Question Period Note: SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES (B) 2021-22

The tabling of the 2021-22 Supplementary Estimates (B) is planned for November 26 and represents a total net increase of $126.1 million for the Department.

• The net impact for Canadian Heritage is a Vote 1 – Operating increase of $22.4 million, a Vote 5 – Grants and Contributions increase of $103.1 million, and a Statutory appropriation increase of $0.6 million.

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 net increase for the department of Canadian Heritage is explained by funding to support the following items:

Appropriations to be adopted:

New funding
• Supporting Canada’s Artists & Live Music Sector and Canada as Guest of Honour at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair – Total: $57,153,085 (including statutory)
From Budget 2021, the department of Canadian Heritage will receive new funding of $77.2 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, to support Canada’s live music sector and Canadian artists through the pandemic, extend sunsetting funding for the Canada Music Fund and continue the government’s support of Canada as Guest of Honour at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair. The Canada Music Fund will deliver $50 million in new COVID-19 related funding in 2021-22. The Canada Music Fund will also deliver $20 million in renewed annual funding over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to continue to support the program’s recent modernization. $7.2 million for 2021-22 will support the one-year extension of Canada as Guest of Honour at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair, which will serve to support the showcase, export and trade activities of the Canadian book publishing and creative sectors.
• Funding for the Indigenous Reconciliation and Strength for Indigenous Women and Girls through Sport for Social Development and Community Sport for All initiatives – Total: $42,812,127 (including statutory)
From Budget 2021, the department of Canadian Heritage will receive new funding of $14.3 million over five years, starting in 2021-22, and $2.9 million ongoing for the Indigenous Reconciliation and Strength for Indigenous Women and Girls through Sport, to ensure that Indigenous women and girls have access to meaningful sports activities through the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities Initiative and to respond to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The department will also receive $80 million over two years, starting in 2021-22, for Community Sport for All, to support organized sport at the community level to help Canadians and communities recover from the impacts of COVID-19. The focus will be on engaging equity-deserving groups, in particular, Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQQIA+ and new Canadian communities. Both initiatives will be administered through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Sport Support Program.
• Additional funding to Indigenous communities in their efforts to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen Indigenous languages – Total: $34,573,341 (including statutory)
From Budget 2021, the department of Canadian Heritage will receive additional funding of $215.7 million over five years, and $2.0 million ongoing, starting in 2021-22, as part of the Government of Canada’s strategy to respond to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and in support of the implementation of the Indigenous Languages Act. The funding will provide additional support to Indigenous communities in their efforts to reclaim, revitalize, maintain, and strengthen Indigenous languages in 2021–22 and 2022–23. Canadian Heritage will continue to support the Agreement with the Nisga’a Lisims Government, and the Tripartite Agreement with the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated for 2021–22 to 2023–24. Finally, National Indigenous Organizations will receive support, starting in 2023–24, for their ongoing engagement on the implementation of the Indigenous Languages Act.
• Supporting performing arts festivals, cultural events, arts and heritage institutions, celebrations, and commemorations that make communities stronger, including funding for commemoration activities associated with residential schools and the National Say for Truth and Reconciliation and funding for enhanced commemoration of the history of residentail schools and for Residential Schools National Monument – Total: $28,366,706 (including statutory)
From Budget 2021, the department of Canadian Heritage will receive $89.3 million over five years, starting in 2021-22, and $2.4 million ongoing, to address pressures facing the arts and heritage sectors as well as to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools. Announced in Budget 2021, this submission seeks $15 million for the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund in 2021-22 and $14 million for Building Communities through Arts and Heritage and $16 million for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund, both over two years, starting in 2022-23; $42.6 million over five years, starting in 2021-22, with $2.4 million ongoing, for the Celebration and Commemoration Program for funding announced in Budget 2021 ($33M over 5 years) and as part of an off-cycle request for enhanced commemoration of residential schools ($9.6M over 3 years), and $1.5 million, over two years, to support the Residential Schools National Monument, also as part of an off-cycle request.

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• Funding for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation– Total: $6,000,000
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) will complement the Department of Canadian Heritage’s anti-racism efforts by managing activities aimed at empowering racialized Canadians and helping community groups to combat racism in all its forms. The Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act provides this new independent organization with the authority to implement all activities announced in Budget 2021. The total cost of the proposal is $11 million over two years; $6 million in 2021-22 and $5 million in 2022-23. Ultimately, this initiative will increase the percentage of Canadians that appreciates the value of a multicultural society and that can participate equitably in Canadian society. Funds are received by Canadian Heritage and transferred to the Foundation in these Estimates.
Funding to Support Digital Access to Heritage – Total: $4,838,569 (including statutory)
From Budget 2021, the department of Canadian Heritage will receive new funding of $22.8 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, for Canadian Heritage’s Museums Assistance Program to support the digitization of information and collections by non-national museums and heritage institutions.

Reprofile
• Hosting Program– Total: $ 4,350,040
Reprofile of 2020-21 funds for a total amount of $10,480,873 ($4,350,040 to 2021-22 and $,6,130,833 to 2022-23) for the rescheduling of major events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Events scheduled to take place in 2020 such as the 2020 Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton and the 2020 North American Indigenous Games were postponed and others, scheduled to occur in subsequent years, such as the 2022 Canada Summer Games, the 2023 Canada Winter Games and the 2026 FIFA World Cup have seen an important reduction in their event planning and preparation activities in fiscal year 2020-21, thus temporarily significantly reducing their spending and deferring, almost completely, their need for financial support for that fiscal year.

Statutory Appropriations:
• Contributions to employee benefit plans – Total: $661,266
Increase in contributions to employee benefit plans related to the new funding items.

Internal transfers and transfers to other organizations
• Internal reallocation of resources for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund, and for the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences – Total $0
Following Budget 2021 announcements, the department of Canadian Heritage received $250 million through its Supplementary Budget Estimate process (A) of 2021-22 for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund, and for the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences. This funding will be spent through existing programs and by portfolio organizations. The short deadline did not allow the department to provide Treasury Board with the appropriate detail for the funding and as a result, the funding was temporarily allocated in contributions in PCH’s internal services. This current Supplementary Budget Estimates process (B) of 2021-22 will reflect the allocation within PCH’s existing programs.

• Transfer to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation – Total: $6,000,000
As mentioned above, The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) will complement the Department of Canadian Heritage’s anti-racism efforts by managing activities aimed at empowering racialized Canadians and helping community groups to combat racism in all its forms. The Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act provides this new independent organization with the authority to implement all activities announced in Budget 2021. The total cost of the proposal is $11 million over two years; $6 million in 2021-22 and $5 million in 2022-23. Ultimately, this initiative will increase the percentage of Canadians that appreciates the value of a multicultural society and that can participate equitably in Canadian society. Funds are received by Canadian Heritage and transferred to the Foundation in these Estimates.

• Transfer to Telefilm Canada for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund – Total: $16,000,00
Following Budget 2021 announcements, the department of Canadian Heritage received $150 million through its Supplementary Budget Estimate process (A) of 2021-22 for the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Recovery Fund. This funding will be spent through existing programs and by portfolio organizations. The short deadline did not allow the department to provide Treasury Board with the appropriate detail for the funding and as a result, the funding was temporarily allocated to Canadian Heritage. This current Supplementary Budget Estimates process (B) of 2021-22 will reflect the allocation to portfolio organizations for 2021-22 for an amount of $16 million to Telefilm Canada.

• Transfer to Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada for the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences – Total: $30,000,000
Following Budget 2021 announcements, the department of Canadian Heritage received $100 million through its Supplementary Budget Estimate process (A) of 2021-22 for the Reopening Fund for events and in-person experiences. This funding will be spent through existing programs and by portfolio organizations. The short deadline did not allow the department to provide Treasury Board with the appropriate detail for the funding and as a result, the funding was temporarily allocated to Canadian Heritage. This current Supplementary Budget Estimates process (B) of 2021-22 will reflect the allocation to portfolio organizations for 2021-22 for an amount of $25 million to the Canada Council for the Arts and $5 million to Telefilm Canada.

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