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$ 1 Items included in these Supplementary Estimates

Through the Supplementary Estimates, an organization can seek changes to various spending authorities originally received through parliamentary approval of the previous Supply bills for Main or Supplementary Estimates. These alterations might include requests for additional funding relating to a transfer of funds from another organization, a re-allocation or amendment of existing spending authorities, or the addition of new authorities.

Parliamentary approval of such changes is sought through an enabling Supply bill. However, in order to be included in a Supply bill, an item must have a monetary value. This is not an issue when a department is also requesting an adjustment to its appropriation. However, in the absence of any increase to the Vote, a notional amount of “$1” allows the item to be included in the Supply bill.

The authority associated with each $1 item relates to either:

1.	Approval of grants - The wording used in the Estimates to describe a grant has a legislative character and, therefore all new grants or increases to existing grants must first be approved by Parliament before any payments can be made to eligible recipients. A $1 item is included when there is no requirement for additional appropriations because the new grant or the increase to an existing grant is to be funded from within existing resources or from a transfer of funds from another organization.

2.	Vote transfers within an organization - Through Supply legislation, an organization may have received spending authorities in more than one Vote (e.g., operating expenditures Vote and capital expenditures Vote). As the fiscal year progresses, and for various reasons, the organization may need to realign its approved funding due to changes in delivery mechanisms within organizational priorities.

3.	Transfers between organizations - Transfers between organizations are used for a variety of reasons such as: to redirect funding from one organization to another in order to manage or to implement more efficiently an initiative or project; and/or to reflect new organizational responsibilities.

4.	Modify authority embedded in existing vote wording - The Supplementary Estimates can be used to amend an existing authority that is embedded in the Vote wording of an organization. Most of these authorities can be found in the non-budgetary Vote wording of organizations and are related to limits or ceilings on loans and investments. Such non-budgetary Votes are preceded by the letter “L”.

The following table captures, under each of the above categories, the instances where a $1 item is required in these Supplementary Estimates. A number of these transactions can be captured in a department's Vote wording, but will require a single $1 item. Therefore, as the following table is presented by category, there may be some departmental Votes that appear more than once despite the fact they relate to a single $1 item.

1. Approval of grants

	Vote
Organization	Number	Explanation


Citizenship and Immigration - Department	5c	To increase the grant “Grant for the Canada-Quebec
		Accord on Immigration” by $10,029,000 .

Fisheries and Oceans - Department	10c	To increase the grant “Grants to support
		organizations associated with research, development,
		management, and promotion fisheries and oceans-
		related issues” by $30,000 ; and to increase the grant
		“Grant Program for the disposal of small craft
		harbours” by $1,175,000 .

Natural Resources - Department	5c	To increase the grant “Grants in support of
		ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes” by $13,000,000 .

Transport - Department	10c	To increase the grant “EcoAUTO Rebate program”
		by $658,000.

2. Vote transfers within an organization

	Vote
Organization	Number	Explanation


Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency -	1c	To authorize the transfer of $ 456,680 from Atlantic
Department		Canada Opportunities Agency Vote 5 to support
		the write-off of debts relating to the Newfoundland
		and Labrador Development Corporation.

Canadian Heritage - Department	5c	To authorize the transfer of $4,310,000 from
		Canadian Heritage Vote 1 to support the creation of
		digital cultural content reflective of our diversity of
		cultures and heritage (Canadian Culture On-line
		Program) and to contribute to projects for minority
		language education as part of the Development of
		Official Language Communities Program.

Canadian Heritage - Canadian Broadcasting	25c	To authorize the transfer of $5,658,000 from
Corporation		Canadian Heritage Vote 15 for infrastructure
		replacements and improvements such as replacement
		of technical equipment and upgrading studios and
		control rooms for Newsworld and RDI (Réseau de
		l'information) as well as to fund capital projects such
		as improvements to regional news and weather
		systems and human resources management systems.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade -	10c	To authorize the transfer of $975,000 from Foreign
Department		Affairs and International Trade Vote 1 for the
		continuation of existing initiatives to advance
		Canada's Global Peace and Security priorities.

Fisheries and Oceans	1c	To authorize the transfer of $2,683,154 from
		Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10 to reduce the amount
		of new appropriations required.

Fisheries and Oceans	10c	To authorize the transfer of $1,360,000 from
		Fisheries and Oceans Vote 1 to support divestiture
		projects under the class grant program for Small Craft
		Harbours ($1,175,000) , to support fisheries and
		conservation enforcement capacity (Aboriginal
		Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Program)
		($100,000) , for the Small Craft Harbours Class
		Contribution Program to support Harbour Authorities
		in the Maritime, Pacific and Gulf regions ($50,000) ,
		to support organizations that research, develop,
		manage and promote fisheries and oceans-related
		issues ($30,000) , and for the support of academic
		research and development related to science priorities
		(Academic Research Contribution Program) ($5,000) .

Human Resources and Skills Development -	1c	To authorize the transfer of $15,586,562 from
Department		Human Resources and Skills Development Vote 5
		to reduce the amount of new appropriations required.

Indian Affairs and Northern Development -	10c	To authorize the transfer of $45,842,027 from Indian
Department		Affairs and Northern Development Vote 1 to fund
		additional provincial education billings for First
		Nations students, fuel price increases for diesel
		generating plants on-reserve and operating and
		maintenance of Personal Care homes ($39,515,000)
		and to provide funding related to the assessment,
		management and remediation of federal contaminated
		sites ($6,327,027) and $4,985,000 from Indian
		Affairs and Northern Development Vote 5 to fund
		additional provincial education billings for First
		Nations students, fuel price increases for diesel
		generating plants on-reserve and operating and
		maintenance of Personal Care homes.

Indian Affairs and Northern Development -	15c	To authorize the transfer of $10,000,000 from Indian
Department		Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10 to
		reduce the amount of new appropriations required.

Indian Affairs and Northern Development -	25c	To authorize the transfer of $900,000 from Indian
Department		Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10 to
		reduce the amount of new appropriations required.

Industry - Department	1c	To authorize the transfer of $ 783,565 from Industry
		Vote 10 to reduce the amount of new appropriations
		required.

Industry - Department	5c	To authorize the transfer of $ 2,040,000 from
		Industry Vote 10 to reduce the amount of new
		appropriations required.

National Defence - Department	5c	To authorize the transfer of $82,000 from National
		Defence Vote 1 for investment in the
		Interdepartmental Maritime Integrated Command,
		Control and Communication capital project.

National Defence - Department	10c	To authorize the transfer of $317,000 from National
		Defence Vote 1 to reduce the amount of new
		appropriations required.

Transport - Department	1c	To authorize the transfer of $2,954,000 from
		Transport Vote 5 to cover the operating costs of
		various dredging projects ($2,929,000) and for
		administration costs associated with the Airport
		Policing Contribution Program ($25,000) .

Transport - Department	10c	To authorize the transfer of $4,459,200 from
		Transport Vote 1 to boost Canada's commerce with
		the Asia-Pacific region, increase the Gateway's share
		of North America-bound container imports from Asia,
		and improve the efficiency and reliability of the
		Gateway for Canadian and North American exports.

Transport - Marine Atlantic Inc.	35c	To authorize the transfer of $7,000,000 from
		Transport Vote 1 for additional costs related to the
		new MV Atlantic Vision charter and the likelihood of
		not selling the ageing MV Atlantic Freighter by the
		end of the fiscal year.

Veterans Affairs	10c	To authorize the transfer of $20,000,000 from
		Veterans Affairs Vote 1 to address short term
		requirements related to grants.

3. Transfers between organizations

	Vote
Organization	Number	Explanation


Agriculture and Agri-Food - Canadian	30c	To authorize the transfer of $1,010,000 from
Food Inspection Agency		Agriculture and Agri-Food Vote 1 for program
		continuity in the implementation of the Growing
		Forward policy framework and $350,000 from
		National Defence Vote 1 for public security
		initiatives related to Chemical, Biological,
		Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology
		Initiative.

Canada Revenue Agency	1c	To authorize the transfer of $200,833 from Human
		Resources and Skills Development Vote 1 for the
		Canada Disability Savings Program to build the
		bridge between systems for the exchange of
		registration information.

Canadian Heritage - Department	5c	To authorize the transfer of $168,637 from Public
		Works and Government Services Vote 1 for the
		logistics at the Fourth Inter-American Language
		Management Seminar.

Canadian Heritage - National Arts Center	50c	To authorize the transfer of $600,000 from Canadian
Corporation		Heritage Vote 5 for the development of the BC Scene
		Festival in Ottawa, which will showcase the British
		Columbia arts community, build new export
		opportunities and encourage cultural tourism and
		$150,000 from Canadian Heritage Vote 5 to
		support the 2009 edition of the biennial theatre
		festival for professional francophone theatres in
		minority regions in Canada and internationally
		(Festival Zones Théâtrales).

Canadian Heritage - National Film Board	60c	To authorize the transfer of $750,000 from Canadian
		Heritage Vote 1 to create and broadcast an
		audiovisual production celebrating the 400th
		anniversary of Quebec.

Canadian Heritage - Status of Women -	100c	To authorize the transfer of $332,462 from Canadian
Office of the Co-ordinator		Heritage Vote 1 to fund the new Minister of State for
		Status of Women.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade -	35c	To authorize the transfer of $4,000,000 from Foreign
International Development Research Centre		Affairs and International Trade Vote 25 to conduct
		research in Africa in the areas of private sector
		development by promoting a better investment climate
		and business environment through research and
		advocacy ($2,000,000) and, health by supporting the
		development of health information capacity in
		integrated national health systems ($2,000,000) and
		$70,000 from Health Vote 40 for the Global Health
		Research Initiative to create and share knowledge to
		strengthen health systems and build global health
		research capacity in developing countries and in
		Canada.

Fisheries and Oceans	1c	To authorize the transfer of $175,695 from National
		Defence Vote 5 and $144,000 from Environment
		Vote 1 for investments in search and rescue
		coordination initiatives across Canada.

Health - Public Health Agency of Canada	40c	To authorize the transfer of $2,386,397 from Health
		Vote 1 for renewal of the Genomics Research and
		Development Initiative.

Human Resources and Skills	1c	To authorize the transfer of $1,687,000 from
Development - Department		Transport Vote 1 for the ecoAUTO Rebate Program
		which encourages Canadians to purchase fuel-efficient
		vehicles and $53,800 from Transport Vote 1
		funding to boost Canada's commerce with the Asia-
		Pacific region, increase the Gateway's share of North
		America bound container imports from Asia, and
		improve the efficiency and reliability of the Gateway
		for Canadian and North American exports.

Human Resources and Skills	10c	To authorize the transfer of $220,000 from Human
Development - Canada Industrial Relations		Resources and Skills Development Vote 5 for
Board		funding pressures relating to the relocation of the
		Vancouver and Montreal regional offices.

Indian Affairs and Northern Development -	10c	To authorize the transfer of $450,000 from
Department		Transport Vote 1 for First Nations participation in
		negotiations regarding the development of the Prince
		Rupert Port located on their asserted traditional
		territories.

National Defence - Department	1c	To authorize the transfer of $ $941,000 from Public
		Safety and Emergency Preparedness Vote 10,
		$680,000 from Public Safety and Emergency
		Preparedness Vote 50, $482,000 from Transport
		Vote 1, for public security initiatives related to the
		return of unused funding for Marine Security
		Operations Centres and $310,000 from Foreign
		Affairs and International Trade Vote 1 in support
		of the Minister's responsibilities for regional
		representation of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
		Island.

National Defence - Department	5c	To authorize the transfer of $865,000 from Health
		Vote 40 for the return of unused funding for public
		security initiatives related to the Chemical, Biological,
		Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology
		Initiative and $66,000 from Public Safety and
		Emergency Preparedness Vote 50 for unused funds
		related to investments in search and rescue
		coordination initiatives across Canada.

Public Safety and Emergency	20c	To authorize the transfer of $80,000 from National
Preparedness - Canadian Security		Defence Vote 5 for public security initiatives related
Intelligence Service		to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
		Research and Technology Initiative.

Treasury Board - Secretariat	1c	To authorize the transfer of $201,451 from Public
		Safety and Emergency Preparedness Vote 50 for
		the management of the Royal Canadian Mounted
		Police's life and disability insurance plans.

4. Modify authority embedded in existing vote wording

	Vote
Organization	Number	Explanation


Human Resources and Skills Development -	16c	To increase from $450,000,000,000 to
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation		$600,000,000,000 the limit of the aggregate
		outstanding insured amount of all insured loans by
		Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, pursuant
		to paragraph 11(b) of the National Housing Act .