Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act
S.C. 2020, c. 12, s. 10
Assented to 2020-10-02
An Act to authorize the making of payments in relation to public health events of national concern
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Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act.
Public Health Event of National Concern
Marginal note:Payments — public health event of national concern (COVID-19)
2 Subject to section 3, there may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of a federal minister and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Health obtained no later than September 30, 2020, all money required to do anything in relation to the measures specified in the schedule in respect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been determined by the Minister of Health to be a public health event of national concern.
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3 The total of all payments made under section 2 after September 30, 2020, in respect of a measure specified in the schedule, must not exceed the amount specified in the schedule for that measure.
SCHEDULE(Sections 2 and 3)
Payment Limits
Measure | Limits (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020) ($ millions) (cash basis) |
|---|---|
Protecting Health and Safety | |
– COVID-19 Response Fund | 34 |
– Funding for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Supplies | 869 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for Federal Investments in Testing, Contact Tracing and Data Management | 642 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for PPE (Public Health Agency of Canada) | 1,811 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for PPE (Public Services and Procurement Canada) | 150 |
– PPE and Related Equipment Support for Essential Workers (Public Services and Procurement Canada) | 150 |
– Support for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada | 18 |
– Medical Research, Countermeasures, Vaccine Funding and Developments, Border and Travel Measures and Isolation Sites | 4,449 |
– Bio-manufacturing Capacity Expansion – National Research Council Royalmount Facility | 34 |
– Consular Assistance for Canadians Abroad | 16 |
– Virtual Care and Mental Health Tools for Canadians | 116 |
– Enhancing Public Health Measures in Indigenous Communities | 111 |
– Personal Support Worker Training and Other Measures to Address Labour Shortages in Long-Term and Home Care | 13 |
Support for Individuals | |
– Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) | 3,000 |
– Supporting Provincial and Territorial Job Training Efforts as Part of COVID-19 Economic Recovery | 1,500 |
– Ensuring Access to Canada Revenue Agency Call Centres | 90 |
– Canada Revenue Agency Funding for COVID-19 Economic Measures | 61 |
Support for Students and Recent Graduates | |
– Youth Employment and Skills Development Programs | 262 |
– Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) | 140 |
Support for Seniors | |
– New Horizons for Seniors Program expansion | 9 |
Support for Vulnerable Groups | |
– Indigenous Community Support Fund | 250 |
– Supporting a Safe Restart in Indigenous Communities | 302 |
– Addressing Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19 | 50 |
– Support for People experiencing Homelessness (through Reaching Home) | 9 |
– Additional Support for Canadians Experiencing Homelessness during COVID-19 | 237 |
– Rapid Housing Initiative | 504 |
– Supporting Children and Youth (Kids Help Phone) | 2 |
– Additional Support for Food Banks | 50 |
– Support for Charities and Non-Profits Serving Vulnerable People | 74 |
– Support for Persons with Disabilities (Opportunities Fund) | 15 |
– Support for Veterans’ Organizations | 20 |
Support for Businesses | |
– Alternative Credit Support for Businesses Unable to Access other Emergency Measures (RDAs, Community Futures Network, Futurpreneur Canada, Innovation Assistance Program) | 74 |
– Targeted Extension of the Innovation Assistance Program | 125 |
– Regional Relief and Recovery Fund Top-Up | 328 |
– Support for fish and seafood processors | 13 |
– Supporting Canada’s farmers, food businesses, and food supply | 23 |
– Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance | 1,184 |
– Granville Island Emergency Relief Fund | 6 |
– Support for the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited | 1 |
Support for Sectors | |
– Addressing the Outbreak of COVID-19 among Temporary Foreign Workers on Farms | 20 |
– Support for Food System Firms that Hire Temporary Foreign Workers (including Labour Market Impact Assessment adjustments) | 34 |
– Support for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations | 17 |
– Support for Fish Harvesters | 151 |
– Support for the Academic Research Community | 126 |
– Support for the Audiovisual Industry | 50 |
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