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The National Battlefields Commission

2006-2007

In thousands of dollars

Budgetary

Conservation

1,865

528

2,393

75

2,468

Development

632

804

1,436

25

1,461

Administration

4,910

168

5,078

(10)

5,068

Total

7,407

1,500

8,907

90

8,997

2006-2007

Vote or Statutory Item

Truncated Vote or Statutory Wording

Current Main Estimates

Previous Main Estimates

60

Program expenditures

7,006

6,867

(S)

Expenditures pursuant to paragraph 29.1 (1) of the Financial Administration Act

1,500

1,450

Contributions to employee benefit plans

401

394

8,907

8,711

2006-2007

(in thousands of dollars)

Conservation

Development

Administration

Total Planned Spending

The National Battlefields Commission

2,393

1,436

5,078

8,907

Total

2,393

1,436

5,078

8,907

The National Battlefields Commission

Points to Address:

Departmental Input

1. How does your department/agency plan to incorporate SD principles and values into your mission, vision, policy and day-to-day operations?

- Part of the Commission’s mandate is to conserve the site. The NBC’s day-to-day activities take into account sustainable development principles and values applicable to a park, particularly considering the need to preserve and protect the site.

2. What Goals, Objectives and Targets from your most recent SDS will you be focusing on this coming year? How will you measure your success?

- Generally, maintain the preservation and conservation of a park and offer the use in complete safety of one of the most prestigious parks in a world;

- More specifically, restore balance between planted and downed trees, make up time lost in the last few years and develop a plan for tree donation in which interested clients can participate and to mark an event;

- Continue developing the project to recover recyclable materials;

- Make compost with the leaves collected in the Park;

- Help raise visitors’ awareness through a public activity on nature, the environment, preservation and sustainable development actions.

The results are measured through an audit of the measures established, the number of actions taken and recording of attendance at public activities.

3. Identify any sustainable Development tools, such as Strategic Environmental Assessments of Environmental Management Systems that will be applied over the next year.

The Commission has not developed any specific sustainable development tools or framework, but it is fully aware of the issues because of its situation, and through its management framework, it:

- minimizes use of pesticides on plants, trees and grass in accordance with environmental protection measures;

- applies the tree management system to carefully monitor the health of its tree population;

- maintains and improves its expertise in site conservation and preservation through training of the staff concerned;

- encourages all users to be more vigilant to protect one of the most prestigious parks in the world.

Act respecting the National Battlefields at Quebec

1908, 7-8 Edward VII, c 57 and amendments

By-law Amending the National Battlefields Park By-law

SOR/2002-186, 9 May 2002