Ex gratia payments

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This statement provides, by ministry and by department and agencies, details for all ex gratia payments of $100 or over. Payments of less than $100 are reported as one amount at the end of each department and agency, together with the total number of such payments. For the purposes of this statement, an ex gratia payment is a discretionary payment, made as an act of benevolence in the public interest, free of any legal obligation, whether or not any value or service has been received. Where the situation warrants non-disclosure, the recipient's name may be withheld from publication.

Table 1:Ex gratia payments
(in dollars)
Description and payee Amount
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (4) 4,000
Canadian Heritage
Department of Canadian Heritage
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (2) 269
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (3) 1,500
National Film Board
Reimbursement of overpayment
Martin-Smith, A 1,555
The National Battlefields Commission
Ex gratia payment
Grenon M 250
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 500
Subtotal 750
Total 4,074
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (52) 16,966
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 550
Total 17,516
Democratic Institutions
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 500
Payment under $100 46
Total 546
Energy and Natural Resources
Department of Natural Resources
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 77
Canadian Energy Regulator
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (1,283) 18,249
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 328
Payment under $100 60
Subtotal 388
Payment subject to publication exemption
Name withheld 10,000
Total 28,714
Environment and Climate Change
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (12) 7,226
Payments under $100 (5) 166
Total 7,392
Finance
Department of Finance
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 250
Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (60) 13,300
Payments subject to publication exemption
Names withheld (3) 20,577
Total 33,877
Global Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 1,000
Payments under $100 (3) 154
Subtotal 1,154
Payments subject to publication exemption
Names withheld (6) 14,330
Total 15,484
Health
Department of Health
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (11) 165
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Payment under $100 28
Payments subject to publication exemption
Names withheld (8) 1,870,000
Total 1,870,193
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 313
Payments subject to publication exemption
Names withheld (3) 725
Total 1,038
Indigenous Services
Department of Indigenous Services
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (4) 243
Payments under $100 (3) 113
Total 356
Innovation, Science and Industry
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Honorarium or gift for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipient
Name withheld 500
Department of Western Economic Diversification
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (2) 900
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Compensation for time invested in Prosperity and Growth Strategy for Northern Ontario session
Esquega M 150
Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (2) 1,000
Statistics Canada
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (2) 950
Total 3,500
Justice
Department of Justice
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (64) 90,663
National Defence
Department of National Defence
Claim for guests of Canadian Armed Forces member for travel to Canadian Armed Forces Recognition Program
Brett K 2,164
Devitt A 937
Harris T 2,025
Rowland B 961
Compensation for legal costs
Langlois Lawyers LLP 100,876
Subtotal 106,963
Payment subject to publication exemption
Name withheld 6,296
Total 113,259
Office of the Governor General's Secretary
Office of the Governor General's Secretary
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (4) 6,000
Honorariums to panelists at an event
Gilmore R 1,000
Johnson M 1,000
LaFlamme L 1,000
Nizigama A 1,000
Raphaël K 1,000
Savard F 1,000
Umar A 1,000
Total 13,000
Parks Canada
Parks Canada Agency
Compensation for legal fees
Poulsom C 240
Compensation for removal of cabins on unauthorized property
Anderson D 50,000
Subtotal 50,240
Payment subject to publication exemption
Name withheld 126,000
Total 176,240
Parliament
House of Commons
Compensation for damage to personal property
Hawkes J 230
Senate
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (9) 3,850
Payments under $100 (2) 87
Subtotal 3,937
Payment subject to publication exemption
Name withheld 3,057
Total 7,224
Privy Council
Privy Council Office
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (2) 750
Public Safety
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Payment under $100 31
Correctional Service of Canada
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Name withheld (6) 1,777
Payments under $100 (7) 600
Subtotal 2,377
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Payment under $100 34
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (7) 4,900
Total 7,342
Public Services and Procurement
Department of Public Works and Government Services
Ex Gratia payment
City of Ottawa 1,697,509
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (9) 7,325
Payments under $100 (8) 413
Total 1,705,247
Transport
Department of Transport
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (30) 21,700
Payments under $100 (7) 335
Total 22,035
Treasury Board
Treasury Board Secretariat
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (11) 7,520
Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Honorariums or gifts for First Nations, Inuit or Métis recipients
Names withheld (5) 3,504
Total 4,133,724

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