Tabling of the 2009-10 Supplementary Estimates (B)
For immediate release
November 4, 2009
Backgrounder -
Supplementary Estimates (B)
Ottawa – The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury
Board, today tabled the 2009-10 Supplementary Estimates (B) in the House
of Commons.
"Through these Supplementary Estimates, the Government is one step closer to
delivering all of the Economic Action Plan stimulus funding for this fiscal year.
We're on track, thanks to the unprecedented steps taken to expedite implementation.
We're ensuring that Canadians have the support they need, when it is most needed,"
said Minister Toews.
The 2009-10 Supplementary Estimates (B) seek parliamentary authority
to spend $4.9 billion in voted budgetary expenditures of which $637.9 million is
in direct support of the implementation of the Economic Action Plan. The remaining
value of items to be approved this fiscal year, by Parliament, for Economic Action
Plan initiatives is approximately $500 million. These items will be funded through
subsequent Estimates.
The Supplementary Estimates (B) also provide information related to
$26.0 billion in statutory expenditures that have been authorized by Parliament
through enabling legislation. This amount includes $12.4 billion non-budgetary increase
for Payments to Export Development Canada as indicated in Section 23 of the
Export Development Act (Canada Account) to facilitate and develop trade between
Canada and other countries, and a $12.0 billion non-budgetary increase
for advances to the Business Development Bank of Canada with regards to the Canadian
Secured Credit Facility.
Please refer to the attached backgrounder for more details on the 2009-10
Supplementary Estimates (B).
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Overview
The 2009-10
Supplementary Estimates (B) seek Parliament's approval
of $4.9 billion in voted budgetary and voted non-budgetary expenditures
that were already planned for in Budget 2009, but were not sufficiently
developed or advanced in approvals to be included in the 2009-10 Main Estimates.
They do not represent an increase to spending included in that plan.
They also provide information to Parliament about an increase of $26.0 billion
in statutory spending (expenditures that have been authorized by Parliament through
enabling legislation). In particular, this includes a $12.4 billion non-budgetary
increase for Payments to Export Development Canada through Section 23 of the
Export Development Act (Canada Account) to facilitate and develop trade between
Canada and other countries, and a$12.0 billion non-budgetary increase for
advances to the Business Development Bank of Canada with regards to the Canadian
Secured Credit Facility.
In total, Supplementary Estimates (B) provide information on $31.0 billion in
expenditures.
Budgetary Expenditures
Budgetary expenditures include cost of servicing the public debt; operating and
capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations
or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations.
Non-Budgetary Expenditures
Non-budgetary expenditures (loans, investments and advances) are expenditures
that represent changes in the composition of the financial assets of the Government
of Canada.
Table 1 provides a financial overview of these Supplementary Estimates.
Table 1 – Total Supplementary Estimates ($ millions)
| |
Budgetary |
Non-Budgetary |
Total |
| Voted Appropriations |
4,874.2 |
48.0 |
4,922.2 |
| Statutory Authorities |
1,609.4 |
23,421.9 |
26,031.3 |
| Total |
6,483.6 |
23,469.9 |
30,953.5 |
Spending in the Supplementary Estimates is consistent with the fiscal framework
established in the September 2009 Economic and Fiscal Update.
Economic Action Plan Stimulus 2009-10
The Supplementary Estimates (B) seek Parliament's approval for $637.9 million
to fund Economic Action Plan initiatives and include information related to $2.1
billion in advance funding from Treasury Board Vote 35. Adding this to $1.5 billion
approved through Supplementary Estimates (A), the total sum of Economic Action Plan
funding through the Estimates process to date is $4.2 billion.
The remaining value of items to be approved this fiscal year, by Parliament,
for Economic Action Plan initiatives is approximately $500 million. These items
will be funded through subsequent Estimates.
The Estimates Process
These 2009-10 Supplementary Estimates (B) are fully consistent with
Budget 2009 and other decisions confirmed and approved by Cabinet. Supplementary
Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure previously
planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move forward and
meet the needs of Canadians.
Supplementary Estimates documents present information to Parliament on the Government
of Canada's spending requirements which were not sufficiently developed in time
for inclusion in the Main Estimates. They are tabled in Parliament approximately
one month in advance of the related Appropriation Act which authorizes the actual
release of funds. This period is intended to provide the various Standing Committees
of Parliament with sufficient time to review proposed spending plans before introduction
of the Appropriation Act.
Supplementary Estimates are published each year; each is identified alphabetically
(A, B, C, etc.). This is the second year in a row that the government tabled a Supplementary
Estimates (A) in mid-May to provide federal organizations with the funding they
need earlier in the year. Supplementary Estimates (B) is tabled in early November
and Supplementary Estimates (C) in mid-February if required.
The Estimates are part of the yearly
Reporting Cycle on government spending. The Budget and the Estimates, in conjunction
with the Economic and Fiscal Update, reflect the Government's annual resource planning
and allocation priorities. The subsequent reporting of financial results in the
Public Accounts of Canada, as well as in Departmental Performance Reports, help
Parliament hold the Government of Canada to account for the allocation and management
of public funds.
