Appropriation Act No. 1, 2017–18 (S.C. 2017, c. 2)
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Assented to 2017-03-30
Appropriation Act No. 1, 2017–18
S.C. 2017, c. 2
Assented to 2017-03-30
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018
SUMMARY
This enactment grants the sum of $30,140,965,114.44 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 that are not otherwise provided for.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,
Preamble
Whereas it appears by message from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, 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, 2018, 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 Queen’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. 1, 2017–18.
Marginal note:$30,140,965,114.44 granted for 2017–18
2 There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $30,140,965,114.44 towards defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, not otherwise provided for, which is the total of the following amounts:
(a) $17,753,541,673.25, which is three twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items set out in the Proposed Schedules 1 and 2 set out in the Annex to the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, except for those items set out in Schedules 1.1 to 1.5 to this Act;
(b) $1,237,500,000.00, which is eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in those Estimates set out in Schedule 1.1 to this Act;
(c) $1,376,303,147.92, which is seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in those Estimates set out in Schedule 1.2 to this Act;
(d) $1,547,065,649.50, which is six twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in those Estimates set out in Schedule 1.3 to this Act;
(e) $552,235,743.76, which is five twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in those Estimates set out in Schedule 1.4 to this Act; and
(f) $7,674,318,900.01, which is four twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in those Estimates set out in Schedule 1.5 to this Act.
Marginal note:Purpose of each item
3 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:Commitments
4 (1) Where an item in the Estimates referred to in section 2 confers authority to enter into commitments up to an amount stated in those Estimates or increases the amount up to which commitments may be entered into under any other Act, or where a commitment is to be entered into under subsection (2), the commitment may be entered into in accordance with the terms of that item or in accordance with that subsection if the amount of the commitment proposed to be entered into, together with all previous commitments entered into in accordance with this section or under that other Act, does not exceed the total amount of the commitment authority stated in that item or calculated in accordance with that subsection.
Marginal note:Commitment limits — revenue-spending authority
(2) Where an item in the Estimates referred to in section 2 or a provision of any Act confers authority to spend revenues, commitments may be entered into in accordance with the terms of that item or provision up to an amount equal to the aggregate of
Marginal note:Adjustments in accounts of Canada — section 2 amounts
5 Subject to section 6, an appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and referred to in section 2 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.
Marginal note:Adjustments in accounts of Canada — Schedule 2
6 (1) An appropriation that is granted by this Act or any other Act and set out in Schedule 2 may be charged after the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted at any time before the day on which the Public Accounts for that second fiscal year are tabled in Parliament, for the purpose of making adjustments in the accounts of Canada for that second fiscal year that do not require payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Marginal note:Order of payment
(2) Despite any other provision of this Act, amounts appropriated by this Act and set out in Schedule 2 may be paid and applied at any time on or before March 31, 2019, so long as every payment is charged first against the relevant amount appropriated under any Act that is earliest in time until that amount is exhausted, next against the relevant amount appropriated under any other Act, including this Act, that is next in time until that amount is exhausted and so on. The balance of amounts so appropriated by this Act that have not been charged, subject to the adjustments referred to in section 37 of the Financial Administration Act, lapse at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
SCHEDULE 1.1
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $1,237,500,000.00, which is eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Government Contingencies – Authority granted to the Treasury Board to supplement any other appropriation for the fiscal year – Authority granted to the Treasury Board to provide for miscellaneous, urgent or unforeseen expenditures not otherwise provided for — including grants and contributions that are not listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year, and any increase to the amount of a grant that is listed in those Estimates — as long as those expenditures are within the legal mandate of the departments or other organizations for which the expenditures are made – Authority to reuse any sums allotted and repaid to this appropriation from other appropriations | 750,000,000 | 687,500,000.00 |
30 | Paylist Requirements – Authority granted to the Treasury Board to supplement any other appropriation for the fiscal year for
| 600,000,000 | 550,000,000.00 |
1,350,000,000 | 1,237,500,000.00 |
SCHEDULE 1.2
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $1,376,303,147.92, which is seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | – Program expenditures | 3,956,267 | 2,307,822.42 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 37,939,524 | 22,131,389.00 |
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10 | – Contributions, in the form of monetary payments or the provision of goods or services | 2,116,553,920 | 1,234,656,453.33 |
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10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 200,927,114 | 117,207,483.17 |
2,359,376,825 | 1,376,303,147.92 |
SCHEDULE 1.3
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $1,547,065,649.50, which is six twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | – Program expenditures – Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act | 52,628,925 | 26,314,462.50 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – Contributions – 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 | 30,640,824 | 15,320,412.00 |
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5 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 1,846,494,791 | 923,247,395.50 |
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1 | – 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
– 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 234,300,919 | 117,150,459.50 |
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5 | – Capital expenditures | 523,659,656 | 261,829,828.00 |
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1 | – Program expenditures | 847,634 | 423,817.00 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – 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 including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act | 405,558,550 | 202,779,275.00 |
3,094,131,299 | 1,547,065,649.50 |
SCHEDULE 1.4
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $552,235,743.76, which is five twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | – Payments to the Council to be used for the furtherance of the objects set out in section 8 of the Canada Council for the Arts Act | 257,347,387 | 107,228,077.92 |
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5 | – Capital expenditures | 49,256,401 | 20,523,500.42 |
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5 | – Capital expenditures | 122,419,635 | 51,008,181.25 |
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5 | – Capital expenditures | 11,234,609 | 4,681,087.08 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – Authority to expend revenues that it receives in the fiscal year arising from its activities | 42,510,256 | 17,712,606.67 |
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1 | – Payments to the corporation in respect of the costs of its management – Payments to the corporation for capital expenditures – Payments to the corporation for transportation services, including the water transportation services between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador and related vessels, terminals and infrastructure | 76,545,000 | 31,893,750.00 |
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1 | – 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 the sale of products, inspection services and the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act | 322,134,984 | 134,222,910.00 |
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1 | – Program 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 the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act and from its other activities – 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 222,912,616 | 92,880,256.67 |
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1 | – Payments to the corporation in respect of the costs of its management – Payments to the corporation for capital expenditures – Payments to the corporation for the provision of rail passenger services in Canada in accordance with contracts entered into pursuant to subparagraph (c)(i) of Transport Vote 52d, Appropriation Act No. 1, 1977 | 221,004,897 | 92,085,373.75 |
1,325,365,785 | 552,235,743.76 |
SCHEDULE 1.5
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $7,674,318,900.01, which is four twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | – Payments to the Authority for operating and capital expenditures | 584,584,214 | 194,861,404.67 |
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1 | – Operating expenditures – Contributions | 525,744,799 | 175,248,266.33 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 20,963,206 | 6,987,735.33 |
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10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 60,966,000 | 20,322,000.00 |
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5 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 1,210,058,005 | 403,352,668.33 |
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10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions, including the provision of goods and services | 1,170,171,545 | 390,057,181.67 |
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1 | – 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 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 892,342,724 | 297,447,574.67 |
5 | – Capital expenditures – Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment the operation, control and ownership of which
– Expenditures on buildings, works, land and equipment that are on other than federal property – Authority to make recoverable expenditures on roads and related works in amounts not exceeding the shares of provincial governments of expenditures | 44,496,010 | 14,832,003.33 |
10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 8,966,692,676 | 2,988,897,558.67 |
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1 | – 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
– 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 356,511,722 | 118,837,240.67 |
10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions | 2,038,304,873 | 679,434,957.67 |
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1 | – Operating expenditures for the provision of accommodation, common and central services – Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan, the Employment Insurance Act and the Seized Property Management Act – Authority to expend revenues received during the fiscal year arising from accommodation, common and central services – 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 including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act – 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 2,134,161,650 | 711,387,216.67 |
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1 | – Operating expenditures – Authority for the Minister of the Environment to engage consultants as required by different Boards at the remuneration that those Boards determine – 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 and from the provision of services or the sale of information products arising from the operations of the department funded from this Vote, including
– 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 700,976,667 | 233,658,889.00 |
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1 | – Program expenditures, including payments in respect of the cost of operating Members’ constituency offices – Contributions – Authority to expend revenues that it receives during the fiscal year arising from its activities | 318,131,715 | 106,043,905.00 |
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5 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year | 1,156,971,837 | 385,657,279.00 |
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1 | – Program expenditures, including operating expenditures of Commissions of Inquiry not otherwise provided for and the operation of the Prime Minister’s residence – 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 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 — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, as adjusted under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State | 129,915,146 | 43,305,048.67 |
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1 | – Program 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 the provision of staffing, assessment and counselling services and products and the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act | 72,137,719 | 24,045,906.33 |
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1 | – 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 related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act | 1,888,011,496 | 629,337,165.33 |
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5 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year | 751,814,696 | 250,604,898.67 |
23,022,956,700 | 7,674,318,900.01 |
SCHEDULE 2
Based on the Main Estimates 2017–18, the amount granted is $1,520,589,762.75, which is three twelfths of the total of the amounts of the items in the Main Estimates that are set out in this schedule.
Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 that may be charged to that fiscal year and the following fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 and the purposes for which they are granted.
| Vote No. | Items | Amount in Main Estimates ($) | Interim Appropriation Granted by this Act ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 | – 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 | 1,388,555,431 | 347,138,857.75 |
5 | – Capital expenditures | 202,466,241 | 50,616,560.25 |
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1 | – Operating expenditures – Contributions – Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act | 3,173,383,552 | 793,345,888.00 |
5 | – Capital expenditures – Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act | 59,363,678 | 14,840,919.50 |
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1 | – Program expenditures – Capital expenditures – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions, including | 1,258,090,149 | 314,522,537.25 |
5 | – Amounts credited to the New Parks and Historic Sites Account for the purposes specified in subsection 21(3) of the Parks Canada Agency Act | 500,000 | 125,000.00 |
6,082,359,051 | 1,520,589,762.75 |
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