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In order to meet the information requirements of senior management at Environment Canada (EC) and to fulfill a Treasury Board (TB) commitment, an evaluation of the Enforcement Program was conducted. This evaluation was part of Environment Canada’s Audit and Evaluation Plan for 2007–2008 to 2009–2010, which was approved by the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee on April 18, 2007. Environment Canada’s Audit and Evaluation Branch (AEB) conducted the evaluation in the 2008–2009 fiscal year.
The objective of the evaluation of the Enforcement Program was to assess issues related to the Program’s relevance, design and delivery, success and cost-effectiveness. The evaluation covered the four-year time frame from 2004–2005 to 2007–2008. The evaluation focused particularly on the period following the creation of the Enforcement Branch in June 2005 and also addressed significant developments for the Program that occurred in 2008–2009. In addition, the evaluation of the Environmental Enforcement Intelligence Program, previously planned for 2007–2008, was integrated into this broader evaluation of the Enforcement Program.5
This document presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation of the Enforcement Program and is organized in the following way. Section 2 provides background information on the Enforcement Program. Section 3 presents the purpose and scope of the evaluation and the methods used to conduct the evaluation. Section 4 presents the evaluation’s findings. Sections 5 and 6 present, respectively, the conclusions and recommendations.
5 The mandate of the Environmental Enforcement Intelligence Program was previously expanded to include the Public Safety and Anti-Terrorism (PSAT) agenda, and funding was provided to enhance and improve the program. A decision was taken to evaluate the entire Intelligence Program as part of the evaluation of the Enforcement Program rather than just the PSAT component.