Question Period Note: 2022-2023 Main Estimates

2022-2023 Main Estimates

• The Government of Canada continues to work towards creating a more inclusive society, where every person has an equal opportunity to succeed.
• Women and Gender Equality Canada will continue to advance equality through the inclusion of all women and members of LGBTQ2 communities in Canada’s economic, social and political life.
• The Department will receive $310.3M in funding from the 2022-23 Main Estimates, representing an increase of $184.8M from the previous year’s Main Estimates.
• The majority of the funding will be used to support capacity building of women’s and equity seeking organizations, to further women’s participation in Canadian society, to advance towards a National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence and to advance LGBTQ2 equality.

• The Main Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned Government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward.

• The Main Estimates confirm requests for resources that have already been approved by the Treasury Board.

• The Department will receive $310.3M in total funding for 2022-23:
o $59.0M in Operating expenditures;
o $245.2M in Grants and Contributions; and
o $6.1M in Statutory (Employee Benefit Plan $6.0M, Minister’s salary & car $92.5K).
• The total Grants and Contributions funding of $245.2M to be received in 2022-23 relates to:
o Advancement of a new National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence – Budget 2021 ($162.3M)
o Increase Capacity and Sustainability of the Women’s Movement ($67.4M)
o Gender-Based Violence – Budget 2017 and 2018 ($10.0M)
o Advancing LGBTQ2 Equality – Budget 2021 ($3.8M)
o National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking ($1.7M)
• The following table indicates the variance in the funding received from the previous Main Estimates:
Main Estimates 2021-22 2022-23 Variance
Operating Expenditures $45.3M $59.0M $13.7M
Grants and Contributions $75.5M $245.2M $169.7M
Statutory $4.7M $6.1M $1.4M
Total $125.5M $310.3M $184.8M

• The variance of $184.8M is mainly attributed to the funding received to advance towards a National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence and to advance LGBTQ2 equality.

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