[asia-apec 966] APEC $$$ (fwd)

[Jaggi Singh]

Bottomline: APEC 1997 cost C$55 million. That doesn't include the PCC. --
JBS

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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:02:01 -0500

We finally received a response from the government to a question on the
Order Paper (Oct 97) about the costs of APEC.  Thought this information
would interest you.

Gary Evans

Adjoint l=E9gislatif pour le d=E9put=E9 Svend Robinson
Legislative Assistant to Svend Robinson, MP
t=E9l (613) 996-5599, fax (613) 992-5501

robins0 at parl.gc.ca

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QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Mr. Peter Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker,
for the benefit of the table, because of the dates on the documents,
Question No. 145 which was yesterday's question will be answered today.
Therefore, Questions Nos. 32 and 145 will be answered today.

Question No. 32-Mr. Svend J. Robinson:

With regards to Canada's involvement in APEC: (a) how much funding in
total has been budgeted by the federal government for all the official
APEC events and related APEC activities taking place in Canada; (b)
which departments are financially responsible for which APEC events; (c)
how much will each individual department spend on APEC; (d) what is the
amount budgeted for direct and indirect costs incurred during the APEC
leaders meeting in Vancouver; (e) how much is APEC itself contributing
toward APEC related events; (f) how much revenue are these events
expected to generate; and (g) what is the total contribution made by
corporations to the financing of APEC, broken down by amount and name of
corporation?

Mr. Peter Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in
the House of Commons, Lib.): I am informed by several departments as
follows:

(a) The total Canadian government expenditures for the APEC summit and
related APEC events including contributions of various government
departments which helped organize the Vancouver APEC summit, as well as
the five separate APEC ministerial and four senior officials' meetings
held in Victoria, Edmonton, Quebec, Montreal, Banff, Toronto and Ottawa
in 1997 were $55 million.

(b) A list of departments and events follows: Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, responsible for APEC economic leaders
meeting, AELM, and trade ministers meeting in Montreal; Environment
Canada, responsible for the APEC environment ministerial meeting in
Toronto and the environmental affairs program at the AELM in Vancouver;
Health Canada, responsible for medical services at the AELM in
Vancouver; Industry Canada, responsible for the APEC small and medium
enterprise ministerial meeting in Ottawa; National Defence, responsible
for the provision of ground transportation, communications, ceremonial
guard and other support at the AELM in Vancouver; Natural Resources
Canada, responsible for the APEC  energy ministerial meeting in
Edmonton; Public Works and Government Services Canada, responsible for
provision of office space and assisting in obtaining goods and services
in respect to the AELM in Vancouver; Revenue Canada, responsible for the
subcommittee on customs procedures, SCCP, meetings in Victoria, B.C.,
Quebec City and Banff, the customs-industry symposium in Montreal and
support for the AELM in Vancouver; Solicitor General Canada, responsible
for security at the AELM in Vancouver; and Transport Canada, responsible
for the APEC transportation ministerial meeting in Victoria.

(c) Amounts spent by the departments on APEC follow: Foreign Affairs and
International Trade spent $25 million on APEC.  Environment Canada spent
$1,165,400. Health Canada spent $384,000. Industry Canada spent
$1,670,990. National Defence spent $3,200,000. Natural Reources Canada
spent $1,185,048.
Public Works and Government Services Canada spent $1,575,000.
Revenue Canada spent $1,995,900. Solicitor General Canada spent
$17,300,000 and Transport Canada spent $1,595,401.

(d) Amounts budgeted for the APEC leaders meeting in Vancouver are as
follows: Foreign Affairs and International trade budgeted $27.6 million;
Environment Canada, $30,000; Health Canada, $384,000; National Defence,
$4,300,000; Public Works and Government Services Canada, $1,575,000;
Revenue Canada, $408,400; and Solicitor General Canada, $17,300,000.

(e) The APEC Secretariat in Singapore does not contribute to the cost of
APEC events per se. With the exception of APEC economic leaders and
ministers, all APEC delegates and media covered their own costs.

(f) The Vancouver Tourism Office conducted in the spring of 1997 a study
which showed that the APEC Leaders is expected to generate $23 million
in direct revenue.

(g) Private sector sponsorship for the APEC summit in Vancouver amounted
to $7,160,602 in cash and in kind. A total of $8.95 million was raised
from corporate sponsors, with the agreement that 20% would be devoted to
events associated with Canada's year of Asia Pacific, CYAP(1). The names
of corporations and amounts are:

Presenters, Diamond sponsors, $500,000: BC Telecom Inc., official
telecommunications provider for APEC '97, $500,000; Canadian Airlines
International Ltd., official airline for APEC '97 and CYAP, $350,000;
Export Development Corporation, EDC, $520,000; Federal Express Canada
Ltd., official courier of APEC '97 and CYAP, $500,000; General Motors of
Canada Ltd., official vehicle supplier of APEC '97 and CYAP, $500,000;
IBM Canada Ltd., official computer suplier of APEC '97 and CYAP,
$500,000; Nortel, official telecommuications equipment supplier of APEC
'97, $500,000; and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, $337,230.
Toronto-Dominion Bank, $500,164.

Benefactors, platinum sponsors, $250,000: Bell Canada, $200,000; Corel
Corporation, official software provider for APEC '97 and CYAP, $250,000;
National Glass Ltd., $259,108; Panasonic, Matsushita of Canada Ltd.,
official provider of electronic security equipment for APEC '97 and
CYAP, $250,000; Power Corporation of Canada, $250,000; Royal Bank of
Canada, $270,000; TransCanada Pipelines, $250,000; and Westcoast Energy
Inc., $250,000.

Partners, gold sponsors, $100,000: Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities
Limited, $100,000; Aviscar Inc., official rental car supplier of APEC
'97 and CYAP, $100,000; Alcan Inc., $100,000; BC Hydro and Power
Authority, $100,000; Bank of Montreal, $150,000; Bombardier Inc.,
$150,000; Canadian Glacier Waters Inc., official water supplier of APEC
'97 and CYAP, $80,000; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, $150,000;
Canadian National, $100,000; Canadian Pacific, $150,000; Hongkong Bank
of Canada, $150,000; Inco Ltd., $100,000; Laidlaw Incorporated, official
shuttle service of APEC '97, $100,000; Moore Corporation Limited,
official printer of APEC '97, $100,000; Nova Corporation, $120,000;
Rogers Cable TV, British Columbia, official cable television supplier of
APEC '97, $100,000; Scotiabank, $125,000; Vancouver Stock Exchange,
$100,000.

Patrons, silver sponsors, $50,000: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited,
$50,000; BC Gas, $50,000; Boeing, $50,000; CGA Canada, $45,000; Gordon
Capital Corporation, $80,000; IPL-Consumer Gas, $50,000; Newbridge
Networks Corp., $50,000; Placer Dome Inc., $50,000; and Motorola
Cellular Canada Limited, $50,000.

Contributors, bronze sponsors, $20,000: AGRA International Limited,
$15,000; Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, $10,000; Delta Hotels and
Resorts, $30,000; Honeywell Incorporated, $15,000; InfoWest Services
Inc., $15,000; Kinko's Corporate, $15,000; MDS Inc., $15,000; MacDonald
Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., $15,000; PICS SmartCard Inc., $25,000;
Pacific Western Brewing Company, $25,000; Panther Management Limited,
$12,500; Sasktel, $15,000; Saakatchewan Wheat Pool, $15,000; TELUS
Corporation, $25,000; Roots, $8,750; Sandman Hotels, $3,000; and
Syncrude Canada Ltd., $5,000.

Note (1): With Canada being the host of Asia Pacific Economic
Co-operation, APEC, Canada's year of Asia Pacific, CYAP, was created to
increase Canadian's awareness of Canada's relationship with Asia
Pacific. The mandate of the cultural component of CYAP was to create a
national cultural program that would enhance Canada's relationship with
Asia Pacific economies by presenting the best traditional and
contemporary arts of the region, while also promoting awareness and
understanding of the culture of over two million Canadians of Asia
Pacific origin. Funds were used for publicity, travel grants for
performers from the Asia Pacific region to Canada, and other outreach
programs.