Appendix B – Transaction Approval Limits and
Conditions
A minister may transact in real property when the consideration paid or
received does not exceed the limits and conditions set out in the tables below.
Unless specifically mentioned or otherwise previously approved, the general rule
applies. These approval levels do not apply to custody transfers,
as defined in this policy, as custody transfers are effected at nominal value.
The transaction approval limits and conditions of the Minister of Public Works
and Government Services, set out in the tables, also apply to transactions where
the Minister of PWGS has been, legally and in writing, empowered to exercise the
powers of the custodial minister including the signing of the final conveyancing
document on behalf of the custodial minister. GST should be excluded for
the purposes of the approval levels.
| Rules Acquisitions |
Purchase, Gift, Bequest |
Exchange |
Option to Purchase Land
(Note 1) |
Lease, Licence (Note 2) |
Transfer of Adminis-
tration
|
Transfer of Administration and Control
|
| General |
$350,000
|
$350,000
|
$15,000 and where repairs or compensation payable under the
option pursuant to section 10 of the FRPRegs are expected to exceed
$15,000
|
Lease or Licence: Annual consideration (AC) $30,000 and total
consideration (TC) $300,000
|
$350,000 (Note 3)
|
Approval levels for the acceptance of a transfer of administration
and control are the same as those listed under general and special rules
in this table for:
- purchase if the transfer is not for a specific term
- a lease if the transfer is for specified term |
|
Special
|
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service
|
$700,000 ( Note 4)
|
|
|
Lease or Licence: Unlimited (Note 4)
|
|
|
Foreign Affairs Canada
|
- $1.3M per staff quarter
- $4M for official residence
- $13M for a chancery
- $13M for multiple-unit facility ( Note 5) |
$1M for property outside Canada
|
|
Lease or Licence:
- AC $2.5M and TC $25M for chanceries
- AC $3M and TC $30M in case of emergency / national
security
- AC $450,000 and TC of $4.5M for residential accommodation
|
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Indian and Northern Affairs
|
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|
|
|
$950,000 (Note 6)
|
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National Defence
|
|
|
|
Lease or Licence:
- AC $300,000 and TC of $3M (Note 7)
- AC $1.5M and TC of $6M (Note 8) |
|
|
Parks Canada Agency
|
$3.8M where not otherwise approved by TB
|
|
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|
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|
Public Works and Government Services Canada
|
- $36M for office accommodation
- $6M for gift or bequest
- $1.9M for non-PWGSC program purpose |
$1M for property within Canada
|
$600,000 for option to acquire an interest in real property in Canada
|
Lease or Licence:
- TC $36M for real property in Canada |
|
|
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
|
$700,000 ( Note 9)
|
|
|
Lease or Licence:
- Unlimited (Note 9)
- AC $500,000 and TC $5M (Note 10)
- AC $150,000 and TC $1.5M for all other leases and licences |
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Explanatory notes on conditions: 1. If the consideration for
the option exceeds $1,000, the Minister of Justice must be satisfied that the
person granting the option has valid title to the optioned real property. 2. Levels
also apply to the surrender of a lease and to the relinquishment of a licence
where the amount represents either the consideration payable under the entire
lease or licence, or the value of the Crown's interest in the unexpired term of
the lease or licence. 3. Includes the transfer of administrative
responsibility for a licence with respect to private or provincial real property
from another minister. 4. For acquisitions made to pursue security
investigations that the minister determines require a special degree
of confidentiality. 5. Provided the portion attributable to each unit
does not exceed the previously listed amounts. 6. Where property is to be
used for settlements under the Comprehensive Claims Program. 7. For
leases and licences other than single-family residences. 8. For leases
and licences other than single-family residences and in response to an initial
authorized operational deployment abroad. 9. For acquisitions made to
pursue security or criminal investigations that the minister determines
require a special degree of confidentiality. 10. For leases and
licences with a province, municipality or local airport authority for the
purposes of providing policing services.
Appendix B – Transaction Approval Limits and Conditions
|
Rules – Dispositions
|
Sale / Option to Sell ( Note 1)
|
Exchange
|
Lease, Licence (Note 2)
|
Transfer of Administration
|
Transfer of Administration and Control
|
|
General
|
- Sale to CLC
$1.8M
- Sale to any
other party $350,000
|
$350,000
|
Lease or Licence: Annual consideration (AC) $150,000 and total
consideration (TC) $1.5M
|
- $350,000 (Note
3)
- $950,000 (Note
4)
|
Approval levels for the transfer of administration and control are
the same as those listed under general and special rules in this table
for:
- a sale if the
transfer is not for a specific term
- a lease if the
transfer is for a specified term
|
|
Special
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agriculture and AgriFoods Canada
|
|
|
Lease or Licence: TC for first five years of the term $700,000
(Note 5)
|
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|
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
|
$700,000 (Note 6)
|
|
|
|
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada
|
$1.8M (Note 7)
|
|
|
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Foreign Affairs Canada
|
$25M for properties outside Canada
|
$1M for properties outside Canada
|
|
|
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National Defence
|
|
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National Reseach Council
|
|
|
Lease or Licence: AC $250,000 and TC $1.4M
|
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Parks Canada
|
$1.3M for dispositions not otherwise approved
|
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|
|
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
|
$6M for properties within Canada (Note 8)
|
$1M for properties within Canada
|
Lease or Licence:
- TC $30M for
PWGSC office accommodation
- TC $6.5M for
non-PWGSC program purposes
|
|
|
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
|
$700,000 (Note 9)
|
|
|
|
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Transport Canada (for airport-related purposes only)
|
|
|
Lease or Licence:
- Unlimited (Note
10)
- AC $1.4M (Note
11)
- TC $6.9M over
the first 5 years (Note 12)
|
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Explanatory notes on conditions: 1. The option to sell must expire
within six months. 2. Levels also apply to the acceptance of surrender
of a lease or relinquishment of a licence where the amount represents either
the consideration payable under the entire lease or licence, or the value of
the Crown's interest in the unexpired term of the lease or licence. 3.
Includes the transfer of administrative responsibility for a licence with
respect to private or provincial real property to another minister 4. Where the transfer is to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs for
settlements under the Comprehensive Claims Program. 5. For lands
administered by the Director of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
under the Prairie Farm Rehabiliation Act where the term does not exceed 21
years. 6. For dispositions of property acquired to pursue security
investigations that the minister determines require a special degree
of confidentiality. 7. For fast track disposal flexibilities and
program transfer flexibilities approved for program review-related
divestitures and for the new Divestiture Program initiative. 8. Subject
to the TB Secretariat, the custodian or PWGSC identifying the need for
Treasury Board approval for reasons other than the financial limit of the
transaction. 9. For dispositions of property acquired to pursue
security or criminal investigations that the minister determines
require a special degree of confidentiality. 10. For leases and
licences in air terminal buildings where the consideration is based solely on
cost recovery rates, as determined under Transport Canada's Terminal Building
Rental Rates Policy. 11. For all other leases and licences in air
terminal buildings. 12. For all other airport-related purposes.
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