Allocations from Treasury Board Central Votes for Supplementary Estimates (B), 2021-22

Funding for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund and the Reopening Fund for Events and In-person experiences (COVID-19) (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $76,258,530 to the Department of Canadian Heritage to provide timely grant payments. This includes up to $31,500,000 for the grant entitled “Grants to the Canada Periodical Fund”; up to $36,416,320 for the grant entitled “Grants under the Museums Assistance Program”; up to $6,400,000 for the grant entitled “Grants under the Canada Book Fund”; and up to $1,942,210 for the grant entitled “Grants in support of the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program”. These programs will support the resumption of local festivals, community events and museums and help cultural, artistic, heritage and sport organizations obtain immediate pandemic-related financial relief and invest in innovative solutions to adapt to post-pandemic realities.

This allocation of $57,754,151 includes $31,500,000 for grant payments through the Canada Periodical Fund, $25,700,691 for grant payments through the Museums Assistance Program and $553,460 for grant payments through the Canada Book Fund. The Canada Periodical Fund provides financial assistance to Canadian print magazines, print community newspapers and digital periodicals to enable them to overcome market disadvantages and recover from financial impacts of the pandemic. The Museums Assistance Program helps heritage organizations recover from the financial impacts of the pandemic by enabling them to continue their operations, care for their heritage collections and safely reopen to the public. The Canada Book Fund supports access to a diverse range of Canadian-authored books nationally and internationally and will support the recovery of publishers in underserved communities.

Funding to support performing arts, cultural events, and celebrations and commemorations (COVID-19) (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $3,906,941 to the Department of Canadian Heritage to provide timely payments for the grant entitled “Canada Cultural Spaces Fund”.

This funding will help cultural facilities renovate and adapt their physical spaces and acquire and install specialized equipment to ensure the health and safety of staff and visitors.

Funding to implement the Cowessess’ First Nation child and family services law, Miyo Pimatisowin Act

This allocation allowed the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs to provide timely payments for “Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 rights”.

This grant funding will support a coordination agreement with Cowessess First Nation providing them with the funding needed to exercise their jurisdiction over child and family services.

Funding for infrastructure in Indigenous communities (Budget 2021)

This allocation allowed the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs to provide timely payments for “Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 rights”.

This funding will support shovel-ready infrastructure projects in Inuit, Métis, northern Indigenous and Self-Governing and Modern Treaty communities.

Funding for the Canada Digital Adoption Program (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $44,253,853 to the Department of Industry to provide timely payments for the grant entitled “Grants under the Canada Digital Adoption Program: Stream 2”.

This stream is targeted towards supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in fields that do not directly serve customers, such as small manufacturing and food processing operations. Grant funding will help SMEs develop personalized plans to identify ways to digitize their operations by adopting current technologies. This funding will also help create new placements and training opportunities for post-secondary students and recent graduates.

Funding to support small and medium-sized businesses (COVID-19)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $30,000,000 to the Department of Western Economic Diversification to continue providing timely payments from the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) to support small and medium sized enterprises in western Canada.

The RRRF provides a safety net for small and medium-sized businesses that face severe financial pressures due to the pandemic and do not qualify for other federal COVID-19 relief supports.

This allocation was entirely repaid upon supply of the 2021-22 Supplementary Estimates (A) in June 2021.

Funding to support election activities (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $631,452 to the Leaders’ Debates Commission to maintain limited operations and ensure that the commission was prepared to organize debates for the 44th general election.

Funding to implement the Federal Pathway response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $1,917,933 to the Library and Archives of Canada to support the Documentary Heritage Communities Program.

This funding will be used to digitize, describe and provide access to Indigenous-related documentary heritage in the Library and Archives of Canada’s collections, particularly material related to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice.

Funding to support the new Regional Development Agency for British Columbia (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $50,000,000 to the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada to support the prompt establishment of a dedicated regional development agency for British Columbia.

This funding will support initial investments in personnel, new points of service and transfer payments through existing grant and contribution programs.

Funding for the joint public inquiry into the Nova Scotia April 2020 tragedy

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $10,787,927 to the Privy Council Office to ensure uninterrupted support for the joint public inquiry with the province of Nova Scotia to review the events of the April 2020 tragedy and to develop recommendations to avoid similar tragedies in the future.

Funding for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund and the Reopening Fund for Events and In-person experiences (COVID-19) (Budget 2021)

The Treasury Board authorized an allocation of up to $21,000,000 to Telefilm Canada to provide timely payments from the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund and the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences.

This funding will be distributed through Telefilm Canada’s existing Theatrical Exhibition Program and Promotion Program to help promote and sustain Canadian cinemas and local film festivals as audience limitations continue to restrict their access to revenue.

Funding to mitigate pressures related to the pandemic and to resolve salary and program integrity issues (COVID-19) (Budget 2021)

This allocation allowed the National Battlefields Commission to maintain its core operations and address financial pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent collective bargaining adjustments.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Canada Border Services Agency to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Canada Revenue Agency to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Canada Food Inspection Agency to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will support three regulatory initiatives:

• A biogas regulatory navigation study to research the regulatory barriers impacting agricultural biogas project development, highlight necessary guidance or regulatory alignment needs and identify potential tools to aid small and medium-sized enterprises navigate regulations.
• A project to co-develop modernized seed regulations through consensus-based recommendations reached with various stakeholders.
• An impact study to research and quantify the economic benefits and opportunities for greater access to new plant varieties, created by legislative amendments to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act in 2015. This study will examine how strengthened intellectual property protection under the Act helped facilitate investment and access to new innovations in Canada’s agricultural and horticultural sectors.

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will be provided to the Community of Federal Regulators to support the development of training courses in cost-benefit analysis and an operational plan and implementation strategy to recruit and retain cost-benefit analysts in the Government of Canada.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Department of Industry to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will be used to develop a risk-based inspection planning web application to support the administration of the compliance inspection and restoration program under the Explosives Act. By optimizing inspection planning, the application will contribute to efficient workflows, increase regulatory transparency and ensure that the regulations do not impede the competitiveness of stakeholder industries.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Department of the Environment to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will be used to develop a structured template and methodology for new and amended regulations and associated reporting requirements with the aim of standardizing terminology and requirements where possible. This standardized approach will help prevent duplication across regulations, reduce administrative burden and costs for those subject to these regulations, and make regulatory processes more efficient.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Department of Transport to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will support engagement activities with the research, code development, design and engineering communities to inform decisions on the development and introduction of new performance-based compliance requirements under the National Building Code. These engagement activities will include targeted virtual workshops and consultations to further explore priorities and potential research needs, as well as assembling a steering committee representing key stakeholders and industries impacted by these potential changes.

Funding from the Regulators’ Capacity Fund to promote an innovative and competitive regulatory framework

This funding will help regulators improve their capacity to incorporate economic and competitive considerations in the design and implementation of regulations.

This allocation will be used to design a modernized tool to monitor standards referenced in federal regulations, increase the capacity of regulators to access these standards and help address the issue of outdated references to standards.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed Statistics Canada to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.

Funding for the Application Modernization Initiative

This allocation allowed the Treasury Board Secretariat to assess their inventory of legacy applications and build technical capacity to support their migration into more secure modern data centres or cloud services.