| Item |
Amount |
Key Points |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Military Budget (NATO Programs) |
163,324,729 |
- Canada contributes annual funds to the NATO Military Budget.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $163.3 million to support operating and maintenance costs for Allied military activities.
- These funds will be used to support the International Military Staff, NATO’s Command Structure, as well as NATO operations and missions.
- They will also be used to support the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System as well as Allied Ground Surveillance, which provides military commanders a comprehensive picture of the situation on the ground.
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Security Investment Program (NATO Programs) |
56,649,679 |
- The National Security Investment Program helps fund the capital costs associated with NATO’s communications and information systems, installations, and facilities.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $56.6 million to contribute to this program.
- These funds will go towards various installations at NATO facilities like radars, airfields, harbours, fuel pipelines, and storage units.
- These funds will also be used to support navigational aids; automated information systems; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, which assist NATO’s activities and deployed operations.
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Other Activities |
4,200,000 |
- NATO’s ‘Other Activities’ budget is separate from NATO’s Military Budget and its Security Investment Program.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $4.2 million to contribute to NATO’s other activities.
- Funding going toward NATO’s other activities helps to pay for projects that do not fall under the NATO military budget or NATO Security Investment Program.
- For example, this includes NATO’s Centres of Excellence, including the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia.
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| Contributions in support of the Capital Assistance Program |
35,538,667 |
- Through the Capital Assistance Program, National Defence provides funding to local, provincial, and territorial governments and agencies to upgrade and expand defence infrastructure.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $35.5 million.
- $30 million pertains to the Inuvik Runway Extension. National Defence will provide funding to the Government of the Northwest Territories to extend their existing runway. The runway extension is currently estimated to cost $230 million. (See also Infrastructure and Procurement in the North)
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| Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program |
19,000,000 |
|
| Contribution in Support of the Military Training and Cooperation Program |
11,389,000 |
- The Military Training and Cooperation Program plays an important role in building partner capacity and advancing defence diplomacy with countries of strategic interest to Canada.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $11.4 million to offer funded training to approximately 1,600 military personnel from up to 64 non-NATO member countries of strategic and diplomatic importance, such as Ukraine, Indonesia, Jordan, and Mexico (annually).
- These funds will be used to provide training under the pillars of English and French language enhancement, professional development, and multilateral operational cooperation, in areas such as civil-military relations, gender equality and diversity, peace support operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster response.
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| Contributions for the remediation of former Mid-Canada Line radar sites in Quebec |
6,970,462 |
- National Defence recognizes its responsibility and accountability for the impact that defence activities have on the environment, communities, and people.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $6.97 million to fulfill its Fiscal Year 2023/24 contribution for the remediation of former Mid-Canada Line radar sites in Quebec (in the areas of Knob Lake and Great Whale River).
- These funds will allow the province of Quebec to implement their remediation project, which will assist in minimizing the risk of adverse effects to the environment in the local areas.
- In May 2022, Treasury Board approved a contribution agreement between the Government of Canada, represented by National Defence and the Government of Quebec under the Policy Framework for Shared-Responsibility Contaminated Sites.
- The total contribution under the agreement is $48.2M over seven years from fiscal year 2023-24 to 2029-30.
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| Contribution to the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association |
3,100,000 |
- The Civil Air Search and Rescue Association Program trains over 1,800 volunteers nationwide to support aeronautical Search and Rescue activities coordinated by Canadian Armed Forces, as well as civilian Search and Rescue authorities.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $3.1 million to support the Search and Rescue training events and initiatives, including in remote and northern locations.
- The funds will also help cover the program’s operating costs, such as insurance, national and regional office administration, and IT equipment and support.
- This is an ongoing program, and the contribution agreement is renewable every five years. The current agreement is valid from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 for $3.1 million per year.
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| Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Contribution Program |
2,250,000 |
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| Remediation of the North Bay Jack Garland Airport Site |
1,358,000 |
- National Defence recognizes its responsibility and accountability for the impact that defence activities have on the environment, communities, and people.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $1.3 million to fulfill its Fiscal Year 2023/24 contribution for the remediation of the North Bay Jack Garland Airport site.
- These funds will allow the City of North Bay to continue implementing their remediation project, which will assist in minimizing the risk of adverse effects to the environment in the local areas.
- In June 2021, Treasury Board approved a contribution agreement between the Government of Canada, represented by National Defence, and the City of North Bay.
- The total contribution to the City of North Bay under the agreement is $19.4M for the remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) at the Jack Garland Airport
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| Contributions in support of the Indigenous Reconciliation Program |
450,000 |
|
| Vancouver Principles Contribution Program |
225,000 |
- The Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers is a set of political commitments launched by Canada in 2017.
- To implement and operationalize these Principles, Canada works closely with academia and NGOs through the Vancouver Principles Contribution Program.
- In these Main Estimates, National Defence is requesting $225,000 to provide funding to this Contribution Program.
- These funds will support non-government organizations to conduct research and identify lessons learned and best practices on preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers.
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| Contribution to the Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee |
143,971 |
- The Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee is an independent group of non-governmental biological and chemical defence expert
- Each year, the Committee inspects a number of National Defence facilities and issues an independent, publicly accessible report with its findings, in order to help improve program safety and professional conduct.
- In these Estimates, National Defence is requesting $143,971 to continue the important work of the Committee.
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