This annual report was prepared by the Alberta Environmental Monitoring
Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) and Environment Canada.
The report presents information on the progress made in year two (April 1, 2013
to March 31, 2014) of the Implementation Plan. The scope of this report covers the
second year of the three-year Joint Canada/Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil
Sands Monitoring, which is co-led by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource
Development on behalf of the Government of Alberta and Environment Canada on
behalf of the Government of Canada.
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA)
assumed provincial responsibility for the Joint Canada-Alberta Plan for Oil Sands
Monitoring (JOSM) upon the proclamation of the Protecting Alberta’s Environment
Act on April 28, 2014. Since its establishment, the Agency has led the Government
of Alberta’s contributions and input to JOSM, including the preparation of this report.
