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Main transfer payment programs (TPPs)

Innovation, development of entrepreneurship and access program for SMEs (IDEA-SME) (voted item)

Start date: April 1, 1995

End date: March 31, 2007

Description:

The IDEA-SME program primarily targets enterprise development. Its goal is to foster the growth of business generated by enterprises in all Quebec regions by facilitating, among other things, access to relevant information, awareness of enterprises' development issues, establishment of strategic enterprises, and consolidation of their competitiveness through new business practices, innovation and commercialization. In this way, the program fosters realization of the regions' economic development potential, leading in the long term to enhanced prosperity and sustainable employment. The IDEA-SME program has a social economy component whereby it can fund social economy enterprises, make regional patient capital funds available to them and foster development of their competencies and capabilities.

Strategic outcomes: Vitality of communities and Enterprises' competitiveness

Results achieved:

• increase in awareness of innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship
• increase in identification and integration of new technology
• increase in commercialization of products arising out of innovation
• increase in enterprises' productivity with a view to making them more competitive on the international scene
• support testing and experimentation activities in the natural resources sector in regions whose economy is heavily resource-based
• increase in SMEs' activities on international markets and consolidation of exporting SMEs' position
• stimulation of the emergence of initiatives aimed at enterprise startups and improvement in the business climate
• reinforcement of the competencies and capabilities of social economy enterprises.

Comments on variance: Transfer to other programs. The variance is attributable solely to the projects chosen.

Significant evaluation and audit findings and URL to last evaluation and/or audit:

Evaluation reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_evaluation.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=EVAL&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_evaluation.asp

Audit reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_verification.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=VERIF&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_verification.asp

Main transfer payment programs (TPPs)

Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) (voted item)

Start date: February 6, 1997

End date: March 31, 2007

Description:

This program involves developing and implementing strategies and action plans fostering the creation of a socioeconomic environment conducive to reinforcing the assets and competitive advantages of Quebec regions, with a view to enabling them to realize their economic development potential, leading in the long term to lasting improvement in prosperity and employment. The program supports major initiatives likely to have a growth-generating impact on the regional economy, in response to major regional issues identified through a process of local consultation, dialogue and mobilization. The projects and activities stemming from it permit great flexibility and can take various forms, in line with the needs of a single region or a given group of regions. The program first aims to increase the regions' technological capability so as to encourage the use of the most appropriate technologies and their adaptation by SMEs. The program helps develop the regions' tourist attraction potential, too, as well as increasing the attraction capability of international activities. It is also used to support the regions in their efforts to adjust to the new global economic environment, especially in rural areas.

Strategic outcomes: Vitality of communities and Enterprises' competitiveness

Results achieved:

• increase in the use of new technology by SMEs
• increase in the number of foreign tourists in the regions
• increase in the number of foreign visitors at different international events
• increase in the number of projects concerning the regions' adjustment to the new global economic environment, notably in rural areas.

Comments on variance: Transfer from other programs. The variance is attributable solely to the projects chosen.

Significant evaluation and audit findings and URL to last evaluation and/or audit:

Evaluation reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_evaluation.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=EVAL&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_evaluation.asp

Audit reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_verification.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=VERIF&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_verification.asp

Main transfer payment programs (TPPs)

Community Futures Program (CFP) (voted item)

Start date: May 18, 1995

End date: October 2, 2010

Description:

This Canada-wide program provides support for communities in all parts of the country to help them take charge of their own local economic development. In Quebec, the CFP financially supports 57 Community Futures Development Corporations, as well as 14 Community Economic Development Corporations and nine Business Development Centres.

Strategic outcome: Vitality of communities

Results achieved:

• enhanced marketing to increase awareness and use of local development organizations
• enhanced business development services
• improved access to capital and leveraged capital through loans, loan guarantees and equity investments to businesses and social enterprises
• strengthening and more effective implementation of community strategic plans through projects, partnerships and other local economic development initiatives.

Comments on variance: Transfer from other programs. The variance is attributable solely to the projects chosen.

Significant evaluation and audit findings and URL to last evaluation and/or audit:

Evaluation reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_evaluation.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=EVAL&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_evaluation.asp

Audit reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_verification.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=VERIF&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_verification.asp

Main transfer payment programs (TPPs)

Infrastructure Canada Program (ICP) (voted item)

Start date: October 2000

End date: March 31 2009

Description:

Within the framework of the pan-Canadian Infrastructure Program under Treasury Board Secretariat responsibility, a Canada-Quebec Agreement was signed in October 2000. The objective of this agreement was to upgrade urban and rural municipal infrastructure in the province and improve Quebecers' quality of life. The Agency acts on behalf of the Government of Canada as the federal department responsible for implementation in Quebec. This agreement was amended in July 2005 to postpone to March 31, 2009 the deadline for disbursements under the ICP. Since December 2005, under the terms of the Agreement, no more new projects may be approved under the program.

Strategic outcome: Vitality of communities

Results achieved:

• Municipalities have quality drinking water available.
• Cities and municipalities benefit from safe transportation infrastructure and contribute to reducing congestion and pollution.
• Maintenance and renewal of assets enhance communities' economic activity base.

Comments on variance: Actual spending depends on how far the infrastructure projects have progressed.

Significant evaluation and audit findings and URL to last evaluation and/or audit:

Evaluation reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_evaluation.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=EVAL&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_evaluation.asp

Audit reports:
http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/Doc_verification.asp?
LANG=EN&SEL_MENU=VERIF&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_verification.asp

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