Question Period Note: Supplementary Estimates (B) 2023-24

• From the $196.6 million in funding received by Canadian Heritage in the 2023-24 Supplementary Estimates B, $30.7 million is received to support Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy.

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 funding received for Multiculturalism programs under the department of Canadian Heritage
includes:
• $23.3 million in grants and contributions
• $5.6 million for operating expenditures
• $1.4 million in statutory authorities for employee benefits

An amount of $1.6 million is also received for corporate services supporting those programs, such as information technology, finance, and human resources functions.

This funding is composed of the following elements:

New funding

Funding for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy – Total: $30,739,121 (excluding EBP)

• Funding for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy – Total: $25,820,933 (excluding EBP)
• Funding for additional capacity for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy – Total: $4,918,188 (excluding EBP)

Canadian Heritage and Employment and Social Development Canada are receiving the remaining funds announced in Budget 2022 and Budget 2023: up to $106.6M ($99.0M for Canadian Heritage and $7.6M for Employment and Social Development Canada) over 5 years with $0.6 million ongoing for Canadian Heritage. These funds are to support Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2023-2028, develop Canada’s Action Plan on Combatting Hate, and support the work of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. The funds will be used to deliver these key Government priorities, increase the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch’s grants and contributions program, and maintain the Branch’s human resource capacity, as well as support the operations and engagement activities of the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat at the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada.

Statutory appropriations – Total: $1,371,238

Adjustment to account for contributions to employee benefit plans.

Transfers to other organizations

Transfer to Statistics Canada – Total $235,000

Transfer to Statistic Canada for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy. This funding will support research products to build understanding of the disparities and challenges faced by racialized and religious minority communities.

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