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### Viewing cable 09OTTAWA246, Canada's Green Investments in its Stimulus Package

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09OTTAWA246 | 2009-03-26 18:13 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ottawa

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 000246

    SIPDIS

    STATE FOR OES/EGC, WHA/CAN

    WHITE HOUSE FOR CEQ AND OFFICE OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE

    EPA FOR OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

    DOE FOR PI

    TREASURY FOR INTERNATIONAL

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: EFIN ENRG SENVKGHG CA
    SUBJECT: Canada's Green Investments in its Stimulus Package

    Ref:(A)State 26022

    Summary
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    ¶1. Begin Summary: Canada's federal budget for FY 2009 (April 1, 2009
    to March 31, 2010) introduced on January 29, 2009 announced
    approximately C$3.64 billion dollars (USD$2.97 billion at current
    exchange rates) for "Green Spending"; the Budget was passed on March
    12, 2009. The federal budget for FY2009 contained within it the
    government's "stimulus" elements.  The figure of C$3.64 billion is
    misleading, as the spending is generally over two years (FY 2009 and
    FY 2010) and some spending is actually spread over 5 years.
    Moreover, much of the stimulus funds that are counted as "Green";
    such as C$1 billion for "renovation and energy refit to social
    housing" may be spent less on green (energy refitting) and more on
    brown (wood, shingles etc. for renovation).  Of the C$3.64 billion
    of "Green Spending" announced by the government, only C$1.19 billion
    has actually been appropriated to date.  End Summary.

    List of "Green Spending" Target Investments
    -------------------------------------------
    ¶2. Canada's FY 2009 Budget tabled on January 29, 2009, listed seven
    targeted "green" investments for a total of $C3.64 billion (USD$2.97
    billion); actual expenditures are, however, spread over multiple
    years.  Some of the funding is for brand new initiatives, some is
    augmented funding for existing programs, and some appears to be
    re-announcements of funding already planned for but simply
    accelerated.
    -- C$1 billion for green infrastructure projects. (New Funding.
    C$200 million a year over five years beginning in FY 2009).
    -- C$1 billion over two years for renovation and energy efficiency
    retrofits to social housing.  (New Funding. C$500 million a year for
    two years beginning in FY 2009)
    -- C$300 million over two years to the ecoENERGY Retrofit program.
    (Additional Funding; an increase of C$150 million per year beginning
    FY 2009).
    -- C$1 billion for the Clean Energy Fund for clean energy research,
    development and demonstration projects. (New Funding - details to be
    announced in coming months)
    -- C$87 million over two years for the Arctic Research
    Infrastructure Fund.  (New. To maintain or upgrade key existing
    research facilities in the Arctic.)
    -- C$245 million over two years for the cleanup of federal
    contaminated sites. (Planned work which will be accelerated).
    -- C$10 million to improve government environmental reporting
    through the "Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators" which
    produce "a coherent set of indicators on water quality, air quality,
    and greenhouse gas emissions over time. (Ongoing expenditure)

    ¶3.  In addition, although not trumpeted as "Green Spending", the
    government's budget also plans funding increases for rail transport
    and nuclear energy, in particular:

    --  C$407 million for improvements to VIA Rail service. The federal
    government subsidizes VIA to the tune of about C$150 million in
    operating subsidies annually, and over the past two years has
    provided additional funds (about C$150 million per year) for
    upgrades to rolling stock and facilities. This additional funding is
    to supplement those funds for upgrades.

    --  C$351 million for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) for
    development of the "Advanced CANDU Reactor" and for AECL operations
    at its Chalk River laboratories where the bulk of the world's
    Qat its Chalk River laboratories where the bulk of the world's
    medical isotopes are produced. GoC funding for AECL over the past
    few years has been in the range of C$110 to C$150 million annually.
    The FY 2009 amount appears to be a significant increase.

    ¶4. And some of the proposed C$14 billion in infrastructure spending
    in FY2009 and FY2010 (this is over and above the C$3.64 noted in
    para 2) will be on mass transit, typically counted as a "green"
    investment; for example:

    -- C$350 million for the Evergreen Transit Line in Vancouver BC.
    (Planned work for which funding has been accelerated).

    ¶5.  Canada's Budget Implementation Act for FY2009, Bill C-10,
    became law on March 12 and specifically allocated certain stimulus
    payments, including C$200 million for the "Green Infrastructure

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    Fund" and C$500 million for "Renovation and Energy Retrofits" to
    social housing; as well as C$2 billion for immediate infrastructure
    spending from which some mass transit funding will flow.  The other
    monies noted above are being allocated via the typical GoC budgetary
    mechanisms of  departmental "Main Estimates" that flow through the
    Treasury Board (akin to OMB in the United States)  to Parliament
    where they are reviewed and funds are allocated quarterly to
    departments and agencies and programs.  No details are yet available
    on when the announced C$1 billion dollar "Clean Energy Fund" will be
    financed.   Thus, of the GoC's proposed C$3.64 Billion in "Green
    Spending" (para 2) announced in its FY 2009 budget, only C$1.19
    billion has actually been appropriated so far, and in the case of
    the Green Infrastructure Fund, although allocated, those funds will
    not actually flow until the autumn after a system is put in place to
    accept and vet green infrastructure proposals.

    Fossils Fuels and Carbon Sequestration
    --------------------------------------

    ¶6. Also announced in the FY 2009 budget is a proposed tax break, an
    accelerated "Capital Cost Allowance for Carbon Capture and Storage"
    which the government intends to develop over the next few months.
    The government has "committed to undertake consultations with
    stakeholders to identify specific assets used in carbon capture and
    storage with a view to providing accelerated capital cost allowance
    in respect of such investments."  The value of this tax break cannot
    yet be determined.

    ¶7.  The GoC's Budget also touted its support for "Promoting Energy
    Development in Canada's North," and Budget 2009 provides C$37.6
    million in 2009-10 to departments and agencies "in support of
    environmental assessments, regulatory coordination, science, and
    Aboriginal consultations related to the Mackenzie Gas Project."

    Conclusion
    ----------

    ¶8. The Canadian budget process, this year an amalgam of the typical
    budget upon which has been grafted a large supplementary budget
    request, has made it a challenge to parse out what has been promised
    from what has actually been appropriated so far.  We have been able
    to determine that the Canadian budget/stimulus package touches on
    almost all of the stimulus themes noted reftel, although the
    Canadian programs do not line-up cleanly with the list of areas
    noted reftel.  A rough accounting is provided below of which funding
    mechanisms would seem to apply to which theme:

    -- Renewable Energy - A portion of a C$1 billion "Green
    Infrastructure Fund" and a portion of the proposed C$1 billion
    "Clean Energy Fund."

    -- Energy Efficiency -  A portion of C$1 billion for  renovation and
    energy efficiency retrofits to social housing and all of the C$300
    million to the ecoENERGY Retrofit program.

    -- Research and Development - A portion of the proposed C$1 billion
    "Clean Energy Fund" and a portion of the C$351 million for Atomic
    Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) for development of the "Advanced
    CANDU Reactor."

    -- Improvements to the Power Grid - A portion of a C$1 billion
    "Green Infrastructure Fund" and a portion of the proposed C$1
    billion "Clean Energy Fund."

    -- Low carbon transportation, including incentives for industry and
    consumers - Enhancements to mass transit, bicycle paths, etc.
    through general infrastructure monies; and a portion of  the C$407
    Qthrough general infrastructure monies; and a portion of  the C$407
    million for improvements to VIA Rail inter-city service.

    -- Mass Transit - through general infrastructure monies.

    -- Oil, Gas and Coal - C$37.6 million to support planning for the
    Mackenzie Gas Pipeline from the Northwest Territories.

    -- Nuclear Energy - A portion of the C$351 million for Atomic Energy
    of Canada Limited (AECL).

    -- Forestry - C$70 million in FY2009, part of an on-going multi-year
    package in support of market diversification and innovation

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    initiatives for the forestry sector.

    -- Incentives to reduce use to Fossil Fuels - Nothing specifically.

    -- Green Jobs/Green Worker Training - Would be subsumed in the
    broader "Skills and Transitioning" effort worth about C$8 billion
    over two years.

    -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions/Carbon Sequestration - A proposed
    Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for Carbon Capture and Storage
    assets, a portion of a C$1 billion "Green Infrastructure Fund" and a
    portion of the proposed C$1 billion "Clean Energy Fund."

    Breese

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