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G/SCM/Q2/CAN/54 
18 June 2012 
 (12-3217) 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Replies to Questions Posed by BRAZIL1 Regarding the 
New and Full Notification of CANADA2 
  
 The following communication, dated 7 June 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada. 
 
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Question 1   According to para. 30, under section A-'I ndustrial Programs' (page 18), the Strategic 
Aerospace and Defense Initiative (SADI) ended on 31 March 2012.  However, the same initiative 
seems to be extended initially until next December , according to the Canadian Federal Budget.  
Could Canada please provide clarifications about that? 
 
Reply 
  The SADI program's terms and conditions indi cated a program end date of 31 March 2012.  
However, the terms and conditions were extended under the authority of the Minister of Industry for 
an undetermined period, according to the Tr easury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. 
 
Question 2 
 
 Could Canada provide some information ab out the total amount allocated for SADI, 
given that this initiative disbursed $35,782,736 in FY 2008/2009 and $62,035,419 in 
FY 2009/2010?  
Reply 
 
 The total amount allocated for SADI for FY 2008/2009 and FY 2009/2010 was $175,595,296 
($63,807,187 for FY 2008/2009 and $111,788,109 for FY 2009/2010).  Question 3 
 
 Please inform the total amount allocated fo r "Structured Financing Facility", given that 
this program disbursed $15,148,700 for FY  2008/2009 and $5,958,3 59 for FY 2009/2010. 
 
                                                      
1 G/SCM/Q2/CAN/53. 
2 G/SCM/N/220/CAN and G/SCM/N/220/CAN/Corr.1.   G/SCM/Q2/CAN/54 
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  Reply 
 
The total amount allocated for the Structur ed Financing Facility for FY 2008/2009 and 
FY 2009/2010 was $26,875,000 ($8,750,000 for FY 2008/2009 and $18,125,000 for FY 2009/2010).  
The allocated amounts had been set in previous year s as estimates of the program's footprint.  Funds 
were re-allocated according to pr ogram requirements in real time, which explains why amounts are 
different than those originally projected. 
 
Question 4 
 
 Apart from the program notified by Canada in the 2011 NFN, is there any other program with the objective to provide assistance to shipbuilding in Canada? 
 Reply 
 
Canada's 2011 subsidy notificati on represents our best efforts to notify all specific subsidy 
programs as required under Article 25 of the ASCM. 
 
Question 5 
  Brazil would like to receive further informat ion about the extension of the mandate of 
"Export Development Canada (EDC)" regarding op erations in the domestic market.  Please 
also provide details about the total amount allo cated for the domestic market operations, which 
apparently added up to $9 billion for 2009/2010. 
 
Reply 
 
 In 2009, Canada provided E xport Development Canada (EDC) with temporary flexibilities in 
the domestic market in order to fill gaps in access to business credit during the financial crisis.  EDC's 
legislation was temporarily amended to include dom estic activities in its mandate and the regulations 
governing its domestic activities were suspended.   These temporary powers were extended until 
March 2013.  In 2009 (1 January 200 9 to 31 December 2009), EDC provi ded $1.7 billion in financing 
in the domestic market. 
 
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