Response to parliamentary committees and external audits
Response to parliamentary committees
NRCan has nothing to report for this period.
| Response to audits conducted by Public Service Commission of Canada or Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages |
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| There were no audits in 2019–20 requiring a response. |
| 2019 Fall Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the Parliament of Canada Report 2—Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies |
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| Summary: Overall, we found that the departments and agencies were not required to report on their contributions toward the goals of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy in the supplementary tables of their 2017–18 departmental results reports. It was not clear how the reported results for the targets and actions that the departments and agencies had planned in their 2017–20 departmental sustainable development strategies contributed to the federal goal of sustainably managed lands and forests. In our view, the federal government cannot demonstrate progress on sustainable development unless federal departments and agencies plan and report on results that clearly indicate their contributions to federal goals and targets. |
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| Report Recommendations | Departmental Response |
| 2.21 Departments and agencies that contribute to the goal of sustainably managed lands and forests should ensure that the targets and actions in their sustainable development strategies clearly state their contributions to the goal and targets of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. | Natural Resources Canada’s response: Agreed. Natural Resources Canada will continue to follow the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s and Environment and Climate Change Canada’s guidance. The department will ensure that departmental actions and targets in future annual updates of its 2017–20 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy will clearly state how the department supports the 2016–2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy’s targets and goals. Specifically, for Goal 8 of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, Natural Resources Canada will review its indicators to clearly show how it supports the federal strategy’s goals and targets within the mandate, which is to provide advice and support through the department’s scientific research and analysis regarding sustainably managed lands and forests. Actions taken: As NRCan develops its 2020-23 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy that will be tabled in parliament this fall, departmental actions and targets were reviewed to clearly state how they support the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy’s goals and targets within NRCan’s mandate. |
2.26 In the supplementary tables of their departmental results reports, departments and agencies should clearly report on the contributions of their results to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy goals and targets. |
Natural Resources Canada’s response. Agreed. Natural Resources Canada will continue to follow the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s and Environment and Climate Change Canada’s guidance. The department will ensure to clearly report, in future departmental results reports against its 2017–20 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS), its progress in meeting its targets and how results support the federal goals for sustainably managed lands and forests. Specifically, for Goal 8 of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, Natural Resources Canada will clearly explain how the results contribute to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, consistent with its mandate, regarding sustainably managed lands and forests. Actions taken: As NRCan prepares its 2019-20 Departmental Results Report against its 2017-20 DSDS, progress in meeting departmental action targets and contribution toward the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-19 goals and targets are clearly reported. |
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