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Annex
Update on Budget Implementation Vote
Extraordinary Action to Ensure Quick Implementation
Given the current economic situation and the need to expedite the funding of programs in the Economic Action Plan, the Government sought Parliament's approval for an appropriation of $3 billion in the 2009–10 Main Estimates for a new central Vote for Budget Implementation Initiatives—Treasury Board Vote 35. This exceptional and time-limited appropriation allows Treasury Board ministers to allocate funds directly to departments for immediate requirements related to budget measures in advance of Parliament's approval of the Supply for Supplementary Estimates. Funds may be allocated only up to June 30, 2009. Any unallocated funds remaining in the Vote after June 30 will lapse. The table below provides details of allocations totalling $1.9 billion, approved by Treasury Board ministers as of May 31, 2009. Amounts allocated from June 1 to June 30, 2009 will be reported in the 2009–10 Supplementary Estimates (B).
| Measures | Value |
|---|---|
| (millions of dollars) | |
| Reducing the Tax Burden for Canadians | |
| Implementation of Budget 2009 tax measures | 8.6 |
| Helping the Unemployed | |
| Strategic Training and Transition Fund | 250.0 |
| Canada Summer Jobs Program | 4.0 |
| YMCA-YWCA | 15.0 |
| Building Infrastructure to Create Jobs | |
| ecoENERGY Retrofit program | 32.5 |
| Recreational Infrastructure Canada | 91.3 |
| An improved rail system | 125.0 |
| Trans-Canada Highway—Banff | 2.1 |
| Champlain Bridge rehabilitation program | 4.3 |
| Federal Infrastructure (buildings, bridges, Manège Militaire) | 100.0 |
| Aviation security | 155.7 |
| First Nations infrastructure—health facilities | 10.0 |
| National recreational trails | 22.5 |
| Creating the Economy of Tomorrow | |
| Improving infrastructure at universities and colleges | 498.3 |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships Program | 27.9 |
| Transformation to a green energy economy—Clean Energy Fund | 10.0 |
| Industrial Research and Development Internship Program | 2.5 |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | 76.0 |
| Modernizing federal laboratories | 23.2 |
| Extending access to broadband services in rural communities | 83.7 |
| Strengthening Canada's nuclear advantage | 222.0 |
| Supporting Industries and Communities | |
| Forestry | 15.9 |
| Canadian Youth Business Foundation | 10.0 |
| Canada Business Network | 1.0 |
| Canadian Tourism Commission | 20.0 |
| Marquee festivals | 30.0 |
| Parks Canada—national historic sites and visitor facilities | 9.9 |
| First Nations child and family services | 4.1 |
| Total | 1,855.4 |
| Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. | |
