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VETERANS AFFAIRS  

       
 
Ministry Summary          





 
      These Supplementary Estimates    



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





 
 
1a   Operating expenditures, upkeep of property, including          
  engineering and other investigatory planning          
  expenses that do not add tangible value to real          
  property, taxes, insurance and maintenance of public          
  utilities; to authorize, subject to the approval of the          
  Governor in Council, necessary remedial work on          
  properties constructed under individual firm price          
  contracts and sold under the Veterans' Land Act          
  (R.S.C. 1970, c.V-4), to correct defects for which          
  neither the veteran nor the contractor can be held          
  financially responsible, and such other work on other          
  properties as may be required to protect the interest of          
  the Director therein and 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     970,553,000         (2,100,000)                   . . . . .           968,453,000  
5   Capital expenditures       22,862,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .             22,862,000  
10a   The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions,          
  provided that the amount listed for any grant may be          
  increased or decreased subject to the approval of the          
  Treasury Board   2,353,719,000                   . . . . .         29,300,000       2,383,019,000  
15a   Veterans Review and Appeal Board - Operating          
  expenditures - To authorize the transfer of          
  $2,000,000 from Veterans Affairs Vote 1,          
  Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009 for the purposes          
  of this Vote           9,573,000           2,000,000                           1             11,573,001  
(S)   Contributions to employee benefit plans       40,696,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .             40,696,000  
(S)   Minister of Veterans Affairs - Salary and motor car          
  allowance               76,422                   . . . . .                   . . . . .                     76,422  
(S)   Veterans Insurance Actuarial Liability Adjustment             175,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .                   175,000  
(S)   Repayments under section 15 of the War Service          
  Grants Act of compensating adjustments made in          
  accordance with the terms of the Veterans' Land Act          
  (R.S.C. 1970, c. V-4)               10,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .                     10,000  
(S)   Returned Soldiers Insurance Actuarial Liability          
  Adjustment               10,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .                     10,000  
(S)   Re-Establishment Credits under section 8 of the War          
  Service Grants Act (R.S.C. 1970, c. W-4)                   2,000                   . . . . .                   . . . . .                       2,000  






                  Total Ministry   3,397,676,422           (100,000)         29,300,001       3,426,876,423



VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)         

 
Veterans Affairs requests funds for the following items:          
 
Voted Appropriations   Vote 1   Vote 10   Vote 15   Total  




Funding to provide Veterans Independence Program (VIP)          
      housekeeping and grounds maintenance services to low income          
      or disabled survivors of War Veteran clients who were not in          
      receipt of VIP services when they died           . . . . .           29,300                     . . . . .               29,300  
 
Transfers          
Internal reallocation of resources - To address an operating shortfall          
      created by additional Governor in Council appointments at the          
      Veterans Review and Appeal Board         (2,000)             . . . . .                     2,000                 . . . . .  
Transfer to Foreign Affairs and International Trade - To provide          
      support to departmental staff located at missions abroad             (100)             . . . . .                     . . . . .                   (100)  




      Total Transfers         (2,100)             . . . . .                     2,000                   (100)  




These Supplementary Estimates         (2,100)           29,300                     2,000               29,200  





 
Transfer Payments (dollars)       Voted   Statutory  




                                                                      Contributions          
Contributions to veterans, under the Veterans Independence Program, to assist in defraying      
      costs of extended health care not covered by provincial health programs       29,300,000                   . . . . .  




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