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INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Ministry Summary

      These Supplementary Estimates    
   


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





 
 
  Department            
1b    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;           
  ( 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; and           
  ( d ) 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 $265,174,248 from Indian Affairs and          
  Northern Development Vote 55, $3,158,015 from          
  Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 50,          
  $3,000,000 from Indian Affairs and Northern          
  Development Vote 20, $2,000,000 from Indian          
  Affairs and Northern Development Vote 25, and          
  $183,333 from Indian Affairs and Northern          
  Development Vote 10, Appropriation Act No. 2,          
  2008-2009 for the purposes of this Vote and to          
  provide a further amount of    887,740,614    264,782,263     45,510,835     1,198,033,712   
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    22,739,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     22,739,000   
7b   To increase from $1,700,000,000 to $2,200,000,000           
  the amount of loans that the Minister of Indian Affairs          
  and Northern Development may guarantee pursuant          
  to Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 5,           
  Appropriation Act No. 3, 1972   . . . . .    . . . . .        1   







 

148 SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES (B), 2008-09


INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Ministry Summary

      These Supplementary Estimates    
   


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





 
 
10b    The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions -          
  To authorize the transfer of $9,767,027 from Indian          
  Affairs and Northern Development Vote 60, $420,600           
  from National Defence Vote 1, $25,000 from          
  Fisheries and Oceans Vote 1, $25,000 from Health          
  Vote 1, and $25,000 from Industry Vote 55,          
  Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009 for the purposes           
  of this Vote and to provide a further amount of   5,618,086,204    9,357,037     66,177,945     5,693,621,186   
15b    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 - To authorize the transfer of          
  $8,500,000 from Indian Affairs and Northern          
  Development Vote 1, Appropriation Act No. 2,          
  2008-2009 for the purposes of this Vote and to          
  provide a further amount of    27,600,000    8,500,000     10,000,000     46,100,000   
20b    Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and          
  non-Status Indians - Operating expenditures   8,734,801    (3,000,000)     3,833,850     9,568,651   
25b    Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and          
  non-Status Indians - Contributions    23,444,001    (2,000,000)     8,000,000     29,444,001   
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    52,356,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     52,356,000   
(S)    Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern           
  Development - Salary and motor car allowance   76,422    . . . . .     . . . . .     76,422   
(S)    Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to          
  receive claim settlement payments pursuant to          
  Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts    74,316,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     74,316,000   
(S)    Grant to the Nunatsiavut Government for the          
  implementation of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims          
  Agreement pursuant to the Labrador Inuit Land          
  Claims Agreement Act   17,987,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     17,987,000   
(S)    Liabilities in respect of loan guarantees made to           
  Indians for Housing and Economic Development   2,000,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     2,000,000   
(S)    Payments to comprehensive claim beneficiaries in          
  compensation for resource royalties    1,472,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     1,472,000   
(S)    Indian Annuities Treaty payments    1,400,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     1,400,000   
(S)    Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury          
  Disability Board    15,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     15,000   
     

 
                  Total budgetary    6,737,967,042    277,639,300     133,522,631     7,149,128,973   
L30bLoans 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    25,903,000    . . . . .     14,000,000     39,903,000   
L35    Loans to First Nations in British Columbia for the           
  purpose of supporting their participation in the British          
  Columbia Treaty Commission process    34,600,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     34,600,000   
     

 
                  Total non-budgetary    60,503,000    . . . . .     14,000,000     74,503,000   
     

 
 
                  Total Department    6,798,470,042    277,639,300     147,522,631     7,223,631,973   
  Canadian Polar Commission          
40    Program expenditures and contributions    953,449    . . . . .     . . . . .     953,449   
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    71,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     71,000   
     

 
                  Total Agency    1,024,449    . . . . .     . . . . .     1,024,449   
  First Nations Statistical Institute          
45    Payments to the First Nations Statistical Institute for          
  operating expenditures    4,300,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     4,300,000   
     

 
                  Total Agency    4,300,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     4,300,000   
  Indian Residential Schools Truth and          
        Reconciliation Commission Secretariat            
47b   Operating expenditures    . . . . .    . . . . .     58,373,000     58,373,000   
     

 
                  Total Agency    . . . . .    . . . . .     58,373,000     58,373,000   
  Indian Specific Claims Commission          
50b    Program expenditures    4,173,800    (3,158,015)     3,957,498     4,973,283   
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    362,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     362,000   
     

 
                  Total Agency    4,535,800    (3,158,015)     3,957,498     5,335,283   
  Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of            
        Canada            
55b    Operating expenditures    275,726,000    (265,174,248)     . . . . .     10,551,752   
60b    Contributions    10,000,000    (9,767,027)     . . . . .     232,973   
(S)    Contributions to employee benefit plans    8,969,000    . . . . .     . . . . .     8,969,000   
     

 
                  Total Agency    294,695,000    (274,941,275)     . . . . .     19,753,725   
     
   
                  Total Ministry    7,103,025,291    (459,990)     209,853,129     7,312,418,430   







Notes:

Order in Council P.C. 2008-0793 establishes the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission and specifies its mandate, effective June 1, 2008.

Order in Council P.C. 2008-0805 amalgamates and combines the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development under the Minister and Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, effective June 1, 2008.

 


Department

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)  

Indian Affairs and Northern Development requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations     Vote 1     Vote 7     Vote 10     Vote 15     Total    
 




Funding for out-of-court settlements    39,462    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    39,462   
Funding for prevention-focussed enhancements to            
      the First Nations Child and Family Services             
      Program in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan to            
      produce a more secure and stable family            
      environment for children on reserve   . . . . .    . . . . .    21,000    . . . . .    21,000   
Funding to improve access to Aboriginal business            
      financing through the implementation of a            
      Loan Loss Reserve and Major Resource            
      Development and Energy Investments under            
      the Aboriginal Business Development            
      Program    1,126    . . . . .    18,700    . . . . .    19,826   
Funding to support the implementation of new            
      accountability initiatives and tripartite            
      partnership initiatives for First Nations            
      education    2,841    . . . . .    13,814    . . . . .    16,655   
Funding to provide continued support to resolve            
      comprehensive land claims negotiations            
      outside British Columbia ( horizontal item )    4,389    . . . . .    7,530    . . . . .    11,919   
Funding to address increased costs of the            
      Northern Air Stage Food Mail Program to            
      deliver healthy foods to isolated communities   . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    10,000    10,000   
Funding for the First Nations Infrastructure Fund             
      to improve quality of life and the environment            
      for First Nations    . . . . .    . . . . .    3,498    . . . . .    3,498   
Funding to coordinate overall government policy            
      and operations in relation to the Mackenzie             
      Gas Project ( horizontal item )   1,380    . . . . .    500    . . . . .    1,880   
Funding for implementation of the Settlement            
      Agreement between Canada and the             
      Federation of Newfoundland Indians to enroll             
      eligible Mi'kmaq of Newfoundland and            
      establish them as a non-reserve Band and to             
      implement programs triggered by the            
      establishment of a Band    471    . . . . .    829    . . . . .    1,300   
Funding to establish, develop, and operate federal             
      protected areas in the Northwest Territories             
      ( horizontal item )    842    . . . . .    187    . . . . .    1,029   
Funding to increase the grant for Mi'kmaq            
      Education in Nova Scotia due to incremental             
      operating and maintenance costs for newly            
      constructed schools    . . . . .    . . . . .    295    . . . . .    295   
Funding to support negotiations conducted by the            
      British Columbia Treaty Commission    . . . . .    . . . . .    120    . . . . .    120   
To increase from $1,700,000,000 to             
      $2,200,000,000 the amount of loans that the             
      Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern            
      Development may guarantee pursuant to            
      Indian Affairs and Northern Development            
      Vote 5, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1972   . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .   
 




      Gross Voted Appropriations    50,511    . . . . .    66,473    10,000    126,984   
 




Funds Available              
Less: Spending authorities available within the            
      Vote    5,000    . . . . .    295    . . . . .    5,295   
 




      Total Voted Appropriations   45,511     . . . . .     66,178     10,000     121,689    







 
Transfers     Vote 1     Vote 7     Vote 10     Vote 15     Total    
 




Transfer from the Office of Indian Residential            
      Schools Resolution of Canada - As a result of            
      the amalgamation of the Office of Indian            
      Residential Schools Resolution with Indian            
      Affairs and Northern Development    265,174    . . . . .    9,767    . . . . .    274,941   
Internal reallocation of resources - For the            
      reimbursement of the temporary loan provided             
      to support activities under the Effective            
      Management of Métis Aboriginal Rights            
      initiative which continues the activities            
      initiated under Beyond Powley: Management            
      of Métis Aboriginal Rights initiative   5,000    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    5,000   
Transfer from Indian Specific Claims             
      Commission - To repay an advance that has            
      allowed the Indian Specific Claims             
      Commission to continue its operations since             
      April 1, 2008    3,158    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    3,158   
Transfer from National Defence - To provide for            
      the First Nations management costs related to            
      the clean up of Unexploded Explosive            
      Ordnance contaminated sites    . . . . .    . . . . .    396    . . . . .    396   
Transfer from National Defence ($25), Fisheries            
      and Oceans ($25), National Research Council             
      of Canada ($25) and Health ($25) - For the            
      Northern Scientific Training Program   . . . . .    . . . . .    100    . . . . .    100   
Internal reallocation of resources - For increased             
      costs of the Northern Air Stage Food Mail            
      Program    (8,500)    . . . . .    . . . . .    8,500    . . . . .   
Internal reallocation of resources - To implement             
      the Peguis First Nation Treaty Entitlement            
      Agreement    183    . . . . .    (183)    . . . . .    . . . . .   
Transfer to Canadian Heritage - To promote            
      public awareness and community participation             
      in National Aboriginal Day events    (80)    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    (80)   
Transfer to Canadian Heritage - For the Programs            
      and Services Transfer Agreements on            
      Aboriginal Languages    . . . . .    . . . . .    (105)    . . . . .    (105)   
Transfer to Environment - To support research            
      activities during the International Polar Year   (153)    . . . . .    . . . . .    . . . . .    (153)   
Transfer to Human Resources and Skills             
      Development - For the Kativik Regional            
      Government to streamline the delivery of            
      youth programming    . . . . .    . . . . .    (617)    . . . . .    (617)   
 




      Total Transfers     264,782     . . . . .     9,358     8,500     282,640    
 




These Supplementary Estimates   310,293     . . . . .     75,535     18,500     . . . . .    







 
Voted Appropriations     Vote 20     Vote 25     Vote L30     Total    
 



Funding to provide continued support to resolve          
      comprehensive land claims negotiations          
      outside British Columbia ( horizontal item )    . . . . .    . . . . .    14,000    14,000   
Funding to support bilateral and tripartite          
      processes and ongoing activities under the          
      Beyond Powley: Management of Métis           
      Aboriginal Rights initiative ( horizontal item )    3,834    8,000    . . . . .    11,834   
 



      Total Voted Appropriations   3,834     8,000     14,000     25,834    
 



Transfers            
Internal reallocation of resources - For the          
      reimbursement of the temporary loan provided           
      for cash management purposes to support          
      activities under the Effective Management of           
      Métis Aboriginal Rights initiative which          
      continues the activities initiated under Beyond          
      Powley: Management of Métis Aboriginal          
      Rights initiative    (3,000)    (2,000)    . . . . .    (5,000)   
 



These Supplementary Estimates   834     6,000     14,000     425,163    






Explanation of Funds Available (dollars)

Vote 1 : $5,000,000 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to unused funding earmarked for out-of-court settlements.

Vote 10 : $294,903 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to reduced contribution requirements for Community Infrastructure in order to increase grants for Education in Nova Scotia.

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

Transfer Payments (dollars)   Voted     Statutory    



                                                                              Grants      
Grants for Mi'kmaq Education in Nova Scotia   294,903                    . . . . .   
Grant for the advancement of scientific knowledge of the North    100,000                    . . . . .   



Total Gross Grants     394,903                     . . . . .  
                                                                        Contributions      
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in       
      social development    21,000,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions under the Aboriginal Business Canada Program    18,700,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions to provide elementary and secondary programs and services to Indians living       
      on reserve and Inuit    13,813,770                    . . . . .   
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution Program   8,000,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions to support the negotiation process for comprehensive, specific, and special       
      claims and self-government initiatives   5,620,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions for former students, their families, communities and groups of individuals       
      for the purpose of facilitating regional or national Commemoration projects that       
      address the Indian Residential Schools experience and provide the opportunity to share       
      the initiative with family and community   5,000,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions for eligible Aboriginal or other recipients for the purpose of providing       
      advocacy and public education on a diverse range of issues related to the Indian       
      Residential Schools Settlement Agreement   3,788,182                    . . . . .   
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in       
      capital facilities and maintenance    3,498,117                    . . . . .   
Contributions to First Nations, their organizations, provinces and third parties for Interim       
      Measures and British Columbia Treaty Related Measures    2,030,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions for Groups of Indian Residential School survivors who wish to resolve their       
      claim as a group under the Independent Assessment Process    978,845                    . . . . .   
Contributions to Indian Bands for registration administration    828,558                    . . . . .   
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying public services in       
      economic development    500,000                    . . . . .   
Contributions to First Nations for the management of contaminated sites    395,600                    . . . . .   
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the       
      North's natural resources    187,500                    . . . . .   



Total Gross Contributions   84,340,572                     . . . . .  



Total Gross Transfer Payments   84,735,475                     . . . . .  
Less: Funds available within the Vote   294,903                    . . . . .   
Less: Funds transferred to another Vote   2,905,590                    . . . . .   



Net Transfer Payments     81,534,982                     . . . . .  





Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission Secretariat

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission Secretariat requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations     Vote 47    
 
Funding to support the implementation and operations of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation    
      Commission Secretariat          58,373    


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

Indian Specific Claims Commission

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Indian Specific Claims Commission requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations     Vote 50    
 
Funding required to complete the mandate of the Commission    3,632   
Funding for additional operating requirements to cover increased workload related to the production of inquiry     
      reports    325   
 
      Total Voted Appropriations   3,957    
 
Transfers      
Transfer to Indian Affairs and Northern Development - To repay an advance that has allowed the Indian Specific    
      Claims Commission to continue its operations since April 1, 2008    (3,158)   
 
These Supplementary Estimates   799    


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

Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada - No additional funding being requested

Transfers     Vote 55     Vote 60     Total    
 


Transfer to Indian Affairs and Northern Development - As a result of the         
      amalgamation of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution with Indian         
      Affairs and Northern Development      (265,174)     (9,767)     (274,941)    




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