DISCLOSURE OF GRANT AND CONTRIBUTION AWARDS OVER $25,000
Overview Quarter
On 21 October 2005, the Government announced its commitment to
proactively disclose the awarding of grants and contributions over
$25,000 as part of its Management Improvement Agenda.
This Web site provides information on grants and contributions
awarded by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Beginning on 31 May 2006, and every three months thereafter, this
Web site will be updated to include information on grants and
contributions awarded in the previous fiscal year quarter.
The rules and principles governing government grants and
contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board
Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of
money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to
individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without
the federal government directly receiving goods or services in
return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or
other information subsequent to receiving payment. These
expenditures are reported in the
Public
Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are
grants, contributions and 'other transfer payments'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive
disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of
government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health
and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions
reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third
parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under
the Access
to Information Act and the
Privacy Act. |