Climate Action Fund confidentiality statement

All information provided by applicants in a Climate Action Fund application, including supporting documentation, is collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada solely for the purpose of the Climate Action Fund, under the authority of the Department of the Environment Act, and will be treated in accordance with the Federal Government’s Access to Information Act, Privacy Act and Library and Archives Canada Act. These laws govern the retention, use and disclosure of personal and confidential information by Federal Government institutions. It is important that the applicant clearly identifies and labels any proprietary data, commercially sensitive information and potentially valuable results or ideas submitted to Environment and Climate Change Canada in connection with the application.

The Climate Action Fund collaborates with other federal climate change programs. In submitting an application, the applicant consents to the sharing of all the information by Environment and Climate Change Canada with other federal and provincial government institutions and, subject to confidentiality agreements, to its disclosure by Environment and Climate Change Canada to selected external experts (e.g., scientific, technical, financial, marketing, commercialization, credit agencies, etc.) for the purpose of assisting Environment and Climate Change Canada with project review and evaluation and/or to determine eligibility under other federal government programs.

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