A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans, and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
Key priorities
The Northern Pipeline Agency’s top priorities for 2025-26 are as follows:
- remain prepared to ramp up quickly the Agency and its activities in response to the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline (AHGP) project; and
- respond to any incoming requests from the AHGP project proponent, Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. (Foothills), and any inquiries from other government agencies, Indigenous peoples and the public
Highlights
In 2025-26, total planned spending (including internal services) for the Northern Pipeline Agency (Agency) is $567,540 and total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 2. For complete information on the Agency’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full plan.
The following provides a summary of the Agency’s planned achievements for 2025-26 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Core responsibility 1: Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project.
Planned spending: $567,540
Planned human resources: 2 full-time equivalents
Departmental results:
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 Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline project proceed.
In February 2013, Foothills informed the Agency that no further work is planned on the AHGP project at this time and that it will await further commercial interest before recommencing its efforts. For 2025-26, the Agency remains prepared to ramp up activities in response to a potential need to carry out work expected on the AHGP project.
More information about Oversee and regulate the planning and construction of the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline Project can be found in the full plan.