An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

Routine but mandatory interim supply bill. Authorizes federal departmental spending in fiscal year 2021-2022. Without supply bills the federal government cannot pay salaries or honour contracts. Granted royal assent. The constitutional basis sits in sections 53 and 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867: money bills must originate in the Commons and must be recommended by the Crown (the Governor General on the advice of Cabinet). The Financial Administration Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11) then governs how the appropriated funds flow through the Consolidated Revenue Fund. A government that loses a supply vote loses the confidence of the House by convention; Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative minority fell on a budget vote on December 13, 1979 and Stephen Harper's Conservative minority fell on a contempt finding tied to the 2011 budget, both clear modern precedents.

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