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Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Program code
BWQ01 (NPA)
Core responsibility
Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2018-19: $230KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2019-20: $238KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2020-21: $236KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2021-22: $256KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2022-23: $299KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2023-24: $336KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2024-25: $400KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2025-26: $568KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2026-27: $570KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2027-28: $570KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project 2028-29: $570KOversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline ProjectThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$2M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

No significant changes detected.

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

The Agency will respond to company and public correspondence within 15 business days of receipt.
Expected result: The Agency will maintain the appropriate minimum level of preparation activities for a regulatory framework, so as to remain prepared to ramp up quickly to effectively regulate and facilitate the planning and construction of the pipeline should the project proceed.
100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-2280% – 100%2022100%Met
2022-2380% – 100%2023100%Met
2023-2480% – 100%2024100%Met
2024-2580% – 100%2025100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

The Agency will respond to company and public correspondence within 15 business days of receipt.
Expected result: The Agency will maintain the appropriate minimum level of preparation activities for a regulatory framework, so as to remain prepared to ramp up quickly to effectively regulate and facilitate the planning and construction of the pipeline should the project proceed.
80%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-2780% – 100%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $494K2018-19: $230K2018-192019-20: $1.1M2019-20: $238K2019-202020-21: $1.1M2020-21: $236K2020-212021-22: $572K2021-22: $256K2021-222022-23: $572K2022-23: $299K2022-232023-24: $573K2023-24: $336K2023-242024-25: $570K2024-25: $400K2024-252025-26: $568K2025-262026-27: $570K2026-272027-28: $570K2027-282028-29: $570K2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$494K$230K
2019-20$1.1M$238K
2020-21$1.1M$236K
2021-22$572K$256K
2022-23$572K$299K
2023-24$573K$336K
2024-25$570K$400K
2025-26$568K—
2026-27$570K—
2027-28$570K*—
2028-29$570K*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 12018-19: 12018-192019-20: 42019-20: 12019-202020-21: 42020-21: 12020-212021-22: 42021-22: 12021-222022-23: 42022-23: 12022-232023-24: 42023-24: 12023-242024-25: 42024-25: 12024-252025-26: 22025-262026-27: 22026-272027-28: 22027-282028-29: 22028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-1911
2019-2041
2020-2141
2021-2241
2022-2341
2023-2441
2024-2541
2025-262—
2026-272—
2027-282*—
2028-292*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.