AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
GC InfoBase - Authorities and Expenditures

The authorities and expenditures data presented in the GC InfoBase principally correspond to two published reports: the Public Accounts of Canada and tabled expenditure authorities (Main Estimates and the Supplementary Estimates). The figures contained in the following datasets generally match those of those of the official reports. Small differences in the aggregate totals may arise due to rounding. In cases where machinery of government changes (such as creating or merging of organizations, or changes to their responsibilities) have occurred, the GC InfoBase datasets may be adjusted to present a more coherent time series.

Please refer to [GC InfoBase - Open Datasets](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f) for a list of all datasets associated with GC InfoBase.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Standing Committee on Public Accounts Deputy Minister Briefing Book

Appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts
June 7, 2022
TAB 1 Opening Remarks
TAB 2 Committee Backgrounder
TAB 3 Canadian Coal Transition Initiative (CCTI)
TAB 4 CCTI audit
TAB 5 Background Information
• Action Plan in response to audit
• Timeline of CCTI
• Backgrounder - Canadian Coal Transition Initiative (CCTI & CCTI-IF)
• CCTI and CCTI-IF results reporting
• Talking Points – CCTI audit
TAB 6 Link to Just Transition Task Force reports (1 and 2)

Organization: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique
Departmental Results Framework indicators 2021-2022 Edition – Indicator 11: Percentage of taxpayers (benefit recipients) who filed as a result of targeted CRA intervention

Ensures the Agency achieves its responsibilities and priorities of assisting Canadians to meet their filing obligations, while also ensuring Canadians receive the benefits they are entitled to. This value is derived by dividing the total number of taxpayers who filed after the letter was issued by the total number of letters issued. This supports the Minister Mandate commitment to ensure that CRA is a client-focused agency that will proactively contact Canadians who are entitled to, but are not receiving, tax benefits.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
The NATO Generic Destroyer - a shared geometry for collaborative research into modelling and simulation of shipboard launch and recovery: source data posting on Open Science Canada

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) have jointly been supporting shipboard helicopter operations in Canada for many years. Both groups are active in various international collaborations, including many through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). To facilitate international collaborations, DRDC conceptualized a general warship geometry, known as the Notional Destroyer (ND), which they have used in studies relating to ship motion. NRC, in partnership with the NATO Applied Vehicle Technologies (AVT) Working Group AVT-315, has adapted the ND for studies relating to the launch and recovery of maritime helicopters. This variant of the ND is known as the NATO Generic Destroyer (NATO-GD). This posting provides geometrical, ship motion, and ship airwake data, generated in Canada in support of the AVT-315 working group, and to encourage other related research internationally.
The activities of the AVT-315 working group, along with an introduction to the NATO-GD, are given by Owen et al. (2020).

Organization: Defence Research and Development Canada | Recherche et développement pour la Défense Canada
Summary of the Meetings of the Minister’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment – September 2021 to May 2022

The Minister’s Advisory Council on impact assessment provides the Minister of Environment and Climate Change with non-partisan advice and recommendations on issues related to the implementation of the impact assessment, regional and strategic assessment regimes set out under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).

The mandate of the Council is to provide advice to the Minister on the implementation of the impact assessment regime in relation to the purposes set out for it in the IAA.

The Council will focus its advice to the Minister on the governance of the regime, the effectiveness and efficiency of the processes established under the IAA and implemented by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, and will provide advice with respect to regional and strategic assessments.

Organization: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada
Summary of the Meetings of the Minister’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment – December 2020, January and February 2021

The Minister’s Advisory Council on impact assessment provides the Minister of Environment and Climate Change with non-partisan advice and recommendations on issues related to the implementation of the impact assessment, regional and strategic assessment regimes set out under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).

The mandate of the Council is to provide advice to the Minister on the implementation of the impact assessment regime in relation to the purposes set out for it in the IAA.

The Council will focus its advice to the Minister on the governance of the regime, the effectiveness and efficiency of the processes established under the IAA and implemented by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, and will provide advice with respect to regional and strategic assessments.

Organization: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada
Departmental Results Framework indicators 2021-2022 Edition – Indicator 6: Public Perception Index: trust

Literature on tax compliance has identified trust as one of the key predictors of voluntary compliance. Accordingly the CRA has prioritized evaluating the public perception of trust in the Agency as one of its outcomes. This approach to measuring trust accomplishes two objectives: first, it will enable the Agency to measure and report on one of its departmental results (i.e. “Trust in the CRA”), and second, the data analysis has the potential to inform strategic decisions on whether to focus on management policies at the Agency level to improve trust in the organization or to focus on practices at the operational level aimed at improving the trustworthiness of CRA’s front-line employees. The index is computed by calculating the blended average of responses to questions related to trust in the CRA and its employees. The public opinion research (POR) surveys are contracted to a market research firm that uses both telephone and online surveys targeting: Individuals, incorporated businesses, and tax intermediaries. The sample size for the POR survey is determined based on a 5% margin of error and a confidence level of 95%.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Departmental Results Framework indicators 2021-2022 Edition – Indicator 5: Service Satisfaction Index

This indicator measures the level of satisfaction with CRA’s services which is an indication of client-centric service. Client-centric service has been empirically shown to predict trust, which in turn promotes cooperation and compliance. 

This indicator captures Canadian taxpayers’ and tax preparers’ level of satisfaction with up to three aspects of service quality across service channels. The three aspects of service quality cover: process quality, information quality and interpersonal quality. The service channels include: mail, web, and telephone. The mail and web channels do not include the interpersonal quality dimension.

The Service Satisfaction index is based on a 10-pt Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The index is computed by calculating the blended average of responses to survey questions. Data is collected through a survey that is contracted out to an external party


Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
National Action Plan on Open Government 2018-2020

Canada’s fourth plan includes 10 new commitments that continue to promote openness, transparency, and accountability in the Government of Canada. It was developed in consultation with more than 10,000 Canadians from coast to coast to coast who provided their ideas and suggestions through online and in-person events.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Assessment in Support of Changes to the Maximum Level for Arsenic in Fruit Juice and Fruit Nectar

Arsenic is naturally occurring in the environment, and very low levels are present in various foods. Elevated arsenic exposure from drinking water has been associated with a variety of serious adverse health effects, with potential effects noted in vulnerable populations such as infants and children.

Health Canada has conducted a scientific assessment, provided below, which supports updating the maximum level (ML) for total arsenic in fruit juice and fruit nectar. Health Canada is proposing to lower the existing ML to values that are as low as reasonably achievable based on the fruit juice and nectar type. The lower MLs would be expressed as inorganic arsenic and apply to the juice and nectar products on an as consumed basis.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
National Action Plan on Open Government 2014-2016

Canada’s second Action Plan included the Directive on Open Government, which made it mandatory for federal government departments and agencies to maximize the release of data and information. This Plan also established commitments to collaborate with provinces, territories, and municipalities through Open Data Canada, with the private sector through the Open Data Exchange, and with the international community through Open Data for Development. 2014-16 also saw an expansion of Government of Canada work on open contracting and open financial data and information.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Assessment in Support of Risk Management for Arsenic in Rice-Based Foods Intended for Infants and Young Children

Arsenic is naturally occurring in the environment, and very low levels are present in various foods. Elevated arsenic exposure from drinking water has been associated with a variety of serious adverse health effects, with potential effects noted in vulnerable populations such as infants and children. 

Rice and rice-containing products are a major contributor to dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in all ages, including infants and young children. In June 2020, Health Canada’s Food Directorate issued a Notice of Modification (NOM, NOM/ADM C-2020-1) to add maximum levels (ML) for inorganic arsenic in polished (white) and husked (brown) rice.  These targeted MLs were developed to help ensure that dietary exposures to inorganic arsenic be kept as low as possible.  

In April 2021, Health Canada’s Food Directorate proposed an additional ML for inorganic arsenic in rice-based foods intended specifically for infants and children (NOP/ADP C-2021-1). This document presents the final assessment to support these additional risk management measures for inorganic arsenic in rice-based foods intended for infants and young children.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
National Action Plan on Open Government 2012-2014

Canada’s first plan to the Open Government Partnership, after joining the OGP in 2011, set a direction for how Government manages and releases records and changed Canada’s open data portal, data.gc.ca, from a pilot into a permanent program. This Action Plan was structured along three streams of activity: open data, open information, and open dialogue.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
2022 Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Report 1—Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

This audit focused on whether Natural Resources Canada, working with Employment and Social Development Canada and partners, had prepared to support workers and their communities for a just transition to a low-carbon economy. It also examined whether Natural Resources Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and Prairies Economic Development Canada had adequately supported a just transition for workers and communities affected by the accelerated federal phase-out of coal-fired electricity.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Report 2—Greening Government Strategy

This audit focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat led the Greening Government Strategy in a manner that supported progress in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of the federal government. It also focused on whether National Defence and Transport Canada reported results supported by the implementation of internal controls and took appropriate measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their area of responsibility.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing Package for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 10—Specific COVID-19 Benefits (CEWS) of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Briefing Package for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 10—Specific COVID-19 Benefits (CEWS) of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on Report 9—COVID-19 Vaccines and Report 10—Specific COVID-19 Benefits of the Auditor General of Canada

Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on Report 9—COVID-19 Vaccines and Report 10—Specific COVID-19 Benefits of the Auditor General of Canada

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Number of high growth firms in western Canada

High-Growth Firm – Based on list of all businesses in Canada included in Statistics Canada’s Business Register, a “high-growth firm” is an enterprise with average annualized growth greater than 20% per annum over a three-year period. That is, the total growth over a three-year period must be greater than 72.8%. For this indicator, growth has been measured by revenue (though it can also be measured by growth in employment). High-growth enterprises are required to have at least 10 employees at the start of the three-year period, and are also required to be at least four years old.

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada | Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest Canada
Briefing document for the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada for the appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics - 2023-02-03

This briefing package was prepared for the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada who appeared before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on February 3, 2023 regarding the study of the Third Edition of the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct.

Organization: Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada | Commissariat au lobbying du Canada
Accessibility Plan for the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

This is the official accessibility plan for the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board. The plan aims to incorporate best accessibility practices and to build a work environment that is welcoming and conducive to success for those with disabilities, with leadership that models and reinforces accessibility-positive attitudes and practices. It focuses efforts on eight key areas of impact: employment; built environment; information and communication technologies (ICT); communication, other than ICT; procurement of goods, services, and facilities; design and delivery of programs and services; transportation; and culture. 

Organization: Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada | Conseil d'examen du prix des médicaments brevetés Canada
Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on Report 7—Protecting Aquatic Species at Risk and Report 9—Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies—Species at Risk of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development

Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on Report 7—Protecting Aquatic Species at Risk and Report 9—Departmental Progress in Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies—Species at Risk of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Follow-up hearing on 2021 Report 9  — Investing in Canada Plan – 16 June 2022

Briefing Package for the Public Accounts hearing on Follow-up hearing on 2021 Report 9  — Investing in Canada Plan – 16 June 2022 

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Follow-up hearing on 2021 Report 3  — Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities – 14 June 2022 

Briefing Package for the Public Accounts hearing on Follow-up hearing on 2021 Report 3  — Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities – 14 June 2022

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Growth of jack pine and black spruce in response to leachates from lichen, Sphagnum spp. and feather mosses

This dataset is associated with the article authored by Marine Pacé, David Paré, Nicole Fenton and Yves Bergeron entitled "Effect of lichen, Sphagnum spp. and feather moss leachates on jack pine and black spruce growth ". It includes growth surveys of jack pine and black spruce in greenhouse at different stages of development (0-6 month-old and 2 year-old seedlings). Seedlings were subjected to different types of leachates: jack pine was subjected to control (bare soil), feather moss and lichen leachates; black spruce was subjected to control (bare soil), feather moss and Sphagnum spp. leachates. The donor species (feather mosses, lichens, Sphagnum spp. mosses) and the target species (jack pine and black spruce) were contained in different pots connected by a polyethylene tube. The dataset also contains information on the chemical composition of the substrate contained in the target pots at the end of the experiments (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Al, Fe, Na), on the ectomycorrhizal colonization of jack pine seedling roots, and on the chemical composition of the leachates (N, polyphenols and usnic acid).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Board of Directors of the Federal Bridge Corporation—Special Examination—2022

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at the Federal Bridge Corporation were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and efficiently, and its operations were carried out effectively, as required by section 138 of the Financial Administration Act.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Board of Directors of Farm Credit Canada—Special Examination—2021

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at Farm Credit Canada were providing the corporation with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and efficiently, and its operations were carried out effectively, as required by section 138 of the Financial Administration Act.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 3—Follow-up on Gender-Based Analysis Plus

This audit focused on whether the Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, and Women and Gender Equality Canada advanced the implementation of gender‑based analysis plus (GBA Plus) in government, in response to selected recommendations from the 2015 Fall Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, Report 1—Implementing Gender‑Based Analysis.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 1—Access to Benefits for Hard-to-Reach Populations

This audit focused on whether the Canada Revenue Agency and Employment and Social Development Canada directly, or through leveraging other federal departments and other non‑federal government entities, ensured that hard‑to‑reach populations were made aware of the Canada Child Benefit, the Canada Workers Benefit, the Guaranteed Income Supplement, and the Canada Learning Bond, and that they were able to access these benefits.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 4—Systemic Barriers—Correctional Service Canada

This audit focused on whether Correctional Service Canada’s programs respond to the diversity of the offender population to support their safe and successful return to the community. This includes examining the department’s policies and practices to promote workplace equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Environment Information System (EIS) – Real Property Module (Structure) 

Environment Information System: Real Property Module (Structure) is a table that can be access on our TC Intranet Application, EIS. It holds pertinent information pertaining to a real property asset owned, or formerly owned, by Transport Canada.  Structure records within this table can be reportable or non-reportable to the Directory of Federal Real Property (DFRP).  Further, structures may be active or inactive within the inventory but not reported to the DFRP as a result of it not meeting TBS requirements.  Moreover, some structures are active, and not reportable, as a result of Transport Canada administrative purposes (CPA Properties, FBCL, etc).

Organization: Transport Canada | Transports Canada
Commercial Fisheries - Quota Reports

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is organized into six administrative regions (Pacific, Central and Arctic, Quebec, Gulf, Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador). The Canadian Atlantic Quota Report (CAQR) presents the summary of quotas and catches by species for five of these six regions (Atlantic-based only). The catch data is based on fishing seasons (e.g. April 1 to March 31) that do not necessarily coincide with a calendar year. Additionally, the commercial landings in the CAQR include sentinel fisheries and Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) fisheries.

These attributes differentiate the CAQR from the Commercial landings reports where all data is collected by calendar year and does not include sentinel or FSC fisheries. The Canadian Atlantic quota reports are currently available from 2000 to 2012.

For more recent quota data, please contact info@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada
Briefing Package for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 2022 Report 3 of the CESD – Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Briefing Package for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 2022 Report 3 of the CESD – Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada