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INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Department

Ministry Summary

		Previous	Allocation	Special	Total
Vote (dollars)		Estimates	from TB Votes	Warrants	Appropriation



	Department
1	Operating expenditures, and
	( a ) expenditures on works, buildings and equipment;
	and expenditures and recoverable expenditures in
	respect of services provided and work performed on
	other than federal property;
	( b ) authority to provide, in respect of Indian and Inuit
	economic development activities, for the capacity
	development for Indian and Inuit and the furnishing
	of materials and equipment; and
	( c ) 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......................................................................	569,340,000	. . . . .	42,349,237	611,689,237
5	Capital expenditures, and
	( a ) expenditures on buildings, works, land and
	equipment, the operation, control and ownership of
	which may be transferred to provincial governments
	on terms and conditions approved by the Governor in
	Council, or to Indian bands, groups of Indians or
	individual Indians at the discretion of the Minister of
	Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and such
	expenditures on other than federal property; and
	( b ) authority to make recoverable expenditures in
	amounts not exceeding the shares of provincial
	governments of expenditures on roads and related
	works.............................................................................	22,758,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	22,758,000
10	The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions ....	4,982,915,900	22,372,720	. . . . .	5,005,288,620
15	Payments to Canada Post Corporation pursuant to an
	agreement between the Department of Indian Affairs
	and Northern Development and Canada Post
	Corporation for the purpose of providing Northern
	Air Stage Parcel Service ...............................................	27,600,000	1,400,000	11,900,000	40,900,000
20	Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and
	non-Status Indians - Operating expenditures ...............	7,890,639	. . . . .	98,522	7,989,161
25	Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and
	non-Status Indians - Contributions...............................	28,054,000	1,075,000	1,265,000	30,394,000

	Total Budgetary .............................................	5,638,558,539	24,847,720	55,612,759	5,719,019,018
L30	Loans to native claimants in accordance with terms
	and conditions approved by the Governor in Council
	for the purpose of defraying costs related to research,
	development and negotiation of claims ........................	36,103,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	36,103,000
L35	Loans to First Nations in British Columbia for the
	purpose of supporting their participation in the British
	Columbia Treaty Commission process .........................	42,942,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	42,942,000

	Total Non-Budgetary .....................................	79,045,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	79,045,000


	Total Department ...........................................	5,717,603,539	24,847,720	55,612,759	5,798,064,018

	Canadian Polar Commission
40	Program expenditures and contributions ......................	895,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	895,000

	Total Ministry ................................................	5,718,498,539	24,847,720	55,612,759	5,798,959,018

Department

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)


Indian Affairs and Northern Development requests funds for the
following items:	Vote 1	Vote 10	Vote 15	Total

Funding to address health and safety pressures and support priority
investments such as increased costs of the Northern Air Stage
Parcel Service and repair to houses, roads and community
infrastructure damaged by flooding in Manitoba and Alberta........	1,518	25,090	13,300	39,908
Funding for the renovation and construction of housing units on
reserves and the creation and servicing of building lots
( horizontal item ) .............................................................................	376	31,500	. . . . .	31,876
Funding related to the assessment, management and remediation of
federal contaminated sites ( horizontal item )...................................	19,880	7,194	. . . . .	27,074
Operating budget carry forward ( horizontal item )................................	26,883	. . . . .	. . . . .	26,883
Incremental funding to support First Nations child and family
services in the area of social development......................................	96	24,904	. . . . .	25,000
Funding for the economic development contributions for the benefit
of the Innu and Inuit of Labrador (Voisey's Bay) ..........................	. . . . .	25,000	. . . . .	25,000
Grants provided through TB Vote 5 - Government Contingencies,
prior to Governor General Special Warrants (see transfer
payment table).................................................................................	. . . . .	22,373	. . . . .	22,373
Funding for strategic investments in economic development in the
three territories ................................................................................	1,713	19,078	. . . . .	20,791
Funding to support the ongoing implementation of the Northeastern
Quebec Agreement and the James Bay and Northern Quebec
Agreement.......................................................................................	1,181	17,617	. . . . .	18,798
Compensation for salary adjustments ( horizontal item ) .......................	16,311	. . . . .	. . . . .	16,311
Funding to deliver federal programs and services, including health,
in two Labrador Innu communities (Labrador Innu
Comprehensive Healing Strategy) ( horizontal item ) ......................	1,410	13,412	. . . . .	14,822
Funding for the delivery of the Special Education Program to
provide additional resources such as teachers and technology to
students with special needs living on reserves................................	731	9,028	. . . . .	9,759
Funding to increase federal, regional and science capacity in order to
respond to the Mackenzie Gas Project and related resource
development (Mackenzie Gas Project) ( horizontal item ) ...............	5,784	911	. . . . .	6,695
Funding for the delivery of federal programs and services, including
health, to the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation ( horizontal item ) ....	. . . . .	6,570	. . . . .	6,570
Operating costs related to the Indian Specific Claims Commission.....	6,361	. . . . .	. . . . .	6,361
Funding to implement provisions of the Nunavut Land Claims
Agreement.......................................................................................	270	4,776	. . . . .	5,046
Funding for a settlement agreement with the Deh Cho First Nation
that provides direction for land, resource and governance
negotiations under the Deh Cho Process and which cooperatively
resolves issues related to the review of the Mackenzie Gas
Project ( horizontal item ) .................................................................	501	4,508	. . . . .	5,009
Funding for the operations of the National Centre for First Nations
Governance .....................................................................................	. . . . .	5,000	. . . . .	5,000
Funding for National Aboriginal organizations to prepare for and
participate in government policy processes ....................................	. . . . .	2,500	. . . . .	2,500
Interim funding in response to the Supreme Court decision in R. v.
Powley to support research, multilateral discussions, and capacity
development for Métis organizations ( horizontal item )..................	1,285	250	. . . . .	1,535
Funding to establish and maintain an Inuit Relations Secretariat to
serve as a point of contact with the federal government for Inuit
groups..............................................................................................	1,442	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,442
Funding to support the work on the future implementation of the
Claims Resolution Centre ...............................................................	661	400	. . . . .	1,061
Funding for First Nations infrastructure activities, such as upgrading
access roads, as part of the Infrastructure Canada Program ...........	. . . . .	1,007	. . . . .	1,007
Funding for the settlement and implementation of the Labrador Inuit
Land Claims Agreement ( horizontal item ) .....................................	44	297	. . . . .	341
Funding for the Municipal-Rural Infrastructure Fund that will invest
in public infrastructure projects designed to improve the quality
of life in both urban and rural communities ( horizontal item )........	274	. . . . .	. . . . .	274
Funding to modernize human resources management in the Federal
Public Service ( Public Service Modernization Act ) ( horizontal
item ) ................................................................................................	235	. . . . .	. . . . .	235
Funding related to the reform and modernization of Canada's
regulatory system in order to respond better to the needs of
citizens and to enable business innovation and growth
( horizontal item ) .............................................................................	81	. . . . .	. . . . .	81
Funding related to government advertising programs ( horizontal
item ) ................................................................................................	75	. . . . .	. . . . .	75

Total Items	87,112	221,415	13,300	321,827

Less Funds Available:
Within the Department..........................................................................	44,763	199,042	. . . . .	243,805
TB Vote 5 - Government Contingencies..............................................	. . . . .	22,373	1,400	23,773

Sub-total	44,763	221,415	1,400	267,578

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements	42,349	. . . . .	11,900	54,249



		Vote 20	Vote 25	Total

Interim funding in response to the Supreme Court decision in R. v.
Powley to support research, multilateral discussions, and capacity
development for Métis organizations ( horizontal item )..................		359	2,900	3,259
Funding to implement and expand pilot projects under the Urban
Aboriginal Strategy in up to six additional cities to respond better
to the diversity of local needs of Urban Aboriginal people ............		228	765	993
Funding for National Aboriginal organizations to prepare for and
participate in government policy processes ....................................		. . . . .	500	500
Operating budget carry forward ( horizontal item )................................		162	. . . . .	162

Total Items		749	4,165	4,914

Less Funds Available:
Within the Department..........................................................................		650	1,825	2,475
TB Vote 5 - Government Contingencies..............................................		. . . . .	1,075	1,075

Sub-total		650	2,900	3,550

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements		99	1,265	1,364

Total Governor General Special Warrant Requirements for the
Department				55,613

Transfer Payments (dollars)	Voted


Grants
Institutions
Payments to self-governing Aboriginal organizations, pursuant to comprehensive land claim agreements,
self-government agreements or treaty legislation ..............................................................................................	10,224,998

Education
Grant for Mi'kmaq Education in Nova Scotia .........................................................................................................	392,239

Northern Land and Resources
Grants to the Canadian universities and institutes for northern scientific research training..................................	364,000

Community Infrastructure
Grants to the beneficiaries or implementing bodies of comprehensive land claim agreements or comprehensive
land claim settlements .........................................................................................................................................	11,391,483

Total Transfer Payments	22,372,720

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