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HONOURABLE CAROLE JAMES
MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PREMIER
WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the main Estimates accompanying the Message, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, that provision is required to defray certain expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021;
AND WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the Supplementary Estimates accompanying the Message, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, that provision is required to defray certain additional expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021;
AND WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the Supplementary Estimates No. 2 accompanying the Message, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, that provision is required to defray certain additional expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021;
AND WHEREAS the budget documents, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, disclose that the most likely forecast of a surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 is $527 000 000;
AND WHEREAS those budget documents include a $300 000 000 forecast allowance to provide for unanticipated fluctuations in revenues and expenses of the government reporting entity that decreases the forecast surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 to $227 000 000;
AND WHEREAS exceptional circumstances arose after the budget documents were laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session and the fiscal forecast of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 will be updated in the first quarterly report for that fiscal year;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $55 220 431 000 as set forth in the Schedule, towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 2), 2020.
2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
Schedule
2020/2021 Schedule of Voted Expenses
Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 and the purposes for which they are granted
| Vote Number | Ministry/Office or Minister/Program | $ |
| 1 | Legislative Assembly | 85 014 000 |
| 2 | Auditor General | 18 575 000 |
| 3 | Conflict of Interest Commissioner | 734 000 |
| 4 | Elections BC | 18 801 000 |
| 5 | Human Rights Commissioner | 5 500 000 |
| 6 | Information and Privacy Commissioner | 6 942 000 |
| 7 | Merit Commissioner | 1 365 000 |
| 8 | Ombudsperson | 9 366 000 |
| 9 | Police Complaint Commissioner | 4 092 000 |
| 10 | Representative for Children and Youth | 10 471 000 |
| 11 | Office of the Premier | 11 334 000 |
| 12 | Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training – Ministry Operations | 2 366 498 000 |
| 13 | Ministry of Agriculture – Ministry Operations | 77 261 000 |
| 14 | Ministry of Agriculture – Agricultural Land Commission | 4 943 000 |
| 15 | Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations | 524 557 000 |
| 16 | Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary | 83 572 000 |
| 17 | Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act | 24 500 000 |
| 18 | Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office | 9 075 000 |
| 19 | Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations | 2 228 446 000 |
| 20 | Ministry of Citizens’ Services – Ministry Operations | 551 650 000 |
| 21 | Ministry of Education – Ministry Operations | 6 657 927 000 |
| 22 | Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Ministry Operations | 110 935 000 |
| 23 | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Ministry Operations | 188 132 000 |
| 24 | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Environmental Assessment Office | 21 482 000 |
| 25 | Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations | 267 491 000 |
| 26 | Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement | 28 326 000 |
| 27 | Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency | 54 381 000 |
| 28 | Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs | 1 000 |
| 29 | Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Ministry Operations | 489 126 000 |
| 30 | Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Fire Management | 136 310 000 |
| 31 | Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations | 22 042 385 000 |
| 32 | Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations | 47 124 000 |
| 33 | Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding | 39 442 000 |
| 34 | Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness – Ministry Operations | 93 116 000 |
| 35 | Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations | 17 185 000 |
| 36 | Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions – Ministry Operations | 9 712 000 |
| 37 | Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Ministry Operations | 120 978 000 |
| 38 | Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Housing | 505 858 000 |
| 39 | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations | 800 352 000 |
| 40 | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Emergency Program Act | 36 527 000 |
| 41 | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations | 3 682 820 000 |
| 42 | Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture – Ministry Operations | 155 323 000 |
| 43 | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – Ministry Operations | 928 920 000 |
| 44 | Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt | 1 196 835 000 |
| 45 | Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs | 1 066 042 000 |
| 46 | Various Ministers – Capital Funding | 2 789 336 000 |
| 47 | Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds | 1 000 |
| 48 | Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts | 1 000 |
| 49 | Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers | 1 686 000 000 |
| 50 | Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Auditor General for Local Government | 1 806 000 |
| 51 | Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Forest Practices Board | 3 861 000 |
| 52 | Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries): Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery – Supplementary Estimates | 5 000 000 000 |
| 53 | Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries): Federal and Provincial Pandemic Support – Supplementary Estimates No. 2 | 1 000 000 000 |
| TOTAL | 55 220 431 000 | |