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Supplementary Estimates (A), 2008-09

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ENVIRONMENT

Ministry Summary


			These Supplementary Estimates

		Previous		Adjustments to	Total Estimates
Vote (dollars)		Estimates	Transfers	Appropriations	to date



	Department
1a	Operating expenditures, and
	( a ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of the
	Prairie Provinces Water Board, the Qu'Appelle Basin
	Study Board and the St. John River Basin Study
	Board;
	( b ) authority for the Minister of the Environment to
	engage such consultants as may be required by the
	Boards identified in paragraph ( a ), at such
	remuneration as those Boards may determine;
	( c ) recoverable expenditures incurred in respect of
	Regional Water Resources Planning Investigations
	and Water Resources Inventories;
	( d ) authority to make recoverable advances not
	exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares
	of the Provinces of Manitoba and Ontario of the cost
	of regulating the levels of Lake of the Woods and Lac
	Seul;
	( e ) authority to make recoverable advances not
	exceeding the aggregate of the amount of the shares
	of provincial and outside agencies of the cost of
	hydrometric surveys;
	( f ) 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
	arising from the operations of the department funded
	from this Vote; and
	( g ) 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 - To authorize the
	transfer of $506,761 from National Defence Vote 5,
	Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009 for the purposes
	of this Vote and to provide a further amount of	665,201,000	506,761	38,514,598	704,222,359
5a	Capital expenditures and authority to make payments
	to provinces or municipalities as contributions
	towards construction done by those bodies and
	authority to make recoverable advances not exceeding
	the amount of the shares of provincial and outside
	agencies of the cost of joint projects including
	expenditures on other than federal property - To
	authorize the transfer of $180,000 from National
	Defence Vote 5, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009
	for the purposes of this Vote and to provide a further
	amount of	43,536,000	180,000	2,585,000	46,301,000
10a	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	. . . . .	32,845,117	197,910,117
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	83,648,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	83,648,000
(S)	Minister of the Environment - Salary and motor car
	allowance	76,422	. . . . .	. . . . .	76,422

	Total Department	957,526,422	686,761	73,944,715	1,032,157,898
	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
15	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	. . . . .	. . . . .	31,514,000
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	2,942,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	2,942,000

	Total Agency	34,456,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	34,456,000
	National Round Table on the Environment and
	the Economy
20	Program expenditures	4,723,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	4,723,000
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	411,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	411,000
(S)	Expenditures pursuant to paragraph 29.1(1) of the
	Financial Administration Act	20,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	20,000

	Total Agency	5,154,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	5,154,000
	Parks Canada Agency
25	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	. . . . .	. . . . .	455,025,000
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	. . . . .	. . . . .	500,000
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	44,019,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	44,019,000
(S)	Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from
	the conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the
	Parks Canada Agency Act	111,000,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	111,000,000

	Total Agency	610,544,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	610,544,000

	Total Ministry	1,607,680,422	686,761	73,944,715	1,682,311,898

ENVIRONMENT

Department


Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)


Environment requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations	Vote 1	Vote 5	Vote 10	Total

Funding for implementation of the National Vehicle Scrappage
Program in support of Canada's Clean Air Agenda	8,300	. . . . .	22,960	31,260
Funding to enhance environmental law enforcement capacity	13,061	2,195	. . . . .	15,256
Funding to implement initiatives to act on water pollution issues in
Canadian freshwater systems in the Great Lakes, Lake Simcoe
and the Lake Winnipeg Basin	5,558	390	5,667	11,615
Funding for international actions in support of Canada's Clean Air
Agenda ( horizontal item )	3,859	. . . . .	4,218	8,077
Funding to implement adaptation initiatives in support of Canada's
Clean Air Agenda ( horizontal item )	4,625	. . . . .	. . . . .	4,625
Funding to cover the incremental costs in the Pacific Environment
Centre Site lease payments	1,735	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,735
Funding for initiatives in support of the five Security and Prosperity
Partnership priorities announced by North American leaders at
their August 2007 Summit in Montebello ( horizontal item )	1,363	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,363
Funding to provide greater support for Crown agents across Canada	15	. . . . .	. . . . .	15

Total Voted Appropriations	38,516	2,585	32,845	73,946

Transfers
Transfer from National Defence - For investments in search and
rescue coordination initiatives across Canada	507	. . . . .	. . . . .	507
Transfer from National Defence - For public security initiatives	. . . . .	180	. . . . .	180

Total Transfers	507	180	. . . . .	687

These Supplementary Estimates	39,023	2,765	32,845	74,633


Transfer Payments (dollars)			Voted	Statutory

Contributions
National Vehicle Scrappage Program			22,960,000	. . . . .
Freshwater Programs (Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Lake Simcoe)			5,667,117	. . . . .
Contributions to support Canada's international commitments			4,118,000	. . . . .
Contributions to support environmental research and development			100,000	. . . . .

Total Transfer Payments			32,845,117	. . . . .

Note: Figures in the “Explanation of Requirements” may not agree with the “Ministry Summary” due to rounding.

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