E-1.45 Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020

There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2021, on the requisition of the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, a sum not exceeding $206,700,000 to the regional development agencies for the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund.

For the purpose of subsection (1), regional development agencies means

Subject to subsection (2), there may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2021, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, all money required to do anything in relation to the initiatives specified in the schedule.

The total of all payments made under subsection (1), in respect of an initiative specified in column 1 of the schedule, must not exceed the limit specified for that initiative in column 2 of the schedule.

There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund until March 31, 2021, on the requisition of the Minister of Employment and Social Development, a sum not exceeding $500,000,000 for the purpose of making income support payments under section 4 of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act.

For greater certainty, the payments that may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection (1) must not include the costs of administering or enforcing the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act.