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Ministry of Natural Resources - THE ESTIMATES, 2013-14 - Summary
The Ministry envisions a healthy environment that is naturally diverse and supports a high quality of life for the people of Ontario through sustainable development.
The Ministry's mission is to manage our natural resources in an ecologically sustainable way to ensure that they are available for the enjoyment and use of future generations.
Ecological sustainability focuses on safeguarding the province's natural capital and nature's capacity to renew itself. It is directed towards resource management practices that protect and maintain nature's capacity to renew itself and generate sufficient natural "interest" to meet Ontarians' present and future needs.
| VOTE | PROGRAM | Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATING EXPENSE | |||||
| 2101 | Ministry Administration Program | 33,467,800 | 33,209,300 | 258,500 | 34,564,788 |
| 2103 | Natural Resource Management Program | 357,180,000 | 333,947,400 | 23,232,600 | 346,983,176 |
| 2104 | Public Protection | 103,653,000 | 101,160,900 | 2,492,100 | 239,069,453 |
| 2105 | Land and Resources Information and Information Technology Cluster Program | 24,840,200 | 25,040,200 | (200,000) | 25,039,200 |
| TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE TO BE VOTED | 519,141,000 | 493,357,800 | 25,783,200 | 645,656,617 | |
| Statutory Appropriations | 5,167,014 | 5,167,014 | - | 4,510,735 | |
| Ministry Total Operating Expense | 524,308,014 | 498,524,814 | 25,783,200 | 650,167,352 | |
| Operating Expense Adjustment - Special Purpose Accounts for Fish and Wildlife | 70,000,000 | 70,289,000 | (289,000) | 67,556,431 | |
| Operating Expense Adjustment - Special Purpose Accounts for Ontario Parks | 65,063,000 | 64,063,000 | 1,000,000 | 68,313,000 | |
| Consolidation Adjustment - Algonquin Forest Authority | 22,179,200 | 21,824,400 | 354,800 | 14,788,000 | |
| Consolidation Adjustment - Forest Renewal Trust | 51,245,100 | 43,265,400 | 7,979,700 | 44,678,000 | |
| Operating Expense Adjustment - Section 15 Recoveries | - | - | - | 12,711,700 | |
| Total Including Consolidation & Other Adjustments | 732,795,314 | 697,966,614 | 34,828,700 | 858,214,483 | |
| OPERATING ASSETS | |||||
| 2103 | Natural Resource Management Program | 501,000 | 1,200,000 | (699,000) | 720,000 |
| 2104 | Public Protection | 54,800 | 53,600 | 1,200 | 53,565 |
| 2105 | Land and Resources Information and Information Technology Cluster Program | - | 181,500 | (181,500) | 270,770 |
| TOTAL OPERATING ASSETS TO BE VOTED | 555,800 | 1,435,100 | (879,300) | 1,044,335 | |
| Ministry Total Operating Assets | 555,800 | 1,435,100 | (879,300) | 1,044,335 | |
| CAPITAL EXPENSE | |||||
| 2103 | Natural Resource Management Program | 41,818,000 | 52,639,200 | (10,821,200) | 53,183,282 |
| 2104 | Public Protection | 1,643,800 | 1,256,500 | 387,300 | 1,296,994 |
| TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENSE TO BE VOTED | 43,461,800 | 53,895,700 | (10,433,900) | 54,480,276 | |
| Statutory Appropriations | 9,958,200 | 12,762,400 | (2,804,200) | 8,648,310 | |
| Ministry Total Capital Expense | 53,420,000 | 66,658,100 | (13,238,100) | 63,128,586 | |
| Consolidation Adjustment - Algonquin Forest Authority | 66,200 | 150,000 | (83,800) | 198,000 | |
| Total Including Consolidation & Other Adjustments | 53,486,200 | 66,808,100 | (13,321,900) | 63,326,586 | |
| CAPITAL ASSETS | |||||
| 2103 | Natural Resource Management Program | 15,470,100 | 19,710,100 | (4,240,000) | 27,009,184 |
| 2104 | Public Protection | 33,647,500 | 24,089,800 | 9,557,700 | 9,175,699 |
| TOTAL CAPITAL ASSETS TO BE VOTED | 49,117,600 | 43,799,900 | 5,317,700 | 36,184,883 | |
| Ministry Total Capital Assets | 49,117,600 | 43,799,900 | 5,317,700 | 36,184,883 | |
| Ministry Total Operating and Capital Including Consolidation and Other Adjustments (not including Assets) | 786,281,514 | 764,774,714 | 21,506,800 | 921,541,069 |
