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Status and purpose

• The supplied material labels Bill C-33 as being at second reading, but the text itself says it received royal assent on June 17, 2026, as chapter 14 of the Statutes of Canada.
• The Act authorizes up to $11,127,236,516 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for federal expenses not otherwise provided for in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The amounts come from Supplementary Estimates (A).
• It affects federal departments, agencies and Crown corporations receiving appropriations, as well as people and organizations served by or receiving funding through them. The text generally identifies spending categories rather than individual projects or recipients.

Appropriations

The Act has no Parts. Its two schedules allocate the funding:

• Schedule 1: $11,109,703,047. Major allocations include:
  • Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs: $3.108 billion.
  • Housing, Infrastructure and Communities: $2.206 billion.
  • National Defence: $1.080 billion.
  • Indigenous Services: $889.4 million.
  • Canadian Air Transport Security Authority: $740.2 million.
  • Canada Post: $673 million.
• Other allocations include funding for public safety, health, transportation, arts, research and regional economic development. The vote descriptions cover operating and capital spending, grants, contributions and other specified purposes.
• Schedule 2: $17,533,469 for Canada Revenue Agency operating expenditures, grants and contributions. This appropriation is available for use over two fiscal years.

Powers and changes

• Each item can be used only for its specified purposes and subject to its stated conditions. The Act authorizes various activities in the votes, including allowing specified organizations to spend certain revenues to offset expenses.
• National Defence is authorized, subject to Treasury Board allotment, to make total commitments of $129.086 billion for specified votes, regardless of when payments fall due. The text estimates $76.135 billion will be payable in future years; these commitment figures are not additional amounts granted by this Act.
• A $1 vote increases the aggregate payment limit under the International Financial Assistance Act for Development Finance Institute Canada from $720 million to $725,087,616.
• The text does not otherwise set out amendments to existing Acts; it grants appropriations and associated authorities, some of which refer to existing laws.

Timing and accounting

• Appropriation transfers in the estimates are deemed authorized, and the schedule items effective, from April 1, 2026.
• Schedule 2 amounts may be paid through March 31, 2028, with earlier relevant appropriations used first. The remaining balance then lapses, subject to the stated Financial Administration Act adjustments.
• The Act permits specified accounting adjustments after the relevant fiscal year ends, before that year’s Public Accounts are tabled, provided the adjustments do not require payments from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.