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VETERANS AFFAIRS

Ministry Summary

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



1c	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	980,894,741	(20,000,000)	. . . . .	960,894,741
5	Capital expenditures	22,862,000	. . . . .	. . . . .	22,862,000
10c	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 - To authorize the transfer of
	$20,000,000 from Veterans Affairs Vote 1,
	Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009 for the purposes
	of this Vote	2,383,119,001	20,000,000	1	2,403,119,002
15a	Veterans Review and Appeal Board - Operating
	expenditures	11,755,652	. . . . .	. . . . .	11,755,652
(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	3,439,600,816	. . . . .	1	3,439,600,817

Note: The “Authorities to date” column includes items brought forward, but not yet approved in 2008-09 Supplementary Estimates (B) at the time of printing this document, as well as permanent allocations from Treasury Board Central Votes.

Explanation of Requirements (thousands of dollars)

Veterans Affairs requests funds for the following items:

Voted Appropriations	Vote 1	Vote 10	Total

Increase to the grant for Disability Awards and Allowances due to an increase in the
volume of payments	. . . . .	35,000	35,000
Funding to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission	. . . . .	240	240
Children of Deceased Veterans Education Assistance - Funding to provide assistance
for higher education for children of certain deceased members of the armed forces	. . . . .	175	175
Outreach Program to promote the Atomic Veterans Recognition Program	154	. . . . .	154

Gross Voted Appropriations	154	35,415	35,569

Funds Available
Less: Spending authorities available within the Vote	154	35,415	35,569

Total Voted Appropriations	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .

Transfers
Internal reallocation of resources - To address short term requirements related to
grants	(20,000)	20,000	. . . . .

These Supplementary Estimates	(20,000)	20,000	. . . . .

Explanation of Funds Available (dollars)

Vote 1 : $154,000 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to savings identified as part of the government's reduction of public opinion research expenditures.

Vote 10 : $35,415,000 in total authorities is available within the Vote due to reduced requirements for other home care related benefits and services ($22,415,000) and the Earnings Loss Benefit ($13,000,000).

Transfer Payments (dollars)	Voted	Statutory

Grants
Disability Awards and Allowances	55,000,000	. . . . .
Commonwealth War Graves Commission	240,000	. . . . .
Children of Deceased Veterans Education Assistance	175,000	. . . . .

Total Gross Transfer Payments	55,415,000	. . . . .
Less: Funds available within the Vote	35,415,000	. . . . .

Net Transfer Payments	20,000,000	. . . . .

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

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