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Any Canadian resident can submit a petition on environmental matters related to sustainable development that fall within the scope of the federal government’s responsibilities.
Federal organizations
Federal responsibilities
Your petition must raise a question or concern about environmental issues related to sustainable development that fall within the scope of the federal government’s responsibilities.
The following federal organizations are required to respond to environmental petitions:
- The organizations listed in Schedule I, sections 2 and 11 of the Financial Administration Act,
- The organizations listed in Schedule I.1, sections 2 and 3 of the Financial Administration Act,
- The organizations listed in Schedule II, section 2 of the Financial Administration Act,
- The National Capital Commission, and
- Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges IncorporatedInc.
Federal organizations not listed above have the option of responding to petitions.
- A - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter A
- C - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter C
- E - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter E
- F - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter F
- G - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter G
- H - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter H
- I - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter I
- J - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter J
- L - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter L
- M - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter M
- N - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter N
- O - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter O
- P - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter P
- R - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter R
- S - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter S
- T - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter T
- V - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter V
- W - Government of Canada departments and agencies starting with the letter W
A
Accessibility Standards Canada
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
C
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency
Canada Employment Insurance Commission
Canada School of Public Service
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Transportation Agency
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRCMP
Communications Security Establishment Canada
Correctional Investigator Canada
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
E
Employment and Social Development Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada
F
Farm Products Council of Canada
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
G
H
I
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
J
Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges IncorporatedInc.
L
M
Military Grievances External Review Committee
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada
N
National Research Council Canada
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Northern Pipeline Agency of Canada
O
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
P
Pacific Economic Development Canada
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada
Prairies Economic Development Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Public Service Commission of Canada
Public Services and Procurement Canada
R
Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRCMP External Review Committee
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
S
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
T
The National Battlefields Commission
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
V
Veterans Review and Appeal Board
W
Women and Gender Equality Canada
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