2022-2023 Departmental Results Report: Horizontal initiatives - Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

General information

Name of horizontal initiative: Impact Assessment and Regulatory Processes

Lead department: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

Federal partner departments:

Canada Energy Regulator
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Health Canada
Indigenous Services Canada
Natural Resources Canada
Transport Canada

Start date of the horizontal initiative: August 2019

End date of the horizontal initiative: March 2028

Description of the horizontal initiative:

The objective of the horizontal initiative is for impact assessments and regulatory processes in Canada to reflect a commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability and respect our partnership with Indigenous peoples.

The horizontal initiative delivers more than 50 activities across the following six themes:

Impact Assessment: includes an early planning phase to increase early engagement in project design, and consideration of a broader range of effects, including both positive and negative impacts on the environment and social, economic and health conditions.
Partnering with Indigenous Peoples: providing meaningful opportunities for partnership with Indigenous peoples in support of the Government’s commitment to reconciliation and to move beyond meeting the legal duty to consult.
Cumulative Effects, Open Science, and Evidence: developing a better understanding of the cumulative effects of resource development through regional and strategic initiatives, and sharing science products and evidence (data and Indigenous knowledge, as appropriate) with Canadians through an Open Science and Data Platform. Specifically related to Indigenous peoples, activities of this theme include:
- Implementing a Centre of Expertise on Environmental Assessment and Cumulative Effects that will support the "weaving together" of Indigenous knowledge and Western scientific knowledge;
- Developing approaches to make Indigenous knowledge available on the Open Science and Data Platform;
- Co-developing community-based monitoring programs, largely targeted toward Indigenous communities, that will likely incorporate Indigenous knowledge to inform monitoring; and
- Working with Indigenous communities on sharing information related to biodiversity data.
Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat in Canada: restoring lost protections and incorporating modern safeguards to protect fish and fish habitat in Canada.
Protection of the Public Right to Navigation: protecting the public right to navigation on all navigable waters, while enabling reconciliation and new partnerships with Indigenous peoples and introducing modern safeguards to create greater transparency.
Regulation of Energy: helping restore investor confidence, building public trust and advancing Indigenous reconciliation, while ensuring good projects go ahead and Canada’s energy resources get to markets responsibly.

Governance structures: This horizontal initiative is led by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and supported by the aforementioned partner organizations.

A Horizontal Initiative Oversight Committee (the Committee) is responsible for ensuring:

the initiative is appropriately supported by timely, quality performance information;
robust tracking and reporting for all funds of the initiative is performed in a coordinated manner that supports public and parliamentary reporting requirements;
reporting is timely and accurate;
issues are raised in a timely manner; and
conflicts are resolved.

The Committee will provide the oversight and direction of the Horizontal Initiative Framework, which will support delivery of the new system.

The Deputy Head Oversight Committee (the Oversight Committee) is comprised of all partner organizations, with IAAC as the lead. Meetings will occur at least semi-annually, with more frequent meetings as required.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars): $1,016,524,439

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars): $1,013,484,928

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars): $862,974,410

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: December 2022

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars): $1,282,418,408

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars): Not applicable

Total planned spending since the last renewal: Not available^Footnote 1

Total actual spending since the last renewal: Not available^Footnote 2

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2022-23 (IAAC)

Performance highlights: An implementation evaluation of the horizontal initiative, completed in 2022, confirmed that, across the six themes that comprise the horizontal initiative, progress is being made towards the achievement of outcomes and revealed no significant gaps or obstacles to implementation that would impact this.

Canada Energy Regulator (CER)

In the last year, the CER held regulated companies accountable for the safe construction, operation, and abandonment of energy infrastructure that Canadians rely on by enforcing some of the strictest safety standards in the world. Our staff carried out more than 200 compliance verification activities in 2022-23, to ensure that CER-regulated facilities do not harm people or the environment. We also shared what we learned with industry, other regulators and damage prevention associations and worked to improve safety culture awareness and understanding, both for safety and environmental protection. In the field, CER Inspectors worked in partnership with Indigenous Monitors to expand our understanding of matters of importance to Indigenous communities, including places of spiritual significance and other valued resources. This collaborative approach is helping us learn how to better incorporate Indigenous perspectives in how we assess risk, promote safety and verify compliance.

We have also been focused on gathering input from Canadians as part of updating the CER’s regulatory framework. We completed the first phase of early engagement in our comprehensive review of the Onshore Pipeline Regulations, our primary "rulebook" for onshore pipelines. We heard from Indigenous Peoples, regulated companies, and stakeholders about which topics they would like to focus on and how they would like to be involved in our review. This review supports the highest level of safety, security and environmental protection and encourages the innovation that we know will be required in Canada’s energy transition to net-zero.

We delivered timely and reliable data and analysis that contributed to the energy conversation in Canada. We expanded our pipeline information products to include new interactive maps and dashboards and published a report that visualizes pipeline throughput and capacity data across different regions.

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

Funded 9 Environmental Assessments across 3 territories, with 31 recipients participating in meaningful work to have their voices heard in the impact assessment process.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

Work is advancing to lay the foundations for marine spatial planning across Canada. In British Columbia we are engaging with Indigenous communities and the Province to advance marine spatial planning in the waters off Canada’s Pacific North and South Coast. In Eastern Canada discussions are underway between federal, provincial, and Indigenous governments to inform the development of spatial plans in two bioregions: the Newfoundland and Labrador shelves and the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy. The Government of Canada is working to ensure Indigenous People can act as partners in MSP. To date, between April 2019 and March 2023, we have committed $15.5 million of targeted investments to Indigenous People across Canada to support their effective and sustained engagement in MSP, by directly fostering increased capacity and participation in governance, data collection and stewardship

Health Canada (HC)

In 2022-23, Health Canada provided expertise to inform project assessments under the Impact Assessment Act on the following topics: contamination of country foods; health risks related to noise impacts, water quality and air quality; public health emergency management of toxic exposure events; human health risk assessment methodology; and health impact assessment methodology. Health Canada also coordinated the provision and incorporation of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s expertise on social determinants of health into project assessment documents. This expertise is reflected in finalized assessment documents published on public registries.

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

ISC-FNIHB has responded to 100% of requests received from the Agency. ISC-FNIHB has responded to 95% of requests within established timelines.

For the entire timeframe of the pilot Baseline Assessment Program on Health and Environment, six (6) projects/initiatives have been funded. While the number of baseline studies reported each fiscal year were specific to those conducted in a given fiscal year, the overall target of six baseline studies was achieved by 2022-23. Two (2) of the six (6) projects funded in the past focus on facilitating First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and BC First Nations’ engagement and participation through FNHA in the Impact Assessment process.

ICCE was established as a not-for-profit organization in November 2019. A Board of Directors was established as well as a Technical Advisory Committee. An Executive Director, along with staff, oversee the day-to-day operations of ICCE. ICCE has provided services and tools to over 300 Indigenous communities. This was achieved through their Community Funding Program, accessing their Cumulative Effects Knowledge Centre on their website, and attending the in-person ICCE Conference. In 2022-23, ICCE funded 14 community projects flowing over $2 million dollars directly to communities to undertake cumulative effects work. To date ICCE has funded 39 projects for a total of $6.34 million dollars in funding to Indigenous communities. In addition, in 2022-23, ICCE hosted 5 virtual and 5 in-person, regional dialogue sessions with Indigenous communities through their National Needs Assessment. Bilateral discussions with numerous Métis nations as well as Inuit peoples also took place in 2023 and will continue into the fall of 2023. ICCE’s first Annual Report was published in winter 2023 and is available publicly on their website. Surveys are conducted on a ongoing basis through the ICCE website as well as at the annual ICCE Conference. In addition, feedback through the Community Funding Program is collected. Satisfaction with the service received through the ICCE website, Community Funding Program and the ICCE Annual Conference on Cumulative Effects is high. ICCE also conducted a National Needs Assessment over the 2022-23 fiscal year to determine the needs of Indigenous Communities, create connections and assess how communities would like best to interact with ICCE. In addition, the 2023 Annual ICCE Conference hosted 297 individual attendees, representing over 110 Indigenous communities.as well and numerous Indigenous technical organizations.

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

NRCan, through its targeted programs and program activities successfully provided in a timely manner the data and scientific tools needed to decision makers for an impact assessment and regulatory processes that reflect a commitment to social, environmental, and economic sustainability for all Canadians. Having achieved 8 of 12 targets, with the remaining 4 trending positively in the direction of being met, below are some program specific highlights.

On March 9, 2021, the Open Science and Data Platform (OSDP) was successfully released and announced to the public, jointly by NRCan and ECCC. Since then, OSDP has provided access to a wide range of content from various content providers: 126,543 records including scientific publications and reports (NRCan, ECCC, DFO, HC), and, by leveraging the Federal Geospatial platform, provided 5,739 datasets from 26 federal partners, 10 provinces and 1 territory, and 13,867 project assessments and permitting from federal regulators: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, and Transport Canada, as well as from the Government of British Columbia Major Project Inventory. Users’ feedback has been part of the Open Science and Data Platform planning, development and delivery since its inception in 2018 and will continue to be front-and-centre in the enhancement of the OSDP in order to meet overall outcomes of the Impact Assessment regime, user’s needs and experience as well as the Policy on Service and Digital. On-going engagement with internal and external users will allow us to acquire and act on feedback through the planned releases in 2023-2024 and beyond. Further, Natural Resources Canada provided, within established timelines, specialist and expert information to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to support 49 projects under the Impact Assessment regime. NRCan will continue to support ongoing research in the regional assessment areas, including the Ring of Fire Area, Ontario, Offshore Wind and other areas as they are initiated.

Contact information:

Name: Mary Kay Lamarche

Email: MaryKay.Lamarche@iaac-aeic.gc.ca

Phone: 343-998-4920

Mailing Address: 160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0W9, 22^nd Floor

Shared outcomes:

Shared outcomes: Impact assessment and regulatory processes in Canada reflect a commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability and respect our partnership with Indigenous peoples

Theme	Impact Assessment*	Partnering with Indigenous Peoples*	Cumulative Effects, Open Science, and Evidence*	Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat in Canada**	Protection of the Public Right to Navigation**	Regulation of Energy**	Internal Services**
Theme outcome(s)	1. Timely and predictable impact assessment processes 2. Impact assessment decisions are based on science and evidence and consider environmental, economic and social impacts	Opportunities for meaningful participation of Indigenous peoples in impact assessment and regulatory processes	1. The understanding of the cumulative effects of development is improved 2. The understanding of the cumulative effects informs environmental management, including impact assessments	Responsive and integrated regulatory, planning, partnership and monitoring activities support the sustainability of fish and fish habitat in Canada	A system that protects the public right to navigation on all navigable waters, enables reconciliation and new partnerships with Indigenous peoples, and includes modern safeguards to create greater transparency	1. Regulatory framework is robust, current and regulatory requirements and expectations are clear and publicly available 2. Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders provide feedback that engagement with the Canada Energy Regulator is meaningful 3. Harm to people or the environment, throughout the lifecycle of energy-related activities, is prevented	Not applicable
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada	$26,937,820	$22,118,774	$8,156,194	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	$8,026,668
Canada Energy Regulatory	Not applicable	$3,076,457	$0	Not applicable	Not applicable	$5,276,454	$2,321,967
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada	Not applicable	$3,095,453	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	$99,703
Environment and Climate Change Canada	$4,287,672	Not applicable	$17,801,206	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	$1,679,585
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Not applicable	Not applicable	$14,048,881	$61,712,142	Not applicable	Not applicable	$5,678,403
Health Canada	$5,939,366	Not applicable	$381,024	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	$527,261
Indigenous Services Canada	$164,108	$713,142	$4,272,864	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	$24,994
Natural Resources Canada	$1,831,884	Not applicable	$12,100,974	Not applicable	Not applicable	$511,677	$1,322,547
Transport Canada	$2,854,304	$1,293,036	$563,672	Not applicable	$14,007,508	Not applicable	$5,668,034
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan ** These themes were not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because they were funded through other initiatives.

Performance information

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding, including legacy funding, allocated since the last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending	2022–23 Actual spending	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	2022–23 Performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Target(s)	Date to achieve target	2022–23 Actual results
Impact Assessment and Regulatory Processes	$1,016,524,436	$236,493,774	$217,369,277	Impact assessment and regulatory processes in Canada reflect a commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability and respect our partnership with Indigenous peoples	Percentage of impact assessments completed within the timeline established at the end of the planning phase	90%	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 3
					Percentage of proponent impact statement reports submitted in accordance with the impact statement guidance	70%	March 2021	Not available^Footnote 4
					Number of partnership agreements each year (formal agreements, other agreements) across implicated departments/agencies	Target to be determined once a baseline is established in 2022-23	March 2022	See note ^Footnote 5
					Percentage of Impact Assessment Reports provided to decision-makers that are evidence-based (economic, environmental, social, health, science, Indigenous knowledge, GBA+, cumulative effects, as appropriate)	100%	March 2020	100%^Footnote 6
					Percentage of users who indicate they accessed the open science and data platform to: facilitate participation in IA and/or regulatory processes; understand and/or better manage cumulative effects; consider Indigenous Knowledge open information; other	70%	2020-21	75%^Footnote 7
					In the medium and long term, track the degree to which the assessment of impacts are accurate and mitigation measures are effective	80%	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 8
						100% compliance with conditions attached to facility authorizations	March 2023	99%^Footnote 9
						100% of development projects occurring in or near water effectively mitigate (or offset) impacts to fish or fish habitat, by March 31, 2020	March 2020	93%^Footnote 10
					Percentage of participants in selected impact assessment and regulatory process engagement/ consultation activities (including but not limited to: open houses, comment periods, review panel hearings, etc.) that indicate that they had the opportunity to provide input	New Indicator: Target to be determined once a baseline is established in 2022-23	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 11
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme horizontal initiative activities

Theme 1 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 Federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Impact Assessment	$172,330,639	$42,015,154	$38,387,255	Timely and predictable impact assessment processes	Percentage of impact assessments that adhere to legislated time limits (e.g. Integrated assessments – 300 days, naming of panel – 45 days, Early Planning – 180 days, etc.)	100%	March 2022	100%^Footnote 12
Impact Assessment	$172,330,639	$42,015,154	$38,387,255	Impact assessment decisions are based on science and evidence and consider environmental, economic and social impacts	Percentage of impact assessment decisions that are based on science and evidence and consider environmental, economic and social impacts	100%	March 2021	100%^Footnote 13
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada	Assessment, Administration, Conduct and Monitoring	Compliance and Enforcement	$3,508,417	$940,741	$926,445	[ER 1.1] Impact Assessment Decision Statements are complied with	[PI 1.1] Percentage of projects that are in compliance with decision statement conditions	[T 1.1] 90%	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 14
		Early Planning	$14,984,539	$3,936,368	$3,792,974	[ER 2.1] Clear and predictable assessment process guidance that provides certainty to proponents, other jurisdictions, Indigenous peoples and the public, and opportunity for stakeholders to influence project designs	[PI 2.1.1] Percentage of project descriptions that result in a change in project design based on input from stakeholders, and type of change made (e.g., major, minor)	[T 2.1.1] At least 50%	March 2022	20%^Footnote 15
		Early Planning	$14,984,539	$3,936,368	$3,792,974		[PI 2.1.2] Percentage of Tailored Impact Statements that reflect issues of importance identified in the Planning Phase	[T 2.1.2] 100%	March 2022	100%
		Registry, Public Participation and Transparency	$36,712,354	$8,286,311	$7,778,999	[ER 3.1] Canadians have access to information and records on impact assessments and have opportunities to provide input and to meaningfully participate	[PI 3.1] Percentage of assessments where input from the public has been documented in impact assessment reports and considered in decisions	[T 3.1] 100%	March 2022	100%^Footnote 16
		Impact Assessment, Monitoring and Follow-up (includes science and evidence work stream)	$53,139,141	$13,774,400	$12,580,865	[ER 4.1] Science, evidence and fact-based impact assessments and timely decisions that promote positive effects and minimize adverse effects through mitigation measures	[PI 4.1] Percentage of projects in which mitigation measures in decision statements have proven to be effective	[T 4.1] 90%	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 17
Environment and Climate Change Canada	Environmental Assessment (indicator owner) Species at Risk Water Quality and Ecosystems Partnerships Hydrological Services	Scientific Expertise and Advice	$15,622,538	$4,287,672	$4,227,908^Footnote 18	[ER 17.1] Reduced environmental impact from projects subject to impact assessment	[PI 17.1] Percentage of impact assessments for which ECCC advice influenced changes to the project design or operations to mitigate potential for adverse environmental impacts	[T 17.1] Target to be determined once baseline is established in 2020–21	March every two years once baseline is established in 2020–21	100%
Environment and Climate Change Canada		Scientific Expertise and Advice	$15,622,538	$4,287,672	$4,227,908^Footnote 18	[ER 18.1] Timely ECCC expert advice is provided to Early Planning and/or Impact Assessments	[PI 18.1] Percentage of requests for ECCC expertise and advice that are responded to within established timelines	[T 18.1] 100%	March 2021	98%^Footnote 19
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals Food and Nutrition	Expertise on potential health impacts	$29,168,322	$5,939,366	$5,462,016	[ER 28.1] Expert advice influenced Early Planning, Impact Assessment and/or Follow-up and Monitoring	[PI 28.1.1] Percentage of Early Planning, Impact Assessment and/or Follow-up and Monitoring influenced by Health Canada expertise	[T 28.1.1] 90%	March 2023	100%
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals Food and Nutrition	Expertise on potential health impacts	$29,168,322	$5,939,366	$5,462,016	[ER 28.2] Timely HC expert advice is provided to Early Planning and/or Impact Assessments	[PI 28.2.1] Percentage of requests for HC expertise and advice that are responded to within established timelines	[T 28.2.1] 100%	March 2023	100%
Indigenous Services Canada	Environmental Public Health	Subject matter expertise to review/ comment on impact of environmental contaminates/ changes on things such as country foods and First Nations diets	$795,540	$164,108	$164,108	[ER 30.1] First Nations and the federal government have capacity to engage in the investigation of environmental hazards	[PI 30.1.1] Percentage of requests for input into impact assessments that have been met	[T 30.1.1] 90%	March 2023	100%
Indigenous Services Canada	Environmental Public Health		$795,540	$164,108	$164,108	[ER 30.2] Timely ISC expert advice is provided to Early Planning and/or Impact Assessments	[PI 30.2.1] Percentage of requests for ISC expertise and advice that are responded to within established timelines	[T 30.2.1] 100%	March 2023	95%^Footnote 20
Natural Resources Canada	Cumulative Effects	Science and technology expertise and advice - Forest ecosystems	$557,636	$139,409	$35,692^Footnote 21	[ER 32.1] Timely NRCan expert advice is provided to Early Planning and/or Impact Assessments	[PI 32.1] Percentage of NRCan requests for expertise and advice that are responded to within established timelines	[T 32.1] 100%	March 2023	100%
	Geoscience for sustainable development of natural resources	Science and technology expertise and advice - Geoscience (geology, geochemistry, hydrogeology)	$3,628,533	$796,541	$817,773
	Provision of federal leadership in the minerals and metals sector Energy Safety and Security, and Petroleum Resources	Economic expertise and advice - energy and mineral resource markets and development	$3,762,213	$895,934	$857,864
Transport Canada	Aviation Safety Oversight Marine Safety Oversight Rail Safety Oversight Transportation of Dangerous Goods Oversight Environmental Stewardship of Transportation	Departmental Engagement in Project Reviews with components related to Transport Canada’s Mandate.	$10,451,406	$2,854,304	$1,742,611^Footnote 22	[ER 39.1] Transport Canada advice informs the impact assessment of a project	[PI 39.1.1] Percentage of impact assessments where Transport Canada is involved, in which Transport Canada advice is evident in impact assessment documentation, including early planning documents or Impact Assessment reports	[T 39.1.1] 100%	March 2021	100%
Transport Canada			$10,451,406	$2,854,304	$1,742,611^Footnote 22	[ER 39.2] Timely TC expert advice is provided to Early Planning and/or Impact Assessments	[PI 39.2.1] Percentage of requests for TC expertise and advice that are responded to within established timelines	[T 39.2.1] 100%	March 2021	100%
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 2 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 Federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Partnering with Indigenous Peoples	$117,576,635	$30,296,862	$28,149,802	Opportunities for meaningful participation of Indigenous peoples in impact assessment and regulatory processes	Percentage of impact assessments and regulatory processes that engage indigenous groups as per engagement plan	100%	March 2021	Not available^Footnote 23
Partnering with Indigenous Peoples	$117,576,635	$30,296,862	$28,149,802		Percentage of project impact assessment decisions that articulate how the indigenous perspectives were addressed	100%	March 2021	100%^Footnote 24
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada	Indigenous Relations and Engagement	Indigenous Consultation	$44,210,609	$13,060,872	$12,010,396	[ER 5.1] Increased opportunities for partnerships in impact assessments and policy development	[PI 5.1.1] Participation rates by type of opportunity for Indigenous governing bodies to participate in Impact Assessments	[T 5.1.1] Target to be established once baseline established in 2020-21	March 2022	See note^Footnote 25
		Indigenous Capacity	$17,340,658	$5,273,509	$4,827,412		[PI 5.1.2] Number/percentage of Indigenous groups participating in Impact Assessments that are satisfied with procedural aspects of consultation	[T 5.1.2] Target to be established once baseline established in 2020-21	March 2022	Not available^Footnote 26
		Indigenous Capacity	$17,340,658	$5,273,509	$4,827,412		[PI 5.1.3] Number/percentage and type of opportunities for Indigenous communities to influence the development of policies [compared to baseline of 2016]	[T 5.1.3] Increase in opportunities to input to policy development, compared to 2016	March 2021	See note^Footnote 27
		Indigenous Policy Engagement	$20,044,328	$3,784,393	$3,676,407		[PI 5.1.4] Number and type of established relationships (i.e., MOUs, Policy Dialogue funding) [compared to baseline of 2016]	[T 5.1.4] Increase in established relationships for policy work compared to 2016	March 2022	See note^Footnote 28
		Indigenous Policy Engagement	$20,044,328	$3,784,393	$3,676,407	[ER 5.2] Indigenous interests are considered in IA decisions	[PI 5.2] Percentage of impact assessments in which Indigenous knowledge or input provided by Indigenous peoples are considered	[T 5.2] 100%	March 2021	100%
Canada Energy Regulator	Indigenous Engagement	Enhanced Indigenous Lifecycle Engagement	$15,301,006	$3,076,457	$2,488,701	[ER 7.1] Input provided by Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders influences our decisions and our work	[PI 7.1] Evidence that input from Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders influences our decisions and our work	[T 7.1] Narrative evidence	March 2023	See note^Footnote 29
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada	Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability	Northern Participant Funding Program	$10,014,066	$2,283,748	$2,741,935^Footnote 30	[ER 16.1] Indigenous partners and northern stakeholders are engaged in the assessment process and their perspective is included in decision making	[PI 16.1.1] Percentage of affected groups/individuals engaged in assessment process	[T 16.1.1] 100%	March 2020	100%
							[PI 16.1.2] Percentage of assessment processes with continuous engagement of affected groups	[T 16.1.2] Set after first year, year over year increase	March 2020	100%
							[PI 16.1.3] Percentage of determinations in which perspectives of recipients of the Northern Participant Funding Program are considered by co-management boards	[T 16.1.3] 100%	March 2020	100%
	Consultation and Accommodation	Advice and expertise on Indigenous consultation and accommodation	$678,663	$226,221	$226,221	[ER 5.1] Increased opportunities for partnerships in impact assessments and policy development	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada indicators above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada targets above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada date to achieve target above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada result above
	Consultation and Accommodation	Expertise and advice on on-reserve land management and environment issues and processes	$391,710	$130,570	$130,570
	Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability Northern Strategic and Science Policy	Indigenous and Northern-focused scientific and technical advice and expertise to support assessments	$1,364,742	$454,914	$223,950^Footnote 31
Indigenous Services Canada	Environmental Public Health	Funding source to support First Nations communities in the development of and the undertaking of their own baseline studies and to support capacity building in advance of an assessment	$1,250,000	$250,000	$250,000	[ER 30.1] First Nations and the federal government have capacity to engage in the investigation of environmental hazards	[PI 30.1.2] Number of community based baseline studies conducted to support impact assessments	[T 30.1.2] Six (6)	March 2023	One (1)^Footnote 32
Indigenous Services Canada	Land, Natural Resources and Environmental Management	Regional expertise and support to Crown Consultation lead and Indigenous groups	$2,059,248	$463,142	$463,142	[ER 5.1] Increased opportunities for partnerships in impact assessments and policy development	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada indicators above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada targets above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada date to achieve target above	See Impact Assessment Agency of Canada result above
Transport Canada	Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement	Indigenous Consultation within the Impact Assessment System	$4,921,605	$1,293,036	$1,111,068^Footnote 33	[ER 40.1] Specialist or expert information or knowledge supports and informs consultations across all phases of an impact assessment	[PI 40.1] Percentage of impact assessments in which Transport Canada supports Indigenous consultations where Transport Canada has identified a need to participate in the impact assessment	[T 40.1] 100%	March 2021	100%
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 3 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Cumulative Effects, Open Science, and Evidence	$262,705,692	$57,324,815	$56,416,354	The understanding of the cumulative effects of development is improved.	Number of times products are accessed from the Open Science and Data Platform Products could include datasets, science products and Indigenous knowledge open information	Target and baseline established in 2021-22 Baseline is as follow: 50,000 for all page views, and 1,000 total downloads.	March 2023	Target met^Footnote 34
Cumulative Effects, Open Science, and Evidence	$262,705,692	$57,324,815	$56,416,354	The understanding of cumulative effects informs environmental management, including impact assessments.	Percentage of impact assessments informed by regional assessments or marine spatial plans – in regions where such assessments or plans have been conducted	100%	March 2021	Not available^Footnote 35
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 3 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada	Assessment, Administration, Conduct and Monitoring	Regional and strategic assessment delivery	$32,850,267	$8,156,194	$7,570,130	[ER 6.1] Information, science and evidence are generated to inform early planning and impact assessments resulting in mitigation measures that minimize adverse effects	[PI 6.1] Completion of regional assessments	[T 6.1] Three (3) regional assessments	March 2023	One (1) regional assessment^Footnote 36
Canada Energy Regulator	Pipeline Information	Integrated Open Science and Data Platform	$6,850,000	$0	$0	[ER 8.1] Canadians access and use energy information for knowledge, research or decision making	[PI 8.1] Number of CER datasets and information products made available via the Open Science and Data Platform	[T 8.1] Target to be determined once a baseline is established in 2020-21	March 2023	41^Footnote 37
Environment and Climate Change Canada	Environmental Assessment Program Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife program Substances and Waste Management program	Open science and data	$19,062,403	$4,050,876	$4,365,221^Footnote 38	[ER 19.1] ECCC information related to cumulative effects is publicly available	[PI 19.1] Number of ECCC datasets and scientific findings, which could potentially contribute to the understanding of cumulative environmental effects, made available via the Open Science and Data Platform	[T 19.1] 100% of ECCC datasets and scientific findings are available via the OSDP	Annually, once baseline is established in March 2020	407^Footnote 39
	Environmental Assessment program Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife program	Regional assessments	$26,625,563	$7,078,234	$7,304,458^Footnote 40	[ER 20.1] Regional assessments reflect ECCC expertise and advice	[PI 20.1] Percentage of ECCC expert input and advice incorporated into regional assessment reports	[T 20.1] 90%	March 2023	100%^Footnote 41
	Environmental Assessment Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife	Strategic assessments	$27,880,149	$6,018,941	$5,229,124^Footnote 42	[ER 21.1] Strategic assessments increase certainty to project proponents and decision makers by providing guidance on how the Government of Canada accounts for selected issues (such as climate change) during project-specific impact assessments	[PI 21.1] Percentage of initial project descriptions for which one or more strategic assessments provides relevant guidance to inform the IA process	[T 21.1] Target to be determined once baseline is established in 2020–21	March 2022	100%^Footnote 43
	Environmental Assessment	Cumulative Effects Coordination	$3,788,700	$653,155	$620,114	[ER 22.1] Impact assessment and cumulative effects-related processes are effective and efficient	[PI 22.1] Percentage of major milestones, as established in the cumulative effects work plan, to implement the Government of Canada’s cumulative effects approach that have been met	[T 22.1] Target to be determined once baseline is established in 2020–21	March 2022	100%^Footnote 44
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Marine Planning and Conservation	Marine Spatial Planning in Four Marine Areas	$62,738,222	$14,048,881	$14,943,924	[ER 23.1] Ocean regulators and users use information relating to the conservation and management of the marine environment to make decisions	[PI 23.1] Number of conservation and/or management plans developed (Note: regulators and users are involved in the process of decisions and use information in development of plans)	[T 23.1] Four (4) Marine Spatial Plans	March 2024	Zero (0)^Footnote 45
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals	Expertise on human health impacts	$1,807,664	$381,024	$338,219	[ER 29.1] Relevant health expertise is integrated into assessment of cumulative impacts of development	[PI 29.1] Percentage of assessments of cumulative impacts in which expertise provided by Health Canada influenced the assessment	[T 29.1] 90%	March 2023	100%
Indigenous Services Canada	Land, Natural Resources and Environmental Management	Indigenous Centre of Expertise for Cumulative Effects Management	$15,331,658	$4,272,864	$4,225,427	[ER 31.1] Lands and resources in Indigenous communities and the North are sustainably managed	[PI 31.1.1] Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects established as a standalone organization with governance mechanisms	[T 31.1.1.1] The Centre is operational	March 2021	ICCE was incorporated in November 2019
							[PI 31.1.2] Number of First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities who have accessed services and tools supporting their work on cumulative effects through the Centre’s website or at its conferences/workshops	[T 31.1.2.1] 200 First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities and/or organizations	March 2023	300+ community representatives have accessed services of ICCE
							[PI 31.1.3] Percentage of First Nation communities satisfied with services received through the Centre	[T 31.1.3.1] 80% of First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities and/or organizations are satisfied with the Centre’s services	March 2023	80%
Natural Resources Canada	Core Geospatial Data Program Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources	Open Science and Data Platform (OSDP)	$26,881,188	$5,218,684	$4,822,222^Footnote 46	[ER 33.1] The understanding of the cumulative effects of development is enabled through publically available information	[PI 33.1] Number of datasets and science products made accessible via the OSDP	[T 33.1] 800 datasets and science projects	March 2023	Target met^Footnote 47
	Innovative Geospatial Solutions Sustainable Forest Management	Open Science and Data - NRCan contribution	$15,504,940	$3,283,770	$3,248,600	[ER 34.1] Current and future cumulative effects and project impact assessments have access to data describing the status and trends of critical ecosystem parameters	[PI 34.1] Number of baseline datasets made accessible via the OSDP	[T 34.1.1] Seven (7) regional datasets in year 3	March 2022	Target met in 2021-22
		Open Science and Data - NRCan contribution	$15,504,940	$3,283,770	$3,248,600			[T 34.1.2] Seven (7) national datasets in year 5	March 2023	Target met^Footnote 48
	Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Program Cumulative Effects	Regional Assessments - NRCan contribution	$9,945,755	$1,989,940	$1,870,468	[ER 35.1] NRCan expertise and research contributes to regional assessments of cumulative effects	[PI 35.1] Number of regional assessments to which NRCan contributes	[T 35.1] Two (2) regional assessments.	March 2023	Target met^Footnote 49
	Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources	Marine Geoscience	$10,962,867	$1,608,580	$1,441,348	[ER 36.1] NRCan marine geoscience products inform Marine Spatial Planning	[PI 36.1] Number of marine geoscience expeditions and associated data releases that inform DFO-led Marine Spatial Planning	[T 36.1] Eight (8) marine expeditions and associated NRCan data releases	March 2023	Target met^Footnote 50
Transport Canada	Environmental Stewardship of Transportation	Transport Canada supports the Marine Spatial Planning initiative.	$2,476,316	$563,672	$437,099^Footnote 51	[ER 41.1] TC knowledge is used by Ocean regulators and users relating to the conservation and management of the marine environment	[PI 41.1] Percentage of Marine Spatial Initiative plans developed that were informed by Transport Canada knowledge	[T 41.1] 100%	March 2024	0%^Footnote 52
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

Theme 4 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 Federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat	$263,569,574	$61,712,142	$57,462,848	Responsive and integrated regulatory, planning, partnership and monitoring activities support the sustainability of fish and fish habitat in Canada	Number of spatial or area-based reports on the state of fish and fish habitat in Canada	Three (3) Reports	March 2023	Three (3) reports^Footnote 53
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Theme 4 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program	Fish and Fish Habitat Protection	$125,950,156	$29,608,203	$29,233,841	[ER 24.1] Negative impacts on Canada’s oceans and other aquatic ecosystems are minimized or avoided	[PI 24.1] Percentage of development projects occurring in or near water that effectively avoid, mitigate or offset impacts to fish and fish habitat	[T 24.1] 100%	March 2023	93%^Footnote 54
	Conservation and Protection	Compliance & Enforcement	$33,747,755	$7,370,062	$6,227,079^Footnote 55	[ER 25.1] Coastal and freshwater fish and fish habitat are protected from unlawful exploitation and interference	[PI 25.1] Number of hours dedicated by fishery officers to coastal and freshwater fish and fish habitat protection compliance and enforcement activities	[T 25.1] 73,000 hours (dedicated by fishery officers to coastal and freshwater fish and fish habitat protection; compliance and enforcement activities are restored to historical baseline (73,000 hours in 2004))	March 2023	37,670^Footnote 56
	Aquatic Ecosystem Science	Science-based Analysis	$30,889,079	$7,267,888	$7,051,338	[ER 26.1] Scientific information on freshwater fish, fish habitat and effectiveness of relevant management measures is available to inform management decisions	[PI 26.1] Number of published Science Advisory Reports, CSAS Research Documents or Science Responses related to freshwater habitat or effectiveness of relevant management measures	[T 26.1] > four (4) per year	March 2023	Seven (7)^Footnote 57
	Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program	Partnering with Indigenous People – Consultation, Engagement and Partnering (including Capacity Building)	$72,982,584	$17,465,989	$14,950,590^Footnote 58	[ER 27.1] Impacts on Aboriginal and Treaty rights and Indigenous knowledge inform authorization/permits decisions	[PI 27.1.1] Percentage of decisions (authorizations/permits) made by DFO that consider impacts on Aboriginal and Treaty rights, including appropriate accommodation measures to mitigate those impacts	[T 27.1.1] 100%	March 2023	87%^Footnote 59
							[PI 27.1.2] Percentage of decisions (authorizations/ permits) made by DFO that consider Indigenous knowledge	[T 27.1.2] 100%	March 2023	2%^Footnote 60
						[ER 27.2] Participation of Indigenous groups/ communities in development of regulatory, policy, process or program initiatives relative to the management of fish and fish habitat	[PI 27.2.1] Number of Indigenous groups/ communities providing input/ feedback to initiatives	[T 27.2.1] > 100 per year	March 2023	160^Footnote 61
						[ER 27.3] Participation of Indigenous groups/communities in the management of fish and fish habitat	[PI 27.3.1] Number of arrangements/ plans to enhance fish and fish habitat technical capacity	[T 27.3.1] > 40 per year	March 2023	81
							[PI 27.3.2] Number of partnering arrangements with Indigenous groups in the management of fish and fish habitat (e.g. project reviews, monitoring)	[T 27.3.2] 10	March 2023	Zero (0)^Footnote 62
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Theme 5 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 Federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Protection of the Public Right to Navigation	$58,909,290	$14,007,508	$7,376,307^Footnote 63	A system that protects the public right to navigation on all navigable waters, enables reconciliation and new partnerships with Indigenous peoples, and includes modern safeguards to create greater transparency	Percentage of non-compliances found through oversight activities that are resolved through corrective action or enforcement	100%	March 2023	88%^Footnote 64
					Percentage of decisions made under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act that have considered Indigenous input on projects	100% of projects that could have an adverse effect on the rights of Indigenous peoples	March 2020	100%
					Percentage of applications where Transport Canada makes publicly available its reasons for not adding waterways to the Schedule	100%	March 2023	Not available^Footnote 65
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Theme 5 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Transport Canada	Navigation Protection Program	Restoring Lost Protections	$11,097,762	$1,889,820	$3,716,980^Footnote 66	[ER 42.1] The public right to navigation is protected on all navigable waters in Canada	[PI 42.1.1] Percentage change in the number of applications for approval of projects submitted to Transport Canada annually	[T 42.1.1] 50% increase relative to 2017-18 baseline	March 2020	38% reduction^Footnote 67
	Navigation Protection Program	Restoring Lost Protections	$11,097,762	$1,889,820	$3,716,980^Footnote 66		[PI 42.1.2] Percentage of years in which navigable waters are added to the list of Scheduled waters	[T 42.1.2] 100% of years from 2019-2023	March 2023	25%^Footnote 68
	Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement	Partnering with Indigenous People	$36,410,367	$10,164,742	$1,307,859^Footnote 69	[ER 43.1] Transport Canada mandate is delivered in a manner consistent with emerging federal reconciliation principles and objectives	[PI 43.1.1] Number of co-management agreements signed	[T 43.1.1] Average of one (1) new agreement signed per year over a four year period	March 2023	One (1) agreement^Footnote 70
	Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement	Partnering with Indigenous People	$36,410,367	$10,164,742	$1,307,859^Footnote 69		[PI 43.1.2] Percentage of eligible Indigenous applicants who receive participation funding	[T 43.1.2] 90%	March 2019	94%^Footnote 71
	Navigation Protection Program	Establishing Open, Accessible and Transparent Processes	$11,401,161	$1,952,946	$2,351,467^Footnote 72	[ER 44.1] Canadians have a forum for allowing their navigation related concerns to be addressed	[PI 44.1.1] Percentage change in the number of projects posted to the public Registry	[T 44.1.1] 20% increase relative to baseline (to be established using data from 2019-20)	March 2021	64% increase relative to the 2021-22 Baseline^Footnote 73
	Navigation Protection Program	Establishing Open, Accessible and Transparent Processes	$11,401,161	$1,952,946	$2,351,467^Footnote 72		[PI 44.1.2] Percentage of navigation concerns submitted to Transport Canada that are reviewed	[T 44.1.2] 100%	March 2020	100%
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Theme 6 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal*	2022–23 federal theme planned spending	2022–23 Federal theme actual spending	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target	2022–23 Actual results
Regulation of Energy	$36,324,253	$5,788,131	$4,847,384^Footnote 74	CER’s regulatory framework is Robust, Clear, Transparent, Coherent and Consistent.	Feedback obtained through engagement with those impacted by the CER’s Regulatory Framework indicates that the framework is robust, clear, transparent, coherent and consistent	Qualitative	Baseline to be established in 2022-23	No result^Footnote 75
				Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders provide feedback that engagement with the Canada Energy Regulator is meaningful	Percentage of participants in engagement activities who indicate that the engagement was meaningful	75%	March 2023	92%
				Harm to people or the environment, throughout the lifecycle of energy-related activities, is prevented	Number of incidents related to regulated infrastructure that harm the environment	0	March 2023	28^Footnote 76
					Percentage of unauthorized activities on regulated infrastructure that involve repeat violators	15%	March 2023	16%^Footnote 77
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Theme 6 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal*	2022–23 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Actual spending for each horizontal initiative activity	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2022–23 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2022–23 Actual results
Canada Energy Regulator	Infrastructure, Tolls and Export Applications Stakeholder Engagement	Alternative Dispute Resolution	$3,357,057	$666,942	$851,336^Footnote 78	[ER 9.1] Complaints are resolved in a timely manner	[PI 9.1] Percentage complaints resolved within established service standards	[T 9.1] 100%	March 2023	100%	-
	Stakeholder Engagement Infrastructure, Tolls and Export Applications	Enhanced Stakeholder Engagement	$5,519,997	$1,171,451	$990,164^Footnote 79	[ER 10.1] Engagement reflects the diversity of views of stakeholders across the country	[PI 10.1] Percentage of targeted stakeholders engaged as part of annual plans	[T 10.1] 100%	March 2023	Not applicable^Footnote 80	-
	Regulatory Framework	Implementation	$6,234,051	$0	$0	[ER 11.1] Changes that will be required for the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) to function efficiently and comply with the CER Act are in place upon coming into force of C-69	[PI 11.1] Percentage of changes required implemented as planned	[T 11.1] 100%	March 2020	Not applicable^Footnote 81	-
	Company Performance	Delegated Decision Making	$5,022,436	$1,425,660	$1,143,185^Footnote 82	[ER 12.1] Regulated companies operate facilities in compliance with regulatory requirements and project specific conditions throughout the full lifecycle	[PI 12.1] Percentage of non-compliances and corrective actions implemented within timelines	[T 12.1] 90%	March 2023	90%	-
	Regulatory Framework Management System and Industry Performance	Offshore Renewable Energy - Internal Capacity	$1,458,643	$343,038	$283,725^Footnote 83	[ER 13.1] Internal capacity acquired to support development of Offshore Renewable Energy regulatory framework and processes	[PI 13.1] Percentage of resources planned that are hired and trained to support the development of Offshore Renewable Energy regulatory framework and processes	[T 13.1] 100%	March 2023	100%	-
	Participant Funding	Participant Funding Program	$5,534,189	$1,560,027	$617,866^Footnote 84	[ER 14.1] Program delivery is timely and efficiently managed	[PI 14.1.1] Percentage of Participant Funding Program service standards met	[T 14.1.1] 80%	March 2023	100%	-
	Participant Funding	Participant Funding Program	$5,534,189	$1,560,027	$617,866^Footnote 84		[PI 14.1.2] Percentage of applicants who are satisfied with the services provided by the CER in its administration of the Participant Funding Program	[T 14.1.2] 80%	March 2023	97%	-
	Pipeline Information	Easily Accessible Information Online	$1,271,728	$109,336	$227,848^Footnote 85	[ER 15.1] Pipeline maps, visualizations, social media, and other tools are used to make pipeline information accessible and interactive	[PI 15.1] Number of external queries that demonstrate interest in and interaction with the content of pipeline information products	[T 15.1] 15	March 2023	Eleven (11)^Footnote 86	-
Natural Resources Canada	Energy Safety and Security, and Petroleum Resources	Legislative and policy development - National Energy Board Modernization	$3,290,141	$0	$0	[ER 37.1] Improved public and investor trust and the protection of the environment in the development of energy infrastructure in Canada	[PI 37.1.2] Number of regulations completed under the CER Act	[T 37.1.2.2] Up to ten (10) regulations developed after Coming-into-Force	March 2022	Target met in 2020-21	-
							[PI 37.1.3] Number of policy commitments implemented under the CER Act	[T 37.1.3.2] As many as six (6) other policy commitments are developed after Coming-into-Force	March 2021	Target met in 2020-21	-
						[ER 37.2] Advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and engage stakeholder in the implementation of the CER Act	[PI 37.2.1] Number of Indigenous groups engaged and indicate that they had the opportunity to adequately share their views and perspectives	[T 37.2.1] > 35 per year	March 2021	Target met in 2019-20	-
							[PI 37.2.2] Number of provinces and territories, energy industry groups, and civil society groups engaged	[T 37.2.2] > ten (10) per year	March 2021	Target met in 2019-20	-
	Electricity Resources	Legislative and policy development – offshore renewables	$4,636,011	$511,677	$733,261^Footnote 87	[ER 38.1] Provide the regulatory authorities for the CER to regulate the construction and operation of offshore renewable power lines and associated infrastructure	[PI 38.1.1] Number of regulations under CER Act for offshore renewable energy project development that provides regulatory certainty for industry	[T 38.1.1] CER has one (1) or more offshore renewable energy regulations for project development	March 2023	Target not met^Footnote 88	-
	Electricity Resources	Legislative and policy development – offshore renewables	$4,636,011	$511,677	$733,261^Footnote 87	[ER 38.2] Negotiate, and implement in legislation as appropriate, with willing provinces the joint management of offshore renewable energy projects	[PI 38.2.1] Number of federal legislation passed by Parliament to establish joint management regimes with provinces, where appropriate]	[T 38.2.1] One (1) or two (2) Joint-Management Acts passed	March 2023	Target not met^Footnote 89	-
* This theme was not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because it was funded through other initiatives.

Total spending, all themes

Theme	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal*	2022–23 Total federal planned spending	2022–23 Total federal actual spending
Impact Assessment	$172,330,639	$42,015,154	$38,387,255
Partnering with Indigenous Peoples	$117,576,635	$30,296,862	$28,149,802
Cumulative Effects, Open Science, and Evidence	$262,705,692	$57,324,815	$56,416,354
Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat**	$263,569,574	$61,712,142	$57,462,848
Protection of the Public Right to Navigation**	$66,940,787	$14,007,508	$7,376,307
Regulation of Energy**	$36,324,253	$5,788,131	$4,847,385
Total, all themes	$919,447,580	$211,144,612	$192,639,952
* This amount does not include funding received after the last renewal in December 2022. New and renewed funding from the last renewal will be available part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan ** These themes were not part of the last renewal in December 2022 because they were funded through other initiatives.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Planned spending following renewal in December 2022 will be available as part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

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Footnote 2

Actual spending following renewal in December 2022 will be available as part of the Horizontal Initiative Supplementary Information Table to be published with IAAC’s 2024-25 Departmental Plan.

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As of March 31, 2023, the Agency had not received an Impact Statement from a proponent and therefore had not started the impact assessment phase for any project. One substituted impact assessment was completed, but did not have a timeline established at the end of the Planning phase

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Footnote 5

In April 2019, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Science and Knowledge and Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) were established. Multi-year contribution agreements were created to support the preparation and participation of each committee member in committee meetings. Information on the committees, including summaries of their meetings, can be found at: https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-assessment-agency/advisory/advisory-groups.html

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In 2022-23, the Agency provided one impact assessment report (completed under a substituted process) to decision-makers, which contained a science-based assessment of the project, including Indigenous knowledge and perspectives provided, and a summary of public comments.

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In 2022-23, 75% of unique returning users accessed the Open Science and Data Platform (as per the performance indicator).

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Only 1 project approved under IAA and construction has not progressed to a point where this information is available.

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Target was missed by 1%. The CER considers this within tolerances of 303 conditions closed in 2022-23, there were 4 non-compliant. All non-compliant conditions have since been rectified.

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A total of 980 Compliance Monitoring activities were undertaken by the Program, of which 70 incidents were identified where the management of impacts to fish and fish habitat was not fully effective. DFO provides guidance to project proponents and ensures corrective actions are undertaken to resolve the issues identified. Monitoring results are used to support continual program improvement and increased program effectiveness.

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Data for this indictor is not available in AMS.

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In 2022-23, seven projects reached process points that were subject to a legislated time limit. Five projects exited the Planning phase within the 180-day time limit set out under the Impact Assessment Act. In addition, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change issued the decision statement for Cedar LNG within the 30 day limit and referred the GCT Deltaport Expansion to a review panel before the 45 day time limit, as set out under the IAA.

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Decision made on March 15, 2023. Too early to assess.

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Footnote 15

In 2022-23, five detailed project descriptions were accepted by the Agency, of which one made changes to project design based on input received in the Planning Phase. The proponent of the Troilus Mining Project is proposing a minor change to the project to avoid the construction of a dike as a diversion structure in the Bibou Creek.

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In 2022-23, the Agency provided one impact assessment report (completed under a substituted process) to decision-makers, which contained Indigenous knowledge and perspectives and a summary of public comments.

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Decision made on March 15, 2023. Too early to assess

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Surplus due to position not being staffed. Due to the pandemic, travel plans were put on hold.

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Footnote 19

Target was almost met and comparable to previous results for this indicator. Minor delays were communicated with the Agency, however a new deadline was not renegotiated for a small number of requests. Most delays were caused due to the large number of requests received at the same time and the overload of work for the experts concerned.

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ISC-FNIHB has responded to 95% of requests within established timelines.

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Footnote 21

The variance is due to budget reallocated for outside pressures including capital requirements.

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The variance can be primarily attributed to a reduced need for hiring given the number of major projects under CEAA, 2012, and transition of projects to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) did not result in a measurable increase. As such, Transport Canada did not undertake as much hiring as anticipated; however, workload and staffing requirements are expected to align with allocated resources in future years.

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Footnote 23

As of March 31, 2023, the Agency had not received an Impact Statement from a proponent and therefore had not started the impact assessment phase for any project. The only impact assessment completed was done by BC EAO under a substituted process

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The Impact Assessment Decision Statement for Cedar LNG articulated how the Indigenous perspectives were addressed.

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PFP funding was provided to support the participation and consultation of 172 different Indigenous governing bodies in 63 different assessments across the country.

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As of March 31, 2023, the Agency had not received an Impact Statement from a proponent and therefore had not started the impact assessment phase for any project.

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99 signed new contribution agreements to support the participation of Indigenous groups, the public and other stakeholders in assessments. A total of $1,527,256 was disbursed in contributions to 120 unique recipients to support Indigenous and public participation in policy and guidance development.

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Footnote 28

Advisory committee meetings: 6 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings; 4 Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) meetings; 10 Circle of Experts meetings. 12 TAC agreements; 12 IAC agreements; 7 Circle of Experts agreements.

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In 2021, the CER organized a series of information sessions for Indigenous communities and stakeholders impacted by recently approved Nova Gas Transmission Limited projects. The focus of these sessions was to provide information on how the CER regulates federally-regulated energy infrastructures. During this engagement effort, the CER learned the importance of using a distinction-based approach when engaging with Métis communities and groups. This information was a pivotal element forcing a change in how we engaged with them during the six Indigenous Oversight Forum leadership meetings that occurred in 2022-23. The approach adopted was recognized by many participants as acknowledgement and respect of their distinct governance and rights. In 2019, the CER received advice from the Line 3 Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee and the Manitoba Métis Federation on how regulated companies could improve their incident notification process. Since then, we have heard similar feedback from other groups, such as the Trans Mountain Expansion IAMC, the CER Indigenous Advisory Committee, and Indigenous monitors, as well as from participants from the Onshore Pipeline Regulations (OPR) Review. We listened to these concerns to create new best practices for companies. On 16 November 2022, we issued a letter to our regulated companies outlining our new expectations for notifying Indigenous Nations and Communities when there is an incident. We also clarified our expectations on the preparedness of the companies to engage with Indigenous Nations and Communities in the event of an emergency.

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Footnote 30

Additional $458K spent: The regulatory system surrounding environmental assessments is difficult to forecast--department had to participate in a more environmental assessments than initially forecasted. Additional funding was sourced internally.

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Footnote 31

Surplus of $231K: $95K due to vacant position/delayed staffing; $135K due to reduction in travel due to Covid restrictions. The surplus funding lapsed.

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Footnote 33

The pandemic paused Indigenous consultation processes for a number of major projects impacting any need for anticipated additional hiring and all but eliminating the need for funds to travel to what can be remote consultation meetings. However, workload and staffing requirements are expected to align with allocated resources in future years.

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Footnote 34

Met as per baseline: baseline established in 2021-2022 given that the Open Science and Data Platform was publically released on March 9, 2021. As such, the baseline is as follow: 50,000 for all page views, and 1,000 total downloads.

All pages views 2022-2023: 28,545 (>86,000 since public release)
Total downloads 2022-2023: 760 (>2,000 since public release)

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Footnote 35

No impact assessment has been completed in an area with a completed Regional Assessment.

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Footnote 36

To date one Regional Assessment has been completed, while four others are in progress.

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Footnote 37

41 datasets from the CER BERDI (Biophysical, Socio-Economic, and Regional Data and Information) search tool were transferred to the Open Science and Data Platform in January 2023.

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Footnote 38

Planned staffing changes with existing staff movement, Funding reallocated with capacity to complete related work activities.

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Footnote 39

351 open publications were made available through the OSDP; 129 datasets were made available (40 of these datasets included the necessary geo-enabling information to make the data easily mappable in the format that OSDP requires); and 15 new content collections were developed. Although the initial indicator was set in percentage terms, ECCC was unable to set the baseline/target in percentage terms because it is not possible to predict how many ECCC publications will be released in a given year. Instead, ECCC reported the total number of publications made available through the OSDP for each reporting year. This indicator and related target will be changed for the next reporting year (2023-24) based on the latest Program renewal.

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Footnote 40

Funding reallocated with capacity to complete related work activities.

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Footnote 41

Target was met: ECCC only participated in Saint-Laurent River (QC) regional assessment in the 2022-23 fiscal year.

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Footnote 42

Due to pandemic, positions were not staffed and ressources were not available. Also, challenges posed in putting in place contracts given enabler and internal capacity.

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Footnote 43

Target (adopted based on 2021-22 results) was met. ECCC participated in the following strategic assessments: Troilus mine project (QC), Sorel-Tracy port terminal (QC), Marban mine project (QC), Georgina Island Fixed Link project (ON), Eagle Gold Mine Extension (PYR - North), Mount Nasen Mine (PYR - North), and Brewery Creek Mine (PYR - North).

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Footnote 44

An interdepartmental ADM Committee approved a Government of Canada Cumulative Effects Work plan in April 2022. The work plan had four deliverables and no firm delivery timelines. "Milestones" were not established. In August 2022, the first of four work plans deliverables was finalized. The ADM Committee working group continues to make progress on the remaining three deliverables with timelines set for the subsequent years.

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Footnote 45

Final first-generation marine spatial plans are to be delivered in four regions by 2024. Conservation network planning, which is a spatial planning approach to inform siting of protected areas, and the participatory processes leading to their development form a foundational element of broader marine spatial planning. As such, where conservation network plans have been established (e.g. the Pacific North, through the Northern Shelf Bioregion Marine Protected Area Network Action Plan), or are underway (e.g. the Scotian Shelf – Bay of Fundy), conservation networks largely comprise or form a key component of the G1 plans for these planning areas.

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Footnote 46

The variance is a surplus as a result of contract deliverables transferred to FY 2023-204 and planned staffing delays.

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Footnote 47

The Open Science and Data Platform provides access to the following records (datasets and science products): 126,543 science publications (NRCan, ECCC, DFO, HC); 5,739 datasets (F/P/T), and 13,867 projects assessments and permitting (from regulators’ registries: IAAC, TC, DFO, BC major project inventory)

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Footnote 48

Seven national datasets prepared and made available to OSDP; releases include datasets describing land cover, vegetation parameters, wetland classification, terrestrial water storage, surface water dynamics.

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Footnote 49

Geological Survey of Canada teams completed annual science objectives on 2 regional assessments (RAs) projects (Offshore wind in NL and RA of Slave Geological Province).

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Footnote 50

Ten (10) marine expeditions and associated data releases completed in 2022-23.

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Footnote 51

Transport Canada continues to support DFO in the Marine Spatial Planning initiative; however no marine spatial plans were finalized in 2022-23, and as a result, Transport Canada does not have any additional results information to provide.

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Footnote 53

Three regional reports are completed and approved, and several more are under development. The first three reports will be published externally on the DFO website early in 2023-24.

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Footnote 55

Slippages mainly attributed to staffing and procurement delays.

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Footnote 56

Results for protection of Coastal and freshwater fish and fish habitat from unlawful exploitation and interference continue to improve despite falling short of the initial target. The aggregated results do not correspond with the increased attention given to fish habitat in recent years by fishery officers. C&P is correspondingly improving how it captures and processes metrics on its habitat activity, including through the adoption of a new activity data tracking system.

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Footnote 57

The result for this indicator is greater than or equal to 4 CSAS products (research documents and Science Advisory Reports). The target was exceeded as there had been some publications that were delayed in previous fiscal years and were published in 2022-23. Additionally, the later years of the Freshwater Habitat Science Initiative has seen increased production of CSAS documents as research priority areas and advice requests were defined earlier in the program.

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Footnote 58

In 2019-20, the program re-profiled $830,000 in Grants to 2022-23. In 2020-21, the program re-profiled $1M in Grants and $2.1M in Contributions to 2022-23. In 2021-22, the program re-profiled $3.3M in Contributions to 2022-23.

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Footnote 59

Follow-up work is underway with Regional offices to ensure impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights are considered in decision-making.

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Footnote 60

Program guidance on applying the Indigenous Knowledge provisions in the Fisheries Act have been finalized. Training rollout is planned for 2023-24. Consideration of Indigenous Knowledge is dependent on it being provided to DFO.

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Footnote 61

Based upon 74 pieces of input provided at meetings or written submissions, 160 Indigenous groups/communities provided input to Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program Wave 2 engagement topics.

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Footnote 62

Further work is required to better understand how to develop and advance meaningful partnering initiatives—especially in the context of the recently introduced United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act—in the management of fish and fish habitat. While progress has been made to engage and seek input from Indigenous groups, arrangements have not been put in place to fully involve Indigenous partners in the management of fish and fish habitat. The 2020-21 results for this indicator reflect collaborative projects under the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program (IHPP), rather than more substantial partnering agreements with Indigenous groups.

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Footnote 63

See notes 60, 63, and 66 below.

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Footnote 64

12% of non-compliances identified during the 2022-23 fiscal year were not addressed during the same year, but are addressed during the following fiscal year.

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Footnote 65

The online application processes was made available to the public at the end of March 2022-23, and no other applications were received to add waterways to the schedule in 2022-23.

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Footnote 66

The variance can be attributed to increased program activity in 2022-23 following 2 years of decreased activity during the pandemic.

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Footnote 67

The increase in the public’s awareness to other processes (no interference, minor works, public resolution process) resulting in less applications for approval. The reduction is relative to 2017-18 baseline (1406). 869 applications for approval submitted in 2022-23.

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Footnote 68

There were no additions to the Schedule in 2022-23.

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Footnote 69

Transport Canada’s variance is attributed to a continued lower than expected level of Indigenous consultation and engagement requirements following the pandemic. These activities have continued to take place via computers, which have resulted in decreased travel expenditures and operational costs (e.g. booking venues). In addition, project-related activities have been lower than expected which have also contributed to lower expenditures to support consultations, and with respect to staffing. In addition, there has been a decrease in the amount of grants and contributions that were delivered ($4,450,000 planned compared to $2,755,256 delivered).

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Footnote 70

The Navigation Protection Program (NPP) signed one co-management agreement with Moose Cree Nation in 2022-23.

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Footnote 71

For Grants: 24 Applicants were eligible, 23 received payment - One did not provide their direct deposit information and could not be paid. For Contributions: 29 were eligible, 27 received payment - two withdrew.

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Footnote 72

The small variance can be attributed to the increase in program activity.

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Footnote 73

1,439 projects were posted to the registry in 2022-23 because there is an increase in public awareness in other processes that are led by the NPP (no interference, minor works, public resolution process).

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Footnote 74

Mainly lower salary expenditures than planned and underspending of grants and contribution funding.

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Footnote 75

Starting collecting information in 2022-23 but no formal reporting on results will be done until 2023-24.

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Footnote 76

The overall 2022-23 results align with an increase in drilling-related pipeline construction activities, and an increase in severe weather events resulting in the release of sediment into watercourses.

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Footnote 77

The increase in the number of repeat violators is impacted by the ongoing pipeline construction (Trans Mountain Expansion) occurring near the Westcoast pipeline with TransMountain being identified as the repeat violator (project owner).

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Footnote 78

Higher salary costs than planed for the resources required to perform this activity.

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Footnote 79

Three positions filled at lower classification level than planned.

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Footnote 80

This measure has been suspended. The indictor was intended to assess the diversity of views by stakeholder group and region. Current information only tracks a percentage of participants and does not identify stakeholder groups or regions. This is not an effective measure, which does not adequately represent progress for the Stakeholder Engagement program.

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Footnote 81

Activity closed at the end of 2019-20 fiscal year.

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Footnote 82

Variance explanation: Planned spending included funding for two positions that were not utilized for this activity. Note: Actual spending for this activity was funded by the Infrastructure, Tolls, and Export Applications and Management System and Industry Performance Programs. These two programs were missed for this activity in the Departmental Plan Reporting to IAAC.

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Footnote 83

Variance Explanation: One position filled at a lower classification level than planned. Notes: Actual spending for this activity was from the Regulatory Framework and the Infrastructure, Tolls, and Export Applications programs and not from the Management System and Industry Performance Program as planned.

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Footnote 84

Forecasts reflect the best available information at the time of preparing the departmental plan. The CER does not control when energy companies (proponents) submit pipeline applications, therefore forecasts are often subject to change. The CER also does not control the level of Indigenous and public participation and offers pre-approved funding amounts, commensurate with past hearings, to all directly affected parties participating in the hearing and/or related Crown consultation. These activities may take place over 2-4 years for large projects (s183) and it is difficult to predict the rate at which recipients use and account for the awarded funds to participate in these activities. Also, recipients of contributions may spend less on eligible costs than they were awarded.

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Footnote 85

Salary expenditure for one position not included in the planned spending. Notes: Actual spending for this activity was funded from Internal Services and not from the Pipeline Information Program.

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Footnote 86

This indicator is measuring the extent to which external parties interact with CER Pipeline Information by how many emails or phone calls we receive demonstrating interest and interaction with our information. While we measure it quantitatively – it’s also an important qualitative indicator because these emails and phone calls allow us to collect demographic and user-needs based information. The target of 15 is a stretch target. Also, the result may be lower than the target due to weaknesses in data collection. This indicator is based on data collected from several mailboxes including the library and individual analysts and regulatory officers. While a central repository inbox was created to which these inquiries are meant to be forwarded for counting and analysis, it is very likely some were missed.

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Footnote 87

The variance is due to internal cash management that has been utilized between fiscal years while maintaining the overall financial profile of the program. Additional budget was provided in FY 2022-2023 and spent.

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Footnote 88

The target was not met but the second phase of engagement concluded on technical requirements for the regulation.

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Footnote 89

The target was not met but the policy intent for amending the two Accord Acts is approved.

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