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Bill C-11 explained in plain English

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021

Federal Parliament bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Federal Parliament
Legislature / Parliament
Parliament of Canada
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill C-11
Full title
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal assent received
Last updated
Mar 13, 2020

Official Parliament of Canada snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. MP vote breakdowns appear when the House of Commons publishes a recorded division export for that bill. Senate and House stage details include official debate/sitting links when LEGISinfo publishes them.

Chamber
Parliament of Canada
Current Stage
Royal assent received
Latest Activity
Mar 13, 2020
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

AI-assisted, reviewed before publishing
Short Version

This Act grants over $43 billion to the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, to cover unprovided-for expenses.

What It Means

This bill grants $43,908,982,917 to the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. This funding is to cover expenses not already provided for in other ways. The funds are allocated across various government departments and programs as detailed in the bill's schedules.

What This Bill Does
  • Grants $43,908,982,917 to the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.
  • Specifies the allocation of funds across different government departments and programs through various schedules.
  • Allows for the adjustment of accounts of Canada after the fiscal year ends for appropriations granted by this Act or other Acts, provided these adjustments do not require payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
  • Allows for funds appropriated in Schedule 2 to be paid and applied up to March 31, 2022, with specific rules for how earlier appropriations are charged first.
  • States that any uncharged balances of amounts appropriated in Schedule 2 will lapse at the end of the fiscal year following March 31, 2021, subject to certain adjustments.
Who Is Affected
  • The federal public administration
  • Federal government departments and agencies (e.g., Canada Council for the Arts, Department for Women and Gender Equality, Department of Indigenous Services, Department of Industry, Department of Public Works and Government Services, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Privy Council Office, Public Service Commission, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Shared Services Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Treasury Board Secretariat, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Canadian Space Agency, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, VIA Rail Canada Inc., Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, Department of Employment and Social Development, Department of Health, Department of Transport, Office of Infrastructure of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Marine Atlantic Inc., Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat, Department of Finance, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Leaders’ Debates Commission, Canada Border Services Agency, Canada Revenue Agency, Parks Canada Agency).
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Government departments must use appropriated funds only for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions specified in the estimates.
  • Departments are authorized to expend certain revenues to offset expenditures, as specified in the Act.
  • Certain appropriations may be charged after the end of the fiscal year for the purpose of making adjustments in the accounts of Canada.
Important Dates
  • The Act pertains to the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.
  • Adjustments in accounts for appropriations granted by this Act may be made after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted, before the Public Accounts for that fiscal year are tabled in Parliament.
  • For appropriations in Schedule 2, adjustments in accounts may be made after the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the appropriation is granted, before the Public Accounts for that second fiscal year are tabled in Parliament.
  • Amounts appropriated in Schedule 2 may be paid and applied on or before March 31, 2022.
  • Balances of amounts appropriated by this Act that have not been charged lapse at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Grants a total of $43,908,982,917 to the federal public administration.
  • Details specific amounts granted to various departments and for various purposes, as outlined in the schedules.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify details regarding how the Governor in Council approves terms and conditions for certain expenditures.
  • The specific items included in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, to which the appropriations refer, are not detailed within this Act itself but are referenced in associated schedules.
  • The exact date of Royal Assent is not explicitly stated within the provided text, though the bill is identified as having received Royal Assent.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Financial Administration Act
referred to

The bill refers to sections of this Act, specifically sections 29.1(2)(a), 29.2, and 37, in relation to the authority of certain departments to expend revenues and make adjustments in accounts. This Act governs the administration of public funds.

Source: Sections 4, 5(2) and schedules

Canada Council for the Arts Act
referred to

The purpose of a payment to the Canada Council for the Arts is specified as being for the furtherance of the objects set out in section 8 of this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
referred to

The Department of Industry is authorized to expend revenues received from services and insolvency processes under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Canada Business Corporations Act
referred to

The Department of Industry is authorized to expend revenues received from activities and operations carried out by Corporations Canada under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Canada Cooperatives Act
referred to

The Department of Industry is authorized to expend revenues received from activities and operations carried out by Corporations Canada under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
referred to

The Department of Industry is authorized to expend revenues received from activities and operations carried out by Corporations Canada under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Competition Act
referred to

The Department of Industry is authorized to expend revenues received from services and regulatory processes for mergers and merger-related matters under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Employment Insurance Act
referred to

The Treasury Board Secretariat is authorized to expend revenues to provide for the return to eligible employees of the premium refund under subsection 96(3) of this Act. The Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency may make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of this Act.

Source: Schedules 1.1, 1.3, 2

Salaries Act
referred to

Payments for salaries to certain ministers without portfolio or ministers of state are referenced in relation to the salaries paid under this Act.

Source: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8

Parliament of Canada Act
referred to

Payments for salaries to certain ministers without portfolio or ministers of state are referenced in relation to rounding down under section 67 of this Act.

Source: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8

Parks Canada Agency Act
referred to

Amounts credited to the New Parks and Historic Sites Account for specified purposes are referenced under subsection 21(3) of this Act.

Source: Schedule 2

Shared Services Canada Act
referred to

Shared Services Canada is authorized to expend revenues received from the provision of information technology services under this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act
referred to

The Department of Finance is authorized to provide financial assistance by way of direct payments to the International Development Association, not exceeding a specified amount in the fiscal year, pursuant to subsection 8(2) of this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.9

International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act
referred to

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development is authorized to provide financial assistance by way of direct payments and the purchase of shares of international financial institutions, not exceeding specified amounts in the fiscal year, pursuant to subsection 12(2) of this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.9

Seized Property Management Act
referred to

Department of Public Works and Government Services is authorized to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of this Act.

Source: Schedule 1.1

Canada Pension Plan
referred to

The Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, Department of Public Works and Government Services, Canada Revenue Agency, and Parks Canada Agency may make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of this Act.

Source: Schedules 1.1, 1.3, 2

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Official text
Official summary
Official summary (Parliament of Canada)

The official summary published alongside the bill, shown exactly as written.

Source: Parliament of Canada (LEGISinfo)

Third-party sourceView on LEGISinfo

The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for appropriation bills, ways and means bills and borrowing-authority bills. The following is a short summary: On 13 March 2020, the President of the Treasury Board introduced Bill C-11, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2021, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-11 (Appropriation Act No. 1, 2020-21) received Royal Assent on 13 March 2020 and authorizes payments to defray certain expenses of the public service of Canada, not otherwise provided for, for the financial year ending 31 March 2021. The Act provides for the sum of $43,908,982,917 to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be used the public service of Canada. The Act came into force on Royal Assent.

This is the official summary published by the Parliament of Canada, shown verbatim. Not legal advice. PoliticalData.ca did not write or edit this text.

View on LEGISinfo

Parliamentary Process

Step 1
First reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11, an Act to grant funds for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, completed its first reading in the Senate on March 13, 2020, before receiving royal assent on the same day.

First reading, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
First reading - Mar 13, 2020

On March 13, 2020, the Senate convened for urgent business, passed procedural motions, conducted first, second, and third readings of several appropriation and other bills, and concluded with Royal Assent.

On March 13, 2020, the Senate convened to handle urgent government business, including the first reading of Bill C-11, and moved several other bills, including Bill C-4, to Royal Assent.

Step 2
Second reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11 completed its second reading in the Senate on March 13, 2020, the same day it received Royal Assent.

Second reading, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Second reading - Mar 13, 2020

On March 13, 2020, the Senate convened, adopted procedural motions, debated and advanced several bills including appropriation bills and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement implementation bill, and concluded with Royal Assent for multiple bills.

The Senate convened for an extraordinary sitting on March 13, 2020, to pass urgent appropriation bills (C-10 and C-11), alongside other legislation, all of which received Royal Assent on the same day, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Step 3
Third reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11, an act granting funds for the federal public administration for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, completed its third reading in the Senate on March 13, 2020, and received royal assent the same day.

Third reading, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Third reading - Mar 13, 2020

The Senate convened for the third reading of Bill C-11, debated and passed several other bills including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, and concluded the day with Royal Assent and an adjournment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 13, 2020, the Senate adopted procedural motions, advanced several bills including Appropriation Bill No. 1, 2020-21 (Bill C-11) through first reading and subsequently received Royal Assent for it, and adjourned until April 21, 2020.

Step 1
First reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11, concerning funding for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, completed first reading in the House of Commons on March 13, 2020, and received royal assent on the same day.

Introduction and first reading, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Introduction and first reading - Mar 13, 2020

On March 13, 2020, the House of Commons sat to address the COVID-19 pandemic, agreeing to adjourn and rapidly pass several appropriation and financial bills, including Bill C-11, under special procedural arrangements.

Step 2
Second reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11 completed its second reading in the House of Commons and received Royal Assent on March 13, 2020.

Second reading and referral to committee, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Debate at second reading - Mar 13, 2020

During a sitting on March 13, 2020, the House of Commons completed the second reading and passage of Bill C-11, an act granting funds for the federal public administration, as part of an agreement to adjourn proceedings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Step 3
Consideration in committee
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

This procedural artifact shows Bill C-11 completed its committee consideration in the House of Commons on March 13, 2020, the same day it received Royal Assent.

Committee report presented, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Committee report presented - Mar 13, 2020

The House of Commons agreed to suspend its sittings until April 20, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time Bill C-11, granting funds for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, was passed on division.

Step 4
Report stage
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

Bill C-11, an act for granting money for the federal public administration, completed its report stage in the House of Commons and received Royal Assent on March 13, 2020.

Concurrence at report stage, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Concurrence at report stage - Mar 13, 2020

The House of Commons convened on March 13, 2020, to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, agree to a temporary adjournment, and procedurally advance Bill C-11 and other legislative items.

Step 5
Third reading
Mar 13, 2020
Completed

The House of Commons completed its Third Reading of Bill C-11 on March 13, 2020, after which it received Royal Assent.

Third reading, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Debate at third reading - Mar 13, 2020

The House of Commons completed the third reading and passage of Bill C-11, an act for granting funds for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as part of an agreement to adjourn the House due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Step 1
Royal assent
Mar 13, 2020
Royal assent, Mar 13, 2020
End of stage activity, Mar 13, 2020
Chamber sittings
Royal assent - Mar 13, 2020

We don't have a plain-language summary for Royal assent yet. The official source linked below is the full record.

We don't have a plain-language summary for Debates of the Senate yet. The official source linked below is the full record.

Debate and sitting links point to official parliamentary sources when LEGISinfo publishes them. Any plain-language discussion summaries should be generated from those official texts and reviewed before public display.

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal | Québec Centre
Jurisdiction
Federal Parliament

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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