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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.