The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) is a government-wide program co-led by Environment and Climate Change Canada and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, to reduce risks to human health and the environment and associated financial liabilities. The FCSAP was recently renewed with funding of $1.2 billion from 2020-2024 along with another $2.2 billion from 2020-2034 for the Northern Abandoned Mines Reclamation Program (NAMRP) via Budget 2019. This presentation will provide an overview of the federal contaminated sites related programs, the current forecasts for private sector support starting April 1, 2020, and the various procurement approaches, including ways to encourage participation of Indigenous companies and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Jeremy Anglesey, Program Manager, Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan Secretariat, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jeremy Anglesey is Program Manager within Environment and Climate Change Canada which provides the Secretariat for the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP). In this role, he is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the delivery of FCSAP by assisting the federal custodial community in planning, oversight, and reporting of program progress. In particular, he facilitates the development and approval of key submissions to seek program and funding approval as well as the associated key performance metrics.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) develops government-wide policy and provides guidance on the management of federal assets (i.e., Treasury Board Policy on Management of Real Property), which includes requirements relating to the management of federal contaminated sites. In accordance with policy, TBS also administers the Directory of Federal Real Property (DFRP) and the Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory (FCSI), the latter in which federal organizations are required to report specified data on all known or suspected contaminated sites.

To date, departments, agencies and consolidated Crown corporations have identified and classified over 24,000 contaminated or suspected contaminated sites in urban, rural and remote areas across Canada. The FCSI publicly displays a standard set of basic tombstone about these contaminated sites and annually-updated information for federal contaminated sites.

This presentation will provide a summary of policy requirements related to the management of contaminated sites, information management and reporting requirements for contaminated sites and an overview of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan.

Beth MacDonald, Senior Advisor, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Beth MacDonald is a senior advisor with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and her primary role is to provide advice and guidance on the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP). A Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Dalhousie University, Beth is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and a Certified Internal Auditor. Since joining the federal government in 2003, Beth has enjoyed a diverse career in multiple departments.

Sarah Orovan, Real Property Policy Analyst, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Sarah Orovan is a real property policy analyst with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and currently provides policy advice on a variety of real property and contaminated sites issues. A graduate of both Queen’s University (Masters of Urban and Regional Planning) and the University of Ottawa (B.Soc.Sc.), she started working for the government at the Privy Council Office in 2009 and moved to TBS in 2011. Prior to joining the federal government, Sarah worked in the environmental stream with private sector and non-profit organizations.

The Procurement Policy Division, as part of the Office of the Comptroller General in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS), would like to leverage this Workshop to present on the new Treasury Board Directive on Government Contracts, Including Real Property Leases, in the Nunavut Settlement Area (the Directive), which will have come into effect on December 20, 2019.

Article 24 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (Nunavut Agreement) includes obligations related to government contracts, including real property leases, in the Nunavut Settlement Area (NSA). In 2006, the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the designated Inuit organization representing the Inuit of Nunavut, brought an action against the Government of Canada on the grounds that the government had failed to meet the terms of the Nunavut Agreement. The litigation was settled out of court in 2015 and included monetary damages and a requirement for the government to develop and implement a Nunavut-specific procurement policy in consultation with NTI.

The Directive is the response to Canada’s obligation to develop a policy instrument for government contracting in the NSA. It implements requirements across the federal government to ensure that support is provided to Inuit firms to enable them to compete for government contracts, including real property leases.

The Directive represents a shift in Canada’s procurement and leasing practices within the NSA. It is imperative that procurement and real property practitioners thoroughly understand the Directive as it prescribes new procedures that may be unfamiliar to them. With remediation is being conducted in the NSA TBS thought it important to disseminate the information to the members of the federal contaminated sites community. This presentation will provide an overview of the Directive, including key requirements, and how it will impact the federal government procurement and real property leasing in the NSA. The tools developed by the Government of Canada to help public servants implement and apply the Directive will also be presented.

Danielle Aubin, Director, Strategic Policy, Procurement Policy Division, Office of the Comptroller General
Danielle has been working at the Treasury Board’s Procurement Policy Division since 2013. She has been Director, Strategic Policy since August 2017. She is responsible for developing new procurement policies and guidance documents, and she also coordinates guidance and information sessions on procurement issues. Danielle has held strategic policy positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Public Safety and the Privy Council Office. She began her career at TBS in the Programs Sector, gaining valuable experience in defence-related matters. Danielle holds an M.A. in Public Administration and a B.A. in Canadian Studies from Queen’s University.