Appropriation Act No. 3, 2023–24 (S.C. 2023, c. 25)

• Published date: 27 October 2023
• Date: 22 June 2023
• Gazette Issue: 1 - [object Object]
• Section: Part III - Acts of Parliament

S.C. 2023, c. 25

Assented to 2023-06-22

An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024

SUMMARY

This enactment grants the sum of $20,478,605,110 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 that are not otherwise provided for.

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

Preamble

Whereas it appears by message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and the Estimates accompanying that message, that the sums mentioned below are required to defray certain expenses of the federal public administration, not otherwise provided for, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, and for other purposes connected with the federal public administration;

May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, that:

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act No. 3, 2023–24.

Marginal note:$20,478,605,110 granted for 2023–24

2 There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $20,478,605,110 towards defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, not otherwise provided for, which is the total of the amounts of the items set out in the Supplementary Estimates (A) for that fiscal year as set out in the schedule.

Marginal note:Transfers of appropriations

3 The transfers of appropriations set out in the Estimates referred to in section 2 are deemed to have been authorized on April 1, 2023.

Marginal note:Purpose of each item

• 4 (1) The amount authorized by this Act to be paid in respect of an item may be paid only for the purposes, and subject to any terms and conditions, specified in the item.

• Marginal note:Effective date

  (2) The provisions of each item set out in the schedule are deemed to have effect as of April 1, 2023.

Marginal note:Adjustments in accounts of Canada

5 An appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and referred to in the schedule may be charged after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted at any time before the day on which the Public Accounts for that fiscal year are tabled in Parliament, for the purpose of making adjustments in the accounts of Canada for that fiscal year that do not require payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

SCHEDULE

Based on the Supplementary Estimates (A), 2023–24, the amount granted is $20,478,605,110, which is the total of the amounts of the items set out in this Schedule.

Sums granted to His Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 and the purposes for which they are granted.

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	2,078,192
5a	–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions	92,150,000
94,228,192
CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement
1a	–    Payments to reimburse the Corporation for the amounts of loans forgiven, grants, contributions and expenditures made, and losses, costs and expenses incurred, (a) under the National Housing Act; or (b) in the course of the exercise of powers or the carrying out of duties or functions conferred on the Corporation under any other Act of Parliament, in accordance with the Corporation’s authority under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act	1,003,722,430
1,003,722,430
CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT SECURITY AUTHORITY Administration canadienne de la sûreté du transport aérien
1a	–    Payments to the Authority for operating and capital expenditures	468,300,000
468,300,000
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions	12,741,849
5a	–    Capital expenditures	83,314
12,825,163
CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION Station canadienne de recherche dans l’Extrême-Arctique
1a	–    Program expenditures –    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions	4,877,403
4,877,403
CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
5a	–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year	5,794,000
5,794,000
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY Office des transports du Canada
1a	–    Program expenditures	16,710,766
16,710,766
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from (a) collaborative research agreements and research services; (b) the grazing and breeding activities of the Community Pasture Program; (c) the administration of the AgriStability program; and (d) the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act –    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	177,272,407
5a	–    Capital expenditures	7,932,200
10a	–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions	342,410,750
527,615,357
DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE Ministère du Patrimoine canadien
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from (a) the activities of the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office; (b) activities undertaken under the Capital Experience Program; and (c) the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act –    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	7,475,093
5a	–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions	11,000,000
18,475,093
DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION Ministère de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year from the provision of services related to International Experience Canada — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the provision of those services –    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	531,728,308
10a	–    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions, including the provision of goods and services	59,151,730
590,880,038
DEPARTMENT OF CROWN-INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS Ministère des Relations Couronne-Autochtones et des Affaires du Nord
1a	–    Operating expenditures –    Expenditures on works, buildings and equipment –    Authority to make expenditures — recoverable or otherwise — on work performed on property that is not federal property and on services provided in respect of that property –    Authority to provide, in respect of Indian and Inuit economic development activities, for the capacity development for Indians and Inuit and the furnishing of materials and equipment –    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 –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act –    The payment to each member of the King’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 — paid annually or pro rata for...