Federal Departments and Agencies

Departments and agencies required to prepare a sustainable development strategy and respond to environmental petitions

Departments and agencies—listed in Schedule I of the Financial Administration Act and in the Schedule to the Auditor General Act, and those that have been directed by the Governor in Council under subsection 24(3) of the Auditor General Act—are required to prepare a sustainable development strategy every three years and respond to environmental petitions submitted by Canadian residents (see sections 22 and 24 of the Auditor General Act).

The following links allow you to access strategies located on departmental Web sites. These documents are not published by the Office of the Auditor General and are the responsibility of each department.

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Canada Border Services Agency (to be tabled in 2006)

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Canada Firearms Centre (to be tabled in 2006)

Canada Revenue Agency

Canadian Heritage

Canadian International Development Agency

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Environment Canada

Finance Canada, Department of

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Foreign Affairs Canada

Health Canada

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Industry Canada

International Trade Canada

Justice Canada, Department of

National Defence

Natural Resources Canada

Parks Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada (to be tabled in 2006)

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada (to be tabled in 2006)

Public Works and Government Services Canada

Social Development Canada

Transport Canada

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Veterans Affairs Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada

Organizations voluntarily tabling SD Strategies in the House of Commons:

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Correctional Service Canada

Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police