Introduction
In 2018, Parliament passed the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act. The departmental plans and departmental results reports are being used to fulfill the President of the Treasury Board’s obligations to make public, every year, analysis on the impacts of expenditure programs on gender and diversity.
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus governance and capacity
Governance
Given that the Northern Pipeline Agency is in a ramped down condition and utilizes only one FTE, no key actions were taken to advance the implementation of GBA Plus governance in the Agency during 2023-24.
Capacity
No major initiatives were undertaken and there were no previous initiatives identified.
Human Resources dedicated to GBA Plus: 0 full-time equivalants
Section 2: Gender and diversity impacts, by program
Core Responsibility: Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project.
Program Name: Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project.
Program Goals: GBA Plus was not applied to the limited activities undertaken by the Agency.
Target Population: The Program does not have a target population. (See Definitions section below.)
Key program impacts on gender and diversity
Not available.
GBA Plus data collection plan:
The Agency did not take any notable actions in 2023-24 and none are planned to be taken immediately to develop and improve data collection and analysis tools for the program impact assessment.
Definitions
Scales
Gender scale
- First group: predominantly men (80% or more men)
- Second group: 60% to 79% men
- Third group: broadly gender-balanced
- Fourth group: 60% to 79% women
- Fifth group: predominantly women (80% or more women)
Income level scale
- First group: strongly benefits low income individuals (strongly progressive)
- Second group: somewhat benefits low income individuals (somewhat progressive)
- Third group: no significant distributional impacts
- Fourth group: somewhat benefits high income individuals (somewhat regressive)
- Fifth group: strongly benefits high income individuals (strongly regressive)
Age group scale
- First group: primarily benefits youth, children or future generations
- Second group: no significant intergenerational impacts or impacts on generations between youths and seniors
- Third group: primarily benefits seniors or the baby boom generation