This year’s theme, “No one left behind: Equality, freedom, and justice for all,” recognizes the people who have faced discrimination, violence, and injustices for being themselves and recognizes our need for unity and solidarity. #IDAHOBIT

The Auditor General of Canada, Karen Hogan, will release 3 new reports on June 4th, 2024. Read the media advisory for details: ow.ly/o7lh50RG3zC #CdnPoli

Coming in 2024: An audit of critical minerals, which are essential to Canada’s transition to cleaner energy technologies, such as batteries for electric vehicles or renewable energy generation. ow.ly/sFyG50Rn3Yq

Funding offered under Net Zero Accelerator initiative failing to attract largest emitters.

The lengthy and complex application process takes on average 407 hours to complete.

Read the report: ow.ly/acmr50RATYC #CdnPoli

Between 1990 and 2021, GHG emissions from the agriculture sector grew by 39%, mostly due to crop production.

The agriculture sector can play a key role in mitigating climate change through agricultural management practices. ow.ly/q3x950RynEH #CdnPoli

Out of 55 large emitters in Canada, only 2 signed a contribution agreement to begin decarbonizing their operations under the Net Zero Accelerator initiative.

Read the report: ow.ly/QPhJ50Ryn5J #CdnPoli

The CESD will discuss his 2023 report, Supervision of Climate-Related Financial Risks.

The report found more work is needed to fully incorporate climate-related risks in financial supervision. ow.ly/J3Em50RysJW

A National Air Accessibility Summit is being held in Ottawa today.

Our 2023 report found that work to improve accessibility must continue to achieve a barrier-free Canada. ow.ly/xT3050RAmlL #CdnPoli

The First Nations and Inuit Policing Program was created in 1991. We last audited this program in 2014 and again this time, we found critical shortcomings in how it is being managed.

Read the report: ow.ly/wj8I50RtGgO #CdnPoli

Key players need to better gather information and track the performance of the initiative to be able to say whether they are on track to reduce plastic waste.

Read the report: ow.ly/pj1B50RymBW #Cdnpoli

In 2021, governments were responsible for 76% of the $108 billion spent on infrastructure, 8% of which consisted of direct federal spending.

Read the report: ow.ly/H8s850Ry3He #CdnPoli

Learn more about GBA Plus by reading our 2022 report. We found that the federal government didn’t know whether its use of GBA Plus was achieving better gender equality outcomes for diverse groups of people. ow.ly/9AH450Rl7WB

The cost of remediating contaminated sites has increased by 59% since 2019.

In addition, most environmental and human health targets were not on track to be met.

Read the report: ow.ly/zAZz50RxfFt #CdnPoli

Mental health services are important to help people manage their mental well-being.

Learn how the Yukon government increased access to mental health services in rural communities in our Mental Health Services in Rural Yukon report: ow.ly/v6y550Roohn

#MentalHealthWeek

For Red Dress Day, we encourage everyone to learn about and increase awareness of the thousands of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people who have experienced violence in Canada.

In 2021, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada launched 3 key programs aimed at reducing GHGs, but the department had yet to develop a strategy for how it would contribute to Canada’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets. ow.ly/NJEZ50RuHO3 #CdnPoli

If the Net Zero Accelerator does not secure credible emission reduction, the federal government might not fulfill its commitments, which would undermine efforts to address climate change.

Read the report: ow.ly/40qp50RuHgt #CdnPoli

All the organizations had begun implementing waste-reduction activities, but a lack of information needed on plastic waste did not allow them to know whether their activities would achieve their goals. ow.ly/3nUj50RuH7x #CdnPoli

It was not until 2017 that the federal government addressed the issue of reducing the environmental impact of construction materials.

Read the report Greening of Building Materials in Public Infrastructure: ow.ly/Y2aY50RuGEP #CdnPoli

Although work was undertaken to remediate contaminated sites, the total financial liability for these sites is now over $10 billion.

Read the report: ow.ly/Z5ME50RuGlA #CdnPoli