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Briefing material for the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada.
The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) offers federal public sector employees and other persons a secure and confidential process for the disclosure of serious wrongdoing in the workplace, as well as protection against reprisal.
Information to which public access is provided must describe: the wrongdoing, including the identity of the person found to have committed it if necessary in order to describe the wrongdoing adequately; the recommendations, if any, set out in any report made to the chief executive; and any corrective action taken by the chief executive or the reasons why no corrective action was taken.
Building a comprehensive data inventory as required by section 6.3 of the Directive on Open Government:
“Establishing and maintaining comprehensive inventories of data and information resources of business value held by the department to determine their eligibility and priority, and to plan for their effective release.”
Creating a data inventory is among the first steps in identifying federal data that is eligible for release. Departmental data inventories has been published on the Open Government portal, Open.Canada.ca, so that Canadians can see what federal data is collected and have the opportunity to indicate what data is of most interest to them, …
The Air Pollutant Emission Inventory (APEI) is an annual report of air pollutant emissions across Canada published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The report details the release of air pollutants from all known of sources since 1990. The APEI serves many purposes, including:
•supporting the development of and tracking progress on air quality management strategies, policies and regulations
•fulfilling Canada’s domestic and international reporting obligations
•informing Canadians about air pollutants emissions
•providing data to support Canada’s air quality health indices
Emissions data is available for the following:
Criteria air contaminants (CACs):
•Total particulate matter (TPM)
•Particulate matter less than …
The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality is below the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem. Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when substances in a river are very rarely measured above their guidelines. Conversely, water …
Terrestrial gamma dose rates, reported as ambient dose equivalent in the unit nSv/hr, are presented for the past ninety days to present. Data is measured in real-time, typically from the spectroscopic dosimeters of the Fixed Point Surveillance (FPS) Network. Dosimeter stations of this network are located in population centres and other strategic locations across Canada. Real-time data provides insight into typical levels and fluctuations of radioactivity in the Canadian environment and may provide early detection of sources of radioactivity other than environmental background.
As a reference, the Nuclear facilities and uranium mines and mills can be found in the Open …
The Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material comprises 18 variables - expressed in tonnes - that describe the production and fate of plastic in products in the Canadian economy. This table displays resin detail for this account.
The Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material comprises 18 variables - expressed in tonnes - that describe the production and fate of plastic in products in the Canadian economy. This table displays product category detail for this account.
This table shows the total water costs for the mineral extraction and thermal-electric power generation industries, by water cost component, for Canada and regions. The unit of measure is thousands of dollars.
Water costs for the mineral extraction industries at the 4-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), by water cost component, for Canada. The unit of measure is thousands of dollars.