Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million
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Name of transfer payment program |
Departmental Class Grants and Contributions Program – General Class Grants & Contributions (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2017 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Grant and Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
Various |
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Main objective |
In support of organizations associated with the research, development, management, and promotion of activities that contribute to departmental objectives. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$3,328,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2016-17 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Individuals, Canadian profit and non-profit organizations, foreign/international non-profit and for-profit organizations, other level of foreign governments, Canadian and foreign academic institutions, industry and research associations, and provincial, territorial, municipal and regional governments |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Indigenous Economic Development (Aboriginal Forestry Initiative) (Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development – Strategic Partnerships Initiative) (Voted) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes |
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Main objective |
To facilitate economic development opportunities for Indigenous Canadians by stimulating partnerships among communities and federal and non-federal partners within the forest sector. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$1,000,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2011-12 (predecessor program – First Nations Forestry Program) |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Indigenous communities, other Indigenous recipients and organizations, and (Indigenous) industry-related and non-profit organizations |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Forest Research Institute Initiative (Voted) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes |
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Main objective |
To support NRCan’s goal of sustainable natural resource development by harnessing innovation and technology through sectoral public and private partnerships to advance the competitiveness of the forest sector. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$2,368,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2014-15 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
FPInnovations – a not-for-profit Canadian forest research institute |
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Name of transfer payment program |
GeoConnections Program (Voted) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes |
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Main objective |
GeoConnections III will provide federal leadership to optimize the use of geospatial data in effective decision-making, and lead strategic geomatics policy development. This will advance government priorities, support federal responsibilities, and foster economic development. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$500,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2015-16 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Provincial, territorial, regional, municipal and rural government departments, corporations, industry and their associations, individuals, Canadian profit and non-profit organizations, research associations, academic institutions, international organizations and governments, agencies and crown corporations |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Targeted Geoscience Initiative (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2020 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.3 – Investment in Natural Resource Sectors |
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Main objective |
To help the mineral exploration industry be more effective in finding deeply buried mineral deposits in mineral producing regions of Canada. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$600,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2014-15 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
2018-19 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Canadian and international not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations, Canadian and international non-profit research and professional associations, Canadian and international academic institutions, First Nations and Indigenous organizations and provincial, territorial, regional, municipal and rural government departments |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Departmental Class Grants and Contributions Program – Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2017 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.3 – Investment in Natural Resource Sectors |
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Main objective |
To increase activities of the Geological Survey of Canada to provide the public with geoscience knowledge needed to support increased economic prosperity of northern Canada through stable, long-term investments in resource development. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$800,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2012-13 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
2017-18 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Canadian organizations and Academic Institutions, Canadian industry and research associations, Canadian Indigenous organizations and groups, and Canadian territorial, provincial, municipal and regional governments. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (Statutory) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Statutory authority |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.4 – Statutory Programs – Atlantic Offshore |
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Main objective |
The Board is the independent joint agency of the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia responsible for the regulation of petroleum activities in the Nova Scotia Offshore area. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$4,355,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Provinces |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Nova Scotia Crown Share Adjustment Payments Regulations (Statutory) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Statutory |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.4 – Statutory Programs – Atlantic Offshore |
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Main objective |
To provide payments to the province of Nova Scotia pursuant to provisions of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and the Crown Share Adjustment Payments Regulations. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$1,817,724 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Provinces |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Youth Employment Strategy – Career Focus (Voted) |
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End date |
Ongoing |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
2.2 – Technology Innovation |
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Main objective |
To support the integration of graduates from the fields of science, technology, engineering and math in the natural resource sectors workforce by offering financial support to organizations to hire youth. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$558,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2015-16 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
2017-18 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Businesses, universities, community colleges, municipalities, non-profit organizations, provincial and territorial governments |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Oceans Protections Plan (Oil Spill Response Science Program) (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2019 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
2.2 – Technology Innovation |
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Main objective |
To support research and development on new technologies and processes to more effectively recover heavy oil spilled in marine environments. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$ 1,250,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Industry-related organizations, non-profit organizations, provinces and territories, First Nations, and academia. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Gunnar Mine Remediation (previously called “Canada- Saskatchewan Memorandum of Agreement on Legacy Uranium Mines (Gunnar and Lorado Uranium Mines)”) (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2056 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.1 – Market- Access and Diversification 1.1.3 – Energy Market Access and Diversification |
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Main objective |
To advance the decommissioning of legacy uranium mine and mill tailings in the Province of Saskatchewan according to current regulatory standards. To provide financial contributions to the Government of Saskatchewan for it to undertake decommissioning activities at the Gunnar uranium mine site. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$4,667,500 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2010-11 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
2020-21 (an evaluation was not conducted in 2015-16 as federal funds have not been provided since 2007) |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Province of Saskatchewan |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Energy Efficiency Program (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2017 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
2.1 – Energy-Efficient Practices and Lower-Carbon Energy Sources 2.1.4 – Energy Efficiency |
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Main objective |
To increase the energy efficiency of consumer and commercial products, to enhance commercial and residential building sector performance, to improve energy productivity and competitiveness in the industrial sector and to support low carbon options for the on-road transportation sector. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$3,630,100 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2014-15 Energy Efficiency |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Although there is no mandatory requirement to evaluate this initiative as per the 2016 Policy on Results, this initiative may be considered in the context of a broader evaluation of Energy Efficiency, which is tentatively scheduled to occur in 2018-19 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Individuals and legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including: electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, standards organizations, indigenous and community groups, Canadian academic institutions, and provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.
International legal entities validly incorporated or registered abroad including: industry associations, research associations, standards organizations and academic institutions. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Climate Change Adaptation (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2022 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
3.1 – Protection for Canadians and Natural Resources |
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Main objective |
To facilitate the development and sharing of knowledge, tools and practices which will assist decision-makers and implementation of adaptations to climate change. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$1,000,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2015-16 |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
2020-21 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Educational and academic organizations; provincial, territorial, regional and municipal government agencies, not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations; businesses, industries and professional associations: and First Nations and aboriginal organizations. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Indigenous Consultations Participant Funding Program (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2020 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.3 – Investment in Natural Resource Sectors 1.3.5 – Major Projects Management Office Initiative (MPMO-I) |
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Main objective |
The objective of NRCan’s participant funding program is to encourage effective Indigenous participation and ensure that Indigenous concerns and interests are taken into consideration throughout the federal environmental process for major projects subject to a federal environmental assessment (EA) and regulatory review pursuant to the CEAA 2012 and the NEB Act. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$1,476,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2012-13 (MPMO-I) |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Although there is no mandatory requirement to evaluate the Indigenous Consultations Participant Funding Program, as per the 2016 Policy on Results, this initiative may be considered in the context of a broader evaluation of the MPMO-I, which is tentatively scheduled to occur in 2017-18. |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Indigenous groups (individual or a collective representing more than one Indigenous group) and validly incorporated or registered non-profit organizations (such as band councils) that participate in the EA and/or can demonstrate that they have interests in potential projects’ impacts on treaty lands, settlement lands or traditional territories and/or related claims and rights. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Indigenous Participation in Policy Dialogues (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2018 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
1.1 – Market Access and Diversification 1.1.3 – Energy Market Access and Diversification |
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Main objective |
To support individual First Nations, Indigenous groups and governments in their participation in the National Energy Board Modernization Review. The funding will support activities such as: meetings of Indigenous communities, groups or organization members, review bodies or government officials; preparation of written submissions and supportive studies that represent the views of Indigenous organizations, groups, or communities; and examination of documents in support of the Review. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$1,000,000 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Individual First Nations, Indigenous groups and governments. |
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Name of transfer payment program |
Regional Electricity Cooperation and Strategic Infrastructure (Voted) |
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End date |
March 31, 2018 |
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Type of transfer payment |
Contribution |
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Type of appropriation |
Estimates |
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Link to department's Program Inventory |
2.1 – Energy-Efficient Practices and Lower-Carbon Energy Sources 2.1.1. – Renewable Energy Deployment |
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Main objective |
To establish regional electricity dialogues with the provinces, territories and their utilities to identify, study and seek consensus on electricity infrastructure projects that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Planned spending for 2017–18 |
$737,835 |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable) |
Not applicable |
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General targeted recipient groups |
Electric utilities responsible for power system planning in Canada. |
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