Section IV – Other Items of Interest

Footnotes

[1] Canada Transportation Act, section 5. (Return to footnote 1 source paragraph)

[2] Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – Whole-of-Government Framework.
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[3] Operational priorities improve Transport Canada's ability to achieve better results for Canadians through improvements to how programs are delivered. (Return to footnote 3 source paragraph)

[4] Management priorities focus on improving Transport Canada's management practices, controls or systems in such areas as human resources, risk management, and real property management. (Return to footnote 4 source paragraph)

[5] The Corporate Risk Profile helps Transport Canada establish a direction for managing departmental risks. The profile presents a snapshot of the Department's risk status at a particular point in time. (Return to footnote 5 source paragraph)

[6] Environment Canada, Analysis and Modeling Division, May 10, 2012. (Return to footnote 6 source paragraph)

[7] Environment Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory, 2012. (Return to footnote 7 source paragraph)

[8] Airport Authorities' lease payments were first deposited directly into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2010-11, instead of being credited to vote-netting revenue. In compensation for this change Transport Canada received a permanent increase to its reference level. (Return to footnote 8 source paragraph)

[9] Expected result is an outcome towards which Transport Canada is contributing through various activities in its Program Activity Architecture. (Return to footnote 9 source paragraph)

[10] Performance indicator is a statistic or parameter that, tracked over time, provides information on trends in the condition of an activity. (Return to footnote 10 source paragraph)

[11] Target is a specific performance goal tied to a performance indicator against which actual performance will be compared. (Return to footnote 11 source paragraph)

[12] A Program is defined as a group of related resource inputs and activities that are designed and managed to address specific needs, achieve intended results, and are treated as a budgetary unit. The Program Activity represents the largest identifiable program(s) that the Department manages. (Return to footnote 12 source paragraph)

[13] Twenty-foot equivalent units. (Return to footnote 13 source paragraph)

[14] Gross capital stock is the value of all fixed assets still in use, at the actual or estimated current purchasers' prices for new assets of the same type, irrespective of the age of the assets. (Return to footnote 14 source paragraph)

[15] See Infrastructure Canada - Reports for Infrastructure Canada's Departmental Performance Report for 2011-12. (Return to footnote 15 source paragraph)

[16] Canada's National Inventory Reported attributed 28 percent of Canada's total greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions to transportation activities in 2010. However, when GHG emissions are allocated by economic sectors (for example, pipeline emissions to the oil and gas sector), the transportation sector share of Canada's total GHG emissions is 24 percent. (Return to footnote 16 source paragraph)

[17] For more information on the project, please visit www.metrolinx.com/schooltravel. (Return to footnote 17 source paragraph)

[18] Emission intensity is the amount of a pollutant emitted per unit of activity. (Return to footnote 18 source paragraph)

[19] Natural Resources Canada, Comprehensive Energy Use Database Tables, 2009. (Return to footnote 19 source paragraph)

[20] Ballast is defined as any solid or liquid that is brought on board a vessel to increase the draft, change the trim, regulate the stability or maintain stress loads within acceptable limits. (Return to footnote 20 source paragraph)

[21] Ship source pollution spills refers to a spill that has been detected and linked directly to a known vessel. (Return to footnote 21 source paragraph)

[22] The 2000-09 ten-year average target of 6.4 was based on preliminary data. Based on final data for hours flown, the actual target should be changed to 6.7. (Return to footnote 22 source paragraph)

[23] For example, in spring 2012, the Auditor General of Canada reported on Oversight of Civil Aviation (Chapter 5) (Return to footnote 23 source paragraph)

[24] Vehicle-kilometres travelled information is unavailable for 2010, so the absolute fatality and injury counts were used instead of fatality and injury rates. (Return to footnote 24 source paragraph)

[25] The data for 2010 are preliminary and subject to revision, once more complete data are received by Transport Canada. (Return to footnote 25 source paragraph)

[26] In addition to these changes, there were also three adjustments made by the Air Cargo Security Major Crown Project, in order to accelerate the Project's implementation and to allow for the mutual recognition of the security of foreign cargo. (Return to footnote 26 source paragraph)

[27] In August 2011, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority commissioned a Harris Decima survey, in which a majority of Canadians expressed confidence in the security of Canada's aviation system. (Return to footnote 27 source paragraph)

[28] Management and Oversight Services include the following service groupings: Strategic Policy, Economic Analysis, Government Relations, Executive Services, Corporate Planning and Reporting, Programs and Services Management, Internal Audit, Evaluation and Crown Corporation Governance. (Return to footnote 28 source paragraph)