AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Veterans Affairs Canada Delegate Decision-Making Audit - December 2013

In 2011, Veterans Affairs Canada initiated a five-year Transformation Agenda to respond to the changing needs and expectations of the Veteran population. The goal was to fundamentally change how the Department delivers programs and services. The targeted efforts of the Department included overhauling service delivery, simplifying processes and cutting red tape for Veterans.

To simplify the process for Veterans and expedite decision making, Veterans Affairs Canada case managers were given the responsibility to make medical/psychosocial decisions for Rehabilitation Program participants and to properly document these decisions. By delegating this new authority to the level closest to program recipients, case managers were expected to be more efficient and effective in responding to Veterans' needs and be more empowered in their position. To assist staff in making these decisions, the Department developed training courses for staff and introduced tools such as the six-step decision-making model.

Recent internal audits have identified risks relating to the absence of quality assurance on decisions and the lack of supporting documentation on files. Veterans Affairs Canada must ensure that there are sufficient internal controls and that staff are complying with the directives of the Department when making decisions. Through interviews, documentation review, and an analysis of 120 sample files, this audit provides assurance that the delegated decision-making controls are working as intended to deliver planned results in accordance with related authorities.


Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Review of the Adequacy of Corporate Risk Management - April 2011

Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is in the process of implementing risk management with the goal of it becoming a natural part of Departmental culture.  Ensuring effective learning from experience by undertaking regular reviews of the risk management process is significant to the advancement of the maturity of this process at VAC.  Thus, this review of the adequacy of corporate risk management at VAC has been undertaken.  

The results of the review are one year after the development of a Risk Management Framework within VAC.  The maturity of the implementation and functioning of VAC’s risk management policies and practices remains a work-in-progress.  The Department must plan for the long-term; recognizing that effective implementation of risk management will take time.  Critical to the success of full implementation is development of risk management capacity gaps, effective communication, training and development of internal expertise, identification, definition and clarity of roles. 

Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Evaluation of the Veterans Independence Program (VIP) - July 2011

The Veterans Independence Program (VIP) was introduced in 1981 to respond to an aging demographic Veteran population and to help reduce long-term care (LTC) bed waitlists by providing care to Veterans at home. The national Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) home care program assists qualified Veterans, still-serving Canadian Forces (CF) disability pensioners, surviving spouses/primary caregivers, and certain civilians to maintain their health, quality of life and independence in their own home for as long as possible. At the point where care in the home is no longer possible, the VIP will assist in providing care in long-term care facilities in the community of the Veteran.

The VIP is not intended to duplicate or replace existing provincial/territorial or community services, but complements these programs to best meet the needs of Veterans. Under the VIP, a recipient may receive funds to help pay for:

• ambulatory health care services (e.g., adult day programs);

• access to nutrition (e.g., Meals on Wheels);

• health and support services (e.g., nurses, occupational therapists);

• personal care (e.g., bathing and dressing);

• housekeeping (e.g., laundry, vacuuming, meal preparation);

• grounds maintenance (e.g., grass cutting, snow removal);

• social transportation (e.g., to activities, shopping, banking)

• home adaptations; and

• nursing home intermediate care.

A goal of the evaluation was to provide timely and value added information to assist management and serve as a basis for decision-making regarding future program direction and design. The VIP evaluation team used multiple lines of evidence, including: statistical data, a literature review, research studies, survey results, file reviews, internal analysis reports, key informant interviews and peer reviews.

Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Veterans Independence Program Reimbursements Process Audit - October 2011

Since 1981, Veterans Affairs Canada has administered a community-based, national program to eligible Veterans, their families, and other primary care-givers. These services include home care, home adaptations, ambulatory health care, and intermediate nursing home care. Now known as the Veterans Independence Program, it offers self-managed care in co-operation with provinces and regional health authorities. The program allows eligible Veterans, their families, and other primary care-givers to focus on maintaining their health, independence, and their quality of life. Every effort is being made to integrate the Veterans Independence Program administration with provincial and local resources to ensure a cost-efficient choice of service is available and to avoid duplication of service delivery. 

Veterans Affairs Canada is responsible for setting up and amending the contribution arrangements while an external Contractor, Medavie Blue Cross, is responsible for processing the claims. 

In the Spring of 2011, Senior Management requested an audit of the Veterans Independence Program reimbursement process to identify opportunities to further improve the process. This audit builds off the results of a 2010 audit of Veterans Independence Program and is focused on a single objective to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the reimbursement process. The scope covered the period from November 2010 to April 2011.


Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Audit of the FHCPS Service Provider Registration Process - April 2011

Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) provides a wide range of health care benefits and services to eligible program recipients as specified under the authority of the Veterans Health Care Regulations. These entitlements are made available under the Treatment Benefits Program and Veterans Independence Program (VIP). The objective of these programs is to ensure program recipients are provided, according to their treatment eligibility, with reasonable and timely services that the Department considers to be an appropriate response to their assessed health needs.

This audit was recommended for Deputy Minister approval by VAC’s Departmental Audit Committee on September 17, 2010. The objectives of the Federal Health Claims Processing System (FHCPS) Service Provider Audit were as follows:

1.	To assess the adequacy of the service provider registration process;

2.	To assess the adequacy of the requirements for service providers;

3.	To determine compliance with service provider requirements; 

4.	To assess the efficiency of the appointment of service providers.


Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Audit of Program of Choice 13 - Special Equipment - March 2014

The Veterans Affairs Canada Health Care Benefits Program provides eligible Veterans and other qualified individuals with benefits and services, such as medical, surgical and dental care, prosthetic devices and home adaptations, through 14 Programs of Choice. Program of Choice 13 – Special Equipment – includes any device or aid which is designed to enable the user to cope with the effects of a disease, disorder or injury, by facilitating medical stabilization, assisting in the performance of activities of daily living and restoring their function. Examples include emergency call devices, wheelchairs, walkers, power mobility devices, transfer/lift devices, and ergonomic equipment. 

The objective of this audit was to assess Veterans Affairs Canada’s management control framework and compliance with applicable policies and processes. The scope covered April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013.

Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada New Veterans Charter (NVC) Evaluation - Phase II - August 2010

The New Veterans Charter (NVC) represents the most sweeping change to Veterans’ benefits and services in the past 60 years. The NVC shifts the focus from one of disability to one of wellness and responds to Canada’s commitment to injured Canadian Forces members and Veterans. The suite of services and benefits available under the NVC include a lump-sum disability award, rehabilitation, financial benefits, health benefits, and career transition services. 

This is a three-phased comprehensive evaluation being conducted from April 2009 to December 2010. The Phase I report focussed on the relevance and rationale of the NVC and its programs. This Phase II report focuses on outreach, the application process and service delivery framework. The Phase III report will focus on the success in achieving desired outcomes and any unintended impacts. The findings from these reports are intended to improve the design and delivery of the NVC programs and the evaluation will fulfill a departmental commitment. Additionally a separate evaluation comparing the Disability Award program to the Disability Pension program has also been completed.


Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada New Veterans Charter (NVC) Evaluation – Phase III - February 2011

On April 1, 2006, the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (the New Veterans Charter) came into force. The New Veterans Charter (NVC) was designed to give Canadian Forces (CF) Veterans and their families access to services and programs that would meet their individual needs. The suite of programs includes: rehabilitation; financial benefits; group health insurance; career transition services; disability award; and support to families. 

The evaluation was conducted from April 1, 2009 until October 29, 2010 and consisted of three phases. Phase I focussed on the relevance and rationale of the NVC and its programs. Phase II focussed on outreach, the application process and service delivery framework. Phase III focussed on the success in achieving desired outcomes. The findings from these studies are intended to improve the design and delivery of the NVC programs, and will fulfill a departmental commitment to Treasury Board (TB). Additionally, a separate evaluation comparing the Disability Award (DA) Program to the Disability Pension (DP) Program was conducted concurrently with the NVC evaluation, and was finalized in August 2010. 


Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Tariffs imposed by the United States on goods that the business or organization sells to the United States over the last three months, fourth quarter of 2025

Tariffs imposed by the United States on goods that the business or organization sells to the United States over the last three months, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025.    <br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Agriculture value added account

<p>This table contains 319 series, with data for years 1981 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years).&nbsp;This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available):  Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...)  Value added account (29 items: Total value of production; Sales of agricultural products; Sales to other farms; Sales to other sectors; ...).<br></p>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel & Tobacco Disciplinary Notices

Summary of recent disciplinary action and related information regarding non-compliant matters that have been brought before the Executive Director of Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and Tobacco Division resulting in issuance of a Notice of Proposed Action. Sanctions for similar infractions may vary in length according to the specifics of each case.

Organization: Government of Nova Scotia | Gouvernment de la Nouvelle-Écosse
The growth of supply chain trade within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

This report examines the development of supply chain trade following the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP or the Agreement). This was required under the CPTPP Competitiveness and Business Facilitation Chapter (Article 22.3.5): “the Committee shall commence a review of the extent to which this Agreement has facilitated the development, strengthening and operation of supply chains in the free trade area during the fourth year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement”.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Measuring the firm-level impact of the Canadian Technology Accelerator program

The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program, administered by Global Affairs Canada since 2013, was introduced to facilitate the international expansion of high-potential Canadian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Previous reports, including the "Results and Outcomes Report 2019-2020" and the program evaluation for the Federal Government budget renewal in 2023, have highlighted positive outcomes such as increased revenue, job creation, and capital raised for CTA firms. This study starts by finding similar correlations. Firms that participated in the CTA experienced accelerated growth in revenue, assets, payroll, expenditures, Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) expenditures, and investment in machinery and equipment.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Economic impact of the Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement, 15th anniversary

The year 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of the implementation of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), which officially came into force on August 1, 2009. The agreement was a significant milestone for both Canada and Peru. For Canada, it reinforced its commitment to expanding trade within South America, building on the strategy to enhance Canada's competitiveness through trade liberalization initiatives and bilateral agreements. For Peru, the CPFTA was a crucial step toward deeper integration into the global economy and marked the beginning of a series of subsequent free trade agreements with other developed economies.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Canada’s trade performance under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after three years: Has the CPTPP delivered on its promise?

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a mega regional trade agreement that involves 11 countries spanning the entire the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Canada is among the first six countries to have ratified the CPTPP on December 30, 2018, along with Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. The Agreement was later ratified by Vietnam on January 14, 2019, and most recently by Peru on September 19, 2021.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Lake Water Quality - Kejimkujik

Water quality is a globally accepted and widely used measure for assessing and monitoring the condition of freshwater ecosystems.  It has a pivotal affect on the integrity of aquatic ecosystems.  The physical and chemical characteristics of water have a strong influence on aquatic biota and freshwater ecosystem processes. As a result, changes in water quality may provide an early warning of environmental stress to aquatic ecosystems. The water quality index (WQI) is a tool that was developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to summarize complex water chemistry data to a single index in order to simplify and standardize water quality assessment and reporting across the country. Water samples are taken twice a year at the same location from 18 lakes during June and August. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Economic impact of the Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement: 25th anniversary

The year 2022 marked the 25-year anniversary of the implementation of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), which entered into force on July 5, 1997. The agreement was groundbreaking in many aspects for both Canada and Chile. For Canada, it was the first free trade agreement signed with a South American country and one of the most comprehensive free trade agreements Canada made since signing the North America Free Trade Agreement. For Chile, it was the first trade agreement concluded with a leading industrialized country and the beginning of a series of subsequent FTAs it would sign with other countries.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement: Economic impact assessment

On November 30, 2018, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed a Protocol to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new Agreement is known in Canada as the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA, or the Agreement).Footnote1 Subsequently, on December 10, 2019, the parties signed a Protocol of Amendment to modify certain elements of the new Agreement in the areas of state-tostate dispute settlement, labour, environment, intellectual property and rules of origin. The final CUSMA outcome preserves key elements of NAFTA, modernizes disciplines to address modern trade challenges, reduces red tape at the border, and provides enhanced predictability and stability for workers and businesses across the integrated North American market. Overall, the modernization of NAFTA marks an important milestone in Canada’s economic relationship with the United States and Mexico.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Economic impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

The year 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of the implementation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) which entered into force on August 15, 2011. Although the tariff reductions committed to in the agreement are not yet fully implemented, Canadian exporters have already benefited from reduced or eliminated tariffs on nearly all of their exports to Colombia.Footnote1 The implementation of CCoFTA also provides a more predictable, transparent and rules-based trading environment for Canadian investors and businesses.Footnote2

The 10-year post-implementation period has provided enough facts and data that a thorough and objective assessment of the CCoFTA can now be performed to examine whether the agreement has delivered on its benefits and potential. This report will review the trade performances of the two partners by comparing the pre-CCoFTA period (prior to 2011) with the post-CCoFTA period (from 2012 onward) with a focus on trade advances since the implementation and the effect of tariff reductions.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
CETA@5: Delivering trade benefits during unprecedented times 

As a group, the 27 European Union members (referred to as the EU hereafter), represent Canada’s third largest merchandise trading partner after the United States and China. In 2021, the EU accounted for 4.8 percent of Canada’s merchandise exports (the 2nd most important destination for Canadian merchandise exports) and 11.0 percent of Canada’s merchandise imports (the 3rd largest source).

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Masefield Zero Edge

These structure, isopach and zero edge files are part of a series of stratigraphic framework maps for the Saskatchewan Phanerozoic Fluids and Petroleum Systems (SPFPS) project.  
  
  The series of stratigraphic framework maps for the Saskatchewan Phanerozoic Fluids and Petroleum Systems (SPFPS) project have been produced using 2 km equi-spaced modified grids generated from Golden Software’s Surfer 9 kriging algorithm. The dataset used to produce each of the maps in this series was created using data from several projects completed by the Ministry (Christopher, 2003; Saskatchewan Industry and Resources et al., 2004; Kreis et al., 2004; Marsh and Heinemann, 2006; Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources et al., 2007; Heinemann and Marsh, 2009); these data were validated and edited as required to facilitate correlations between the various regional projects. In addition, to minimize edge effects during contouring, the senior author also generated stratigraphic data from wells in adjacent jurisdictions.

Organization: Government of Saskatchewan | Gouvernement de la Saskatchewan
Number and median age of full-time teaching staff at Canadian universities, by highest earned degree, staff functions, rank, gender

<p>Number and median age of full-time academic teaching staff by highest earned degree (total, PhD (or any equivalent doctoral degree), professional degrees (refer to medical and paramedical degrees only), masters, bachelors, all other credentials, no degree, unknown and staff functions (total, with/without senior administrative responsibilities) and professorial rank (total ranks, full, associate, assistant, rank/level below assistant and other (not elsewhere classified)) and gender by province.</p>


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Forms of communication used, accessibility features provided and plans to provide accessibility features on forms of communication used by businesses and organization, fourth quarter of 2025

Forms of communication used, accessibility features provided and plans to provide accessibility features on forms of communication used by businesses and organization, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025.  <br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Businesses or organizations that changed its suppliers as a result of tariffs imposed by either Canada or the United States over the last three months, fourth quarter of 2025

Businesses or organizations that changed its suppliers as a result of tariffs imposed by either Canada or the United States over the last three months, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025. <br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Certification under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) of goods that businesses or organizations purchase from or sell to the United States and reasons for not arranging for the certification, fourth quarter of 2025

Certification under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) of goods that businesses or organizations purchase from or sell to the United States and reasons for not arranging for the certification, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2025.   <br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada