Question Period Note: $27.3 MILLION TO THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CRTC)

The 2020-21 Supplementary Estimates (A) were tabled in Parliament on June 2, 2020.

Canadians rely on radio and television to stay up to date on matters related to COVID-19. The Government knows that our Canadian broadcasters have been working around the clock to deliver news and information programming, while facing operational challenges and significant declines in advertising revenue.

• This is why, after discussions with the Government of Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) did not issue letters requesting payment for Part I license fees by broadcasters for the 2020-21 fiscal year. The Government will transfer necessary funds to the CRTC to support its operations.

• As a result, by way of 2020-21 Supplementary Estimates (A), the CRTC will receive $27,330,000 in 2020-21.

• The President of the Treasury Board tables the Supplementary Estimates in order to obtain Parliament’s authority to adjust the government's expenditure plan, as reflected in the Estimates for that fiscal year.

• The Supplementary Estimates seek authority to revise spending levels, which Parliament will be asked to approve in an Appropriation Act. They inform Parliament of changes to the estimated expenditures that will be made under the authority of statutes previously passed by Parliament.

• The 2020-21 Supplementary Estimates (A) were tabled in Parliament on June 2, 2020.

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