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Appendix A—Votes
Planned spending in Program Activity 3 relates mainly to the following vote:
- Vote 20—Public Service Insurance
Other contingency funds are available to departments and agencies if required, and expenditures will be identified under their program activities. The following votes are therefore excluded from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's (the Secretariat's) planned spending:
- Vote 5—Government Contingencies
This vote provides the government with the authority and flexibility to meet unforeseen or urgent expenditures until parliamentary approval can be obtained. Most of the items in this vote are considered temporary advances to cover items that will be included in subsequent Supplementary Estimates for other appropriations in departments and agencies and reimbursed when the associated appropriation act is passed.
- Vote 10—Government-Wide Initiatives
This vote supplements other appropriations in departments and agencies that support the implementation of strategic management initiatives across the public service. Historically, this vote has been used to support such initiatives as Government On-Line, comptrollership innovation and modernization, the Financial Information Strategy, employment equity, and program evaluation and internal audit.
- Vote 25—Operating Budget Carry Forward
This vote allows for routine operating budget carry-forward (OBCF) amounts, as established under the OBCF policy, to be transferred directly to departments and agencies in a timely manner once eligible amounts have been confirmed by the Secretariat and approved by Treasury Board ministers. The $1.2 billion in this vote, which represents no additional cost to the government, corresponds to the approximate amount of potential requirements that would otherwise have been presented in multiple Supplementary Estimates by departments and agencies.
- Vote 30—Paylist Requirements
This vote covers departments and agencies' paylist shortfalls related to parental benefits, severance, and other allowances. To avoid discrimination in hiring practices, paylist costs related to these expenditures have been provided for centrally since the introduction of the Operating Budget regime in 1993. This vote provides relief from cash management challenges departments and agencies face for these legal obligations.
- Vote 35—Budget Implementation Initiatives
This new Treasury Board central vote is for the implementation of certain programs included in Budget 2009. For the period commencing April 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2009, Vote 35 will supplement other appropriations and provide applicable government organizations with appropriations for initiatives announced in Budget 2009. The appropriations will cover expenditures that are within the organizations' legal mandates but are not otherwise provided for, including new grants and increases in grant amounts listed in the Estimates.