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Archived - Extraordinary Action to Ensure Quick Implementation
Given the economic situation and the need to expedite 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 allowed 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 were only allocated during the period April 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2009 for cash requirements in advance of the next parliamentary Supply.
The table below provides details of the allocations totalling $2.1 billion approved by Treasury Board Ministers. The Vote has now expired and the remaining funds will lapse.
| 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 |
| Accelerating action on federal contaminated sites | 16.7 |
| Federal infrastructure (repair and restoration of
federal buildings, enhancing accessibility of federal buildings, federal bridges, Manège Militaire in Québec City) |
100.0 |
| Aviation security | 157.5 |
| First Nations infrastructure—health facilities | 10.0 |
| First Nations infrastructure—police facilities | 7.5 |
| National recreational trails | 22.5 |
| Border facilities | 3.4 |
| Creating the Economy of Tomorrow | |
| Improving infrastructure at colleges and universities | 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 |
| Canadian Space Agency | 7.0 |
| Modernizing federal laboratories | 32.3 |
| Extending access to broadband services in rural communities | 83.7 |
| Strengthening Canada's nuclear advantage | 276.0 |
| Supporting Industries and Communities | |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program | 76.0 |
| Forestry—marketing and innovation | 15.9 |
| Canadian Youth Business Foundation | 10.0 |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 145.0 |
| Canada Business Network | 1.0 |
| Canadian Tourism Commission | 20.0 |
| Promoting energy development in Canada's North | 16.6 |
| Marquee festivals | 30.0 |
| Parks Canada—national historic sites and visitor facilities | 9.9 |
| First Nations child and family services | 4.1 |
| Total | 2,116.5 |
