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Horizontal Initiatives
Clean Environment Business Line |
| Key Result: Air Quality |
| Horizontal Initiative |
Initiative Description |
Annual Funding |
Total Funding |
| National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) |
The NPRI provides Canadians with access to information on the releases, disposal and recycling of key pollutants from facilities located in communities across Canada. Reporting to the NPRI is mandatory for those facilities that meet the NPRI requirements, and the information reported is made publicly available. Sections 46 to 53 of CEPA give the Minister authority to undertake the NPRI program. |
$ 6.8M for 2002-2003 |
n/a |
| National Air Pollutant Surveillance Netowrk (NAPS) |
National Air Pollution Surveillance Network. This is a federal-provincial territorial program to measure ambient air quality, mainly in urban centres. Note that BC and Quebec have delegated responsibilities to the GVD in Vancouver and the Ville de Montreal respectively. Major air pollutants are measured on a daily basis with others such as ions, metals and toxic chemicals being measured normally one day in six. Data from the stations are used by provinces to publish air quality indices. Environment Canada uses the data to measure long-term trends for support of abatement measures including development of regulations. |
$ 17.2M |
$ 17.2M per year from 2004-2007 |
| Key Result: Toxic Substances |
| The Federal Contaminated Sites Accelerated Action Plan |
Federal contaminated sites are a legacy of past practices that have led to contamination that poses risks to human health and the environment today. These sites are the result of federal actions or operations that occurred on federal lands, or at sites that are now the direct responsibility of the federal government, such as abandoned mines in the North or former military bases located on federal lands. In 2002, the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) developed a Federal Contaminated Sites Management Framework in cooperation with custodial departments and Environment Canada (EC). This Framework includes the Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory and a suite of polices, guidelines and best practices. The 2003 federal Budget announced $75M in 2003-2004 and $100 million in 2004-2005 for accelerated action on federal contaminated sites (FCSAAP). Approximately 90% of these annual amounts have been identified for action on sites. The additional 10% of funding is directed to management, administration and expert support. This fund will generally be used in a 70:30 cost share (fund:department) to investigate potential new sites and to remediate and risk-manage the highest risk federal sites. The objectives of the FCSAAP are to accelerate the risk management and/or remediation of federal contaminated sites having the highest human health and environmental risks and reduce their associated federal financial liability. In regards to governance, Environment Canada and Treasury Board Secretariat co-chair an ADM-level Federal Contaminated Sites Steering Committee (SC) representing all 14 departments with federal contaminated sites, and three technical member departments namely Health Canada, Environment Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Interdepartmental ADM Steering committee oversees the implementation of the FCSAAP program, and is responsible to set project priorities, monitor progress and provide recommendations on the funding of FCSAAP projects. FCSAAP Interdepartmental Reg!
ional Wo
rking Groups (IRWG) have also been established in each of Environment Canada's 5 regions or sub-regions, to provide technical advice on health, environmental and fish habitat related issues and to coordinate training and development of guidelines and approaches to the more than fourteen federal departments and agencies having custodial responsibility for federal contaminated sites. |
$ 100M |
Not yet approved |
Horizontal Initiatives
Nature Business Line |
| Key Result: Ecosystem Health |
| Horizontal Initiative |
Initiative Description |
Annual Funding |
Total Funding |
| Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) |
The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) is made up of linked organizations and individuals involved in ecological monitoring in Canada that work together in order to better detect, describe, and report on ecosystem changes. The network is a cooperative partnership of federal, provincial and municipal governments, academic institutions, aboriginal communities and organizations, industry, environmental non-government organizations, volunteer community groups, elementary and secondary schools and other groups/individuals involved in ecological monitoring.
Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office (EMAN CO) supports and coordinates network sites and partners to improve the effectiveness of ecosystem monitoring to ensure informed decision-making. Further information on EMAN is available from www.eman-rese.ca. |
$ 40M from all partners |
$ 40M from all partners per year from 2004-2007 |
| Key Result: Priority Ecosystems |
| Great Lakes Ecosystem Initiative |
The Great Lakes Ecosystem Initiative is a model of horizontal integration. Its purpose is to ensure Canada's commitments under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) are met, and to contribute to realizing the vision of a "healthy, prosperous, and sustainable Great Lakes Basin ecosystem." The initiative, which was first launched in 1989, has been twice renewed. It is led by Environment Canada and currently engages seven federal departments and provides the federal focal point for cooperation with both Ontario and the United States at the federal and state level. The Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem is the mechanism used to harmonize objectives and coordinate actions between federal and provincial departments, while the Bi-national Executive Committee brings together federal, state and provincial departments from Canada and the United States to plan and manage initiatives developed pursuant to the GLWQA which require bi-national coordination. The ecosystem approach employed to restore and maintain environmental quality in the Great Lakes Basin and the bi-national and multi-jurisdictional nature of the resource requires a high degree of horizontal integration of science, policy and program implementation, provided for through the Great Lakes Ecosystem Initiative. |
$ 40M for 2003-2004 |
$ 137.8M |
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