ARCHIVED - Transport Canada

Strategic Outcome: An efficient transportation system that contributes to Canada's economic growth and trade objectives

Planned Spending ($ thousands)

Alignment to Government of Canada Outcome Area

• Long-term sustainable funding and accountability framework for transportation infrastructure
• Strengthened Canadian competitiveness in international markets
• Legislative and policy frameworks that support free market forces with government intervention targeted to situations where market forces are insufficient

521,681

640,304

612,404

Strategic Outcome: A safe and secure transportation system that contributes to Canada's social development and security objectives

• Continuous improvement in transportation safety and security
• Public confidence in Canadian transportation safety and security

612,696

528,769

492,648

Strategic Outcome: An environmentally responsible transportation system that contributes to Canada's sustainable development objectives

• Increased environmental sustainability of Canada's transportation system and Transport Canada operations

201,931

82,742

65,112

Federal SD Goal including GGO goals (if applicable)

Performance Measurement from current SDS

Department's Expected Results 2008‑2009

Goal 4 - Sustainable Communities - Communities enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant and equitable society, and a healthy environment for current and future generations.

• The number of workshops delivered and their outcomes.
• The number of federal policies reviewed and/or amended.

• Delivering three commuter options workshops per year to interested public and private employers, beginning in 2007-2008.
• By 2008-2009, work with federal partners to amend existing policies to enable reduction of single occupancy vehicle trips. Examples include parking and accommodation policy.

Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Goal 6 - Strengthen federal governance and decision making to support sustainable development.

• Number of consultations conducted.

• Consult with stakeholders, including motor vehicle industry NGOs, alternate energy producers and the academic community about design options and administration / implementation issues ongoing between 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.

• Number of jurisdictions that agree to distribute compendium electronically to stakeholders.
• Number of provincial/territorial jurisdictions in regular dialogue with Transport Canada regarding transportation skills development issues.
• Number of teleconference/ meetings with federal/provincial/ territorial jurisdictions to discuss skills development issues.

• Ongoing cooperation with federal-provincial-territorial jurisdictions to produce tools (including a compendium) for the transportation stakeholders to use in identifying and implementing strategic responses to skills development challenges.

• Usefulness of study results in understanding climate change impacts and adaptation. (Subject to funding).

• Subject to the availability of funds, and depending upon the recommendations of the preliminary assessment, increase the understanding and knowledge of the occurrence of permafrost and of the thermal regime in order to assess the vulnerability of the landing strip (Kuujuuaq Airport) to forecasted climatic changes over the next 20 years, 2008-2009.

• Number of deployment projects funded.
• Number of R&D projects funded.
• Number of agreements signed with partners.

• Funding to be provided for research, development and deployment projects in each of fiscal years 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

• Targeted shortsea shipping initiatives.
• Completion of studies in key areas of policy, markets, trade, urban transportation and sustainability.

• Raise the profile of shortsea shipping in North America, ongoing between 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.
• Enhance understanding of the viability of shortsea shipping, its benefits, and barriers to implementation, ongoing between 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.

• Expert recognition of quality of model from within and outside government (robustness of estimates, predictive capacity, etc.).

• Development and calibration of passenger modal choice model by 2008-2009.

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Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Number and type of vehicles and technologies tested with results presented in various report formats.
• Number and type of activities attended throughout the year.

• Evaluate the performance of advanced technology vehicles on an annual basis.
• Conduct activities to raise public awareness on an annual basis that also allows program information to be disseminated.

Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Timely data collection from all manufacturers
• Audit and verification of data.
• Annual reporting of results.

• Collect, verify and report on fuel consumption of new vehicles, on an annual basis.
• Maintenance of the Vehicles Fuel Economy Information System (VFEIS) database, on an ongoing basis.

Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Reductions in emissions achieved due to the Memorandum of Understanding.

• Work with the Railway Association of Canada and Environment Canada to fully implement the commitments negotiated under the Memorandum of Understanding, between 2006‑2007 and 2009-2010.

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Clean and secure water for people, marine and freshwater ecosystems.

Goal 2 - Clean Air - Clean air for people to breathe and ecosystems to function well.

Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Harmonization of international reduction efforts as evidenced by the ratification of international regulations of emission reductions and codes of practices and guidelines endorsed by international bodies.
• Published findings of Airports Cooperative Research Panels.

• Increase harmonization of international emission reduction efforts through Transport Canada participation in international forums such as ICAO, IMO, etc. by 2008‑2009.
• With the U.S. Government, under the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board, participate on the Airports Cooperative Research Panel to study and assess environmental impacts from airport activities and develop mitigative strategies by 2008-2009.

Clean and secure water for people, marine and freshwater ecosystems.

• Sulphur emission levels.

Ballast Water Management

• Number of systems developed and approved.

Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) spill response regime

• Number of regulations and standards developed.
• Effectiveness of national HNS incident response framework.

Ship Waste Management

• Improvements to waste reception at ports.

National Aerial Surveillance Program

• Number of pollution patrol hours flown in each Region - per month, per year.
• Number of ship source pollution incidents and number of mystery spills detected - per mission, per month, per year.
• Number of vessels visually observed and number identified by the aircraft's Automatic Identification System - per hour, per mission, per month, per year.
• Number of prosecutions resulting from NASP pollution patrols - per year.

• Develop an inventory of sulphur emissions from ships, by 2008‑2009.

Ballast Water Management

• To assist in the development and approval of shipboard treatment systems capable of meeting international performance standards by 2007-2008.

HNS spill response regime

• Develop the legislative structure required to put a HNS regime in place together with the necessary regulations and standards starting in 2007-2008.
• Create the required HNS response mechanism to provide a nationally consistent method of responding to, and managing the response to marine HNS incidents and spills from ships and during the loading and unloading of ships at chemical handling facilities starting in 2007‑2008.

Ship Waste Management

• Finalize a program to improve the provision of shore side waste reception in ports by 2008-2009.

National Aerial Surveillance Program

• Continue to increase the effectiveness of the National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) by increasing the frequency of patrols and expanding surveillance to areas not normally patrolled, such as the Arctic.
• Improve capability for observing, detecting and reporting illegal discharges and identifying the vessels that are responsible for polluting Canada's marine environment. By 2007-2008, Transport Canada's modernized Moncton-based Dash 8 aircraft will be fully operational with trained crews and by 2008-2009, an identical capability will be implemented on the West Coast.

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• Identification of the major data gaps and development of a strategy to address them.

• Conduct, on a regular basis, assessments to identify the most important data gaps with regards to transportation activity and energy use for all modes, between 2006‑2007 and 2009-2010.

• Better sense of priorities in assessing the relative importance of each cost element.
• Release of synthesis report.

• Transport Canada will lead the development of an environmental analytical framework, by 2008-2009 to estimate the impact of various transportation-related environmental policies and instruments. This initiative includes the evaluation of the costs of the following emissions: clean air (CO, PM2.5, PM10, NOX, VOCs, O3, SO2 ), GHGs and noise. The emphasis is on human health impacts.
• To have a synthesis report made available to the public by 2008‑2009.

• Number of projects funded and total investment.
• Results of specific projects, including relevant improvements to environmental quality.

• In 2006-2007, Transport Canada will establish an internal sustainable development strategy fund of up to $ 1 million/year for three years for innovative projects that make significant contributions to sustainable transportation. Approved projects will be considered SDS commitments.
• Beginning in 2006-2007, select projects for funding on an annual basis in accordance with established criteria.
• Implement approved projects, beginning in 2007-2008.

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Clean and secure water for people, marine and freshwater ecosystems.

Goal 3 - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Goal 4 - Sustainable Communities enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant and equitable society, and a healthy environment for current and future generations.

Goal 5 - Sustainable development and use of natural resources.

Goal 6 - Strengthen federal governance and decision making to support sustainable development.

Building Energy Goal: To be a leader in the reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions through the optimization of energy efficiency and conservation, and the implementation of renewable energy technologies.

Vehicle Fleet Goal: To be a leader in fleet management, so that planning, acquiring, managing and disposing of vehicles minimize negative effects on the environment.

Green Procurement - Goal: To be a leader by integrating environmental performance considerations into procurement including planning, acquisition, use and disposal.

• Level of conformance with the environmental management system framework.

• Conformance with the environmental management system framework (see Appendix B of the sustainable development strategy) by 2009-2010.

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• Transport Canada will develop and obtain senior management approval of an ISO-compliant Sustainable Development Policy Statement, by 2008-2009.
• Transport Canada will highlight key 2007-2009 SDS commitments, targets and indicators in the department's annual Report on Plans and Priorities.
• Transport Canada recognizes that the support of the department's senior management is critical. The department will undertake to ensure that the accountability accords of those senior managers responsible for implementing specific actions in the strategy reflect their respective 2007-2009 SDS commitments.

• Transport Canada will continue to hold regular meetings (for the 2007‑2008 & 2009-2010 period) of the department's internal Sustainable Development Strategy Committee to oversee and coordinate implementation of the strategy, and to provide a forum for sharing sustainable development information and best practices across departmental groups and regions.

• Transport Canada will undertake a review of training and competency needs for staff involved in the implementation of sustainable development commitments and objectives, by 2008-2009. The department will develop and implement a training plan to ensure that Transport Canada sustainable development training courses (including the department's Sustainable Development Capacity Course) are available as required.
• Transport Canada will also join with other government departments and the Canada School of Public Service to design and deliver Government of Canada Sustainable Development training material. Delivery to begin in 2007-2008.

• A status report on sustainable development commitments, targets and performance measures will be included in the department's annual Departmental Performance Report.
• Transport Canada will produce an annual SDS Progress Report, supplemental to the departmental performance report. The results of this report will be presented annually to Transport Canada's senior management committee.

• Transport Canada will conduct a review of its sustainable development strategy every three years - the next taking place in 2008-2009.
• Transport Canada will engage its external National Advisory Group, beginning in 2008-2009, to provide strategic direction on the department's sustainable development priorities, review progress of strategy implementation, and make recommendations pertaining to review findings.