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Section IV: Annexes

Annex 1: Strategic Environmental Assessment (Summary)

The environmental impact of strategies outlined in this Corporate Plan is positive. The plan goes beyond protection of the status quo to strive for restoration of both ecosystems and cultural resources.

Some of the strategic objectives are particularly key to environmental protection:

  • Monitoring and reporting the ecological integrity of each national park will provide a scientific basis for management decisions.
  • Recapitalization of assets will provide an opportunity to adopt new technologies to reduce impacts such as energy consumption and various types of pollution.
  • Regional and Aboriginal partnerships will provide an opportunity to develop shared or complementary objectives, and influence land management in shared ecosystems.
  • Ecological restoration guidelines and specific restoration projects will build the knowledge and experience required to repair damage done in the past.
  • Managing park communities to achieve no net negative impact and provide environmental leadership will allow Parks Canada to demonstrate innovative approaches while reducing impacts on park ecosystems.
  • The Historic Places Initiative, Canadian Heritage Properties Incentive Fund, Standards and Guidelines for Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, and increased funding for built heritage will combine to provide the means to significantly improve the protection of cultural resources both within and beyond the properties managed by Parks Canada.
  • Outreach efforts such as Web site enhancement, urban discovery centres, educational material for children, and new relationships with ethno-cultural leaders will seek ways to share our enthusiasm for Canada's natural and cultural heritage with those whose support we will depend on in the future.

Individual policies, plans, programs and projects will be proposed as the means of implementing the strategies in this plan, and will undergo environmental assessment at the appropriate level of detail as they come forward.

Annex 2: New Parks and Historic Sites Account

The following criteria identify which potential new protected heritage areas, and unfinished national parks, national marine conservation areas and national historic sites are eligible for funding from the New Parks and New Historic Sites Account.

  1. All national historic sites, national parks and national marine conservation areas designated or established after 1988 that have not reached a level where they provide basic resource protection, visitor service and heritage presentation as specified in their initial management plan, or have not completed all the development initiatives set out in their respective establishment agreements, including, over the planning period;
  2. All national historic sites not administered by Parks Canada, which are approved by the Minister for cost-sharing contributions.
National Parks National Historic Sites National Marine Conservation Areas
Incomplete
Sirmilik
Tuktut Nogait
Wapusk
Ukkusiksalik
Gulf Islands
HMCS Haida Incomplete:
Saguenay – St. Lawrence
Proposed:
Manitoba Lowlands
Torngat Mountains
Bathurst Island
Mealy Mountains
East Arm of Great Slave Lake
South Okanagan – Lower
Similkameen
Two additional sites to be identified later
  Proposed:
Lake Superior
Gwaii Haanas
Southern Strait of Georgia
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
One additionnal site to identify
Expansions to:
Waterton Lakes
Nahanni
Tuktut Nogait
   

In addition to the above, the following guidelines also determine the types of the expenditures that may be made from the account:

All capital expenditures exceeding $10,000 related to the acquisition of lands and extinguishment of resource and development rights. All capital development expenditures exceeding $10,000, including planning, design and construction of specific facilities and infrastructure; cultural and ecological resource stabilization and restoration; development of heritage presentation media; and initial fleet and equipment acquisitions.

Annex 3: Glossary

Annual Report – At the field unit or management unit level, this is the report on operations for the most recently completed fiscal year submitted to the Chief Administrative Officer. The focus of the Annual Report is a brief, concise, factual account of work done and results achieved. The Call Letter for the Annual Report may specify additional items to be included. At the Agency level, this is the report on operations for the most recently completed fiscal year that a Minister is required, normally by a department's or agency's enabling statute, to table before Parliament at a designated time. There are specific Treasury Board guidelines regarding the structure, content and focus of the Departmental Annual Report, and how the work done and results achieved during the past fiscal are to be presented.

Audit – An audit is the systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining information (sometimes referred to as audit evidence) and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.

Biodiversity – There are three general kinds of biodiversity; habitat diversity, genetic diversity and species diversity. The survival of each is linked to the health of the other two, and together they comprise the wealth of ecosystems. The biological diversity in an environment is sometimes measured by the numbers of different species of plants and animals present.

Capital Asset – A capital asset is any improvement that is placed upon the land and for the Parks Canada Agency these are divided into contemporary assets and cultural assets. These two groups of assets are managed differently. Land is not a capital asset.

Commemoration – Commemoration is a ministerial recognition of the national significance of specific lands or waters by acquisition or agreement, or by another means deemed appropriate within the Minister's authority for purposes of protecting and presenting heritage places and resources, erection of a plaque or monument.

Commemorative Integrity – Commemorative integrity describes the health and wholeness of a national historic site. A national historic sites possesses commemorative integrity when: the resources directly related to the reasons for designation as a national historic site are not impaired or under threat; the reasons for designation as a national historic site are effectively communicated to the public; and, the site's heritage values (including those not related to designation as a national historic site) are respected in all decisions and actions affecting the site.

Conservation – In reference to a national historic site of Canada, conservation encompasses those activities that are aimed at safeguarding a cultural resource so as to retain its historic value and extend its physical life.

Contemporary Assets – Contemporary assets include campgrounds, visitor reception centres, roads and highways, bridges, contemporary canal locks and dams, water and waste water facilities, all of which are used by visitors and resident public. In addition, Parks Canada has holdings of administration facilities, staff houses, works compounds, as well as a fleet of vehicles and heavy equipment. Parks Canada applies a comprehensive condition rating program to the management of its assets based on risk to asset, health and safety, level of service and overall asset condition.

Corporate Plan – The Corporate Plan is the yearly plan developed to achieve Agency objectives. It is a single document that outlines the Agency's overall corporate direction for the fiscal year. It is Agency-wide and assigns responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities at the corporate level.

Cultural Assets – Cultural assets are the core to Parks Canada's mandate and the Agency is responsible for their preservation and protection for future generations. Cultural assets are defined as Level I and Level II and are located in Parks Canada installations. Cultural assets include built assets (buildings, bridges, fortifications, marine works, grounds, monuments and plaques), collections and in-situ archaeological resources.

Ecological Integrity –“Ecological Integrity means, with respect to a park, a condition that is determined to be characteristic of its natural region and likely to persist, including abiotic components and the composition and abundance of native species and biological communities, rates of change and supporting processes.”

Ecosystem – An ecosystem is a community of plants and animals and the processes, like the flow of energy through food chains that link them to each other and to the physical environment. Ecosystems continually change over time and can adjust to natural disturbances and continue to function.

Heritage Presentation Assets – Heritage presentation assets are the physical products, tools or venues that assist in delivering education information about the significance of Parks Canada and the natural and cultural heritage of the country. These include exhibits, interpretive signage, audio-visual productions and equipment.

Management Plan – Management Plans are referred to under section 11 of the Canada National Parks Act as follows:

11.(1) The Minister shall, within five years after a park is established, prepare a management plan for the park containing a long-term ecological vision for the park, a set of ecological integrity objectives and indicators and provisions for resource protection and restoration, zoning, visitor use, public awareness and performance evaluation, which shall be tabled in each House of Parliament.

(2) The Minister shall review the management plan for each park every five years, and any amendments to a plan shall be tabled with the plan in each House of Parliament.

Minister's Round Table – The Minister's Round Table is referred to under section 8.1 of the Parks Canada Agency Act as follows:

8.1(1) The Minister shall, at least once every two years, convene a round table of persons interested in matters for which the Agency is responsible to advise the Minister on the performance by the Agency of its responsibilities under section 6.

(2) The Minister shall respond within 180 days to any written recommendations submitted during a round table convened under subsection (1).

National Historic Site (of Canada) – A national historic site has both a formal and an applied meaning. The formal meaning refers to “historic place”as defined in the Historic Sites and Monuments Act or a place set aside as a national historic site under Section 42 of the Canada National Parks Act. The name is commonly used to refer to the area administered by Parks Canada, or another owner, as a national historic site.

Park Proclamation – Since the royal assent of the Canada National Parks Act February 19, 2001, the Agency proclaims a new park through an Order in Council process. This is accomplished through publication in the Canada Gazette Part II where, by Order, the Agency can amend Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 of the Canada National Parks Act to add to or amend the land description of national parks or national park reserves.

Payments In Lieu of Taxes – These payments are made by the federal Crown to municipalities in lieu of the payment of municipal land based taxes. These cover both lands and improvements (buildings and other structures placed on the land.)

Report on Plans and Priorities – The Report on Plans and Priorities, a part of the Main Estimates, is the report that provides information on Agency plans and expected performance over a three-year period. This report is tabled in Parliament each spring, after resource allocation deliberations. It generally includes information such as mission and mandate, objectives and strategies, as well as specific results commitments and performance targets.

Sustainable – As it is used in the general sense within the Corporate Plan, sustainable refers to a method of using a resource, such as a heritage, ecological, cultural or financial resource, so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.

Annex 4: Legislation

The following are Acts that pertain to the Parks Canada Agency  
National Battlefields of Quebec Act 1908, c. 57
Laurier House Act 1952, c. 163
Canada Wildlife Act 1985, c. W-9
Department of the Environment Act R.S 1985, c. E-10
Department of Transport Act (Historic canals) R.S 1985, c. T-18
Dominion Water Power Act R.S 1985, c. W-4
Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act R.S 1985, c. 52 (4th Supp.)
Historic Sites and Monuments Act R.S 1985, c. H-4
Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994, c. 22
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act 1997, c. 37
Parks Canada Agency Act 1998, c. 31
Canada National Parks Act 2000, c. 32
Canada National Marine Conservation 2002, c. 18
Species at Risk Act 2002, c. 29
User Fee Act 2004, c. 6
The following are regulations that pertain to the Parks Canada Agency:
National Parks Wilderness Area Declaration Regulations
National Parks Aircraft Access Regulations
National Parks Building Regulations
National Parks Businesses Regulations
National Parks Camping Regulations
National Parks Cemetery Regulations
National Parks Cottages Regulations
National Parks Domestic Animals Regulations
National Parks Fire Protection Regulations
National Parks Fishing Regulations
National Parks Garbage Regulations
National Parks General Regulations
National Parks Highway Traffic Regulations
National Parks Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations
National Parks Signs Regulations
National Parks Town, Visitor Centre and Resort Subdivision Designation Regulations
National Parks Water and Sewer Regulations
National Parks Wildlife Regulations
Town of Jasper Zoning Regulations
Wood Buffalo National Park Game Regulations
National Historic Parks General Regulations
National Historic Parks Order
National Historic Parks Wildlife and Domestic Animals Regulations
Historic Canals Regulations, under the Department of Transport Act
Heritage Railway Stations Regulations, under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act Dominion Water Power Regulations, under the Dominion Water Power Act