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Environment

Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2010–11	2009–10	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Environment
	Department
1	Operating expenditures	795,083	736,287	58,797
5	Capital expenditures	51,016	44,473	6,543
10	Grants and contributions	158,767	129,845	28,922
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	89,120	81,899	7,221
(S)	Minister of the Environment – Salary and motor car
	allowance	79	78	. . . . .
	Total Department	1,094,065	992,583	101,482
	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
15	Program expenditures	26,305	29,199	(2,894)
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	2,655	2,850	(195)
	Total Agency	28,960	32,049	(3,089)
	National Round Table on the Environment and the
	Economy
20	Program expenditures	4,826	4,732	94
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	417	402	16
	Total Agency	5,243	5,134	110
	Parks Canada Agency
25	Program expenditures	647,226	465,152	182,074
30	Payments to the New Parks and Historic Sites Account	500	500	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	46,229	42,654	3,576
(S)	Expenditures equivalent to revenues resulting from the
	conduct of operations pursuant to section 20 of the
	Parks Canada Agency Act	111,000	111,000	. . . . .
	Total Agency	804,955	619,306	185,649

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Department

Strategic Outcome

Threats to Canadians and their environment from pollution are minimized.

Program Activity Descriptions

Climate Change and Clean Air

This program activity is critical to protect the health of Canadians and the Environment from the harmful effects of air pollutants and the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. This will be achieved through developing an integrated sector- based approach to regulating air pollutants and controlling greenhouse gas emissions; collaboration and partnerships with other levels of government and non-governmental organizations; awareness and promotion activities and programs for Canadians to reduce emissions and pollutants from vehicles and consumer products; strengthening international cooperation (particularly with the United States) including implementation of international agreements related greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants; and advancing science-based approaches and innovative technologies in support of investment decisions, policy making and regulations.

Substances and Waste Management

Activities in this program reduce threats to the environment posed by pollutant and toxic releases and waste from human activities. Pollutant and toxic releases and waste may exert a direct harmful effect on plants, animals, humans and the environment due to their nature, volume or manner of release. The program assesses environmental threats posed by toxic substances and other substances of concern in terms of their fate and effects, and develops and implements prevention, reduction, elimination and management measures to deal with these substances.

Compliance Promotion and Enforcement – Pollution

This program contributes to minimizing damages and threats to the natural environment and biodiversity through promotion and enforcement of Environment Canada-administered legislation. Program actions focus on pollution including toxic substances, their release to air, water or land, and the import and export of hazardous waste that present a risk to the environment and/or human health. Compliance promotion initiatives provide information to regulatees on legislative requirements, the environmental benefits of compliance and the potential penalties of non-compliance. The program maintains a contingent of enforcement officers, whose activities include gathering intelligence, conducting inspections to verify compliance with acts and regulations, and pursuing investigations to take appropriate enforcement measures against offenders. The program includes compliance analysis and planning to integrate data from all available sources to provide continuous feedback on program activities and results. Funding includes support through Class contributions to Support Environmental Research and Development.

Strategic Outcome

Canadians are equipped to make informed decisions on changing weather, water and climate conditions.

Program Activity Descriptions

Weather and Environmental Services for Canadians

The program activity provides weather warnings, forecasts and information to anticipate, manage and adapt to the risks and opportunities of changing weather, water and climate conditions. It involves monitoring, research and development, supercomputing, production and service delivery. Because a global effort is needed to monitor, understand and predict constantly changing weather, water and climate conditions, this program relies on various collaborators, in Canada and around the world; key ones include the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations, as well as the media, academia and all levels of government within Canada. The program supports the Department of the Environment Act, the Canadian Weather Modification Information Act, the Emergency Management Act (2007) and Memoranda of Agreement with national meteorological and space agencies. This program activity is unique, having the only national mandate, infrastructure or skills to deliver this service.

Weather and Environmental Services for Targeted Users

The program activity provides essential decision-making tools and information to targeted sectors and their regulatory agencies to help them anticipate, manage and adapt to the risks and opportunities created by changing weather and climate conditions. This program activity involves monitoring, research, production and service delivery. It provides observations, forecasts and warnings 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and other tools tailored to users' specific needs. It requires various collaborations, within Canada (including other government departments and provincial agencies), and internationally with the World Meteorological Organization, United States Coast Guard and the International Civil Aviation Organization. This program supports the Department of the Environment Act ; it helps other government departments meet their obligations under the Aeronautics Act , Oceans Act and the Fisheries Act ; and supports Memoranda of Agreement with Transport Canada, National Defence and various provincial agencies. This program activity is unique, having the only national mandate, infrastructure or skills to deliver this service.

Strategic Outcome

Canada's natural environment is conserved and restored for present and future generations.

Program Activity Descriptions

Biodiversity – Wildlife and Habitat

This program aims to prevent biodiversity loss while still enabling sustainable use by protecting and recovering species at risk, conserving, restoring and rehabilitating significant habitats, and conserving and managing migratory birds. It also aims to ensure a coordinated and coherent national assessment, planning and action to protect biodiversity, including viable populations of species, healthy and diverse ecosystems, and genetic resources. The program includes the formation of strategic partnerships for integrated management of Canada's natural capital including stewardship and the sustainable management of landscapes. Legal and statutory responsibilities for this program include the Species at Risk Act ; the Migratory Birds Convention Act , the Canada Wildlife Act ; and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act . International responsibilities include the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (known as the Ramsar Convention).

Water Resources

This program addresses the risks to water resources from economic growth and climate change through partnerships on an integrated approach to water issues. Conservation, protection and sustainable use of water resources are critical aspects of Canada's economic, social and ecological well being. The program is delivered in collaboration with partners that include other federal departments, provinces and territories, and a range of non governmental organizations. The Program Activity captures Environment Canada's leadership on water issues and its role in determining priorities for water quality, quantity, and aquatic ecosystem monitoring and research, by providing scientific information and advice to decision-makers, and by building best management practices. The program supports the implementation of the Canada Water Act , the 1987 Federal Water Policy, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act , the Fisheries Act and the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act .

Sustainable Ecosystems

This program aims to sustain Canada's ecosystems over the long term. Canadians, their governments and the private sector must incorporate social, economic and environmental considerations in their decision-making and action. The ecosystem approach to environmental management focuses on maintaining the capacity of a whole system to produce ecological goods and services. This program is the focal point for the development and implementation of Environment Canada's sustainability policies and strategies, information to support integrated, ecosystem-scale priority setting, community engagement in remediation of sites, youth engagement, and research and reporting on environmental status and trends. The program facilitates inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral planning and information sharing among partners.

Compliance Promotion and Enforcement – Wildlife

This program serves to conserve and protect the natural environment through compliance promotion and enforcement of the following wildlife related legislation administered by Environment Canada: the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (MBCA 1994), the Wild Animal and Plants Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA), and the Canada Wildlife Act (CWA) . Measures to promote compliance include communication and publication of information, education, and consultation with parties affected by these legislations. The program maintains a contingent of enforcement officers, whose actions focus on ensuring and verifying conformity with laws and regulations and permits pertaining to wildlife through several activities that include gathering intelligence, conducting inspections and pursuing investigations to take appropriate enforcement measures against alleged offenders. These actions ensure that damages and threats to biodiversity are reduced for the benefit of Canadians and the international community.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)			2010–11 Main Estimates				2009–10
			Budgetary			Total	Main
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions	Less:		Estimates
				and other	Revenues
				transfer	credited
				payments	to the vote
Climate Change and Clean Air	134,158	10,639	39,500	57,672	1,824	240,145	138,132
Internal Services	208,170	1,502	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	209,672	282,891
Weather and Environmental Services for
Canadians	147,076	19,090	44	4,502	4,488	166,223	90,481
Substances and Waste Management	119,351	2,062	. . . . .	1,545	2,341	120,617	127,183
Biodiversity – Wildlife and Habitat	75,359	1,960	. . . . .	28,274	1,503	104,090	85,039
Water Resources	104,766	11,420	. . . . .	5,375	18,602	102,959	94,278
Sustainable Ecosystems	45,418	700	. . . . .	21,796	439	67,476	40,235
Compliance Promotion and
Enforcement – Pollution	40,289	950	. . . . .	. . . . .	110	41,129	. . . . .
Weather and Environmental Services for
Targeted Users	61,349	2,087	. . . . .	60	40,814	22,682	86,397
Compliance Promotion and
Enforcement – Wildlife	18,466	606	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	19,072	. . . . .
Legislation and Information Program	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	47,947
	954,403	51,016	39,544	119,223	70,121	1,094,065	992,583

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
Grant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology	37,500,000	12,500,000
Grants for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol on substances that
deplete the ozone layer	2,000,000	2,000,000
Grants to support environmental research and development	44,000	44,000
Total grants	39,544,000	14,544,000
Contributions
National Vehicle Scrappage Program - Contributions	41,223,000	35,113,000
Contributions to support environmental and sustainable development
initiatives	22,502,900	28,228,302
Habitat Stewardship Contribution Program	13,000,000	13,000,000
Contributions to support environmental research and development	10,913,840	5,106,131
Contributions to support Canada's international commitments	8,828,423	8,665,231
Initiatives of the Action Plan on Clean Water - Freshwater Programs -
Contributions	8,447,298	10,890,611
EcoAction 2000 – Community Funding Initiative	5,054,000	5,044,000
Contribution for Canada's share of the Commission of Environmental
Co-operation budget	3,400,000	3,400,000
Contributions for the Science Horizons Youth Internship and the
International Environmental Youth Corp programs	3,069,000	3,069,000
Contribution to the Wildlife Habitat Canada Foundation	2,200,000	2,200,000
Contributions for Inuit Activities related to the implementation of the
Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement	585,000	585,000
Total contributions	119,223,461	115,301,275
Total	158,767,461	129,845,275

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Strategic Outcome

Environmental considerations are taken into account in federal government decisions respecting policies, plans, programs and projects.

Program Activity Descriptions

Environmental Assessment Support Program

This program comprises the Public Participation Program, James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement, the Training and Guidance Program and the Environmental Assessment Management Program - the various means by which Canadians, industry, stakeholders and interested parties interact and encounter their various obligations pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act . This includes public participation, information dissemination, guidance and record keeping. This is done with the goal of ensuring a transparent and rigorous environmental assessment process is applied under the auspices of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act .

Environmental Assessment Development Program

This program is aimed at developing and maintaining an effective, efficient and integrated environmental assessment process at the federal level, taking into full account the interactions with other environmental assessment, consultative and regulatory decision-making processes in Canada, as well as the trans-boundary context for environmental assessment. A sound environmental assessment process is vital to achieving the Strategic Outcome. Ensuring that environmental considerations are integrated into federal government decision-making through sound environmental assessment practices supports quality of life for Canadians, environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2010–11 Main Estimates			2009–10
		Budgetary		Total	Main Estimates
	Operating	Contributions	Less:
		and other	Revenues
		transfer	credited
		payments	to the vote
Environmental Assessment Support Program	21,293	3,815	8,001	17,107	20,653
Internal Services	7,700	. . . . .	. . . . .	7,700	7,510
Environmental Assessment Development Program	3,853	300	. . . . .	4,153	3,887
	32,846	4,115	8,001	28,960	32,049

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Contributions
Contributions for the support of public participation in the environmental
assessment review process – Participant Funding Program	3,569,000	3,669,000
Contributions to support the promotion, research and development of
environmental assessments	300,000	300,000
Contribution to the Province of Quebec – James Bay and Northern
Quebec Agreement	246,000	246,000
Total contributions	4,115,000	4,215,000

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Strategic Outcome

Federal policy development and decisions in other key sectors are influenced by advice on sustainable development issues pertaining to the environment and the economy.

Program Activity Descriptions

Advisory Program on Environment and Economy Issues

Raising awareness and understanding among Canadians and their governments about the challenges of sustainable development and promoting viable solutions, is vital to Canada's environmental and economic future. Through this program, the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) strives to influence policy development and decision making on select sustainable development issues pertaining to the environment and the economy. The NTREE conducts research, analysis, and produces information and advice on selected sustainable development issues. The agency promotes its findings and recommendations through a variety of communications channels such as media relations, stakeholder briefings and other events, publications and the agency website to influence policy and decisions of policy-makers in the federal government and other key sectors such as other levels of government, industry and non-government organizations across the country.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates		2009–10
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Advisory Program on Environment and Economy Issues	3,329	3,329	2,933
Internal Services	1,914	1,914	2,201
	5,243	5,243	5,134

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Parks Canada Agency

Strategic Outcome

Canadians have a strong sense of connection, through meaningful experiences, to their national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas and these protected places are enjoyed in ways that leave them unimpaired for present and future generations.

Program Activity Descriptions

Visitor Experience

This program supports the opportunities provided for the approximately 22 million person visits that are made annually to Canada's national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas by Canadians and international visitors. The visitor experience is the sum total of a visitor's personal interaction with the protected heritage place that helps them create meaning and establish connection with the place. The experience begins with awareness of the site, followed by planning the visit, travelling to and welcoming and orientation upon arrival. During the visitor's time on site, it includes participation in recreational and interpretive activities and the use of accommodation, trails, facilities, services and supporting infrastructure. This is followed by departure and the post-visit relationship. Investments in the different stages of the visitor experience cycle facilitate opportunities for enjoyment and learning, leading to a sense of personal connection and the continued relevance of Canada's protected heritage places for Canadians.

Heritage Resources Conservation

This program includes maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity in national parks through protection of natural resources and natural processes; ensuring the commemorative integrity of national historic sites managed by Parks Canada and influencing the commemorative integrity of those managed or owned by third parties; the protection and management of cultural resources under the administration of Parks Canada; and, the sustainable use of national marine conservation areas including protection of unique marine ecosystems. This program also includes fulfilling legal responsibilities assigned to Parks Canada by the Species at Risk Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act . The protection of Canada's most special natural and cultural resources ensures that current and future generations will enjoy a system of protected heritage places.

Townsite and Throughway Infrastructure

This program involves managing, operating and providing municipal services to five townsite communities within Canada's national parks. It also involves the operation of provincial and inter-provincial highways and waterways that connect communities and pass through national parks and national historic sites.

Public Appreciation and Understanding

This program activity aims to increase Canadians' understanding, appreciation, support and engagement with respect to the natural and historical heritage of Parks Canada administered places. This is accomplished by reaching Canadians at home, at leisure, at school and in their communities through relevant and effective communication and public outreach education initiatives as well as by engaging many stakeholders and partners in the development and implementation of the Agency's future direction.

Heritage Places Establishment

This program includes systems planning, completing feasibility studies, research, consulting with stakeholders and the public, negotiating with other governments and Aboriginal organizations and obtaining Ministerial approval, resulting in established national parks and national marine conservation areas and designated national historic sites of Canada and other heritage places. Canada's national parks and national marine conservation areas, as well as the persons, places and events of national historic significance to Canada are symbols to the world and are part of the fabric of the nation. Preservation of Canada's natural and cultural heritage and making it available to Canadians for discovery and enjoyment is of key importance. Establishing heritage places is essential to enhancing pride, encouraging stewardship and giving expression to our identity as Canadians, and involving Canada in the internationally shared objective of protecting and commemorating the best of the world's natural and cultural heritage.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2010–11 Main Estimates				2009–10
		Budgetary			Total	Main Estimates
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions
				and other
				transfer
				payments
Visitor Experience	196,648	71,253	. . . . .	. . . . .	267,901	227,203
Heritage Resources Conservation	185,581	50,901	. . . . .	4,000	240,482	200,046
Townsite and Throughway Infrastructure	28,796	132,548	. . . . .	. . . . .	161,344	62,086
Internal Services	78,256	3,290	. . . . .	. . . . .	81,546	79,257
Public Appreciation and Understanding	24,586	4,596	. . . . .	189	29,371	26,683
Heritage Places Establishment	23,462	675	23	150	24,310	24,031
	537,330	263,264	23	4,339	804,955	619,306

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
Grant to the International Peace Garden	22,700	22,700
Total grants	22,700	22,700
Contributions
Contributions in support of the National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing
Program	4,000,000	. . . . .
Contributions in support of activities or projects related to national parks,
national marine conservation areas, national historic sites and historic
canals	339,300	389,300
Total contributions	4,339,300	389,300
Items not required
Contributions in support of the Historic Places Initiative	. . . . .	5,000,000
Total items not required	. . . . .	5,000,000
Total	4,362,000	5,412,000

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