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2005 Annual Report to Parliament - Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada



I. Introduction

The 2005 Annual Report to Parliament on Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada is prepared in accordance with sections 151 and 152 of the Financial Administration Act, which require that the President of the Treasury Board table annually the following documents in Parliament:

  • a consolidated report on the businesses and activities of all parent Crown corporations, including information on all Crown corporations and other corporate interests of Canada; and
  • a report indicating when annual reports and corporate plan and budget summaries were to be laid before each House (for the period ending on July 31), and when they were actually laid before that House.

This report comprises the following chapters:

  • Overview highlights new developments with regard to Crown corporations during the year under review. It also provides consolidated financial and employment information by ministerial portfolio.
  • Crown Corporations' Corporate Holdings presents a listing of parent Crown corporations and their subsidiaries, legal partnerships and associates as of August 31, 2005.
  • Other Corporate Interests of Canada provides information about the various joint and mixed enterprises, international organizations and shared-governance corporations in which the Government of Canada has a stake.
  • List of Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada is a compilation of all the organizations that have been referred to in this report, including parent Crown corporations and their subsidiaries, legal partnerships and associates, joint and mixed enterprises, international organizations and shared-governance corporations in which the Government of Canada has an interest. The list is presented both by ministerial portfolio and alphabetically.
  • Tabling of Crown Corporations Reports in Parliament presents a record of annual reports and summaries of the corporate plans and budgets tabled in Parliament by the responsible ministers. An audit of the information reported in this chapter was performed by the Office of the Auditor General and is included as an appendix of the 2005 Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
  • Corporate Profiles provides contact information, the mandate and major activities of each parent Crown corporation.