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HONOURABLE SELINA ROBINSON
MINISTER OF FINANCE
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, 2023;
AND WHEREAS the budget documents, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, disclose that the most likely forecast of a deficit of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 is $4 461 000 000;
AND WHEREAS those budget documents include a $1 000 000 000 forecast allowance to provide for unanticipated fluctuations in revenues and expenses of the government reporting entity that increases the forecast deficit of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 to $5 461 000 000;
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 $61 245 194 000 as set forth in Schedule 1, towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2022.
2 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 $1 303 697 000 towards
(a) capital expenditures referred to in Schedule C of the main Estimates as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, and
(b) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in Schedule D of those main Estimates,
as set forth in Schedule 2, towards defraying the charges and expenditures of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2022.
3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
Schedule 1
2022/2023 Schedule of Voted Expenses
Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 and the purposes for which they are granted
| Vote Number |
Ministry/Office or Minister/Program | $ |
| 1 | Legislative Assembly | 91 983 000 |
| 2 | Auditor General | 20 815 000 |
| 3 | Conflict of Interest Commissioner | 754 000 |
| 4 | Elections BC | 18 416 000 |
| 5 | Human Rights Commissioner | 6 809 000 |
| 6 | Information and Privacy Commissioner | 9 096 000 |
| 7 | Merit Commissioner | 1 641 000 |
| 8 | Ombudsperson | 11 580 000 |
| 9 | Police Complaint Commissioner | 6 984 000 |
| 10 | Representative for Children and Youth | 10 982 000 |
| 11 | Office of the Premier | 14 692 000 |
| 12 | Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training – Ministry Operations | 2 612 688 000 |
| 13 | Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Ministry Operations | 88 820 000 |
| 14 | Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Agricultural Land Commission | 5 001 000 |
| 15 | Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations | 581 587 000 |
| 16 | Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary | 92 325 000 |
| 17 | Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act | 24 500 000 |
| 18 | Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office | 9 093 000 |
| 19 | Ministry of Attorney General – Housing | 652 791 000 |
| 20 | Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations | 1 742 045 000 |
| 21 | Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations | 656 645 000 |
| 22 | Ministry of Education and Child Care – Ministry Operations | 8 178 585 000 |
| 23 | Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation – Ministry Operations | 109 556 000 |
| 24 | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Ministry Operations | 312 344 000 |
| 25 | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Environmental Assessment Office | 15 367 000 |
| 26 | Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations | 318 847 000 |
| 27 | Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement | 28 338 000 |
| 28 | Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency | 59 628 000 |
| 29 | Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs | 1 000 |
| 30 | Ministry of Forests – Ministry Operations | 430 989 000 |
| 31 | Ministry of Forests – Fire Management | 194 285 000 |
| 32 | Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations | 25 308 645 000 |
| 33 | Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations | 49 815 000 |
| 34 | Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding | 115 629 000 |
| 35 | Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Declaration Act Secretariat | 3 213 000 |
| 36 | Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation – Ministry Operations | 110 426 000 |
| 37 | Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations | 17 423 000 |
| 38 | Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship – Ministry Operations | 92 008 000 |
| 39 | Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions – Ministry Operations | 24 602 000 |
| 40 | Ministry of Municipal Affairs – Ministry Operations | 247 545 000 |
| 41 | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations | 942 252 000 |
| 42 | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Emergency Program Act | 436 420 000 |
| 43 | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations | 4 456 033 000 |
| 44 | Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport – Ministry Operations | 167 955 000 |
| 45 | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – Ministry Operations | 955 980 000 |
| 46 | Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt | 1 378 388 000 |
| 47 | Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs | 4 848 000 000 |
| 48 | Various Ministers – Capital Funding | 3 733 581 000 |
| 49 | Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds | 1 000 |
| 50 | Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts | 1 000 |
| 51 | Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers | 2 044 000 000 |
| 52 | Attorney General – Electoral Boundaries Commission | 2 194 000 |
| 53 | Minister of Forests – Forest Practices Board | 3 896 000 |
| TOTAL | 61 245 194 000 | |
Schedule 2
2022/2023 Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions
Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 and the purposes for which they are granted
| $ | |
| Schedule C – Capital Expenditures | 710 955 000 |
| Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements | 592 742 000 |
| TOTAL | 1 303 697 000 |