4th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2023) THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 11th day of May, 2023

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

HONOURABLE KATRINE CONROY

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 30 – 2023

SUPPLY ACT, 2023–2024

Preamble

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, 2024;

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, 2024 is $3 516 000 000;

AND

WHEREAS those budget documents include a $700 000 000 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, 2024 to $4 216 000 000;

THEREFORE HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Voted expenses appropriation

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 $68 449 172 000 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, 2024, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2023 .

Voted financing transactions appropriation

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 $1 351 564 000 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, 2024, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2023 .

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Schedule 1

2023/2024

Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to His Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote

Number

Ministry/Office or Minister/Program

Legislative Assembly

100 341 000

Auditor General

22 275 000

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

786 000

Elections BC

35 967 000

Human Rights Commissioner

7 505 000

Information and Privacy Commissioner

9 272 000

Merit Commissioner

1 442 000

Ombudsperson

12 773 000

Police Complaint Commissioner

7 013 000

Representative for Children and Youth

12 191 000

Office of the Premier

16 045 000

Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Ministry Operations

93 246 000

Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Agricultural Land Commission

5 315 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations

643 641 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary

93 617 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act

24 500 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office

11 564 000

Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations

1 912 095 000

Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations

682 770 000

Ministry of Education and Child Care – Ministry Operations

8 835 152 000

Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Ministry Operations

64 363 000

Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Emergency Program Act

36 420 000

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation – Ministry Operations

118 408 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Ministry Operations

199 682 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Environmental Assessment Office

16 392 000

Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations

338 869 000

Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement

29 341 000

Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency

63 385 000

Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs

1 000

Ministry of Forests – Ministry Operations

483 568 000

Ministry of Forests – Fire Management

204 120 000

Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations

28 526 258 000

Ministry of Housing – Ministry Operations

884 436 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations

57 912 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding

116 159 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Declaration Act Secretariat

4 431 000

Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation – Ministry Operations

112 841 000

Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations

21 489 000

Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions – Ministry Operations

26 715 000

Ministry of Municipal Affairs – Ministry Operations

255 711 000

Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills – Ministry Operations

2 769 979 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations

1 013 019 000

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations

4 745 331 000

Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport – Ministry Operations

176 229 000

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – Ministry Operations

1 020 919 000

Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship – Ministry Operations

124 009 000

Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt

1 308 553 000

Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs

5 500 000 000

Various Ministers – Capital Funding

4 539 987 000

Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers

3 159 000 000

Attorney General – Electoral Boundaries Commission

147 000

Minister of Forests – Forest Practices Board

3 986 000

TOTAL

68 449 172 000

Schedule 2

2023/2024

Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to His Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 and the purposes for which they are granted

Schedule C – Capital Expenditures

658 015 000

Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

693 549 000

TOTAL

1 351 564 000

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