Auditor General Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

appropriate Minister

ministre compétent

appropriate Minister has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Financial Administration Act; (ministre compétent)

Auditor General

vérificateur général

Auditor General means the Auditor General of Canada appointed pursuant to subsection 3(1); (vérificateur général)

category I department

ministère de catégorie I

category I department means

• (a) any department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act,

• (b) any department in respect of which a direction has been made under subsection 24(3), and

• (c) any department set out in the schedule; (ministère de catégorie I)

Commissioner

commissaire

Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development appointed under subsection 15.1(1); (commissaire)

Crown corporation

société d’État

Crown corporation has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 83 of the Financial Administration Act; (société d’État)

department

ministère

department has the meaning assigned to that term by section 2 of the Financial Administration Act; (ministère)

funding agreement

accord de financement

funding agreement, in respect of a corporation, means an agreement in writing under which the corporation receives funding from Her Majesty in right of Canada, either directly or through an agent or mandatary of Her Majesty, including by way of a loan, but does not include a construction contract, a goods contract or a service contract; (accord de financement)

not-for-profit corporation

société sans but lucratif

not-for-profit corporation means a corporation no part of whose income is payable to or otherwise available for the personal benefit of any of its members or shareholders; (société sans but lucratif)

recipient corporation

société bénéficiaire

recipient corporation means any not-for-profit corporation, or any corporation without share capital, that has, in any five consecutive fiscal years, received a total of $100,000,000 or more under one or more funding agreements, but does not include any such corporation that is

• (a) a Crown corporation,

• (b) a departmental corporation as defined in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act,

• (c) a municipality,

• (d) a cooperative, other than a non-profit cooperative,

• (e) a corporation that receives, on an ongoing basis, at least half of its funding from a municipality or the government of a province or of a foreign state, or from any agency of a municipality or any such government,

• (f) a corporation that is controlled by a municipality or a government other than the Government of Canada, or

• (g) an international organization; (société bénéficiaire)

registrar

registraire

registrar means the Bank of Canada and a registrar appointed under Part IV of the Financial Administration Act; (registraire)

sustainable development

développement durable

sustainable development means development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs; (développement durable)

sustainable development strategy

stratégie de développement durable

sustainable development strategy, with respect to a category I department, means the department’s objectives, and plans of action, to further sustainable development. (stratégie de développement durable)