The objectives of the evaluation were to: examine the degree to which Environment Canada (the Department) is fulfilling its mandatory requirements under CEPA 1999; examine the degree to which the Department has initiated identified priority actions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of CEPA 1999; identify progress to date in meeting the Department’s expected outcomes [...] Environmental Outcomes The Department has not yet determined or communicated the environmental outcomes that it intends to achieve with the broad enabling powers provided by the Act (with the exceptions of the Clean Air Agenda and the broad guidance provided by the National Pollution Prevention Strategy and the Toxic Substances Management Policy). [...] The Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Service with the support of the Director General of the Strategic Priorities Directorate will see that monitoring and reporting issues raised in this evaluation are addressed in the development of the Program Activity Architecture in order to measure progress against outcomes. [...] To this end, the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Service, who co-chairs the CEPA NAC with Health Canada, will clarify the role of the NAC in the context of the broader work being led by the Policy Integration Branch on federal/provincial relations including the CCME. [...] In support of the upcoming Parliamentary Review, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health are expected to table a formal joint submission to Parliament in advance of the committee’s work.
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