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What Happens Next

Evaluation and Notification

Transport Canada will review your application against ACAP criteria and will:

  • Let you know that they have received your application;
  • Contact you for more information, to arrange a site visit, or to discuss the project and cost estimates;
  • Advise you if your project does not qualify for funding;
  • Review the qualified applications and decide whether or not to award funds;
  • Advise you if your project is approved for funding in the upcoming fiscal year;
  • Announce all approved projects;
  • Place projects that cannot be funded on a reserve list; and
  • For projects still on the reserve list on April 1st , ask you if the project is still necessary and the design work and cost estimates are still valid.   

Note: Eligible Applicants are not automatically entitled to receive ACAP funding. These funds are given as they are available and at the discretion
of Transport Canada.

The Contribution Agreement

If your project is funded, you must enter into a contribution agreement as a Recipient before any work on the project can begin. The Regional Office will negotiate this agreement. It will specify:

  • the nature and scope of the work to be done; and
  • the maximum amount Transport Canada will pay towards the project.

As a Recipient, you must:

  • meet the Values and Ethics Code and the Lobbying Act;
  • meet the requirements of the Official Languages Act;
  • continue to operate the airport to aerodrome certification standards for a period of ten years following the signing of the Agreement - if your ACAP funding is $1,000,000 or more - or repay the amount;
  • if your ACAP funding is less than $1,000,000, the period you must continue to operate will correspond to the amount you received, i.e. one year for every $100,000. Note: No operating term will be less than two (2) years;
  • declare any and all sources of funding for the project when the agreement is negotiated and when the project is complete.

Transport Canada may consider placing limits to ACAP funding if you receive funding for your project from other levels of government, including other federal sources.

  • give Transport Canada the right of access, information and audit to determine if you have complied with the terms and conditions of the contribution agreement.

Payment

Transport Canada will:

  • provide funds for actual eligible project expenditures you incur or pay, based on invoices or proof of payment.
  • hold back at least 10% of the contribution until it has received evidence that you have fully complied with the terms and conditions of the contribution agreement.
  • not pay for the purchase of heavy airside mobile equipment for the airport until you have met delivery, insurance and training requirements.

Notes:

  1. ACAP payments are subject to Parliament approving the funds required
    for the fiscal year the payment is to be made. If Parliament changes depart­mental funding levels, a contribution may be reduced or cancelled.
  2. The scope of a project cannot be changed without written agreement between the Recipient and Transport Canada.
  3. Costs associated with work performed outside the approved scope without Transport Canada approval will be your responsibility.
  4. Any costs over and above the approved level of funding will be your responsibility.
Date modified:
2010-12-20