Horizontal evaluation of the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013 : Acting for the future

"This report presents the findings of the horizontal evaluation of the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future (the Roadmap). This initiative of $1.1 billion over five years was launched in June 2008 by the Government of Canada. It is aimed at improving and expanding government action in order to increase the benefits of linguistic duality and make them available to all Canadians. The Roadmap's implementation is under the responsibility of the Minister of Canadian Heritage (PCH) and Official Languages. It involves 15 federal departments and agencies that are responsible for the implementation of 32 initiatives. In accordance with Treasury Board's Policy on Evaluation (2009), the evaluation focuses on issues related to relevance, implementation, performance, efficiency and economy for the three intermediate outcomes, which are supported by the immediate outcomes achieved by the 32 initiatives. The evaluation was carried out under the responsibility of the Evaluation Services Directorate of PCH's Office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, in collaboration with the Interdepartmental Evaluation Steering Committee and the Interdepartmental Evaluation Working Group. The evaluation covers the period from 2008-09 to September 2012"--Summary.