Question Period Note: Supplementary Estimates (C) 2021-22

The tabling of the 2021-22 Supplementary Estimates (C) is planned for the month of February 2022 and represents a total increase of $3.56 million for the Sport programs.

• The net impact for the Sport programs under Canadian Heritage is a Vote 5 – Grants and Contributions increase of $3.57 million, and a Vote 1 – Operating decrease of $0.01 million

• The net increase is mainly explained by the reprofile of 2020-21 funds for the Sport Support Program

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

• Sport Support Program – Total: $4,157,271
Reprofile of 2020-21 funds into fiscal year 2021-22 as a response to COVID-19 pandemic which has had a significant negative impact on the sport system and sport participation in general. The Indigenous communities in Canada have been hit harder than others as they are already suffering from a relative lack of sport infrastructure and programming. In many cases, the projects funded in 2020-21 have not been fully realized. As such, the reprofile relates to the funding for Indigenous Youth and Sport (Budget 2017) and Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (Budget 2018).

• Transfer to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – Total: ($600,000)
To support the Sport Participation Research Initiative, a joint initiative between the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Sport Canada that funds innovative research on sport participation to support the objectives of the Canadian Sport Policy.

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