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Federal organization
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Roles and responsibilities
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Department of Canadian Heritage
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Develop and evaluate heritage policies.
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Provide support to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
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Parks Canada Agency
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Provide administrative support to the Historic Sites and Monuments
Board of Canada
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Assume important responsibilities in implementing federal government
policies on national historic sites, national parks, national marine
conservation areas, other protected heritage sites, and heritage protection
programs. This includes ensuring and maintaining the commemorative integrity
of the national historic sites it administers and promoting the value
of these national historic sites.
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National Archives of Canada
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Identify, acquire, and conserve records of archival value and national
importance.
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Enable management of federal agency records and departmental records.
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Authorize the transfer, disposal, or destruction of records.
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Provide access to records
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National Library of Canada
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Develop and conserve collections of Canadian publications.
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Provide access to collections of Canadian publications.
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Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office
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Evaluate and classify federal buildings, provide advice and guidance
to other federal departments, and maintain a register of federal buildings
with heritage value.
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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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Advise the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the commemoration of
historic aspects and forms of commemoration.
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Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
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Certify cultural property for income tax purposes.
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Hear appeals of applications for export permits that have been denied.
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Make determinations respecting fair cash offers to purchase cultural
property.
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On request, examine movable cultural property grant applications
and advise the Minister of Canadian Heritage who then decides to accord
or decline the grant.
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Federal departments and organizations
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Administer national historic sites and federal heritage buildings
under their responsibility in such a way to preserve the sites' and
buildings' heritage value throughout their life cycle.
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Administer and manage buildings that house heritage collections.
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Protect and manage government information in accordance with the
Management of Government Information Policy and the
National Archives
of Canada Act.
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Protect collections in accordance with the policy on management of
federal government assets.
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Treasury Board Secretariat
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Develop, monitor, and evaluate the Management of Government Information
Policy.
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Develop, monitor, and evaluate the policy on heritage buildings.
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Develop, monitor, and evaluate policies on management of movable
goods and real property.
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National museums
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Preserve and promote the heritage of Canada by establishing, maintaining,
and developing collections of works of art, objects of historical or
cultural interest, objects of natural history, and scientific and technological
objects, and contribute to the collective memory and sense of identity
of all Canadians.
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Increase, throughout Canada and internationally, interest in, knowledge
and critical understanding of, and respect for human cultural achievements
and human behaviour.
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