Reports to Parliament

Departmental Results Reports

Departmental Results Reports (DRRs), formerly known as Departmental Performance Reports, are individual department and agency accounts of results achieved against planned performance expectations as set out in respective Departmental Plans (formerly Reports on Plans and Priorities). DRRs cover the most recently completed fiscal year and are tabled in Parliament in the fall by the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the ministers who preside over the appropriation-dependent departments and agencies identified in Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act.

Departmental Plans

Departmental Plans (DPs), formerly known as Reports on Plans and Priorities, are individual expenditure plans for each department and agency (excluding Crown corporations). These reports provide increased levels of detail over a three-year period on an organization's main priorities by strategic outcomes, program activities and planned/expected results, including links to related resource requirements. The DPs also provide details on human resource requirements, major capital projects, grants and contributions, and net program costs. They are tabled in Parliament by the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the ministers who preside over the appropriation-dependent departments and agencies identified in Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act.

Administration of the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act

The Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (ATIP) became law on July 1, 1983.

The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any person present in Canada, the right of access to information contained in government records, subject to certain specific and limited exceptions.

The Privacy Act extends to individuals the right of access to information about themselves held by the government, subject to specific and limited exceptions. The Act also protects the privacy of individuals by preventing others from having access to their personal information and gives individuals substantial control over its collection, use and disclosure.

Section 72 of the Access to Information Act and Section 72 of the Privacy Act require that the head of every government institution prepare for submission to Parliament, an annual report on the administration of the Acts within the institution during each financial year.

These reports are intended to describe how the Canadian Space Agency administered its responsibilities during the period covered by the reports in relation to the Acts.