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9. Foundations (Conditional Grants)
| 1) Name of Recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) Green Municipal Fund (GMF) | ||||||
| 2) Start Date: Budget 2000 | 3) End Date: In perpetuity | 4) Total Funding: $550M* | ||||
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5) Description: The Government of Canada endowed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), a non-profit organization, with $550 million to establish the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to provide a long-term, sustainable financing for municipal governments and their partners. The GMF invests in plans, studies and projects that provide the best examples of municipal leadership in sustainable development and that can be replicated in other Canadian communities. The intent of the GMF is to encourage investment in environmental municipal infrastructure. Specifically, the priorities of the fund are to have a positive impact on the health and the quality of life of Canadians by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improving local air, water and soil quality and promoting renewable energy by supporting environmental studies and projects within the municipal sector. Additional considerations include the potential for economic and/or social benefit. Under the GMF agreement, the Government of Canada (represented by NRCan and Environment Canada) participates in governance of this revolving fund, along with representatives from the public and private sectors, including municipal officials and technical experts, through a Peer Review Committee and an advisory Council. The FCM Board of Directors approves projects based on the Council's recommendations. |
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| 6) Strategic Outcome(s): Canadians derive sustainable social and economic benefits from the assessment, development and use of energy, forest and mineral resources, and have the knowledge to mitigate environmental impact and respond effectively to natural and man-made hazards. | ||||||
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7) Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: As of March 31, 2008, the GMF had approved over $375 million of GMF funding for 690 plans, studies and projects for a total project value of $2.2 billion. |
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| (in millions of $) | 8) Actual Spending 2005–2006 | 9) Actual Spending 2006–2007 | 10) Planned Spending 2007–2008 | 11) Total Authorities 2007–2008 | 12) Actual Spending 2007–2008 | 13) Variance(s) Between 10) and 12) |
| 14) Program Activity | 150.0 | |||||
| 15) Comments on Variance(s) | ||||||
| 16) Significant Evaluation Findings and URL(s) to Last Evaluation(s)/Future Plans | ||||||
| 17) Significant Audit Findings and URL(s) to Last Audit(s)/Future Plans | ||||||
| 18) URL to Recipient's Site: http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca | ||||||
| 19) URL to Recipient's Annual Report: http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/About_Us/Annual_Reports | ||||||
| 1) Name of Recipient: Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) for the NextGen Biofuels Fund™ | ||||||
| 2) Start Date: April 1, 2007 | 3) End Date: Agreement ends Sept 30, 2027; last disbursement of funds to SDTC by March 31, 2015 | 4) Total Funding: $500,000,000 * | ||||
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5) Description: SDTC is managing the NextGen Biofuels Fund™, which will support up to 40% of eligible project costs to a maximum of $200M per project for the establishment of first-of-kind, large-scale demonstration next-generation renewable fuel production facilities to encourage the future sustainability and success of renewable fuels. Next-generation renewable fuels are derived from non-traditional renewable feedstocks, such as forest biomass, fast-growing grasses, and agricultural residues, and are produced with non-conventional conversion technologies. Since next-generation technologies are capital equipment intensive, they constitute a greater debt financing risk. The support provided by the NextGen Biofuels Fund™ will encourage the retention and growth of technology expertise and innovation capacity for next-generation renewable fuels production in Canada. Of the $500M in total funding, $200M is statutory and the remaining $300M is appropriated funding. The appropriated funding starts in 2008–09. |
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| 6) Strategic Outcome(s): Canadians derive sustainable social and economic benefits from the assessment, development and use of energy, forest and mineral resources, and have the knowledge to mitigate environmental impact and respond effectively to natural and man-made hazards. | ||||||
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7) Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: Funding agreement approved, signed and announced with SDTC September 12, 2007. Funds administered and first payment made. SDTC Corporate Plans for each year released in October of preceding year. Executive summaries posted on website below. |
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| (in millions of $) | 8) Actual Spending 2005–2006 | 9) Actual Spending 2006–2007 | 10) Planned Spending 2007–2008 | 11) Total Authorities 2007–2008 | 12) Actual Spending 2007–2008 | 13) Variance(s) Between 10) and 12) |
| 14) Program Activity: Energy | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |||
| 15) Comment(s) on Variance(s): The NextGen Biofuels Fund was announced in Budget 2007 and was not included in the 2007–08 Report on Plans and Priorities. NRCan spent $1.6M in statutory funding, as identified in Supplementary Estimates "B". | ||||||
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16) Significant Evaluation Findings and URL(s) to Last Evaluation(s)/Future Plans: Three interim evaluations will be performed by an independent 3rd party (Nov 30, 2012, Nov 30, 2017 and Nov 30, 2022); a final evaluation by Sept 30, 2027. Canada may choose to evaluate the Foundation at any time over the life of the agreement to determine whether it is fulfilling its objectives |
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17) Significant Audit Findings and URL(s) to Last Audit(s)/Future Plans: The agreement with SDTC requires the Foundation to hire an auditor to audit the accounts and financial statements and appoint an Audit Committee to oversee the financial management of the Foundation. It also stipulates that Canada or the Auditor General may undertake a compliance audit at any time over the life of the Fund. |
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| 18) URL to Recipient's Site: http://www.sdtc.ca/en/index.htm | ||||||
| 19) URL to Recipient's Annual Report: http://www.sdtc.ca/en/news/annual_reports.htm | ||||||
* The funding is equally divided between NRCan and Environment Canada.
| 1) Name of Recipient: Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) | ||||||
| 2) Start Date: April 2002 | 3) End Date: June 2015 | 4) Total Funding: $275M | ||||
| 5) Description: To stimulate the development and demonstration of Canadian technologies aimed at climate change, clean air, clean water and clean soil. | ||||||
| 6) Strategic Outcome: Canadians derive sustainable social and economic benefits from the assessment, development and use of energy, forest and mineral resources, and have the knowledge to mitigate environmental impacts and respond effectively to natural and man-made hazards. | ||||||
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7) Achieved results or progress made (within departmental overall plans): Since 2001, SDTC's mandate has been expanded twice, and the foundation now manages two separate funds. The original fund, called the Clean Tech Fund, received a total federal endowment of $550M to provide funding for the development and demonstration of technologies focussing on climate change, clean air, water and soil (of which at least $50M will be directed at hydrogen technologies and $50M at clean fossil fuel projects). In 2007, a new $500M NextGen Biofuels Fund was established to provide capital support for next-generation renewable fuel facilities. NRCan is not responsible for reporting specifically on SDTC progress and results. However, as the designated minister under the SDTC Act, the Minister of NRCan tables the SDTC annual report in Parliament. This report is available at the SDTC website at http://www.sdtc.ca/en/index.htm. The following is a general summary of SDTC accomplishments. Further details will be available once the 2007 Annual Report is published. In 2007, SDTC announced 33 projects for funding from the Clean Tech Fund, with SDTC providing $78M (32%), private sector participants providing $139M (56%) and other government programs providing $25M (12%), for a total project value of $242M. Latest information on projects will be available from the 2007 Annual Report once it becomes available. |
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| (in millions of $) | 8) Actual Spending 2005–06 | 9) Actual Spending 2006–07 | 10) Planned Spending 2007–08 | 11) Total Authorities 2007–08 | 12) Actual Spending 2007–08 | 13) Variances |
| 14) Program Activity: Energy* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15) Comments on Variances: In total, $275M expended by NRCan ($50M was incurred in 2001–02) | ||||||
| 16) Significant Audit and Evaluations Findings and URL to last audit and/or evaluation: | ||||||
| 17) URL to recipient's site: http://www.sdtc.ca/en/index.htm | ||||||
| 18) URL to recipient's annual report: http://www.sdtc.ca/en/news/annual_reports.htm | ||||||