2001 October Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Performance expectations

Develop performance expectations with clear and concrete outcomes (10.53).

While NRCan has developed clear and concrete performance expectations for its energy efficiency initiatives, a few outcome targets remain to be established (6.121).

Performance achievements

Improve performance information on the achievement of individual energy efficiency initiatives (10.60).

NRCan has adopted new performance indicators that provide additional information on performance. However, because of the difficulties with incrementality and attribution, the challenge for NRCan is to continue to improve the coverage and quality of its performance information over time (6.122 to 6.123).

Link to commitments

Expand information on the nature and extent of the contribution to Canada's climate change commitments (10.69).

NRCan has made efforts to link changes in energy use to changes in greenhouse gas emissions through energy-use trend analysis and program performance monitoring, and in its promotional material (6.124 to 6.126).

Reporting to Parliament

Enhance reporting to Parliament through improved performance and other information (10.82).

While NRCan has improved its reporting, we believe opportunities for improvement still exist (6.127 to 6.129).

Fully addressed. The original audit finding has been fully addressed and there is no need to take additional action. Our Office will not follow up further.

Satisfactory progress. Substantial progress has been made in addressing the original audit finding, but some additional action is still required. Our Office will do further follow-up work.

Some progress. Some progress has been made in addressing the original audit finding, but considerable additional action is still required to achieve the desired results. Our Office will do further follow-up work.

Unsatisfactory progress. Progress has not been made in addressing the original audit finding, and action remains outstanding. Our Office will do further follow-up work.