1. Financial Information
1. Detail by Organization
2. Supplementary Estimates (B), 2020–21
3. Expenditures by Program or Purpose
4. Expenditures by Standard Object
5. Main Estimates
1. Infrastructure Canada
2. Infrastructure Canada Highlights
3. Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
4. Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. Highlights
5. Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
6. Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority Highlights
2. Flow of Funds
3. Supplementary Estimates B
4. Lapsing of Funds

1. Financial Information

A. Detail by Organization

Office of Infrastructure of Canada

Organization Summary

		These Supplementary Estimates
	Authorities To Date (dollars)	Transfers (dollars)	Adjustments (dollars)	Proposed Authorities To Date (dollars)
Budgetary Voted 1b Operating expenditures	145,921,815	(310,000)	48,283,519	193,895,334
5 Capital expenditures	148,375,795	-	-	148,375,795
10b Grants and contributions	5,509,279,924	-	4,910,000	5,514,189,924
Total Voted	5,803,577,534	(310,000)	53,193,519	5,856,461,053
Total Statutory	2,178,162,385	-	-	2,178,162,385
Total Budgetary Expenditures	7,981,739,919	(310,000)	53,193,519	8,034,623,438

Note: Additional details by organization are available on the Treasury Board Secretariat website – http://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat.html.

Explanation of Requirements (dollars)

Budgetary Voted Appropriations
Funding for the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor Project	Vote 1b 48,283,519
Funding for the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative	Vote 10b 4,910,000
Total Voted Appropriations Transfers	53,193,519
Transfers to Other Organizations From the Office of Infrastructure of Canada to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to support a joint collaboration grant dedicated to synthesizing knowledge on mobility and public transportation	Vote 1b (310,000)
Total Transfers	(310,000)
Total Budgetary	52,883,519

Listing of Transfer Payments	Estimates to Date (dollars)	These Supplementary Estimates (dollars)	Revised Estimates (dollars)
Contributions Canada Healthy Communities Initiative	-	4,910,000	4,910,000

B. Supplementary Estimates (B), 2020–21

Items for inclusion in the Proposed Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Bill
(for the financial year ending March 31, 2021)

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
1b	OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA – Operating expenditures – The payment to each member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over a ministry of State, of a salary — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	48,283,519	53,193,519
10b	– The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions	4,910,000	53,193,519

C. Expenditures by Program or Purpose

		These Supplementary Estimates
Budgetary	Estimates to Date (dollars)	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)	Revised Estimates (dollars)
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Public Infrastructure	7,802,585,286	47,973,519	-	4,910,000	-	52,883,519	7,855,468,805
Programs not included in these Estimates	57,971,907	-	-	-	-	-	57,971,907
Total	7,860,557,193	47,973,519	-	4,910,000	-	52,883,519	7,913,440,712
Total Budgetary	7,860,557,193	47,973,519	-	4,910,000	-	52,883,519	7,913,440,712

D. Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object

This table shows the forecast of total expenditures by Standard Object, which includes the types of goods or services to be acquired, or the transfer payments to be made and the funds to be credited to the vote.

Definitions of standard objects available at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pceaf-gwcoa/1920/7-eng.html

E. Main Estimates

i. Main Estimates - Office of Infrastructure of Canada

Raison d'être

Infrastructure Canada works in collaboration with all orders of government and other partners to build Canada for the 21st century.

Infrastructure Canada's investments support the kinds of projects that will contribute to healthy, liveable, and sustainable communities while also supporting the economy and creating jobs.

The department's investments support clean and healthy water, community and recreational centres, public transit and roadways, and projects that help reduce the impacts of climate change. The department is also investing in rural and northern communities to help build communities that are cleaner and less reliant on diesel, and that provide more reliable Internet connectivity and road access.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for this organization, working in close cooperation with the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development.

Organizational Estimates

		2019–20
	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	Main Estimates (dollars)	Estimates To Date (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Budgetary Voted 1 Operating expenditures	85,726,632	107,937,673	180,890,486	140,524,931
5 Capital expenditures	111,652,770	1,077,056,634	1,119,435,129	32,589,953
10 Grants and contributions	3,279,177,078	5,203,781,712	5,226,079,579	5,509,279,924
Total Voted	3,476,556,480	6,388,776,019	6,526,405,194	5,682,394,808
Total Statutory	2,177,695,252	4,347,888,934	4,409,182,397	2,178,162,385
Total Budgetary	5,654,251,732	10,736,664,953	10,935,587,591	7,860,557,193

2020–21 Main Estimates by Purpose

Budgetary	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
Public Infrastructure	91,306,122	31,683,353	7,679,595,811	-	7,802,585,286
Internal Services	57,065,307	906,600	-	-	57,971,907
Total	148,371,429	32,589,953	7,679,595,811	-	7,860,557,193

Listing of the 2020–21 Transfer Payments

	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	2019–20 Main Estimates (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Grants Grants under the Smart Cities Challenge	5,000,000	-	7,500,000
Contributions Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program	14,578,226	572,177,272	1,546,053,233
New Building Canada Fund – Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component – National and Regional Projects	578,614,310	1,037,170,756	1,477,570,303
Public Transit Infrastructure Fund	1,165,325,221	1,452,393,800	876,643,767
Clean Water and Wastewater Fund	606,844,984	854,325,290	317,542,037
Payments for commitments of P3 Canada Fund of PPP Canada	114,181,115	289,600,000	303,347,014
New Building Canada Fund – National Infrastructure Component	162,050,558	221,018,126	273,968,702
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure Component	175,869,114	262,845,252	202,962,450
New Building Canada Fund – Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component – Small Communities Fund	164,758,940	199,982,471	160,241,097
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund	-	99,167,800	113,778,845
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Communities Component	46,387,217	47,800,000	80,495,338
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative	53,287,615	48,445,452	44,154,243
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure Fund	64,912,917	30,900,387	29,126,237
Contributions under the Smart Cities Challenge	2,000,000	10,200,000	18,400,000
Capacity Building for Climate Change Challenges Fund	21,466,118	25,750,500	17,355,382
Asset Management Fund	17,634,644	15,837,900	9,567,356
Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Program	-	-	6,000,000
Contributions under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund	29,089,999	17,416,706	5,215,220
Research and Knowledge Initiative	-	2,000,000	2,450,000
Other Transfer Payments Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding Program	53,426,100	-	16,908,700
Total Statutory	2,170,596,375	4,340,911,927	2,170,315,887

Listing of Statutory Authorities

	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	2019–20 Main Estimates (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Budgetary Gas Tax Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act)	2,170,596,375	4,340,911,927	2,170,315,887
Contributions to employee benefit plans	7,012,877	8,180,770	7,757,198
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities – Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	86,000	87,700	89,300

Items for inclusion in the Proposed Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Bill
(for the financial year ending March 31, 2021)

Unless specifically identified under the Changes in 2020–21 Main Estimates section, all vote wordings have been provided in earlier appropriation acts.

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
1	OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CANADA – Operating expenditures – The payment to each member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over a ministry of State, of a salary — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State	140,524,931	-
5	– Capital expenditures	32,589,953	5,682,394,808
10	– The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions	5,509,279,924	5,682,394,808

Statutory Forecasts

	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	2019–20 Estimates to Date (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Budgetary Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Gas Tax Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act)	2,170,596,375	4,340,911,927	2,170,315,887
Contributions to employee benefit plans	7,012,877	8,180,770	7,757,198
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities – Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	86,000	87,700	89,300
Minister of State (Minister of Rural Economic Development) – Motor car allowance (Parliament of Canada Act)	-	2,000	-
Contribution to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the Asset Management Fund (Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No.1 - S.C. 2019, c.29)	-	60,000,000	-
Total Budgetary	2,177,695,252	4,409,182,397	2,178,162,385

Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object

This table shows the forecast of total expenditures by Standard Object, which includes the types of goods or services to be acquired, or the transfer payments to be made and the revenues to be credited to the vote.

Definitions of standard objects available at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pceaf-gwcoa/1920/7-eng.html

Expenditures by Purpose

		2020-21 Main Estimates
Budgetary	2019–20 Main Estimates (dollars)	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
Public Infrastructure	10,685,305,408	91,306,122	31,683,353	7,679,595,811	-	7,802,585,286
Internal Services	51,359,545	57,065,307	906,600	-	-	57,971,907
Total	10,736,664,953	148,371,429	32,589,953	7,679,595,811	-	7,860,557,193

Interim Supply Requirements

Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Approved and Pending Items (dollars) (triage items included)

Vote No.	Vote wording and explanation(s) of Additional Twelfths	Total Main Estimates	Amount Granted
1	– Operating expenditures – The payment to each member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over a ministry of State, of a salary — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State An additional three twelfths are required beyond the normal three-twelfths Reason: To make payment for the Réseau Express Métropolitain work, under the Signature on the Saint Lawrence contract, while the department awaits reimbursement from REM Inc.	140,524,931	70,262,466
5	– Capital expenditures An additional eight twelfths are required beyond the normal three-twelfths Reason: To make payments for the Samuel de Champlain Bridge Corridor project. Due to uncertainty around the holdback payments in 2019-20 that can occur early in the fiscal year 2020-21.	32,589,953	29,874,124
10	– The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year – Contributions No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths	5,509,279,924	1,377,319,981

ii. 2020-21 Main Estimates Highlights

Topic

Infrastructure Canada is seeking total funding of $7.9 billion in the 2020-21 Main Estimates to support the Government of Canada's priorities in investing in public infrastructure. Through the 2020-21 Main Estimates, INFC is seeking Interim Supply of $1.5 billion to cover its anticipated program spending until full supply is received.

Key Messages

• The Investing in Canada Plan is the Government's long-term infrastructure plan to support stronger, more inclusive communities, and create lasting economic, environmental and social benefits for years to come.
• In 2020-21, INFC will continue to deliver an exceptional level of contribution funding stemming from both older programs and the Investing in Canada Plan.
• INFC is seeking $7.9 billion in the 2020-21 Main Estimates in comparison to $10.7 billion in 2019-20, representing a net decrease of $2.9 billion. This decrease is primarily attributable to:
• A net decrease of $1.0 billion representing the completion of the construction of the Samuel de Champlain Bridge Corridor (SDCBC) and the transition of the project into the Operating, Maintenance and Rehabilitation (OMR) phase.
• A decrease of $2.2 billion due to an additional one-time Gas Tax Fund top-up that INFC received in 2019-20 through Budget 2019.

Background

($ in millions)

Vote	Description	2019-20 Main Estimates	2020-21 Main Estimates	2019-20 to 2020-21 Main Estimates Variance	2020-21 Interim Supply
1	Operating Expenditures	107.9	140.5	32.6	70.3
5	Capital Expenditures	1,077.1	32.6	(1,044.5)	29.9
10	Grants & Contributions	5,203.8	5,509.3	305.5	1,377.3
	Sub-Total Voted	6,388.8	5,682.4	(706.4)	1,477.5
(S)	Statutory	4,347.9	2,178.2	(2,169.7)	0.0
	Total	10,736.7	7,860.6	(2,876.1)	1,477.5

• Infrastructure Canada is seeking the following in interim supply to ensure sufficient spending authority is available until full supply is received:
• The standard 25% for grants and contributions funding;
• 50% for operating expenditures to ensure sufficient funding is available for the Réseau Métropolitain work while the department awaits reimbursement from REM Inc.; and
• The maximum of 92% for capital expenditures to ensure availability of funds should the holdback payment for the Samuel de Champlain Bridge Corridor project be delayed from 2019-20 to early 2020-21.

JCCBI

The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. is seeking $327.6 million in the 2020-21 Main Estimates in comparison to $296.6 million in 2019-20, representing a net increase of $31.0 million, largely due to activities surrounding the deconstruction of the existing Champlain Bridge.

WDBA

The Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority is seeking $778.6 million in the 2020-21 Main Estimates in comparison to $802.5 million in 2019-20, representing a net decrease of $23.9 million, largely due to the completion of the Canadian Utilities Relocation and Early Works.

iii. Main Estimates - The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.

Raison d'être

The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated is a Crown corporation established in 1978 whose mission is to manage, operate and maintain the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the Champlain Bridge and its Estacade (Ice Control Structure), the Nuns' Island Bridge, the Melocheville Tunnel and the federal sections of the Honoré Mercier Bridge, the Bonaventure Expressway and to provide a safe and efficient transport system to the public.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for this organization.

Organizational Estimates

		2019–20
	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	Main Estimates (dollars)	Estimates To Date (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Budgetary Voted 1 Payments to the corporation	166,797,775	296,580,451	322,063,784	327,620,136
Total Voted	166,797,775	296,580,451	322,063,784	327,620,136
Total Budgetary	166,797,775	296,580,451	322,063,784	327,620,136

2020–21 Main Estimates by Purpose

Budgetary	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	278,758,091	48,862,045	-	-	327,620,136
Total	278,758,091	48,862,045	-	-	327,620,136

Items for inclusion in the Proposed Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Bill
(for the financial year ending March 31, 2021)

Unless specifically identified under the Changes in 2020–21 Main Estimates section, all vote wordings have been provided in earlier appropriation acts.

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
1	THE JACQUES-CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN BRIDGES INC. – Payments to the corporation to be applied in payment of the excess of its expenditures over its revenues (exclusive of depreciation on capital structures and reserves) in the operation of the Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges, the Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure, the Melocheville Tunnel, the Île-des-Soeurs Bypass Bridge and the federal sections of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and of the Bonaventure Expressway	-	327,620,136 327,620,136

Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object

This table shows the forecast of total expenditures by Standard Object, which includes the types of goods or services to be acquired, or the transfer payments to be made and the revenues to be credited to the vote.

Definitions of standard objects available at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pceaf-gwcoa/1920/7-eng.html

Expenditures by Purpose

		2020-21 Main Estimates
Budgetary	2019–20 Main Estimates (dollars)	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	296,580,451	278,758,091	48,862,045	-	-	327,620,136
Total	296,580,451	278,758,091	48,862,045	-	-	327,620,136

Interim Supply Requirements

The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
Approved and Pending Items (dollars) (triage items included)

Vote No.	Vote wording and explanation(s) of Additional Twelfths	Total Main Estimates	Amount Granted
1	– Payments to the corporation to be applied in payment of the excess of its expenditures over its revenues (exclusive of depreciation on capital structures and reserves) in the operation of the Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges, the Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure, the Melocheville Tunnel, the Île-des-Soeurs Bypass Bridge and the federal sections of the Honoré Mercier Bridge and of the Bonaventure Expressway No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths	327,620,136	81,905,034

iv. Main Estimates: JCCBI

1. Payment to Corporations: $31.0M Increase

JCCBI'S increase in its Main Estimates from 2019-20 to 2020-21 of $31.0M ($296.6M to $327.6M) is mainly due to activities related to the start of the deconstruction of the Champlain Bridge which include the site mobilization, construction of jetties and the start of the deconstruction of the bridge itself.

v. Main Estimates - Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority

Raison d'être

The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) was created in October 2012, pursuant to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act.

The WDBA is responsible to carry out the obligations of the Crossing Authority as a party to the Crossing Agreement and to procure, construct, and operate the Gordie Howe International Bridge (GHIB).

The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for this organization.

Organizational Estimates

		2019–20
	2018–19 Expenditures (dollars)	Main Estimates (dollars)	Estimates To Date (dollars)	2020–21 Main Estimates (dollars)
Budgetary Voted 1 Payments to the Authority	330,500,000	802,476,546	831,733,625	778,634,323
Total Voted	330,500,000	802,476,546	831,733,625	778,634,323
Total Budgetary	330,500,000	802,476,546	831,733,625	778,634,323

2020–21 Main Estimates by Purpose

Budgetary	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority	173,438,977	605,195,346	-	-	778,634,323
Total	173,438,977	605,195,346	-	-	778,634,323

Items for inclusion in the Proposed Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Bill
(for the financial year ending March 31, 2021)

Unless specifically identified under the Changes in 2020–21 Main Estimates section, all vote wordings have been provided in earlier appropriation acts.

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
1	WINDSOR-DETROIT BRIDGE AUTHORITY – Payments to the Authority for the discharge of its mandate consistent with its Letters Patent and the Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement	-	778,634,323 778,634,323

Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object

This table shows the forecast of total expenditures by Standard Object, which includes the types of goods or services to be acquired, or the transfer payments to be made and the revenues to be credited to the vote.

Definitions of standard objects available at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pceaf-gwcoa/1920/7-eng.html

Expenditures by Purpose

		2020-21 Main Estimates
Budgetary	2019–20 Main Estimates (dollars)	Operating (dollars)	Capital (dollars)	Transfer Payments (dollars)	Revenues and other reductions (dollars)	Total (dollars)
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority	802,476,546	173,438,977	605,195,346	-	-	778,634,323
Total	802,476,546	173,438,977	605,195,346	-	-	778,634,323

Interim Supply Requirements

Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Approved and Pending Items (dollars) (triage items included)

Vote No.	Vote wording and explanation(s) of Additional Twelfths	Total Main Estimates	Amount Granted
1	– Payments to the Authority for the discharge of its mandate consistent with its Letters Patent and the Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths	778,634,323	194,658,581

vi. Main Estimates: WDBA

1. Payment to the Authority: $23.9M Decrease

The 2020-21 Main Estimates of $778.6M is less than the 2019-20 Main Estimates of $802.5M as a result of WDBA substantially completing Canadian Utility relocation work as well as other Canadian site preparatory activities in 2019-20 and therefore less funding is being requested related to those items in 2020-21.

WDBA is seeking Main Estimates of $778.6M for 2020-21. This amount reflects the necessary funding requirements to cover costs associated with the design and construction of the GHIB, design and construction oversight functions, WDBA site preparatory activities (utility relocation, property acquisition and remediation), as well as other WDBA operating expenditures.

2. Flow of Funds

Topic

Why is so little funding flowing to recipients?

Responsive Lines

• The Investing in Canada plan is the Government's long-term infrastructure plan to support stronger, more inclusive communities, and create lasting economic, environmental and social benefits for years to come.
• Federal funding under Infrastructure Canada's Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program is available now. Once projects are approved, our partners can start their projects and spend immediately.
• Our programs are structured in such a way that money flows from Infrastructure Canada based on requests for reimbursements; however, the pace at which the department flows money to our partners does not reflect the level of infrastructure project activity across the country.
• We are about a third of the way through this plan, with over $71 billion committed. We have invested in thousands of projects, with funds flowing through 85 programs and managed by 21 federal departments and agencies.

Background

• A metric by which federal success is measured with respect to infrastructure investments is the rate at which funding is flowed compared to initial governmental objectives.
• Gaps between the flow of funds and the initial objectives may be perceived as evidence of ineffectiveness on the part of the Government of Canada to deliver on the infrastructure portfolio. That said, several factors contribute to real and perceived delays in the flow of federal funding.
• Some older infrastructure programs had inefficient requirements for per-project funding agreements, and did not prescribe that recipient jurisdictions had to submit timely claims for payment. Although addressed in the newer programs, such as the Investing in Canada Plan; committed funds under older programs may still be impacted by this challenge.
• The ability to predict and anticipate how a variety of infrastructure projects across the country will unroll and claim federal funds is highly challenging. Factors such as the uncertainty of the Canadian construction season, limitations in work force availability, complexity inherent to multi-million and multi-billion dollar procurement, and changes in provincial, territorial, or municipal priorities are also specific to the Infrastructure domain and over which the federal government has a limited span of control.
• INFC has introduced several operational solutions under the Investing in Canada Plan that have partially closed the spending gap between the announced fiscal profile progress on approved infrastructure projects, such as moving from many agreements (per-project) to a smaller number of Integrated Bilateral Agreements (one with each Province/Territory), implementing mandatory semi-annual progress reports to improve predictability of disbursements and requiring a year-end report on costs incurred and recording expenditures accordingly.
• With the current pandemic (COVID-19), a fifth stream was established on August 5, 2020 under the Investment in Canada Plan based on time limited authorities. The Integrated Bilateral Agreements with the Provinces and Territories are being amended and negotiated accordingly.
• INFC continues to work in close collaboration with its external partners to improve the flow of funds and therefore, better align departmental spending with construction activities.
• To date, a key metric by which federal success is measured with respect to infrastructure investments, remains funds committed as opposed to the rate at which funding is flowed.

3. 2020-21 Supplementary Estimates B

Topic

What is INFC seeking in the Supplementary Estimates (B)?

Responsive Lines

• The Investing in Canada Plan is the Government's long-term infrastructure plan to support stronger, more inclusive communities, and create lasting economic, environmental and social benefits for years to come.
• INFC delivers contribution funding from both older programs and the Investing in Canada Plan.
• In 2020-21, INFC is seeking a net increase of $52.9 million in the Supplementary Estimates (B), which will allow the department to meet existing obligations and maintain operations, while responding to the current global health crisis (COVID-19).

Background

• Unlike most federal departments, Infrastructure Canada's operations are funded through the programs it delivers rather than an annual budget based on permanent operating funding. In 2019, Infrastructure Canada secured additional funding over two years ($6.6 million in 2019-20 and $11.5 million in 2020-21) for the department to sustain operations and continue to effectively deliver its mandate.
• In an effort to meet existing contractual obligations as well as ensure a contingency is available to address any unforeseen events or changes, 2019-20 unused funds ($48.3 million) were made available in 2020-21 for the Samuel de Champlain Bridge Corridor Project.
• To address the current health crisis (COVID-19), unused funds ($4.9 million) from 2019-20 in the Smart Cities Challenge (SCC) program were repurposed and made available in 2020-21 to fund the new Canada Healthy Communities Initiative (CHCI). This is a COVID-19 urgent response initiative that will provide funding ($31.3 million) over two years to non-governmental not-for-profit organizations. It will support community-based infrastructure projects across Canada that respond to impacts of COVID-19 through the adaptation of physical spaces and adoption of technological solutions. The CHCI will enable communities to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 in an inclusive and innovative way, improving the well-being of their residents. This additional funding will complement existing funds in INFC's reference levels that are being repurposed from SCC for this initiative.
• To support INFC's policy and research priorities, INFC will transfer funding ($310,000) to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to support a joint collaboration grant dedicated to synthesizing knowledge on mobility and public transportation. Public transit represents the largest funding area under INFC's Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). It also represents a key piece of Canada's core public infrastructure, one that has immediate implications for the social, environmental, and economic wellbeing of urban and rural communities. Furthermore, while not its original focus, the timing of this initiative provides an opportunity to deepen policy-makers' understanding of the implications and long-term impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic downturn may have on various issues intertwined with public transit and the broader area of mobility in Canada.

4. Lapsing of Funds

Topic

Why is Infrastructure Canada lapsing funds?

Responsive Lines

• The Investing in Canada plan is the Government's long-term infrastructure plan to support stronger, more inclusive communities, and create lasting economic, environmental and social benefits for years to come. We are about a third of the way through this Plan, with over $71 billion committed. We have invested in thousands of projects, with funds flowing through 85 programs and managed by 21 federal departments and agencies.
• The department works in close collaboration with its recipients to regularly update funding profiles of existing federal infrastructure programs in an effort to better align with timelines for anticipated claims.
• Once approved, funding remains committed to the project. Infrastructure Canada reprofiles funding to future years so that it remains available to our partners when they submit their claims for reimbursement to the department.

Background

• INFC has introduced several operational solutions under the Investing in Canada Plan that have partially closed the spending gap between the announced fiscal profile and progress on approved infrastructure projects, significant funds are expected to flow from older programs.
• The ability to predict and anticipate how a variety of infrastructure projects across the country will unroll and claim federal funds is highly challenging. Factors such as the variability of the Canadian construction season, limitations in work force availability, complexity inherent to multi-million and multi-billion dollar procurement and changes in provincial, territorial, or municipal priorities are also specific to the Infrastructure domain and have a direct impact on setting an appropriate forecast and then flowing funds accordingly.
• With the current pandemic (COVID-19), it is anticipated that projects that had started prior to COVID-19 will continue to progress. While new projects may be delayed due to the shortage of labour, delays in supply chains, increased material costs and delays in Aboriginal consultations due to travel restrictions.
• As a result, funding profiles for all existing infrastructure programs are formally updated twice a year through a call letter process and as information becomes available throughout the year to reflect the anticipated amounts to be claimed by recipients. 
• INFC continues to work in close collaboration with its external partners to improve the flow of funds and therefore, better align departmental spending with construction activities.