Classes of records – Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

Advocacy and coordination

Description: Includes records relating to activity that aims to advance the Canadian prairie interests in national policies, priorities and program through coordinating effective responses by key stakeholders reflecting improved understanding and awareness of regional issues and opportunities. Records may include information pertaining to research and analysis on national and/or regional issues and priorities, prairie economics and sector profiles, interests of key partners and stakeholders, and prairie capabilities. Records may also include information pertaining to Cabinet affairs, such as briefings and responses to House of Commons or Senate questions, petitions and motions. In addition, records may include information related to PrairiesCan engagement of stakeholder to lever long-term industrial development and economic activity in Canada through Industrial Technological Benefits/Value Proposition as they apply to defence procurement and related industries. May also include information pertaining national funding approvals federal/provincial economic agreements, and amendments if required, as well as information pertaining to federal/provincial negotiations concerning mutual priorities, industry sector-specific agreements, correspondence with other federal departments, authorities, and funding proposals.

Notes: This category of records may include information about completed agreements such as: Economic Regional Development Agreements (1994); Urban Development Agreements (2010); Northern Development Agreements (2011); Western Economic Partnership Agreements (2013). Files pertaining to the Urban Aboriginal Strategy Program were transferred to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, sector profiles, environmental scans, planning and reporting documents, Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions, presentations, framework documents, guidelines, processes, planned funding, calls for proposals, funding requests and projects proposals, statements of work, letters of interest, position papers, federal/provincial agreements or memoranda of understanding, statistical reports, newsletters, news releases, newspaper clippings, and media transcripts, company capability profiles, briefing notes, briefing books, meeting minutes, reports, research contracts, trade shows and events.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 300

Business productivity

Description: Includes records relating to initiatives that strengthen the overall innovation system in the prairies through capacity building in support of commercialization of knowledge-based products, processes and services. Records may include information pertaining to Western Diversification Program project proposals and funding approval within this program, and amendments if required.

Notes: This category of records may include information about expired programs: Innovation and Community Investment Program (2005); Canadian Foundation for Innovation Support Program (2007).

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, information requests, funding requests and project proposals, business plans, program criteria, project evaluations, due diligence reports, meeting minutes, contribution agreements and amendments, payment claims, financial statements, project rejections, project inventory reports, de-committed projects, audits, issues reports, statistical reports, program evaluation reports, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, brochures.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 110

Business services

Description: Includes records relating to initiatives that support Canadian prairie businesses, business service providers, industry, and research organizations to undertake initiatives to enhance business productivity, competitiveness and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. Records may include information pertaining to funding of the Prairies Business Service Network (PBSN) partners, and amendments if required. May also include information pertaining to the PBSN, such as: regional and pan-western initiatives, research and studies, internship programs, meetings and conferences, investment funds, and regional issues. Records may also include Western Diversification Program project proposals and funding approvals within this program, including the Economic Development Initiative (EDI). May also include information related to EDI program delivery, annual reporting requirements, and program audit and evaluations reports.

Notes: This category of records may include information about expired programs: International Trade Personnel Program (2005).

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, internal policies, risk management documents, PBSN board meeting minutes, operating plan reviews, research reports, funding requests and project proposals, business plans, contribution agreements and amendments, project rejections, project inventory reports, decommited projects, financial statements, annual reports, performance measurements, statistical reports, payment claims, program evaluation reports, impact studies, regional issues, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, brochures.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 105

Community development

Description: Includes records relating to initiatives that strengthen the viability of the local economy, enhance community capacity, and increase the participation of community members by encouraging and supporting them in grassroots economic development. Records may include information pertaining to funding approvals for the Francophone Economic Development Organizations (FEDOs) in the Canadian prairies, and amendments if required. May also include information pertaining to the FEDOs, such as: regional and pan-western initiatives, information, research and studies, internship programs, meetings and conferences, and regional issues. Additionally, records may include information to Western Diversification Program project proposals and funding approvals within this program, including the Economic Development Initiative and amendments if required.

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, internal policies, risk management documents, FEDO board or other committee meeting minutes, operating plan reviews, research reports, information inquiries, funding requests and project proposals, operating plan review documents, due diligence reports, business plans, contribution agreements and amendments, project rejections, project inventory reports, de-committed projects, financial statements, annual reports, performance measurements, statistical reports, payment claims, program evaluation reports, impact studies, regional issues, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, brochures.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 205

Community Futures Program

Description: Includes records relating to the Community Futures Program in the Canadian prairies, which builds the capacity of rural communities to realize their full economic potential by aiding the development and implementation of local solutions to local problems. Records may include information pertaining to national funding approvals for the Community Futures Program delivery in the prairies, and contribution agreements with the individual Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) and provincial Community Futures Associations for operational funding and/or specific projects, including amendments if required. May also include information related services provided to rural entrepreneurs by individual CFDCs, including: business counseling, loan programs and services targeted to entrepreneurs with disabilities (Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program), or other community economic development or economic adjustment funding programs or initiatives, annual reporting requirements, governance structures, and program audits and evaluation reports.

Notes: This category of records may include information about discontinued programs: The Western Youth Entrepreneurship Program (2001).

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, internal policies, risk management documents, contribution agreements, amendments, operating plan reviews, business plans, project proposals, evaluation criteria, due diligence reports, statistical reports, monitoring reports, payment claims, meeting information, financial statements, annual reports, Board of Directors lists, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, audit and evaluation reports.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 210

Economic analysis

Description: Includes records relating to activity that strives to increase understanding of the Canadian prairies’ challenges, opportunities and priorities through conducting research and disseminating results to support internal and external policy and program development. Records may include information pertaining to national funding approvals for initiatives, and amendments if required. May also include information concerning economic metrics related to the Prairies economy, papers or other research products, project information related to PrairiesCan investments, development and implementation of initiatives, federal/provincial task forces, memoranda of understanding, federal science and technology strategies.

Document types: Policy documents, statistical spreadsheets on economic issues, sector/cluster profiles, databases containing economic metrics, regional issues, success stories, brochures, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, briefing notes, and Memoranda to Cabinet, presentations.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 305

Infrastructure programs

Description: Includes records relating to community infrastructure funding in the Canadian prairies to meet the Government of Canada’s commitment to growth and the quality of life of Canadians. Infrastructure projects include the development of roads and bridges, transit systems, water and sewer facilities, municipal buildings, community, cultural and recreational facilities, educational facilities, green projects and other social infrastructure. These records may include information pertaining to national funding approvals for infrastructure funding, federal/provincial agreements and amendments if required, negotiations with provincial governments, federal/provincial infrastructure secretariats, memoranda of understanding, program criteria, and project information.

Document types: Policy documents, presentations, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, ministerial or parliamentary inquiries, funding guidelines, terms and conditions, funding enquiries, application forms, project information, project analysis and recommendations, environmental assessments, letters of offer, project rejections, contribution agreements and amendments, payment claims, financial statements, site photos, communications plans, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, media transcripts, media summaries, signage, congratulatory letters, newsletters, audit and evaluation plans, reports, surveys, federal/provincial reports, committee minutes, budgets, statistical reports, workshops.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 200

Targeted economic initiatives

Description: Includes records relating to economic activity in Canadian prairie communities, on a temporary basis, through targeted economic stimulus or adjustment, to provide timely response to the most pressing locals needs, consistent with government priorities. Records may include information pertaining to the Government of Canada’s economic stimulus activities in specific industry sectors affected by economic downtowns or as a result of environmental conditions, or economic recovery and investment programs, national economic policy/project development and implementation, initiatives with Community Futures Development Corporations, and federal/provincial consultations and collaborative projects. May also include information relating to such economic adjustment activities, such as: COVID-19 Economic Relief Response Plan, Canada Coal Transition Initiative, Strategy on Tourism and Jobs, Community Adjustment Fund, West Coast Community Adjustment Program, Mountain Pine Beetle Program, and other similar programs or initiatives.

Notes: This category of records may include information about expired programs: The Canada-Manitoba Partnership Agreement on Red River Valley (2005); Softwood Industry Community Economic Adjustment Initiative (2005); Community Economic Diversification Initiative were (2010).

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, presentations, action plans, discussion papers, ministerial or parliamentary enquiries, federal/provincial agreements or memoranda of understanding, performance measurements, terms and conditions, funding criteria, information requests, funding requests and project proposals, business plans, program criteria, project evaluations, due diligence reports, meeting minutes, contribution agreements and amendments, payment claims, financial statements, project rejections, project inventory reports, de-committed projects, audit and evaluation plans and reports, issues reports, statistical reports, environmental assessments, program evaluation reports, communication plans, surveys, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, brochures, signage.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 215

Technology commercialization

Description: Includes records relating to initiatives that aim to increase the commercialization of knowledge-based products, process and services in the prairies. Records may include information pertaining to the Western Diversification Program, including the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative project proposals and funding approvals within this program, and amendments if required. May also include information pertaining to the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Development Strategy policies and departmental requirements, draft and final departmental strategies, stakeholder awareness, support for project that develop, commercialize, adopt and/or adapt environmental technologies and processes, or to the environmental sector for capacity building, marketing development and to development management capacity, and green procurement activities.

Note: This category of records may include information about expired programs: First Jobs in Science and Technology Program (2005).

Document types: Policy documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, action plans, discussion papers, performance measurements, annual progress reports, information requests, funding requests and project proposals, business plans, program criteria, project evaluations, due diligence reports, credit check reports, meeting minutes, contribution agreements and amendments, payment claims, financial statements, project rejections, project inventory reports, de-committed projects, audits, issues reports, statistical reports, strategic environmental assessments, program evaluation reports, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, brochures, staff awareness events.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 115

Trade, investment and market access

Description: Includes records relating to initiatives that enhance the Canadian prairies’ small and medium-sized enterprises, research institutes and industry associations’ international business engagement and attracts investment to the region, including opportunities linked to government procurement. Records may include federal/provincial trade missions and trade teams, prairie trade tours, trade consortia, Asia-Pacific and continental trade corridors, current trade issues, trade agreements and negotiations, world trade centres, the North American Platform Program (NAPP), trade initiatives including trade and product shows, and investment attraction and market penetration. Records may also include information pertaining to Western Diversification Program project proposals and funding approvals within this program, and amendments if required. May also include information relating to federal procurement activities with respect to Major Crown Projects and Industrial Technological Benefits, PrairiesCan procurement activities in conjunction with the western provincial governments, plans and correspondence pertaining to policy-oriented issues or agreements among the provinces, provincial procurement initiatives, federal procurement projects, descriptions, statistics and other related materials.

Note: This category of records may include information about expired programs and initiatives: International Trade Personnel Program (2005); United States Enhanced Representation Initiative (2008).

Document types: Policy and framework documents, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, meeting minutes, research reports, research contracts, Enhanced Representation Initiative (ERI) program information, funding criteria, statement of work, federal/provincial agreements, memoranda of understanding, funding requests and project proposals, business plans, financial statements, project analysis and recommendations, contribution agreements and amendments, payment claims, annual reports, performance measurements, audit and evaluation reports, statistical reports, newsletters, news releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and media transcripts, trade conferences.

Disclosure summaries: No disclosures pursuant to 4.2.26 of the Directive on Privacy Practices.

Record number: PEDC 100