The departmental planned spending to deliver on the priorities identified in Section 2 is presented in Table 5.1. Environment Canada will have a budget of $958.7M in 2004-2005. This total amount is allocated among four Business Lines as illustrated in Figure 1. Section 4 provides more details on budget allocation by Business Line and by long-term result.

The budget of the Department has decreased by $76.6M from last fiscal year. This decrease is mostly due to one-time payments made in 2003-2004. These payments include a $50M grant to the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, a $125M grant to Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) (payment of $100M is planned for 2004-2005), and a $28M contribution towards the acquisition of Burns Bog, British Columbia.

Environment Canada will also receive in 2004-2005, increased funding for some initiatives. The major changes in funding include an increase of $9.8M for the transformation of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), $6.1M for research and negotiations with the United States related to Border Air Quality, and new resources in the amount of $6.7M towards the Agricultural Policy Framework (APF).

As part of the Federal Budget 2004, the government also announced incremental funding for the remediation of federal contaminated sites. The amounts indicated in the tables include approximately $14.5M in resources which will be redistributed to other federal government departments for various remediation projects. Also announced in the Federal Budget 2004 was funding for the implementation of environmental indicators. The resources for environmental indicators identified in the tables include resources that will be transferred to Statistics Canada.

Environment Canada is planning for a further decrease in its budget over years two and three of the planning horizon. This decrease is directly attributable to the sunsetting of funding tied to programs such as the Climate Change Action Fund, the remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds and the Coke Oven contaminated site, and a reduction in the cash flow related to the Meteorological Service of Canada transformation and various climate change initiatives. Also, a grant payment to Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has not been identified for these two fiscal years.

In light of the December 2003 government transition and the review of programs that has started, it is possible that the planning numbers presented in this section may be adjusted at a later date to reflect the outcome of the various expenditure review exercises to be undertaken.

The following tables depict the planned spending situation in Environment Canada for the period of 2004-2005 to 2006-2007. Totals may differ within and between tables due to rounding of figures.