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Name of transfer payment program |
Oceans Network Canada – Smart Oceans Contribution Program |
|---|---|
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Start date |
October 3, 2014 |
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End date |
March 31, 2017 |
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Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2014–15 |
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Strategic Outcome |
A clean transportation system |
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Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
Program 2.2: Clean Water from Transportation Sub-program 2.2.1: Clean Water Regulatory Framework |
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Description |
The Program supports the recipient’s activities to operate its network of infrastructure in order to deliver data and data products for a wide-range of stakeholders for the purposes of marine safety, environmental monitoring and protection, and public safety. |
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Expected results |
Help protect the coastal ocean environment by building a baseline of water quality data, ecosystem health indices and real-time sound-in-the-sea data in critical coastal areas. Help improve marine safety by collecting data on ocean currents, waves, marine mammals and ships, and developing data products that communicate sea state, marine traffic and potential marine navigation hazards. |
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Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Not applicable |
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Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2018–19 |
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General targeted recipient groups |
The sole eligible recipient of contribution funding under this program is Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a not-for-profit entity created under the Society Act of the Province of British Columbia. |
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Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
Not applicable |
| Forecast Spending
2014–15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($)
2015–16 |
Planned Spending ($)
2016–17 |
Planned Spending ($)
2017–18 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 4,200,000 | 7,400,000 | 8,400,000 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total transfer payments | 4,200,000 | 7,400,000 | 8,400,000 | 0 |