BASE FUNDING

Ministers agree that, when additional federal funding related to the Multilateral Framework becomes available, the base funding level for participating small jurisdictions will be given priority attention. Any resources required to address this issue would be sourced out of the additional federal funding. The establishment of an enhanced base funding level will not negatively impact any current provincial or territorial funding allocations.

All small jurisdictions will have the same base funding level. This base funding level will be greater than the highest existing federal allocation level for any one of the small jurisdictions, meaning that all small jurisdictions will receive a funding increase. Small jurisdictions will be eligible for increases to their allocation, over and above the base funding level, using an allocation approach developed and agreed to by all jurisdictions as referenced in the Future Commitments section.