Question Period Note: 2023-24 MAIN ESTIMATES – CANADIAN HERITAGE

The 2023-24 Main Estimates are planned to be tabled in Parliament the week of March 1, 2023.

• The 2023-24 Main Estimates total resources listed for the Department of Canadian Heritage is $1.9 billion of which $552.8 million is related to Official Languages programs.
• The 2023-24 Main Estimates for the Official Languages programs represent a net decrease of $70.1 million from 2022-23 Main Estimates.

Notable changes in funding for initiatives under Official Languages Programs include:

• $65.1 million:
o Decrease of $70.7 million in the funding of Official Languages Programs: for the initiative Promoting our Official Languages (Budget 2021) as well as the sunset of funding for the initiative Enhancing Support for minority languages education in Canada (Budget 2019); and
o The decrease was partially offset with a net increase of $5,6 million in reprofiles.

• $2.5 million: Sunset of funding for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sports Recovery Fund and the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences; and

• $2.4 million: Sunset of funding for the Modernization of the Official Languages Act (Budget 2021).

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