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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023

STATUTES OF CANADA 2023

CHAPTER 25
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024

ASSENTED TO
June 22, 2023

BILL C-55



SUMMARY

This enactment grants the sum of $20,478,605,110 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 that are not otherwise provided for.

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70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III

CHAPTER 25

An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024

[Assented to 22nd June, 2023]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

Preamble

Whereas it appears by message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, 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, 2024, 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 King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, that:

Short title

1This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act No. 3, 202324.

$20,478,605,110 granted for 2023–24

2There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $20,478,605,110 towards defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, not otherwise provided for, which is the total of the amounts of the items set out in the Supplementary Estimates (A) for that fiscal year as set out in the schedule.

Transfers of appropriations

3The transfers of appropriations set out in the Estimates referred to in section 2 are deemed to have been authorized on April 1, 2023.

Purpose of each item

4(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 set out in the schedule are deemed to have effect as of April 1, 2023.

Adjustments in accounts of Canada

5An appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and referred to in the schedule 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.



SCHEDULE

Based on the Supplementary Estimates (A), 202324, the amount granted is $20,478,605,110, which is the total of the amounts of the items set out in this Schedule.

Sums granted to His Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 and the purposes for which they are granted.

Vote No.
Items
Amount ($)
Total ($)

ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY

Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
2,078,192
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
92,150,000
94,228,192

CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement

1a
–    Payments to reimburse the Corporation for the amounts of loans forgiven, grants, contributions and expenditures made, and losses, costs and expenses incurred,
(a) under the National Housing Act; or
(b) in the course of the exercise of powers or the carrying out of duties or functions conferred on the Corporation under any other Act of Parliament, in accordance with the Corporation’s authority under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act
1,003,722,430
1,003,722,430

CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT SECURITY AUTHORITY

Administration canadienne de la sûreté du transport aérien

1a
–    Payments to the Authority for operating and capital expenditures
468,300,000
468,300,000

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
12,741,849
5a
–    Capital expenditures
83,314
12,825,163

CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION

Station canadienne de recherche dans l’Extrême-Arctique

1a
–    Program expenditures
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
4,877,403
4,877,403

CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH

Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada

5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
5,794,000
5,794,000

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

Office des transports du Canada

1a
–    Program expenditures
16,710,766
16,710,766

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD

Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) collaborative research agreements and research services;
(b) the grazing and breeding activities of the Community Pasture Program;
(c) the administration of the AgriStability program; and
(d) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
177,272,407
5a
–    Capital expenditures
7,932,200
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
342,410,750
527,615,357

DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE

Ministère du Patrimoine canadien

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) the activities of the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office;
(b) activities undertaken under the Capital Experience Program; and
(c) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
7,475,093
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
11,000,000
18,475,093

DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

Ministère de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year from the provision of services related to International Experience Canada — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the provision of those services
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
531,728,308
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions, including the provision of goods and services
59,151,730
590,880,038

DEPARTMENT OF CROWN-INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS

Ministère des Relations Couronne-Autochtones et des Affaires du Nord

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Expenditures on works, buildings and equipment
–    Authority to make expenditures — recoverable or otherwise — on work performed on property that is not federal property and on services provided in respect of that property
–    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
–    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
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
1,469,421,059
5a
–    Capital expenditures
–    Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment the operation, control and ownership of which
(a) may be transferred to provincial governments on terms and conditions approved by the Governor in Council; or
(b) may be transferred to Indian bands, groups of Indians or individual Indians at the discretion of the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
–    Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment that are on other than federal property
–    Authority to make recoverable expenditures on roads and related works in amounts not exceeding the shares of provincial governments of expenditures
4,067,835
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
6,650,498,570
8,123,987,464

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Ministère de l’Emploi et du Développement social

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) the provision of services to assist provinces in the administration of provincial programs funded under Labour Market Development Agreements;
(b) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act;
(c) any amount charged to a 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
(d) the portion of the Government Employees Compensation Act departmental or agency subrogated claim settlements related to litigation costs
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
6,799,395
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
27,000,000
33,799,395

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Ministère des Finances

1a
–    Program expenditures
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
280,166,028
280,166,028

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Ministère de la Santé

10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions, in the form of monetary payments or the provision of goods or services
2,630,500,000
2,630,500,000

DEPARTMENT OF INDIGENOUS SERVICES

Ministère des Services aux Autochtones

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Expenditures on works, buildings and equipment
–    Authority to make expenditures — recoverable or otherwise — on work performed on property that is not federal property and on services provided in respect of that property
–    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
–    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
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) the provision of services or the sale of products related to health protection and medical services; and
(b) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
3,523,252,938
5a
–    Capital expenditures
–    Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment the operation, control and ownership of which
(a) may be transferred to provincial governments on terms and conditions approved by the Governor in Council; or
(b) may be transferred to Indian bands, groups of Indians or individual Indians at the discretion of the Minister of Indigenous Services
–    Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment that are on other than federal property
–    Authority to make recoverable expenditures on roads and related works in amounts not exceeding the shares of provincial governments of expenditures
160,000
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions, in the form of monetary payments or the provision of goods or services
1,349,597,800
4,873,010,738

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

Ministère de l’Industrie

10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
1
1

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Ministère de la Justice

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) the provision of mandatory legal services to federal departments and agencies;
(b) the provision to Crown corporations, non-federal organizations and international organizations of optional legal services that are consistent with the Department’s mandate; and
(c) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
5,065,178
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
12,135,000
17,200,178

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Ministère des Ressources naturelles

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from
(a) the sale of forestry and information products;
(b) the issue of licences, permits and certificates under the Explosives Act and the Explosives Regulations, 2013;
(c) training and certification activities related to the Act and Regulations referred to in paragraph (b);
(d) research, consultation, testing, analysis and administration services and research products as part of the departmental operations; and
(e) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of the Financial Administration Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
46,918,699
5a
–    Capital expenditures
2,323,000
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
111,534,500
160,776,199

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Ministère des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux

1a
–    Operating expenditures for the provision of accommodation, common and central services
–    Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan, the Employment Insurance Act and the Seized Property Management Act
–    Authority to expend revenues that it receives during the fiscal year arising from the provision of accommodation, common and central services
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
391,170,931
391,170,931

NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL

Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie

1a
–    Operating expenditures
1,023,901
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
11,412,000
12,435,901

PACIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF CANADA

Agence de développement économique du Pacifique Canada

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State
794,500
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
–    Contributions
18,830,223
19,624,723

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA

Agence de la santé publique du Canada

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the sale of products, the provision of inspection services and the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
542,000,000
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year; however, the amount listed for any grant may be increased or decreased, subject to the approval of the Treasury Board
–    Contributions
5,000,000
547,000,000

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

Gendarmerie royale du Canada

1a
–    Operating expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
20,203,377
5a
–    Capital expenditures
86,250
10a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year; however, the amount listed for any grant may be increased or decreased, subject to the approval of the Treasury Board
–    Contributions
459,295,000
479,584,627

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines

1a
–    Operating expenditures
1,941,764
5a
–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year
3,384,000
5,325,764

STATISTICS CANADA

Statistique Canada

1a
–    Program expenditures
–    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act
73,171,244
73,171,244

THE JACQUES-CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INC.

Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Inc.

1a
–    Payments to the corporation to be applied in payment of the excess of its expenditures over its revenues (exclusive of depreciation on capital structures and reserves) in the operation of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure, the Melocheville Tunnel, the Île des Soeurs Bypass Bridge and the federal sections of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and the Bonaventure Expressway and in the deconstruction of the original Champlain Bridge
–    Payments to the corporation for the provision of support services to the Office of Infrastructure of Canada for projects in Quebec
87,423,475
87,423,475
20,478,605,110

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