2013–14 Estimates

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Part I - Government Expenditure Plan

Introduction

Purpose

Expenditures made by government require the authority of Parliament. That authority is provided in two ways: annual Appropriation Acts, or Supply Bills, that specify the amounts and broad purposes for which funds can be spent; and other specific statutes that authorize payments and set out the amounts and time periods for those payments. The amounts approved in Appropriation Acts are referred to as voted amounts, and the expenditure authorities provided through other statutes are called statutory authorities.

Estimates documents are prepared to support Appropriation Acts. As such, the Estimates provide additional information on voted amounts included in the Appropriation Act. Forecasts of statutory amounts are also presented to provide a broader context.

Links with the Budget

The Budget Plan is a key policy document of the Government, announcing tax changes, new or enhanced programs and anticipated revenues. It also provides an economic forecast. While the Budget, like a Supply Bill, is also a confidence measure, the Budget does not provide parliamentary expenditure authority.

Given the differences in timing of the preparation of the Main Estimates and the Budget, it is not always possible to include emerging priorities and items announced in the Government's Budget in the Main Estimates. Additional requirements for initiatives included in the 2013 Budget will be presented in future Estimates.

The Estimates and Budget use different accounting methodologies. Estimates, with the focus on authority for payments in a fiscal year, are prepared on a near-cash basis. The Budget's economic forecast is prepared on a full accrual basis. A more complete explanation of the differences in methodology and a reconciliation between the annual results and amounts included in Estimates are presented in the Notes to the Financial Statements of the Government of Canada included in the Public Accounts. Volume II of Public Accounts presents government expenditures on the same basis as the Estimates, while Volume I of Public Accounts provides financial information corresponding to the Budget.

The Estimates Documents

The Estimates are comprised of three parts:

Part I - Government Expenditure Plan - provides an overview of the Government's requirements and changes in estimated expenditures from previous fiscal years.

Part II - Main Estimates - supports the appropriation acts with detailed information on the estimated spending and authorities being sought by each federal organization requesting appropriations.

Parts I and II are included in this volume and, in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Commons, must be tabled on or before March 1.

Part III - Departmental Expenditure Plans - consists of two components:

• Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP) are individual expenditure plans for each department and agency. Crown corporations present annual plans. These reports provided increased levels of detail over a three-year period on an organization's main priorities by strategic outcomes, program and planned/expected results, including links to related resource requirements presented in the Main Estimates. In conjunction with the Main Estimates, Reports on Plans and Priorities serve to inform Parliamentarians on planned expenditures of departments and agencies, and supports Parliament's consideration of supply bills.

The RPPs are typically tabled soon after the Main Estimates by the President of the Treasury Board.

• Departmental Performance Reports (DPR) are individual department and agency accounts of results achieved against planned performance expectations as set out in respective RPPs.

The DPRs for the most recently completed fiscal year are tabled in the fall by the President of the Treasury Board.

Supplementary Estimates support Appropriation Acts presented later in the fiscal year. Supplementary Estimates present information on spending requirements that were either not sufficiently developed in time for inclusion in the Main Estimates or have subsequently been refined to account for developments in particular programs and services. Supplementary Estimates also provide information on changes to expenditure forecasts of major statutory items as well as on such items as: transfers of funds between votes; debt deletion; loan guarantees; and new or increased grants.

The Budget, Main and Supplementary Estimates and the Updates of Economic and Fiscal Projections reflect the Government's financial plans and resource allocation priorities at different points in the fiscal year. In combination with the subsequent reporting of financial results in the Public Accounts and of accomplishments achieved in Departmental Performance Reports, this material helps Parliament hold the Government to account for the allocation and management of public funds.

Changes to the presentation of the Main Estimates

Several changes have been made to the presentation of the 2013-14 Main Estimates document to increase the amount of information provided and improve the usability of the overall publication:

• In Part II and the on-line tables, departments and agencies are presented alphabetically, according to the legal name of the department or agency, making it easier to find particular organizations in the printed or electronic versions of the document. Presentation by Portfolio or Ministry has been maintained for the Proposed Schedules to the Appropriation Bill.
• Bar charts and other graphics have been added to provide a visual summary of information in tables.
• Font size has been increased with the elimination of sidebars, the titles or headers that appear at the side of the page.
• Information on 2011-12 actual expenditures and 2012-13 Estimates to Date has been added to provide context for the 2013-14 amounts.

The 2011-12 actual expenditures are taken from the 2011-12 Public Accounts of Canada. 2012-13 Estimates to Date is the sum of the amounts presented in the 2012-13 Main Estimates and increases sought through the 2012-13 Supplementary Estimates A, B and C. Allocations from Treasury Board Central Votes are made through-out the year and the expenditure authority provided by these allocations is not included in Estimates to Date. In-year information on expenditure authorities is available in departmental Quarterly Financial Reports and final expenditure authority and actual expenditures for a fiscal year are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada.

The 2013-14 Program Alignment Architecture is used for the tables presenting information by Strategic Outcome and Program. If there has been a change in the Architecture, amounts for previous years have not been reclassified to the new structure and are reported as "Funds not allocated to the 2013-14 Program Alignment Architecture".

The Estimates documents are prepared to support Appropriation Acts. Other changes have been made to Part II of the Estimates to focus on the items in the Proposed Schedule to the Appropriations Bill:

• Presentation of spending under statutory authorities is summarized. Details on forecasts of statutory items are available in the on-line table.
• The Transfer Payment table list the grants, contributions and other transfer payments planned for the 2013-14 fiscal year, with applicable comparative amounts from previous fiscal years. Details on transfer payments made in a previous year can be found in Volumes 2 and 3 of the Public Accounts of Canada.
• Spending by Strategic Outcome and Program is summarized in Part II, with details presented in the on-line table.
• Starting with the 2013-14 Main Estimates, Export Development Corporation will only be included in an Estimates document if there are expenditure authorities being sought in the related Appropriation Act. This treatment is consistent with that for all other Crown corporations. The transactions and legislative authorities underlying the Canada Account will continue to be reported in the Public Accounts and the Annual Report of the Canada Account.

Summary of Estimates

These Estimates support the government's request to Parliament for authority to expend through annual appropriations:

• $87.1 billion for budgetary expenditures - operating and capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations; and
• $71.1 million for non-budgetary expenditures - net outlays and receipts related to loans, investments and advances, which change the composition of the financial assets of the Government of Canada.

These voted expenditures require annual approval from Parliament which is sought through an appropriation bill. The bill provides the specific wording that governs the purpose and conditions under which expenditures can be made and the funds subject to these terms and conditions.

Statutory forecasts represent payments to be made under legislation previously approved by Parliament. Statutory forecasts are included in these Estimates to provide a more complete picture of total estimated expenditures. Of these forecasts, $165.5 billion is for budgetary expenditures including the cost of servicing the public debt. Recoveries on loans, investments and advances are expected to exceed expenditures by $41.0 billion.

Figure 1. Comparison of Estimates and Expenditures - Budgetary

Figure 2. Comparison of Estimates and Expenditures - Non-budgetary

The following graphs present the voted and statutory components of Main Estimates and a comparison of Main Estimates over the last ten years of Main Estimates.

Figure 3. Long-term comparison of Main Estimates - Budgetary

Figure 4. Composition of Estimates and Expenditures - Budgetary

Composition of Estimates

The majority of expenditures in 2013-14 will be transfer payments - payments made to other levels of government, individuals and other organizations. Transfer payments make up approximately 63.05% of expenditures or $159.23 billion, operating and capital expenditures account for approximately 26.20% of expenditures or $66.18 billion, while public debt charges are approximately 10.74% of expenditures or $27.13 billion.

Public Debt Charges

Total interest costs are approximately 10.74% of expenditures or $27.1 billion, a projected decrease of $1.7 billion or 6.0% from previous Main Estimates and a $0.7 billion less than actual expenditures for 2011-12. The estimate has been revised down to reflect the decrease in the average forecast of interest rates by private sector economists for 2013-14, consistent with the 2012 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections. Total interest costs are comprised of interest on unmatured debt of $18.4 billion and other interest costs of $8.7 billion. Interest on unmatured debt represents the interest resulting from certificates of indebtedness issued by the Government of Canada that have not yet become due. Other interest costs include interest on liabilities for federal public service pension plans, deposit and trust accounts and other specified purpose accounts.

Major Transfer Payments

Figure 5. Major Transfer Payments - Top 3

Figure 6. Major Transfer Payments - Top 3

Figure 7. Major Transfer Payments - Top 3

Major Transfer Payments

Major transfer payments - significant transfers to other levels of government and transfers to persons - are expected to be $122.5 billion, 77% of total estimated transfer payment expenditures.

As presented in the table, transfers to other levels of government are projected to total $58.2 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $2.7 billion over the previous year's Main Estimates and $4.8 billion more than actual expenditures in 2011-12.

The Canada Health Transfer (CHT) is a federal transfer provided to provinces and territories in support of health care. CHT support is provided through cash payments and tax point transfers and is subject to the five conditions of the Canada Health Act and the prohibitions against extra-billing and user fees. The cash transfer levels of the CHT will increase by $1.7 billion from forecasts at the end of 2012-13 to $30.3 billion in 2013-14, as a result of the 6% escalator announced in the September 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care. As legislated in the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (Budget 2012), the cash transfer of the CHT will continue to grow by 6% per year until 2017-18, when it will grow based on a 3-year moving average of nominal gross domestic product, with funding guaranteed to increase by at least 3% per year. Starting in 2014-15, the CHT will be distributed on an equal per capita cash basis.

Fiscal Equalization refers to unconditional transfer payments to provinces so that they can provide their residents with public services that are reasonably comparable to those in other provinces, at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. These payments will be $16.1 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $0.7 billion from the Main Estimates 2012-13, and $0.5 billion more than 2011-12 actual expenditures. The July 2012 Total Transfer Protection (TTP) payments of $679.7 million are included in the 2012-13 Estimates to date amounts. The TTP payments totalling $55.8 million announced in December 2012 are not included in the 2013-14 forecasts since these payments have not yet been legislated. TTP protects individual provinces against year-over-year declines in their total major cash transfers, including prior year TTP amounts.

The Canada Social Transfer (CST) is a federal transfer to provinces and territories in support of social assistance and social services, post-secondary education, and programs for children. For 2013-14, the increase of $355.8 million or 3.0%, to $12.2 billion, represents the legislated increase announced in Budget 2007. As legislated in the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (Budget 2012), this growth rate of 3% per year will continue for 2014-15 and subsequent years.

Territorial Financing payments, provided through the Territorial Formula Financing (TFF) Program, are unconditional federal transfers provided to the three territorial governments that give territorial residents access to a range of public services comparable to those offered by provincial governments, at comparable levels of taxation. The transfers are based on a formula that fills the gap between the expenditure requirements and revenue-raising capacity of the territories. Applying the formula, these payments are forecast to be $3.3 billion in 2013-14, $177.6 million higher than the 2012-13 Estimates.

Wait Times Reduction Funding is part of the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care in which First Ministers committed to achieving reductions in wait times in priority areas such as cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration. Budget 2005 committed to a transfer of $5.5 billion for wait times reduction. Of this amount, $4.25 billion was provided to provinces and territories by way of third-party trusts. The remaining $1.25 billion is being paid in bi-monthly instalments totalling $250.0 million per year between

Additional Fiscal Equalization Payments to Nova Scotia are payments related to its 2005 Offshore Accord. Following the introduction of a new formula for Equalization in 2007, Nova Scotia was guaranteed that, on a cumulative basis beginning in 2008-09 over the lifetime of the Accord, the new formula would not reduce its Equalization payments and 2005 Offshore Accord payments when compared with what the province would have received under the formula that was in place when it signed its 2005 Offshore Accord. Based on the first calculation of 2013-14, Nova Scotia is entitled to an advance payment of $245.8 million in 2013-14, a decrease of $80 million when compared to Main Estimates 2012-13. However, the December 2012 official determination of 2012-13 (upon which payments will be made), is $297.3 million, which is reflected in the Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-13.

The Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payment to Nova Scotia is a payment related to its 2005 Offshore Accord. This Accord guaranteed the province that its Equalization payments would not be reduced due to offshore oil and gas revenues that entered the Equalization formula. This is derived by applying the Equalization formula with and without offshore oil and gas revenues and comparing the resulting Equalization payments. For the 2004-05 to 2011-12 period, an upfront payment of $830 million was provided to Nova Scotia in July 2005. This ensured that the province would receive at least that much in Accord compensation over the period. Offset amounts are calculated each year providing 100 percent protection from the inclusion of offshore revenues. In 2011-12, the cumulative draw down exceeded the advance payment. The province is expected to receive $89.5 million for 2013-14, a decrease of $56.6 million compared with the amount for 2012-13.

The Payment to Ontario Related to the Canada Health Transfer provides for separate payments to Ontario outside of the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) cash envelope for 2009-10 and 2010-11 to ensure its per capita cash entitlements in relation to the CHT are the same as for other Equalization-receiving provinces. The payment for 2009-10 of $489 million was a legislated fixed amount, whereas the payment for 2010-11 is formula-based, and payments are re-calculated along with each new CHT estimate. In all there are five calculations. Each recalculation is based on updated personal income tax data received from the Fiscal Policy Division of Finance Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency. The final calculation of this program will be made in September 2013. Amounts shown in 2011-12 and 2012-13 represent the impacts of the official recalculations.

The Youth Allowance Recovery relates to tax points transferred to the province of Quebec for the Youth Allowance program, which has since expired. The equivalent value of the tax point reduction is recovered each year from the province of Quebec. The change in recoveries for the Youth Allowances Recovery Program is entirely due to year-over-year changes to the value of federal personal income taxes, the recovery being a percentage of these taxes. For 2013-14, the forecast recovery of $770.3 million is $24.1 million higher than the initial 2012-13 forecast in Main Estimates and $37.6 million higher than the forecast in the 2012-13 Supplementary Estimates (C) due to higher forecast levels of federal personal income taxes.

Alternative Payments for Standing Programs represent recoveries from Quebec of an additional tax point transfer above and beyond the tax point transfer under the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), the Canada Social Transfer (CST) and the Youth Allowances Recovery. The change in recoveries to the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs is entirely due to year-over-year changes to the value of federal personal income taxes, the recovery being a percentage of these taxes. For 2013-14, the forecast recovery of $3.5 billion is $111.3 million higher than the forecast in the 2012-13 Main Estimates and $171.3 million higher than that in 2012-13 Supplementary Estimates (C) due to higher forecast levels of federal personal income taxes.

Transfers to Persons

Transfers to persons are projected to be $64.3 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $3.0 billion over the 2012-13 Main Estimates and $5.9 billion more than actual expenditures in 2011-12.

Elderly benefits include Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement, and Allowance payments. Elderly benefit payments are expected to be $42.6 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $2.5 billion over the 2012-13 Main Estimates and $4.6 million more than actual expenditures in 2011-12.

Employment Insurance benefits provides temporary financial assistance for unemployed Canadians while they look for work or upgrade their skills. Employment insurance benefit payments are forecast to be $18.9 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $0.4 billion over the 2012-13 Main Estimates and $1.3 billion more than actual expenditures in 2011-12.

Universal Child Care benefits provides families with resources to support childcare choices, and is paid to families in monthly instalments of $100 per child under the age of six. Universal child care benefit payments are forecast to be $2.8 billion in 2013-14, an increase of $41 million over the 2012-13 Main Estimates and $97 million more than actual expenditures in 2011-12.

Estimates by Organization

One hundred thirty-five organizations are represented in the 2013-14 Estimates. More information about each organization can be found in Part II - Main Estimates.

Structure of these Estimates

Votes

The basic structural units of the Estimates are the Votes. The following kinds of Votes appear in the Estimates:

A program expenditures vote is used when there is no requirement for either a separate "capital expenditures" vote or a "grants and contributions" vote because neither equals or exceeds $5 million. In this case, all expenditures are charged to the one vote.

An operating expenditures vote is used when there is also a requirement for either a "capital expenditures" vote or a "grants and contributions" vote or both; that is, when expenditures of either type equal or exceed $5 million. Where they do not, the appropriate expenditures are included in the "program expenditures" vote.

A capital expenditures vote is used when capital expenditures equal or exceed $5 million. Expenditure items in a "capital expenditures" vote would include items expected to exceed $10,000 for the acquisition of land, buildings and works, as well as the acquisition of machinery and equipment, or for purposes of constructing or creating assets, where a department expects to draw upon its own labour and materials, or employs consultants or other services or goods. Different threshold limits may be applied for different capital expenditure classes at the departmental level.

A grants and contributions vote is used when grants and/or contributions expenditures equal or exceed $5 million. It should be noted that the inclusion of a grant, contribution or other transfer payment item in the Estimates imposes no requirement to make a payment, nor does it give a prospective recipient any right to the funds. It should also be noted that in the vote wording, the meaning of the word "contributions" is considered to include "other transfer payments" because of the similar characteristics of each.

A non-budgetary vote, identified by the letter "L", provides authority for spending in the form of loans or advances to, and investments in, Crown corporations; and loans or advances for specific purposes to other governments, international organizations or persons or corporations in the private sector.

Where it is necessary to appropriate funds for a payment to a Crown corporation or for the expenditures of a legal entity that is part of a larger program, a separate vote is established. Where this is the case, a separate vote structure is established for each. A legal entity for these purposes is defined as a unit of government operating under an Act of Parliament and responsible directly to a Minister.

To support the Treasury Board in performing its statutory responsibilities for managing the government's financial, human and materiel resources, a number of special authorities are required and these are outlined below.

The Government Contingencies vote serves 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 Estimates, 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.

The Government-Wide Initiatives vote supplements other appropriations in support of the implementation of strategic management initiatives in the Public Service of Canada.

The Public Service Insurance vote provides for the payment of the employer's share of health, income maintenance and life insurance premiums; for payments to or in respect of provincial health insurance plans; provincial payroll taxes; pension, benefit and insurance plans for employees engaged locally outside Canada; and to return to certain employees their share of the unemployment insurance premium reduction.

The Operating Budget Carry Forward vote supplements other appropriations for the operating budget carry forward from the previous fiscal year.

The Paylist Requirements vote supplements other appropriations for requirements related to parental and maternity allowances, entitlements on cessation of service or employment and adjustments made to terms and conditions of service or employment of the public service including members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Forces, where these have not been provided from the Compensation Adjustments Vote.

The Capital Budget Carry Forward vote supplements other appropriations for the capital budget carry forward from the previous fiscal year.

Presentation by Organization

The individual organizational presentation is made up of various sections, as explained below. Where a section is not appropriate, it does not appear in the presentation.

Raison d'être - This section provides a brief explanation of why the organization exists and the benefits it provides to the Canadians.

Organizational Estimate - This section shows, by Vote, the amounts included in the organization's Main Estimates. For information purposes, the section also includes a summary of statutory forecasts. Abbreviated Vote wordings are used in this section. Complete vote wording is shown in the Proposed Schedules to the Appropriation Bill following Part II, and detailed statutory forecasts are found in the on-line annex.

Highlights - In this section, the department, agency or Crown Corporation provides an explanation of the major item or items that give rise to a year-over-year financial change in Main Estimates, or, where there has not been a material year-over-year change, the department or agency may reference priorities in the Report on Plans and Priorities or Corporate Plan.

Transfer Payments - If applicable, this table provides a listing of transfer payments for the upcoming year. A transfer payment is a grant, contribution or other payment made for the purpose of furthering program objectives but for which no goods or services are received.

Expenditures by Strategic Outcome and Program - This table shows budgetary expenditures at the Strategic Outcome and Program levels of the department's 2013-14 Program Alignment Architecture. Additional information on nature of expenditure by Program is provided in the on-line annex.

Changes to these Estimates

The purpose of this section is to provide a reconciliation of these Estimates with the previous year's Main Estimates in the following areas:

• Changes to government organization and structure; and
• Changes in authorities (Votes and Statutory items).

Changes to Government Organization and Structure

Following the tabling of the 2012-13 Main Estimates on February 28, 2012 and pursuant to the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, these changes were reflected in Supplementary Estimates (A), 2012-13:

Indian Affairs and Northern Development - Order in Council P.C. 2012-0286 transfers to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development the control and supervision of the portion of the federal public administration in the Department of Canadian Heritage known as the Urban Aboriginal Youth and Community Programs Unit, effective April 1, 2012.

The following structure changes were reflected in Supplementary Estimates (B), 2012-13:

Public Health Agency of Canada - Order in Council P.C. 2012-0950 transfers to the Public Health Agency of Canada the control and supervision of the portions of the federal public administration in the Department of Health known as the International Affairs Directorate and the Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit, effective June 30, 2012.

Health - Order in Council P.C. 2012-0965 transfers to the Department of Health the control and supervision of the portions of the federal public administration in the Public Health Agency of Canada known as the Communications Directorate, the Human Resources Directorate, the Information Management and Information Technology Directorate, the Facilities and Safety Division, the Integrated Security Services Division, the Access to Information and Privacy Office, the Financial Policy, Systems and Operations Division, and the Assets and Material Management Division; and to the Public Health Agency of Canada the control and supervision of the portions of the federal public administration in the Department of Health known as the Audit and accountability Bureau and the Departmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation Directorate, effective June 30, 2012.

There were changes to the structure of Government reflected in Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-13:

Health - Order in Council P.C. 2012-1136 transferred the control and supervision of the remaining activities of the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada to Health, effective September 30, 2012.

The following structure change was made through these Estimates:

Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada - Order in Council P.C. 2012-1136 transfered the control and supervision of the remaining activities of the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada to Health, effective September 30, 2012.

Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal - Pursuant to a decision by "The Executive" to accelerate by one year the provision in the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal will cease its operations as of April 1, 2013.

First Nations Statistical Institute - Division 49 of the Jobs, Growth Long-term Prosperity Act announced that First Nations Statistical Institute ceased its operations in 2012; as such no funding provided in the 2013-14 Main Estimates.

Public Appointments Commission Secretariat - Order in Council P.C. 2012-0964 repeals Order in Council P.C. 2006-0223 which established the Public Appointments Commission.

Changes in Voted Authorities

The "Changes in Voted Authorities" sub-section details those Votes which contain specific authorities that differ from those included in the previous year's Main Estimates as well as new expenditure authorities appearing for the first time. In light of the House of Commons Speaker's rulings in 1981, the government has made a commitment that the only legislation that will be enacted through the Estimates process, other than cases specifically authorized by Statute, will be previous Appropriation Acts. Proposed changes to existing wording are underlined for ease of reference.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Canadian International Development Agency - Votes L35 and L40 wording was modified by changing the effective date "… April 1, 2013 and ending on March 31, 2014".

Health - Public Health Agency of Canada - Vote 45 wording was modified by adding "… inspection services …".

Industry - Statistics Canada - Vote 105 was modified by adding the following text "… to offset associated expenditures, including revenues from the provision of internal support services to other organizations …".

National Defence - Department - Vote 1 was modified with the following "… future years), authority subject to the direction of the Treasury Board, to make recoverable expenditures or advances in respect of materials supplied to or services performed on behalf of individuals, corporations, outside agencies and other governments and pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend revenue received during the fiscal year, to offset related expenditures for the purposes of this Vote including …".

Parliament - House of Commons - Vote 5 wording was modified by removing "… allowances in lieu of residence to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in lieu of an apartment to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons …".

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness - National Parole Board - Vote 35 wording was modified by changing "… pardon …" with "… record suspension …".

Public Works and Government Services - Old Port of Montreal Inc. - Resulting from the change in government structure (P.C. 2012-1583), Vote 10 wording was modified with the following text "Payments to the Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc. or to the Crown corporation to which it is amalgamated for operating and capital expenditures of the Old Port of Montreal Division".

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