Grants and Contributions
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In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$1,261,579.00
May 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Nechalacho Rare Earth Demonstration Project
2021-CN-000709
A two-year project to demonstrate the economic feasibility of rare earth element (REE) oxide extraction technology in the Northwest Territories’ (NWT) mining sector. CRC will use a sensor-based ore sorting process that will concentrate REE oxides on-site before shipping for further processing. This mechanically-based process results in a lowered environmental impact due to the elimination of tailing ponds that accompany metal mining. CRC will leverage the project results to expand this demonstration into full scale extraction and sorting operations. The project site has already undergone an environmental assessment before the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, and was granted approval for a full-scale expansion. CRC has established a partnership with Det’on Cho Management LP, the economic arm of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, for the completion of this project.