Financial overview: Appearance before the Standing Committee – December 14, 2023

2023-2024 Supplementary Estimates B – Environment and Climate Change Canada

• Overview
• Supplementary Estimates B

Overview

Issue

• The Supplementary Estimates B is ECCC’s first opportunity to make adjustments to its 2023-24 reference levels as the Department did not participate in Supplementary Estimates A.
• ECCC is seeking to increase its reference levels by a total of $306.9 million through these Supplementary Estimates.

Points to register

• This brings the department’s total authorities to $2.8 billion in 2023-24. This update includes:
  • $39.4 million to renew Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services
  • $34.0 million for the ongoing development, implementation and administration of carbon pricing and the Clean Fuel Regulations
  • $18.8 million to continue efforts to protect species at risk
  • $11.6 million for Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy
  • $10.1 million for climate change communications, public education and advertising
  • $6.4 million to reinvest in Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services
  • $6.1 million to support amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
  • $2.7 million for the Canadian Climate Institute
  • $1.9 million for safeguarding access to high performance computing for Canada’s hydro-meteorological services
  • $0.9 million to continue the implementation of the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
  • $0.7 million to renew the Marine Spatial Planning program
  • $0.7 million for Canadian data receiving infrastructure
  • $0.2 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation and methane waste sectors
  • $0.1 million to support the implementation of the Carbon Capture Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit
  • $0.05 million for reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property
  • $0.7 million in transfers out to other organizations
  • $152.9 million in Statutory funding for the distribution of revenues under the Output-Based Pricing System
  • $18.5 million in statutory funding for contributions to employees’ benefit plans related to new salary funding received; and
  • $2.5 million in statutory funding for the distribution of revenues from fuel charge proceeds.

Voted vs statutory

• Voted: ECCC’s voted spending authority sought in these Supplementary Estimates totals $133.0 million.

• Statutory: The statutory amount of $173.9 million consists of distribution of revenues from the Output-Based Pricing System, contributions to the employee benefit plans related to new salary funding received and distribution of revenues from fuel charge proceeds.

Voted grants and contributions

• These Supplementary Estimates include an increase of $14.5 million in contributions:
  • $6.7 million in support of preventing and managing pollution;
    • $6.0 million for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project; and
    • $0.7 million to support amendments to CEPA.
  • $5.5 million in support of taking action on clean growth and climate change;
    • $2.7 million for the Canadian Climate Institute;
    • $2.0 million for climate change communications, public education and advertising;
    • $0.7 million for Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy; and
    • $0.1 million for carbon pricing and the Clean Fuel Regulations.
  • $1.0 million in support of Canada’s International Climate Finance Program;
  • $0.8 million in support of Conserving Nature;
    • $0.8 million for the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
  • $0.4 million in support of Predicting Weather and Environmental Conditions;
    • $0.4 million to renew Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services.
  • $0.1 million in support of Canada Nature Fund;
    • $0.1 million for Species at Risk.

• Total G&Cs authorities amount to $1,248.7 million as of Supplementary Estimates B. Of this amount, $326.7 million (or 26.2%) is currently forecasted to be provided directly to Provinces/Territories.
  • $244.8 million (or 74.9%) is through the LCEF Leadership/Challenge streams;
  • $76.2 million (or 23.3%) is through the Canada Nature Fund; and
  • The remaining balance of $5.7 million (or 1.8%) is through various other programs.

Description of items

(A) Voted Appropriations – Total increase of $133,727,281:

1. Reinvesting in Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services: $39,375,740
   • [*Redacted*]
   • This will allow ECCC’s Meteorological Service of Canada to provide Canadians with life-saving information on weather, water quantity, climate, ice, and air quality conditions across Canada on a 24/7 basis. The provision of this information is dependent on Canada’s world-class integrated system of hydro-meteorological monitoring, modelling, and prediction services.
   • Maintaining this system is essential to ensure continued access to, and use of, hydro-meteorological data, information and services needed for decision-making in support of economic prosperity, environmental stewardship and safety of Canadians and their communities. It also enables robust action in response to increasingly frequent and intense weather and environmental hazards caused by Canada’s changing climate and environmental conditions.
   • Budget 2023 provided ECCC with $566.2 million [*Redacted*] and $54.6 million of [*Redacted*] ongoing funding.
2. Funding for the ongoing development, implementation and administration of Carbon Pricing and the Clean Fuel Regulations: $33,994,796
   • [*Redacted*]
   • This funding will support the implementation of key climate mitigation initiatives outlined in Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. Funding will be directed towards the ongoing development, implementation, and administration of carbon pricing and of the Clean Fuel Regulations. These market-based, climate mitigation initiatives are critical to achieving Canada’s 2030 emission reduction target, an international commitment under the Paris Agreement, and net-zero emissions by 2050, as legislated under the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.
   • [*Redacted*]
3. Funding to continue to protect species at risk: $18,830,746
   • [*Redacted*]
   • The funding is to support efforts to continue to monitor, protect and promote the recovery of Species at Risk (SAR) through implementation of the Government’s statutory obligations under the Species at Risk Act (SARA; the Act), and continuation of other complementary SAR activities. Long-term expected results are:
     • protection and recovery of terrestrial and aquatic SAR are enhanced;
     • key SARA statutory requirements are met, including continued protection of critical habitat on federally administered lands; and
     • Indigenous peoples are engaged in species protection and recovery.
   • Budget 2023 provided ECCC $66.3 million [*Redacted*]
4. Funding for Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy: $11,584,067
   • [*Redacted*] to support the successful long-term implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy and respond to urgent climate risks. [*Redacted*]
5. Funding for climate change communications, public education, and social advertising: $10,140,022
   • [*Redacted*] implement new approaches to climate change communications and engagement from 2023-24 to 2024-25 as part of a coordinated Government of Canada strategy to inform and mobilize Canadians in support of climate action.
   • The proposed strategy will rely on four pillars that will work together to reach Canadians with information about climate change, reinforce climate conscious mindsets, decrease polarization, promote benefits of climate action, and motivate climate-friendly behaviours.
   • The four pillars are:
     1. advancing public education and climate literacy initiatives through training, a contribution program and updating content on a public-facing web site;
     2. implementing a climate change and literacy social marketing campaign;
     3. designing and implementing behavioural science research and studies related to climate action; and
     4. developing a departmental Centre of Expertise for Public and Stakeholder Engagement.
   • Budget 2022 provided ECCC $17.0 million in new funding over two years, beginning in 2023-24. [*Redacted*]
6. Funding to reinvest in Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services: $6,400,329
   • [*Redacted*]
   • This funding will be used to retain Warning Preparedness Meteorologists (up to 5.55 FTEs) who provide specialized decision support services to emergency management organizations and the public during significant weather events. It will also be used to renew funding to continue development and adoption of warning and forecast system technologies, and operationalize improved services produced through research and development in modelling processes (up 39.80 FTEs).
   • Budget 2013 provided $7.73M ongoing for the Weather Warning and Forecast Systems program; [*Redacted*]
7. Funding to support amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999: $6,107,228
   • [*Redacted*]
   • This funding will enable Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada:
     1. to implement the right to a healthy environment as provided under CEPA, and
     2. to modernize the framework for Canada’s chemicals management regime.
   • [*Redacted*]
   • Budget 2021 provided ECCC $34.2 million [*Redacted*]
8. Funding for the Canadian Climate Institute: $2,695,000
   • [*Redacted*]
   • contribution agreement with the Canadian Climate Institute, to maintain and expand its work that supports Canadian governments, the private sector, and Canadians’ efforts to adapt to, or mitigate, the effects of climate change.
   • [*Redacted*]
9. Funding for Safeguarding Access to High Performance Computing for Canada’s Hydro-Meteorological Services: $1,896,830
   • [*Redacted*]
   • This would allow ECCC and Shared Services Canada to prepare for and exercise the option included in the current contract:
     1. to extend the term of the contract for 30 months;
     2. to access additional computing capacity to establish a Science Booster System; and
     3. [*Redacted*]
   • This investment would result in the continued delivery of 24/7 hydro-meteorological information and services enabling Canadians to make informed decisions about their health and safety and take appropriate actions in the face of changing weather and environmental conditions.
   • [*Redacted*]
10. Funding to continue the implementation of the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.: $922,614
    • [*Redacted*]
11. Funding to renew the Marine Spatial Planning Program: $723,373
    • [*Redacted*] one-year renewal of the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) program in 2023-24 to deliver first-generation marine spatial plans for March 2024. ECCC is the federal lead for the protection, conservation, and recovery of marine Migratory Birds (MB) and their habitats, including Species at Risk (SAR), under the Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994, and Species at Risk Act, as well as the designation of marine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries and National Wildlife Areas under the Canada Wildlife Act.
    • ECCC will contribute data and expertise to four first-generation plans, ensuring plans are consistent with Canadian legislation and international commitments (including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) related to MB including SAR under ECCC’s mandate.
    • Budget 2023 provided ECCC with $0.8 million [*Redacted*]
12. Funding for Canadian Data Receiving Infrastructure: $679,744 (reprofiling)
    • The renewal of ECCC’s satellite receiving stations for Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) will ensure critical access to the next generation of satellite data. This will enhance meteorological information available to ECCC’s operational weather forecasting and environmental monitoring programs as well as increase the network’s resilience and redundancy. ECCC’s POES infrastructure is also leveraged for reciprocal satellite data exchange activities with international partners, including fulfilling an international agreement between ECCC and the European Meteorological Satellite organization to provide near-real time satellite data acquired over Canada.
    • The annual funding allocations for the initiative were based on program requirements as well project planning once ECCC Budget 2021 funds were received. Spending requirements for the coming fiscal years have now been refined. Reprofiled allocations through Supplementary Estimates B and ARLU will facilitate planned antenna procurement and installation of infrastructure in 2023-24 and fiscal year 2024-25, which include two antennas in the Arctic, one the Atlantic and one in the Prairies.
    • [*Redacted*]
13. Funding to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Transportation and Waste Sectors: $235,856 (reprofiling)
    • The purpose of the Transportation Sector component of this initiative is to strengthen and implement greenhouse gas emissions regulations for light- and heavy-duty vehicles and implement zero emission requirements for small off-road equipment.
    • The purpose of the Waster Sector component is to develop, implement and enforce federal landfill methane regulations, and undertake additional actions to support diversion and resource and energy recovery from Biodegradable waste.
    • Several factors led to the need to reprofile funds from 2022-23 for both the Transportation and Waste sectors.
    • Transportation Sector: Required equipment purchases could only be determined once the testing began since the requirements needed for specialized test equipment are largely based on the specimens for which the equipment will be used. As a result, ECCC has to wait for the specimen list for the coming year to be approved to ensure any test equipment purchased would be compatible with ECCC’s newest specimens as advancements in engine technology and after treatment are continuous. This resulted in a misalignment between budget availability and spending requirements.
    • Waste Sector: [*Redacted*] The collection, storage, analysis and sharing of this data is key to enabling the regulations to be implemented both externally (regulatees need a way to provide the department data under the regulations) and internally (ECCC must be able to assess the data reported to determine whether the regulations are achieving the desired outcomes and to identify if there are compliance issues that could require enforcement action).
    • ECCC sought to reprofile $2.4 million from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and 2024-25.
14. Funding for the reinvestment of royalties from intellectual property: $51,655
    • ECCC conducts basic scientific research in a number of fields related to its mandate. Efforts to improve weather prediction software, devices for sampling air and water, methods for extracting pollutants from waste streams, and training materials related to environmental initiatives such as Greenhouse Gas Verification have generated useful discoveries of commercial interest. The Department licenses such discoveries to private sector entities so that they can be exploited to their full potential thereby benefiting all Canadians.
    • The Department is authorized to receive, through the Supplementary Estimates, an annual amount equal to all revenues arising from the licensing of Crown-owned intellectual property which were remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in the previous fiscal year.
    • [*Redacted*]
15. Funding to support the implementation of the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Investment Tax Credit: $89,281
    • [*Redacted*]
    • Proposed Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage is a technology that can capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and permanently sequester it in a dedicated geological storage. This technology can have a significant impact on Canada’s long-term emissions reductions and achieving net-zero by 2050. Rigorous regulatory regimes need to be put in place to effectively manage and verify storage sites and ensure the sequestered carbon is stored safely and permanently, removing it from the active carbon cycle. Any leaks from the storage site could release the CO2 back into the atmosphere negating the benefits of capture.
    • [*Redacted*]

(B) Transfers with Other Government Departments: -$0.7 million

1. Transfer from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Environment for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project - Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Initiative: $6,000,000
   • Due to a high demand for funding in 2023-24, NRCan agreed to transfer $6 million to ECCC to support ECCC in entering into project funding agreements with eligible Indigenous groups for the delivery of the Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Initiative (TCEI). ECCC will administer funding received under this MOU via contribution agreements to eligible TCEI Indigenous groups. As part of this, ECCC will continue to facilitate the intake and review of proposals, negotiate, and approve funding agreements.
2. Transfer from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to the Department of Environment to support the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience: $1,000,000
   • This transfer is for the implementation of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Initiatives for Effective Adaptation and Resilience in support of Canada’s climate finance commitment. The initiative includes a robust review of evidence on effective adaptation and resilience interventions; informs the development of LDC adaptation plans to 2050; identifies immediate priorities that will further build national institutions, domestic systems and capabilities; and further defines National Action Plans, Nationally Determined Contributions, and wider national efforts to build resilience and address poverty.
3. Transfer from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to various organizations to support projects which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in federal government operations: $50,000
   • This transfer will fund a study to determine the feasibility of using water-sourced heat pumps as the primary heating and cooling source at ECCC’s Canada Centre for Inlands Water (CCIW) facility in Burlington, Ontario.
4. Transfer from the National Research Council to the Department of Environment to support the Quantum Research and Development Initiative: $5,000
   • This transfer is the result of a multidepartment and multi-year MOU signed with NRC, NRCan, AAFC, DND and ECCC for the Quantum Research and Development Initiative (QRDI). Funds will be used to support the Remote Sensing with Rydberg Sensors (RSRS) Project.
5. Transfer from various organizations to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat for the Financial Community Developmental programs and initiatives: -$10,000
   • This funding will allow the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) to continue to support program delivery and services for the financial management community through 2028-29. This MOU renewal will provide the Financial Management Community Development (FMCD) team, within the OCG, with the critical resources to continue and strengthen programming and community support at a central level. The OCG will play an enhanced leadership role in a fast-paced and changing landscape, ensuring the community possesses the relevant skillsets to adapt and thrive through their programming and community support.
6. Transfer from various organizations to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to support the Capacity Accelerator Project: -$20,000
   • The Office of the OCG-Internal Audit Sector is receiving funding to offset salaries, goods and services costs from July 2021 to March 2024 to support the increased volume and pace of the implementation of the Internal Audit (IA) community initiatives.
7. Transfer from the Department of Environment to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Great Lakes Action Plan VIII: -$1,200,000
   • This transfer will enable DFO to provide science advice to ECCC to advance efforts to restore aquatic ecosystems in the most historically degraded areas in the Great Lakes. This science advice will support the evaluation of the success of restoration efforts and the potential to remove beneficial use impairments in Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
8. Transfer from the Department of Environment to the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to support remediation of Contaminated Sites within the context of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan: -$6,500,000
   • This transfer will allow CIRNAC to fund work related to the O’Connor Lake and the Rayrock Mine Projects in the Northwest Territories, which are priorities for the program given their importance to the Indigenous communities located in proximity to the sites.

(C) Other adjustments : $173,851,153

1. Statutory funding for the return of revenues from excess emissions charge payments under the Output-Based Pricing System pursuant to the GGPPA: $152,893,579
   • This statutory funding is related to the Government of Canada commitment to return all proceeds collected from the federal carbon pollution pricing system to the jurisdiction of origin while supporting Canada’s emissions reduction objectives. The projects funded with the Output-Based Pricing System proceeds will support Canada’s commitment to achieve its 2030 GHG emissions reduction target of 40-45 percent below 2005 levels and the commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.
   • The amount forecasted to be returned to jurisdictions in 2023-24 is $152.9 million.
2. Statutory contributions to employee benefit plans: $18,458,674
   • This statutory funding is related to salaries paid to Environment and Climate Change Canada employees. It is calculated at 27% of voted salary costs in these Supplementary Estimates.
3. Statutory funding for the return of revenues from fuel charge payments pursuant to the GGPPA: $2,498,900
   • This statutory funding is related to the Government of Canada commitment to return all proceeds collected from the federal carbon pollution pricing system to the jurisdiction of origin. The federal fuel charge program returns fuel charge proceeds collected from involuntary jurisdictions in accordance with specifications by the Minister of Finance under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA). Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in emissions intensive and trade exposed (EITE) sectors in involuntary backstop jurisdiction will receive fuel charge proceeds via direct payments.
   • The Department sought to increase the Contributions under the Fuel Charge Proceeds Return Program by $2.5 million in 2023-24.
4. An internal reallocation of resources from Operating to Capital to support the Oceans Protection Plan (net impact $0)
   • This funding will be reallocated to the Capital Vote, as work on Machine Learning Integrated Satellite Tracking of Pollution software meets the criteria for expenditures to be reflected as capital in nature.
   • The Department is seeking to increase Capital authorities via a transfer from $0.6 million in existing Operating authorities in support of the Oceans Protection Plan for the fiscal year 2023-24.

Supplementary Estimates B – 2023-2024: Department of the Environment

2023-2024 Supplementary Estimates B – Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

• Overview
• Supplementary Estimates B

Overview

Issue

The Supplementary Estimates B is the second opportunity for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Agency) to make adjustments to its 2023–2024 reference levels. The Agency is seeking one item, an interdepartmental transfer of $140,000 from the Department of Natural Resources.

Points to register

• Through the 2023–2024 Supplementary Estimates B, the Agency sought an interdepartmental transfer increasing its reference levels in the amount of $140,000 bringing the Agency’s total authorities to $102,602,672.^{IAAC note 1} This update includes:
  • $140,000 (increasing Vote 1: Operating expenditures) from the Department Natural Resources to support the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Voted vs statutory

• Voted: The Agency’s voted spending authority sought in these Supplementary Estimates totals $140,000.
• Statutory: There is no change to the Agency’s statutory amount.

Voted grants and contributions

• There is no change to the Agency’s grants and contributions.

Background/description of items

• See 2023–2024 Supplementary Estimates B attached page.

Transfers

• From the Department Natural Resources to support a Regional Assessment.
  • This transfer of $140,000 from the Department of Natural Resources to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is to contribute towards the cost of the Regional Assessments of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced the federal government’s intention to proceed with a regional assessment of offshore wind development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act. The Department of Natural Resources and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia have agreed to collaborate with the Agency in the planning of the Regional Assessment.

Supplementary Estimates B – 2023-2024: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

2023-2024 Supplementary Estimates B – Parks Canada Agency

• Overview
• Supplementary Estimates B

Overview

Issue

• The Supplementary Estimates (B) was the second opportunity for Parks Canada to make adjustments to its 2023-24 reference levels.
• Parks Canada increased its reference levels in the amount of $20,575,324 through these Supplementary Estimates.

Points to register

• Approximately $20.6 million in total funding was received through the 2023-24 Supplementary Estimates (B), which was composed of:
  • A voted spending authority amount of $19.3 million which consisted of
    • An increase of $14.4 million in Operating expenditures, grants and contributions (Vote 1);
    • An increase of $4.9 million in Capital expenditures (Vote 5).
  • A statutory amount of $1.3 million which consisted of:
    • An increase of $1.3 million for the Employee Benefit Plan (EBP).
• Items included in these Estimates were (excluded statutory such as EBP):
  • $8.7 million for restoration efforts for damaged infrastructure from Hurricane Fiona at sites in Atlantic Canada and the province of Quebec;
  • $7.7 million to continue efforts to protect species at risk;
  • $1.5 million for Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreements for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks (Baffin region), Ukkusiksalik National Park (Nunavut) and Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve (Labrador);
  • $0.4 million to settle land related claims and litigation;
  • $0.3 million for the Government advertising programs; and
  • $0.7 million transfer from the Treasury Board Secretariat to support projects which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in federal government operations.

Background / description of items

Parks Canada’s 2023-24 Supplementary Estimates (B) total $20.6 million as per table below:

Description of items

1. [*Redacted*] – Total increase of $19,825,324:
   1. Funding for restoration efforts for damaged infrastructure from Hurricane Fiona at sites in Atlantic Canada and the province of Quebec: $8,657,760 (plus $298,080 EBP for a total of $8,955,840)
      • Parks Canada will access an additional $9.0 million in 2023-24 ($5 million in capital and $4 million in operating) from the Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund to further restoration efforts in Parks Canada-administered sites located throughout Atlantic Canada and the province of Quebec.
   2. Funding to continue efforts to protect species at risk (horizontal item): $7,714,250 (plus $786,033 EBP for a total of $8,500,283)
      • Parks Canada will receive incremental funding of $25.5 million over three years to continue to monitor, protect, and promote the recovery of species at risk through the implementation of the Government’s statutory obligations under the Species at Risk Act as well as through other Species at Risk Wildlife programs.
   3. Funding for Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreements for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks (Baffin region), Ukkusiksalik National Park (Nunavut) and Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve (Labrador): $1,505,100 (plus $171,039 EBP for a total of $1,676,139)
      • Funding will be used to fulfill Canada’s treaty obligations to Inuit and support the implementation of three legally required Impact and Benefit Agreements in the Nunavut and Labrador settlement area. This funding will advance Inuit-led conservation, ensures Inuit have sufficient resources to participate fully in cooperative management of five national parks and meets Canada’s commitment to working with Indigenous peoples to support political, economic, social and cultural development.
   4. Funding to settle land related claims and litigation: $374,350 (plus $68,712 EBP for a total of $443,062)
      • [*Redacted*]
   5. Funding related to Government advertising programs (horizontal item): $250,000
      • [*Redacted*] A special purpose allotment is established entitled “Advertising Initiatives” in Parks Canada Vote 1 – Operating expenditures, Grants and Contributions for the National Tourism Campaign.
2. Transfers to and from other departments – Total increase of $750,000
   6. Transfer from the Treasury Board Secretariat to Parks Canada to support projects which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in federal government operations: $750,000
      • Parks Canada will receive the transfer of funds totaling $750,000 from TBS to support:
        • Project to fund construction of an innovative green micro-grid power generation system that reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions at Sable Island National Park Reserve.
        • Project to design replicable, single and multi-unit houses that are highly energy efficient while being practical for arctic communities.

Supplementary Estimates B – 2023-2024: Parks Canada Agency