Mr. Chair, as I was saying earlier, it is a pleasure to be here with you today. I want to congratulate you, as well as the Speaker, on your nominations.
I am pleased to be here to discuss the recently tabled supplementary estimates (A) with members of the House in committee of the whole. As members probably know, the supplementary estimates set out the financial needs that were not fleshed out enough to be in the main estimates tabled in the spring. The supplementary estimates may also include spending estimates that were included in the main estimates but that were adjusted to account for some programs and services that have evolved.
I will provide a bit of context for the new members in the House. The first supplementary estimates used to be tabled in Parliament in the spring. That changed when Parliament approved a two-year pilot project to create new opportunities for parliamentarians to review the government's spending plans. One of the benefits of the pilot project was that the budget items could be included in the main estimates, which would allow parliamentarians from all parties and Canadians to see how the spending estimates were linked to the overview included in the estimates of the Minister of Finance's budget.
In fact, this year's main estimates included the entire $5.6 billion in spending measures announced in the 2019 spring budget. Currently, the departments have received the necessary authority from the Treasury Board to implement 83% of the funding announced in the budget.
With the main estimates following the budget, the tabling of the first supplementary estimates would occur later in the year and those are the supplementary estimates we are here to discuss tonight. We will review with opposition parties the results of the pilot project as we continue to work toward improving how we report to parliamentarians and Canadians and how we can be even more transparent on government spending.
Turning to the estimates themselves, as tabled in Parliament, the supplementary estimates (A), 2019-20, include a summary of the government's incremental financial requirements as well as an overview of major funding requests and horizontal initiatives. The document also outlines new authority requirements and structural changes, funding details by organizations and a proposed schedule for the appropriation bill to be introduced in this chamber in the coming days.
In accordance with the government's commitment to greater transparency, more information about the supplementary estimates will be available online, including a detailed list of payments made under the act and set out in the supplementary estimates as well as a complete breakdown of planned expenditures per spending cycle, such as staffing, professional services and transfer payments.
I am sure committee members know that transparency is about more that just making information available and that steps must be taken to ensure that information is meaningful to Canadians. Our online information tools reflect our pledge to help all Canadians understand where public money is going and how it is being spent.
In that regard, the supplementary estimates make it clear that the government is investing in addressing key priorities identified by Canadians themselves, including strengthening and enhancing prosperity for middle-class Canadians and thereby growing the economy, supporting our veterans and continuing to take meaningful action on climate change.
We expect the estimates to be the first of two supplementary estimates this fiscal year before we introduce the main estimates for 2020-21 by March 1.
Statutory spending is different because it does not require parliamentary approval. It is authorized by virtue of Parliament's approval of the act that specifies payment amounts and periods.
They are included in order to provide Parliament with details on planned federal government spending. The amount of $4.9 billion in planned expenses will therefore be allocated to 39 organizations.
A significant portion of my time will go to Veterans Affairs Canada, an investment of $67 million to ensure that our veterans have access to demand-driven programs and services that they deserve and need. A total of $101 million will be used for class action settlements related to the Toth case on disability pensions. A total of $116 million will be used to compensate RCMP members who were injured in the line of duty.
Moreover, $296 million will be allocated to Global Affairs Canada to help developing countries deal with climate change and $165 million will go to Transport Canada for the incentives for zero-emission vehicles program. In addition, $177 million will go to National Defence for the fleet of armoured combat support vehicles. A total of $176 million will go to Global Affairs Canada for the crisis pool quick release mechanism in order to strengthen Canada's capacity to respond to international humanitarian crises.
For the Treasury Board Secretariat, we are investing $467 million for recently-concluded collective bargaining agreements across the government.
I will close by emphasizing the importance of a thorough review, by all parliamentarians in the House, of how Canadian taxpayers' money is spent. If members have any questions, I will be pleased to answer with my colleagues and the excellent officials working with us here.