An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025
Supply bill for fiscal year 2024 to 2025. Authorizes federal departmental spending through March 31, 2025. Routine but mandatory; without it the federal government cannot pay salaries or honour contracts for the year. 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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Approves federal spending for fiscal year 2024 to 2025. A standard supply bill, passed each fiscal year so the government can pay its bills. Without supply bills like this, departments cannot pay salaries, contracts, or grants, and a government that loses one falls by parliamentary convention. The Estimates cycle (Main Estimates each February, Supplementary Estimates A in May, B in November, C in February) is the underlying framework these acts implement.
Issues this bill touches
- Tax & Fiscal Policy
Supply bill.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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Second reading in the House of Commons.
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Third reading in the House of Commons.
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First reading in the Senate.
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Second reading in the Senate.
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Third reading in the Senate.
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Royal assent received.
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Tabled in the originating chamber by the sponsor.
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Debated in principle; vote sends the bill to committee.
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