Authorities available from previous years

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Appendix 3 provides the detail of all authorities (budgetary and non-budgetary) available from previous years, by ministry. The budgetary authorities related to the spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets are excluded from this appendix. Details of such authorities are shown in Appendix 5.

Appendix 3
Authorities available from previous years
(in dollars)
Section Vote Department or agency Amount
2   Agriculture and Agri-Food
  Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Link to footnote S Farm Products Agencies Act, section 28
Grants to enable the agency to meet initial operating and establishment expenses for each agency. The total authorized limit in accordance with sub-section 28(2) of the Act is $1,000,000 less the total authority used up to the end of the 1993-94 fiscal year of $400,000 600,000
Link to footnote S Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Revolving Fund—Revolving Funds Act, section 2
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $2,000,000 at any time 11,786,099
  Canadian Dairy Commission
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Canadian Dairy Commission Act, section 16
At the request of the Commission, the Minister of Finance may, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, make loans to the Commission on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council for the purpose of exercising any of the powers of the Commission as described in paragraphs 9(1)(a) and (b) to deal in any dairy product, make payments for price stabilization, investigate production, processing or marketing matters, assist in the promotion and improvement of dairy products, and other acts necessary or incidental to the Commission's power and functions. The total amount of loans outstanding at any time, as last amended by Vote 50a, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1975, shall not exceed $300,000,000 (Net) 204,332,496
  Canadian Grain Commission
Link to footnote S Canadian Grain Commission Revolving Fund—Appropriation Act No. 4, 1994-95
To spend for the purposes of the Fund any revenues received in respect of those purposes and the aggregate of expenditures made for the purpose of the Fund shall not at any time exceed by more than $2,000,000 the revenues received in respect of the purpose of the Fund; decrease of authority as per Vote 36b, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2001–2002 130,677,136
  Farm Credit Canada
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Farm Credit Canada Act
Subsection 11(1). At the request of the Corporation, the Minister of Finance may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, pay to the Corporation, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $1,250,000,000 and the money paid constitutes part of the capital of the Corporation (Net) 6,667,000
Subsection 12(3). The Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister of Finance, borrow money by any means, and, at the request of the Corporation, the Minister of Finance may, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, lend money to the Corporation on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council. The aggregate amount outstanding of the principal amounts borrowed by the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1) and the principal of loans made to the Corporation under subsection (2) shall not at any time exceed twelve times the capital of the Corporation (Net) 43,453,464,000
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 143,063,235
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 43,664,463,496
3   Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
  National Film Board
Link to footnote S National Film Board Revolving Fund—Revolving Funds Act, section 12
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, the interim financing of operation costs, the acquisition of capital assets and can record the increase in the net book value of capital assets against the authority, which provides that the aggregate of admissible working capital and net book value of capital assets is not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time; decrease of authority as per Vote 86b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 5,207,716
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 5,207,716
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
4   Crown-Indigenous Relations
  Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Link to footnote L40 Appropriation Act No. 3, 1975
Loans to the Government of the Yukon Territory in the current and subsequent fiscal years, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Governor in Council for making of second mortgage loans to residents of the Territory for the purchase or construction of houses in the Territory under the National Housing Act. The undisbursed balance of loans authorized is $320,000 (Gross) 305,503
Link to footnote L55 Appropriation Act No. 3, 1953
To authorize and provide for a continuing special account to be known as the Inuit loan fund from which loans or investments may be made to or in respect of individual or groups of Inuit to promote the commercial activities thereof as established by Vote 546, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1953. The amount that may be outstanding at any time as last amended by Vote 37b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1995-96 not to exceed $6,633,697 (Net) 6,550,860
Link to footnote L81a Appropriation Act No. 4, 1969
To authorize in the current and subsequent fiscal years, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Governor in Council, loans for the establishment or expansion of small businesses in the Yukon Territory; and to authorize a special account to be known as the Yukon Territory small business loans account:
(a) to which shall be charged all loans and interest payable thereon made under this authority; and,
(b) to which shall be credited repayments of principal amounts of loans and interest thereon. The total amount that may be outstanding under this authority at any time not to exceed $5,000,000 (Net) 5,000,000
  Total Ministry—Budgetary –
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 11,856,363
6   Environment and Climate Change
  Parks Canada Agency
1 Program expenditures; the unexpended balance of money referred to in subsection (1) appropriated by any Act of Parliament for the purpose of making operational expenditures of the Agency lapses at the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the money was originally appropriated or at the end of any longer period that may be specified in the Act pursuant to Parks Canada Agency Act, section 19 343,673,818
Link to footnote S Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from the conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the Parks Canada Agency Act 21,590,323
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 365,264,141
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
7   Families, Children and Social Development
  Department of Employment and Social Development
Link to footnote S Canada Education Savings Act, subsection 12(4)
The Minister may, with the approval of the Minister of Finance, enter into agreements with the government of any province to administer provincial programs consistent with the purpose of this Act. Subject to conditions imposed by the Treasury Board, any amounts received by the Minister for services may be used by the Minister to administer programs referred to in subsection (1) 1,014,942
  Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Link to footnote S Spending of Revenues pursuant to Section 6(1) (g) of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act 2,673,972
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 3,688,914
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
8   Finance
  Department of Finance
Link to footnote S Financial Institutions Depositors Compensation Act, section 16
Provision of compensation to depositors of Canadian Commercial Bank, CCB Mortgage Investment Corporation and Northland Bank in respect of uninsured deposits. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this Act $875,000,000 to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund from time to time as required 68,571,831
  Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, subsection 10.1
At the request of the Corporation, the Minister may, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, lend money to the Corporation on such terms and conditions as the Minister may establish 15,000,000,000
  Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Link to footnote S Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, sections 16 and 17
The Minister may make expenditures out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to defray the expenses arising out of the operations of the Office. The total authorized limit shall not at any time exceed by than $40,000,000 the total of the assessments and revenues received and authorized to be spent subject to Treasury Board approval 67,919,261
  Royal Canadian Mint
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Royal Canadian Mint Act, subsection 20(1)
The Mint may, for the attainment of its objects, borrow money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other source, but the aggregate of the amounts loaned to the Mint and outstanding at any time shall not exceed $75,000,000 or such greater amount as may be specified in an appropriation act (Net) 75,000,000
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 136,491,092
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 15,075,000,000
9   Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
  Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Link to footnote L30b This Corporation was incorporated under the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act, 1968-69, to regulate interprovincial and export trade in freshwater fish and to establish the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. For the purpose of enabling the Corporation to carry on its operations under the Act, section 16 provides that the Governor in Council may authorize the Minister of Finance on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon:
(a) to guarantee repayment of loans, and interest thereon, made by any bank to the Corporation; and,
(b) to make loans to the Corporation
  Vote L30b, Appropriation Act No. 1, 1974 and amended in 2006. The aggregate outstanding at any time of the amounts borrowed by the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 7(g) and the amounts lent by the Minister of Finance under the authority of section 16 of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act shall not exceed $50,000,000 (Net) 50,000,000
  Total Ministry—Budgetary –
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 50,000,000
10   Global Affairs
  Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Link to footnote S Appropriation Act No. 5, 2009-10
Pursuant to section 24.1 of the Financial Administration Act, to forgive an amount up to $449,533,044 owed by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in relation to loan agreements, subject to the conditions described in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on April 20, 2006 between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 60,109,558
Link to footnote L11 Appropriation Act No. 1, 1971
The amount that may be outstanding at any time against the Working Capital Advance Account for loans and advances to personnel posted abroad shall not exceed $38,200,000 as established by Vote L12c, Appropriation Act No. 1, 1971, and amended by Vote L11, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1989-90 (Net) 9,626,945
Link to footnote L12 Appropriation Act No. 2, 1954
The amount that may be outstanding at any time against the Working Capital Advance Account for advances to posts abroad shall not exceed $50,000,000 as established by loans, investments and advances Vote 630, Appropriation Act No. 2, 1954, and amended by Vote L12, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1989-90 (Net) 3,980,145
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Export Development Act, section 11
Payments representing the subscription by the Secretary of State for External Affairs as approved by the Minister of Finance for capital stock in the Corporation under the authority of section 11. The authorized capital of the Corporation is $3,000,000,000 (Gross) 1,666,800,000
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Export Development Act, Authority in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by sections 12, 13 and 14;
Section 14 provides that the aggregate amount of borrowings of the Corporation pursuant to sections 12 and 13 and outstanding shall at no time an amount equal to fifteen times the aggregate of:
(a) the paid-in capital of the Corporation from time to time, and,
(b) the retained earnings of the Corporation, if any, determined in accordance with the most recent statements of accounts of the Corporation for a financial year that have been audited by the Auditor General of Canada (Net) 90,929,686,079
  Canadian Commercial Corporation
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Canadian Commercial Corporation Act, section 11
The Minister of Finance shall, on the request of the Minister, from time to time, deposit to the credit of the Corporation in the Bank of Canada or in a chartered bank designated by the Minister an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $10,000,000 to be paid out of unappropriated moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund (Net) 10,000,000
  Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Link to footnote S Authority in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by section 23, accounts administered for Canada, the liability for loans and commitments as limited by section 24 shall not at any time exceed $20,000,000,000 (Net)
(In accordance with sections 10, 23 and 24 of the Export Development Act, the authorized limit of $20,000,000,000 is for loans in support of export development. At the time this authority was granted, these loans were accounted for on a non-budgetary basis. Subsequently, the Government changed its accounting policies which resulted in concessional loans being accounted for on a budgetary basis. Therefore, this authority is available for both budgetary and non-budgetary transactions. However, since the authority is for loans it is shown as non-budgetary for reporting purposes.) 18,347,101,347
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 60,109,558
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 110,967,194,516
11   Health
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Link to footnote S In carrying out its responsibilities, the Agency may spend money from revenues received by it through the conduct of its operations pursuant to section 30 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act 44,412,873
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 44,412,873
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
12   Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Link to footnote S Passport Canada Revolving Fund—Revolving Funds Act, section 4
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $4,000,000 at any one time 1,258,902,488
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Immigration Act, section 119
The Minister of Finance may, from time to time, advance to the Minister out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund such sums as the Minister may require to enable him to make loans to immigrants and such other classes of persons as may be prescribed for the purpose of paying the costs of admission, transportation and reasonable living expenses. The total amount outstanding at any time, as last amended by TB814449 and section 88 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act shall not exceed $126,600,000 (Net) 64,973,807
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 1,258,902,488
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 64,973,807
13   Indigenous Services
  Department of Indigenous Services Canada
Link to footnote S Payment from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of guaranteed loans issued out of the Indian Economic Development Account (authorized limit $60,000,000) 32,490,796
Link to footnote L20 Loans and guarantees of loans through the Indian Economic Development Account. Last amended by Vote 7b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1996-97. Limit $48,550,835 (Net) 48,517,156
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 32,490,796
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 48,517,156
15   Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  Department of Industry
Link to footnote S Canadian Intellectual Property Office Revolving Fund—Appropriation Act No. 3, 1993-94, Vote 2b
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, decrease in authority from $15,000,000 to $5,000,000 as per Vote 2b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 150,498,345
Link to footnote L97b Appropriation Act No. 1, 1970
Authority to make advances to regional offices and to employees on posting abroad and to include the charging to the account of advances to employees during service abroad. The balance in the account is not to exceed $1,950,000 at any time (Net) 1,950,000
  National Research Council of Canada
Link to footnote S National Research Council Act, paragraph 5(1)(e)
Unspent amount carried forward from previous year as per the National Research Council Act 131,643,664
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 282,142,009
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 1,950,000
17   National Defence
  Department of National Defence
Link to footnote L11c Appropriation Act No. 1, 1976, established by Vote L20b
To authorize, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, the operation of a National Defence working capital advance account in the current and subsequent fiscal years for the purpose of financing public funds imprest and public funds advance accounts, standing advances, authorized loans and advances to employees posted abroad, and authorized recoverable advances to establish military messes and canteens; the amount outstanding at any one time as amended by Vote L16c, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1984, Vote L11c of 1991, and Vote L11b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 shall not exceed $120,000,000 (Net) 77 060 696
  Total Ministry—Budgetary –
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 77,060,696
18   National Revenue
  Canada Revenue Agency
1 Operating expenditures; the balance of money appropriated by Parliament for the use of the Agency that remains unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, after the adjustments referred to in section 37 of the Financial Administration Act are made, lapses at the end of the following fiscal year pursuant to section 60 (1) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act 119,069,543
5 Capital expenditures; the balance of money appropriated by Parliament for the use of the Agency that remains unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, after the adjustments referred to in section 37 of the Financial Administration Act are made, lapses at the end of the following fiscal year pursuant to section 60 (1) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act 6,145,470
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 125,215,013
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
19   Natural Resources
  Department of Natural Resources
Link to footnote S Geomatics Canada Revolving Fund—Appropriation Act No. 3, 1993-94
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time; decrease of authority as per Vote 3b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 7,630,281
  Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Link to footnote S Spending of revenues pursuant to section 21(3) of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act 4,332,136
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 11,962,417
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
23   Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  Canada Border Services Agency
1 Operating expenditures and, pursuant to paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, authority to expend in the current fiscal year revenues received during the fiscal year related to the border operations of the Canada Border Services Agency: fees for the provision of a service or the use of a facility or for a product, right or privilege; and payments received under contracts entered into by the Agency 159,557,676
5 Capital expenditures 59,932,379
  Correctional Service of Canada
Link to footnote S CORCAN Revolving Fund—Appropriation Act No. 4, 1991-92, Vote 11c
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time; decrease in authority as per Vote 16b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 11,608,474
Link to footnote L14b Appropriation Act No. 1, 1969
To extend the purposes of the Parolees' loan account established by Solicitor General Vote L103b, Appropriation Act No. 1, 1969:
(a) to authorize loans to individuals under mandatory supervision; and,
(b) to increase from $10,000 to $50,000 the amount that may be outstanding at any time against the said account, as amended by Vote L14b, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1982-83 (Net) 44,249
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 231,098,529
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 44,249
24   Public Services and Procurement
  Department of Public Works and Government Services
Link to footnote S Optional Services Revolving Fund—Revolving Funds Act, section 8
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $35,000,000 at any time, as last amended by Vote 6b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002 35,190,218
Link to footnote S Translation Bureau Revolving Fund—Appropriation Act No. 4, 1994-95
To make expenditures out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, for the purpose of providing translation and related services, and the authority for the Minister to spend for the purposes of the Fund any revenues received for those purposes; and the aggregate of expenditures made for the purpose of the Fund shall not at any time exceed by more than $10,000,000 the revenues received in respect of the purposes of the Fund; decrease in authority as per Vote 12b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2001–2002; to delete an amount of $13,606,000 representing operating losses incurred during a three year transition period towards self-sufficiency, as last amended by Vote 22b, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1995-96 49,359,229
Link to footnote S Real Property Services Revolving Fund—Revolving Funds Act, section 5
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for working capital, the total of which is not to exceed $150,000,000 at any time 216,676,342
Link to footnote S Defence Production Revolving Fund—Defence Production Act, section 15
To make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of financing the stockpiling of defence supplies or strategic materials and permitting initial payments for defence supplies in advance of delivery of goods, the total of which shall not exceed $100,000,000 less loans and advances of the defence production loan account at any time 100,000,000
Link to footnote L15b Appropriation Act No. 3, 1990-91
To extend the purposes of Finance Vote L29g, Appropriation Act No. 2, 1967:
(a) to replace the words "standing travel advances, advances for petty cash expenditures and imprest bank accounts, and such other accountable advances" immediately following "departments and agencies" with the following words: "imprest funds, accountable advances and recoverable advances", and,
(b) to increase from $17,000,000 to $36,000,000 the amount that may be outstanding at any one time for the purposes of this Vote (Net) 14,647,778
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Seized Property Management Act, 1993, section 12, subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4. Limit $50,000,000 (Net) 74,005,989
  Canada Post Corporation
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Canada Post Corporation Act, sections 28, 29 and 30
The Minister of Finance, on the application of the Corporation approved by the Minister, may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, lend money to the Corporation from the Consolidated Revenue Fund on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Governor in Council. The aggregate amount outstanding of the principal of loans made to the Corporation shall not exceed $500,000,000 (Net) 500,000,000
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 401,225,789
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 588,653,767
27   Treasury Board
  Canada School of Public Service
Link to footnote S Canada School of Public Service Act, subsection 18(2)
Pursuant to subsection 18(2) of the Canada School of Public Service Act and subject to any conditions imposed by the Treasury Board, the revenue from fees received by the School in a fiscal year through the conduct of its operations may be spent by the School for its purposes in that, or the next fiscal year 9,740,365
  Total Ministry—Budgetary 9,740,365
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary –
28   Veterans Affairs
  Department of Veterans Affairs
Link to footnote S Link to footnote L Veterans' Land Act
There may be advanced out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund such amounts as are required for the purposes of Parts I, II and III, for the Veterans' Land Act Fund.The amount that may be charged at any one time, as last amended by Vote L55, Appropriation Act No. 3, 1970, shall not exceed $605,000,000 (Net) 604,998,193
  Total Ministry—Budgetary –
  Total Ministry—Non-budgetary 604,998,193
    Total Government—Budgetary 3,111,014,935
    Total Government—Non-budgetary 171,154,712,243

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