Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards
Over $25,000
On October 21, 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 National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
(NRTEE).
Beginning on May 31, 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.
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