DR Fund

Initiatives Funded in 1999-2000

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

$60,250 to continue its DR training and awareness initiative, and to support the development of an information resource base within the Agency

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

$52,500 to support the implementation of DR by the Agency in its role as employer and regulator of the food industry

Canadian Industrial Relations Board

$50,000 to support a DR training program for vice-chairs and members of the Board member as well as labour relations officers to meet the new statutory authority given the Board to use DR

Canadian International Development Agency

$50,000 to support the development and implementation of DR policies and mechanisms in relation to CIDA's contracting activities.

Canadian International Trade Tribunal

$19,200 to support a training program for Tribunal members and staff to assist in case management and to increase the effectiveness of pre-hearing conferences and hearings

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

$39,600 to continue the implementation of a DR framework for the Commission and to provide training in support of this initiative

Canadian Transportation Agency

$36,000 to continue its pilot to design and implement a new DR system to minimize litigation in which the Agency is involved.

Correctional Services of Canada

$250,000 to support the development and implementation of 17 Dispute Resolution programs in federal penal institutions across the country, as administered and overseen by a National Steering Committee convened for this purpose

DIAND (Major Projects Branch)

$100,800 to continue the initiative of using exploratory dialogues with survivors of residential schools abuse across the country to identify appropriate non-litigious methods of resolution

Environment Canada

$100,000 to continue the implementation of its initiative to develop and implement negotiation frameworks and guidelines under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Fisheries and Oceans

$75,000 to provide continued training and educational support to the department's Office of Early Conflict Resolution

Fisheries and Oceans (Responsible Fishing)

$60,000 to support the implementation of the Department's DR-oriented Responsible Fishing strategy

Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission

$30,000 to implement a program to develop a DR policy framework and guidelines to assist the Commission in carrying out its statutory mandate more effectively and efficiently

HRDC - Income Security

$200,000 to support the implementation of DR programs and pilots to achieve early resolution of disputes in the context of the Canada Pension Plan disability program

HRDC - Labour

$100,000 to support the continued implementation of two regional pilot projects to use DR in unjust dismissal and wage recovery disputes

HRDC - Nova Scotia Region

$70,000 to support a pilot project to use DR to resolve Employment Insurance disputes prior to entering the appeal system

Human Rights Commission

$91,000 to continue the implementation of a mediation program to resolve disputes at the pre-investigation stage, and to provide training in support of this program

Human Rights Tribunal

$50,790.00 to continue the development of a mediation program in cases before the Tribunal and to provide training in support of this program

Immigration and Refugee Board

$54,300 to support the non-salary costs of expansion of the IRB's pilot to use mediation to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the sponsorship appeals process.

National Defence

$70,400 to implement a pilot project to develop DR strategies, provide training and to support DND staff in their mediation activities related to claims in the Department's Claims and Civil Litigation Directorate

National Energy Board

$80,000 to establish a DR process to be used as an alternative to formal hearings in the determination of detailed pipeline routes

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

$58,160 to review and revise current practices to use DR to improve the efficiency, timeliness and participatory nature of the Board's price review process

Public Service Commission

$116,000 to introduce DR to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of appeals filed with the Commission's Recourse Branch under the Public Service Employment Act.

RCMP

$100,000 to continue the development and implementation of interactive, electronic DR training, in partnership with the Department of National Defence and Correctional Services Canada

RCMP - Public Complaints Commission

$50,000 to formulate a DR strategy, including the development of a mediation model, to support the resolution of complaints before they become formalized and before advancing to the Commission's review stage

RCMP (British Columbia)

$25,000 to continue the Kelowna-based DR training and education program for members of "E" Detachment

Revenue Canada

$75,000 to continue the implementation of a new conflict management system to address employment disputes as Revenue Canada moves to new agency status

Revenue Canada (Appeals Division)

$115,000 to support the establishment and operation of a pilot project to use mediation to improve the efficiency of and client satisfaction with the administrative appeals process

Revenue Canada (International Tax Directorate)

$65,000 to support the development and provision of specialized education to form the basis of a new conflict management system within the Transfer, Pricing and Competent Authority Division

Revenue Canada (Scientific Research and Experimental Development)

$56,000 to support the design and training components of the development of a DR program to resolve disputes in the Scientific Research and Development Program