Bill C-24, the Appropriation Act No. 1, 2026–27, would create an appropriation law; it does not amend another Act. Its stated purpose is to authorize money for federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The supplied material does not state whether the bill has been enacted or when it would come into force, so these are proposed provisions, not confirmed current authority.
It would allow up to $86,422,679,148 to be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenses not otherwise provided for.
The money would be available only for the purposes, and subject to the terms and conditions, set out for each item in the Estimates.
The bill divides the authorization among Estimates items, allowing different fractions of their amounts to be paid, from three-twelfths to twelve-twelfths, depending on the item’s schedule.
For amounts listed in Schedule 2, payments could be made through March 31, 2028, with earlier appropriations charged first. Any balance would lapse at the end of that following fiscal year.
It would also allow certain accounting adjustments after the relevant fiscal year, before the Public Accounts for that year are tabled. Those adjustments cannot require payments from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Federal departments and services: The bill would provide authority to pay listed federal expenses, but only for the purposes and under the conditions attached to each Estimates item.
Individuals and businesses: It does not directly change taxes, fees, benefits, or eligibility rules. The supplied material does not identify which services, grants, or other activities the funded items cover.
Taxpayers: The bill would authorize federal payments up to the stated ceiling. It does not require that the full amount be paid.
The bill would authorize up to $86.42 billion in payments; this is an appropriation ceiling, not an estimate of how much will actually be spent.
The money would come from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
The bill does not set out separate amounts by department or program in the supplied material. It ties the amounts to items in the Main Estimates and their schedules.
No separate estimate of administrative costs, savings, or actual spending is provided.
The supplied material does not include the Main Estimates or Schedules 1, 1.1 to 1.9, and 2, so the specific programs and purposes receiving funds cannot be identified here.
It does not show how the authorized amounts compare with current funding or explain which expenses are “not otherwise provided for.”
The material does not state the bill’s status or commencement date. No publicly available information.
The exact payments made under the authorization, and the effects on particular services, are not specified.
The bill would authorize a very large sum, but the supplied material does not show the department-by-department or program-by-program breakdown needed to judge the choices.
The bill does not explain what the funded items will deliver to the public, or how much of the authorized amount is expected to be spent.
Without the Estimates schedules, readers cannot assess the conditions attached to individual items or how the staged payment rules affect them.