental assessments | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Contribution to the Province of Quebec – James Bay and Northern | ||
Quebec Agreement | 246,000 | 246,000 |
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Total contributions | 4,115,000 | 4,215,000 |
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Strategic Outcome
Federal policy development and decisions in other key sectors are influenced by advice on sustainable development issues pertaining to the environment and the economy.
Program Activity Descriptions
Advisory Program on Environment and Economy Issues
Raising awareness and understanding among Canadians and their governments about the challenges of sustainable development and promoting viable solutions, is vital to Canada's environmental and economic future. Through this program, the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) strives to influence policy development and decision making on select sustainable development issues pertaining to the environment and the economy. The NTREE conducts research, analysis, and produces information and advice on selected sustainable development issues. The agency promotes its findings and recommendations through a variety of communications channels such as media relations, stakeholder briefings and other events, publications and the agency website to influence policy and decisions of policy-makers in the federal government and other key sectors such as other levels of government, industry and non-government organizations across the country.
Strategic Outcome
The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.
Program Activity Descriptions
Internal Services
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Program by Activities
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Advisory Program on Environment and Economy Issues | 3,329 | 3,329 | 2,933 |
Internal Services | 1,914 | 1,914 | 2,201 |
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5,243 | 5,243 | 5,134 | |
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
Strategic Outcome
Canadians have a strong sense of connection, through meaningful experiences, to their national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas and these protected places are enjoyed in ways that leave them unimpaired for present and future generations.
Program Activity Descriptions
Visitor Experience
This program supports the opportunities provided for the approximately 22 million person visits that are made annually to Canada's national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas by Canadians and international visitors. The visitor experience is the sum total of a visitor's personal interaction with the protected heritage place that helps them create meaning and establish connection with the place. The experience begins with awareness of the site, followed by planning the visit, travelling to and welcoming and orientation upon arrival. During the visitor's time on site, it includes participation in recreational and interpretive activities and the use of accommodation, trails, facilities, services and supporting infrastructure. This is followed by departure and the post-visit relationship. Investments in the different stages of the visitor experience cycle facilitate opportunities for enjoyment and learning, leading to a sense of personal connection and the continued relevance of Canada's protected heritage places for Canadians.
Heritage Resources Conservation
This program includes maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity in national parks through protection of natural resources and natural processes; ensuring the commemorative integrity of national historic sites managed by Parks Canada and influencing the commemorative integrity of those managed or owned by third parties; the protection and management of cultural resources under the administration of Parks Canada; and, the sustainable use of national marine conservation areas including protection of unique marine ecosystems. This program also includes fulfilling legal responsibilities assigned to Parks Canada by the Species at Risk Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act . The protection of Canada's most special natural and cultural resources ensures that current and future generations will enjoy a system of protected heritage places.
Townsite and Throughway Infrastructure
This program involves managing, operating and providing municipal services to five townsite communities within Canada's national parks. It also involves the operation of provincial and inter-provincial highways and waterways that connect communities and pass through national parks and national historic sites.
Public Appreciation and Understanding
This program activity aims to increase Canadians' understanding, appreciation, support and engagement with respect to the natural and historical heritage of Parks Canada administered places. This is accomplished by reaching Canadians at home, at leisure, at school and in their communities through relevant and effective communication and public outreach education initiatives as well as by engaging many stakeholders and partners in the development and implementation of the Agency's future direction.
Heritage Places Establishment
This program includes systems planning, completing feasibility studies, research, consulting with stakeholders and the public, negotiating with other governments and Aboriginal organizations and obtaining Ministerial approval, resulting in established national parks and national marine conservation areas and designated national historic sites of Canada and other heritage places. Canada's national parks and national marine conservation areas, as well as the persons, places and events of national historic significance to Canada are symbols to the world and are part of the fabric of the nation. Preservation of Canada's natural and cultural heritage and making it available to Canadians for discovery and enjoyment is of key importance. Establishing heritage places is essential to enhancing pride, encouraging stewardship and giving expression to our identity as Canadians, and involving Canada in the internationally shared objective of protecting and commemorating the best of the world's natural and cultural heritage.
Strategic Outcome
The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.
Program Activity Descriptions
Internal Services
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Program by Activities
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Visitor Experience | 196,648 | 71,253 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 267,901 | 227,203 |
Heritage Resources Conservation | 185,581 | 50,901 | . . . . . | 4,000 | 240,482 | 200,046 |
Townsite and Throughway Infrastructure | 28,796 | 132,548 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 161,344 | 62,086 |
Internal Services | 78,256 | 3,290 | . . . . . | . . . . . | 81,546 | 79,257 |
Public Appreciation and Understanding | 24,586 | 4,596 | . . . . . | 189 | 29,371 | 26,683 |
Heritage Places Establishment | 23,462 | 675 | 23 | 150 | 24,310 | 24,031 |
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537,330 | 263,264 | 23 | 4,339 | 804,955 | 619,306 | |
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
Transfer Payments
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Grants | ||
Grant to the International Peace Garden | 22,700 | 22,700 |
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Total grants | 22,700 | 22,700 |
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Contributions | ||
Contributions in support of the National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing | ||
Program | 4,000,000 | . . . . . |
Contributions in support of activities or projects related to national parks, | ||
national marine conservation areas, national historic sites and historic | ||
canals | 339,300 | 389,300 |
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Total contributions | 4,339,300 | 389,300 |
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Contributions in support of the Historic Places Initiative | . . . . . | 5,000,000 |
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Total items not required | . . . . . | 5,000,000 |
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Total | 4,362,000 | 5,412,000 |
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