2023–24 Annual Report of the Canada Energy Regulator – Appendix H: Abbreviations and Definitions

PPM
Pipeline Performance Measures

SAM-COM
Set-Aside and Collection Mechanism

TMEP
Trans Mountain Expansion Project

TMX-IAMC
Trans Mountain Expansion – Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee

UN Declaration
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

UN Declaration Act
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Core Responsibility

An enduring function or role performed by a department or agency. The intentions of the department or agency with respect to a Core Responsibility are reflected in one or more related Departmental Results that the department or agency seeks to contribute to or influence.

Departmental Results Report

A report on an appropriated department’s or agency’s actual accomplishments against the plans, priorities and expected results set out in the corresponding Departmental Plan.

Performance Measure

A qualitative or quantitative means of measuring an output or outcome, with the intention of gauging the performance of an organization, program, policy, or initiative respecting expected results.

Program

Individual or groups of services, activities or combinations thereof that are managed together within the department or agency and focus on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.

Results

An external consequence attributed, in part, to an organization, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single organization, policy, program or initiative; instead, they are within the area of the organization’s influence.

Target

A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.

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2024-10-31