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The 39th Parliament
Government cuts to 66 programs announced in September 2006
Last Updated September 27, 2006
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| Type of saving | Department or agency | What's being cut | How much |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unused | Treasury Board | Excess funding for Public Service Human Resource programs | $83.2 million |
| Value | Canada Revenue Agency | Cutting the Visitor Rebate Program | $78.8 million |
| Value | Human Resources | Investments for youth employment | $55.4 million |
| Unused | Indian Affairs | Unused funding for Northwest Territories devolution | $50.0 million |
| Unused | Industry | One-time cut on reserves to Canadian Intellectual Property Office's revolving fund | $50 million |
| Efficiency | Various | Smaller cabinet | $46.8 million |
| Efficiency | Human Resources | Administration of CMHC programs | $45 million |
| Value | Industry | Cut in funding for industrial programs, including Technology Partnerships Canada | $42.2 million |
| Unused | Public Works and Government Services | Cutting excess revolving fund surplus | $40 million |
| Non-Core | Regional development | Funds not committed for social economy programs | $39.3 million |
| Efficiency | Health | Health portfolio efficiencies | $28.1 million |
| Unused | Industry Canada | Reducing funds for the Canadian Apparel and Textile Industries | $24.9 million |
| Unused | Citizenship and Immigration | Unspent money for Citizenship Act | $20.3 million |
| Efficiency | Treasury Board | Reducing money for ministers' regional responsibilities | $20 million |
| Unused | Fisheries and Oceans | Cutting program funding | $20 million |
| Unused | Treasury Board | Cutting of uncommitted funding | $18.5 million |
| Value | Human Resources | "Improved targeting" of adult learning and skills | $17.7 million |
| Value | Human Resources | Refocusing of workplace skills strategy | $17.6 million |
| Efficiency | Industry | Operational efficiencies at Statistics Canada | $15 million |
| Unused | Foreign Affairs | Cutting of residual funding for softwood trade litigation | $15 million |
| Value | Public Safety | Refocusing of funding from National Crime Prevention Centre | $14.1 million |
| Efficiency | Foreign Affairs | Slowing implementation of "overseas activities" | $14 million |
| Value | National Defence | Cancelling High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar Project | $13.9 million |
| Non-core | Human Resources | Reducing money to Social Development Partnerships Program | $13.8 million |
| Unused | Health | Unused healthy policy grants Portion | $12 million |
| Efficiency | Foreign Affairs | Reduced funds for public diplomacy | $11.9 million |
| Efficiency | Natural Resources | Unused funding for old mountain pine beetle program | $11.7 million |
| Value | Health | Cutting funds for native anti-smoking strategy | $10.8 million |
| Non-core | Foreign Affairs | Elimination of youth international internship program | $10.2 million |
| Unused | Agriculture and Agri-Food | Unused money from Canadian Food Inspection Agency | $10 million |
| Non-core | Canadian Heritage | Cutting funds to Canadian Volunteerism Initiative | $9.7 million |
| Non-core | Treasury Board | Reducing training funds for federal employees | $9.1 million |
| Unused | Foreign Affairs | Unused funding for expanding consulates | $8.0 million |
| Non-core | Environment | Reduction grants and contributions | $7.6 million |
| Efficiency | Health | Cutting Health Canada's policy research | $7.5 million |
| Efficiency | Industry | Slowing of Commercialization Pilot Program | $7.5 million |
| Value | Canadian Heritage | Eliminate funds for Centre for Research and Information on Canada | $6.5 million |
| Efficiency | Public Safety | Efficiencies at Canadian Firearms Centre | $6 million |
| Unused | Industry | Unused funds for Canadian Tourism Commission | $5.7 million |
| Value | Canadian Heritage | Eliminating the Court Challenges Program | $5.6 million |
| Efficiency | Canadian Heritage | Administrative savings from Status of Women Canada | $5 million |
| Efficiency | Finance | Consolidating administration in the Retail Debt Program | $5 million |
| Unused | Agriculture and Agri-Food | Lower funding for Greencover Canada Program | $5 million |
| Unused | Public Works and Government Services | Excess fund for Real Property Renewal | $5 million |
| Non-core | Public Works and Government Services | Elimination of Canadian Identity program | $4.8 million |
| Unused | Public Safety | Eliminating RCMP impaired driving training program | $4.7 million |
| Efficiency | Canadian Heritage | Cutting funds to Museums Assistance Program | $4.6 million |
| Efficiency | Foreign Affairs | Consolidation of foreign missions | $4.3 million |
| Efficiency | Justice | Eliminating the Law Commission of Canada | $4.2 million |
| Efficiency | CIDA | "Operational efficiencies" | $4 million |
| Unused | Agriculture and Agri-Food | Cutting non-health and safety inspection of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency | $4 million |
| Non-core | Health | Eliminating medical marijuana research | $4 million |
| Efficiency | Indian Affairs | "Departmental efficiencies" | $3.6 million |
| Efficiency | Transport | "Capital management efficiencies" | $3 million |
| Value | Human Resources | Cutting funding to Canadian Policy Research Networks | $3 million |
| Unused | Environment | Closing of Commercial Heritage Property Incentive Fund run by Parks Canada | $2.9 million |
| Efficiency | Natural Resources | "Phase in approach to International Capacity Building" | $1.8 million |
| Efficiency | Natural Resources | Shutting down the Very Long Base Interferometry (VLBI) System | $1.6 million |
| Efficiency | Canada Revenue Agency | Cutting advisory committees | $1.4 million |
| Efficiency | Foreign Affairs | Cutting of consultation, research and outreach program | $1.3 million |
| Efficiency | Canadian Heritage | "Operating/program efficiencies" | $1.1 million |
| Non-core | Natural Resources | Eliminating programs that study concrete and other materials | $1.1 million |
| Efficiency | Agriculture and Agri-Food | Reducing advisory groups | $1 million |
| Unused | Canadian Heritage | Cutting unneeded funds from loan-loss reserve | $500,000 |
| Efficiency | Transport | Efficiencies | $466,000 |
| Efficiency | Human Resources | Efficiencies at the Policy Research Initiative | $300,000 |
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