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SECTION IV – Annexes

Annex 1

Federal-Provincial/Territorial Agreements

Agreement	Date Signed	Expiry Date
Agreement for Canada-British Columbia Co-operation on Immigration	April 5, 2004 (Original signed in May 1998)	April 5, 2009
Canada-Alberta Agreement on Provincial Nominees	March 2, 2002 Extended: December 15, 2006 [New agreement currently being negotiated]	April 30, 2007
Canada-Saskatchewan Immigration Agreement	May 7, 2005 (Original signed in March 1998)	Indefinite
Canada-Manitoba Immigration Agreement	June 6, 2003 (Original signed in October 1996)	Indefinite
Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement	November 21, 2005	November 21, 2010
Canada-Quebec Accord	February 5, 1991	Indefinite
Canada-New Brunswick Agreement on Provincial Nominees	January 28, 2005 Amended: March 29, 2005 (Original signed in February 1999)	Indefinite
Agreement for Canada-Prince Edward Island Co-operation on Immigration	March 29, 2001 Extended: September 5, 2006 [New agreement currently being negotiated]	March 29, 2007
Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Provincial Nominees	August 27, 2002 [New agreement currently being negotiated]	August 27, 2007
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Agreement on Provincial Nominees	November 22, 2006 (Original signed in September 1999)	Indefinite
Agreement for Canada-Yukon Co-operation on Immigration	April 2, 2001 Extended: April 2, 2006 [New agreement currently being negotiated]	April 2, 2007

Annex 2

Immigration Levels for 2007 – Target Ranges

Immigrant Class	2007 Ranges Lower/Upper	Ratio*
Skilled Workers and Dependants	90,000 – 100,500
Quebec Selected Skilled Workers and Dependants	26,000 – 27,500
Business: Entrepreneur, Self-Employed, Investor and Dependants	9,000 – 11,000
Live-In Caregiver	3,000 – 5,000
Provincial Nominees and Dependants	13,000 – 14,000
TOTAL ECONOMIC CLASS	141,000 – 158,000	58.75%
Spouses, Partners and Children	49,000 – 50,000
Parents and Grandparents	18,000 – 19,000
TOTAL FAMILY CLASS	67,000 – 69,000
Government-Assisted Refugees Privately Sponsored Refugees Protected Persons in Canada and Dependants Dependants Abroad	7,300 – 7,500 3,000 – 4,500 10,600 – 12,000 5,000 – 6,800
TOTAL PROTECTED PERSONS	25,900 – 30,800
Humanitarian and Compassionate/Public Policy Considerations Permit Holders	6,000 – 7,000 100 – 200
TOTAL OTHERS	6,100 – 7,200
TOTAL NON-ECONOMIC	99,000 – 107,000	41.25%
TOTAL	240,000 – 265,000	100%

* Ratio is based on lower range.

Annex 3
Immigration Levels from 2001 to 2005 [note 20]

Annual Immigration Plans and Landings
	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Immigration Classes	Planned	Landed	Planned	Landed	Planned	Landed	Planned	Landed	Planned	Landed
Economic Class	116,900 – 130,700	152,972	130,800 –  141,800	138,506	132,000 –  147,000	133,746	132,500 –  148,000	133,746	132,500 –  148,000	156,310
Family Class	57,000 –  61,000	66,647	56,000 –  62,000	65,277	59,000 –  64,500	68,863	52,500 –  55,500	62,246	51,500 –  56,800	63,352
Protected Persons	21,100 –  29,300	27,899	23,000 –  30,400	25,111	28,100 –  32,500	25,981	29,400 –  32,800	32,685	30,800 –  33,800	35,768
Other	4,000	2,828	200 – 800	197	900 –  1,000	5,453	6,100 –  8,700	7,147	5,200 –  6,400	6,806
Total	200,000 –  225,000	250,346	210 000  –  235 000	229,091	220,000 – 245,000	221,352	220,000 – 245,000	235,824	220,000 – 245,000	262,236

 

Annex 4
Departmental Planned Spending and Full-Time Equivalents ($ Millions)

	Forecast spending 2006–2007	Planned spending 2007–2008	Planned spending 2008–2009	Planned spending 2009–2010
Budgetary Main Estimates Non-budgetary Main Estimates Less respendable revenue	1,226.8 N/A N/A	1,187.3 N/A N/A	1,240.2 N/A N/A	1,266.3 N/A N/A
Total Main Estimates	1,226.8	1,187.3	1,240.2	1,266.3
ADJUSTMENTS NOT IN MAIN ESTIMATES
Supplementary Estimates (A): Carry forward from 2005–2006	17.2
Grant for the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (Note 2)	3.0
Write-off of Immigration Loans	0.9
Funding in support of 2010 Olympic Games	0.3
Transfer to the Treasury Board Secretariat related to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative	(115.8)
Procurement savings	(2.2)
Transfers to other government departments (Note 3)	(0.9)
Expenditure restraint	(0.5)
Supplementary Estimates (B): Transfers to other government departments (Note 4)	(1.0)
Other Adjustments: Extension of Settlement services nationally (Note 5)			73.0	97.0
Employee benefit plans (statutory) and collective agreements (Note 6)	9.6	0.5
Resources frozen for re-profile to future years (Note 7)	(94.0)
Total Planned Spending	1,043.4	1,187.8	1,313.2	1,363.3
Less non-respendable revenue	(460.2)	(460.7)	(463.7)	(464.2)
Plus cost of services received without charge	223.8	232.0	230.9	232.1
Total Departmental Spending	807.0	959.1	1,080.4	1,131.2
Full-time Equivalents	3,863	3,708	3,498	3,515

Note 1: Includes Main Estimates plus Supplementary Estimates and other statutory authorities.

Note 2: Represents resources approved for 2006–2007 for the payment of a new grant to establish the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Note 3: This amount includes net transfers from the Canada Border Services Agency of $5.2M related to IT projects, a transfer of $0.3M to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council related to the Metropolis Project, and a transfer of $5.8M to Foreign Affairs and International Trade to support CIC operations at missions abroad.

Note 4: This amount includes $1M transferred to the Canadian International Development Agency to support the development of resettlement programs in Latin America. Other transfers include $0.2M from the Department of Canadian Heritage for the Interdepartmental Partnership with the Official Language Communities, $0.1M to Western Economic Diversification to support a pilot project aimed at addressing work force shortages in Western Canada and $0.1M to Foreign Affairs and International Trade to support CIC operations at missions abroad.

Note 5: Represents additional planned spending adjustments since the Annual Reference Level Update exercise.

Note 6: This amount includes in-year adjustments for collective agreements of $4.6M and additional employee benefit plan costs on internal salary transfers totalling $5.0M.

Note 7: This amount represents funding in the current year that has been frozen by Treasury Board and is included in planned spending in 2007–2008 and future years. These resources are related to Settlement funding and funding for the Global Case Management System.

Annex 5
Resources by Program Activity ($ Millions)

Program Activity	Operating	Grants and Contributions	Total Main Estimates 2007–2008	Adjustments (Planned Spending not in Main Estimates) (Note 1)	Total Planned Spending 2007–2008
Immigration Program	183.8	0	183.8	0.2	184.0
Temporary Resident Program	59.7	0	59.7	0.1	59.8
Canada’s Role in International Migration and Protection	1.7	2.3	4.0	–	4.0
Refugee Program	97.5	0	97.5	–	97.5
Integration Program	53.2	729.9	783.1	0.1	783.2
Citizenship Program	59.2	0	59.2	0.1	59.3
Total Department	455.1	732.2	1,187.3	0.5	1,187.8

The Immigration and Temporary Resident program activities contribute to the achievement of the Government of Canada's "Strong economic growth" outcome area.

The Canada’s Role in International Migration and Protection and Refugee program activities contribute to the achievement of the Government of Canada's “A safe and secure world through multilateral cooperation” outcome area.

The Integration and Citizenship program activities contribute to the achievement of the Government of Canada's "Diverse society that promotes linguistic duality and social inclusion" outcome area.

Note 1: Planned spending adjustments include approvals obtained since the Annual Reference Level Update exercise that are anticipated to be included in Supplementary Estimates in 2007–2008. (See Annex 4 – Departmental Planned Spending for details.)

Annex 6
Voted and Statutory Items Listed in Main Estimates ($ Millions)

Vote		Current Main Estimates 2007–2008 (Note 1)	Previous Main Estimates 2006–2007
1	Operating expenditures (Note 2)	413.5	471.9
5	Grants and contributions (Note 3)	732.2	711.7
(S)	Minister of Citizenship and Immigration salary and motor car allowance	0.1	0.1
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans (Note 4)	41.5	43.1
	Total Department	1,187.3	1,226.8

Note 1: Overall, the 2007–2008 Main Estimates of $1,187M are $39M lower than the previous year due to the following factors:

Note 2: Operating expenditures in Vote 1 decrease by $58M from the previous year. This is primarily due to the effects of sunsetting funding of $54M for short-term pressures (citizenship inventory and parents and grandparents) and deepening Expenditure Review Committee reductions of $9M, offset by an increase of $5M in funding for collective agreements and other minor items.

Note 3: Grants and Contributions in Vote 5 increase by a net amount of $21M. This increase is primarily due to additional funding of $74M for the extension of Settlement services nationally, $33M for the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, $28M for the Canada-Quebec Accord, and $16M for additional Settlement funding. These additional resources were offset by sunsetting resources totalling $15M for short-term pressures (parents and grandparents) and other integration funding, and the transfer of $115M to the Treasury Board Secretariat related to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative.

Note 4: Statutory amounts for employee benefit costs decrease by $2M due to a decrease in the planned rate used to estimate these expenditures.

Annex 7
Services Received Without Charge ($ Millions)

	2007–2008
Accommodation (Public Works and Government Services Canada)	32.9
Employer’s share of employee benefits covering insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board Secretariat	15.7
Workers’ Compensation costs (Social Development Canada)	0.1
Legal services (Justice Canada)	35.3
International immigration services (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)	148.0
Total 2007–2008 Services Received Without Charge	232.0

Note: This table identifies the cost of services provided by other government departments to be used in arriving at total departmental spending.

Annex 8
Non-Respendable Revenue ($ Millions)

Program Activity	Forecast revenue 2006–2007	Planned revenue 2007–2008	Planned revenue 2008–2009	Planned revenue 2009–2010
Immigration Program
Immigration cost-recovery fees for permanent residents	151.7	152.2	154.7	154.7
Immigration rights fees	87.0	87.0	87.0	87.0
Interest on the Immigrant Loans Program	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
	239.7	240.2	242.7	242.7
Temporary Resident Program
Immigration cost-recovery fees for temporary residents	172.4	172.4	172.4	172.4
	172.4	172.4	172.4	172.4
Canada’s Role in International Migration	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Refugee Program
Immigration cost-recovery fees for refugees	8.0	8.0	8.5	9.0
	8.0	8.0	8.5	9.0
Integration Program	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Citizenship Program
Citizenship cost-recovery fees	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0
Right of citizenship fees	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0
	40.0	40.0	40.0	40.0
Other
Access to Information	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Total Non-respendable Revenue (Notes 1 and 2)	460.2	460.7	463.7	464.2

Note 1: All revenue is deposited into the Consolidated Revenue Fund and is not available for respending by the Department. All service fees are set in recognition of the full Government of Canada cost of providing the service.

Note 2: A listing of Citizenship and Immigration Canada fees can be found at www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/fees.html.

Annex 9
Status Report on Major Crown Project ($ Millions)

The information on major crown projects can also be found at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2007-2008/ci-ci/ci-ci05-eng.asp#mcp.

GLOBAL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Description

The Global Case Management System (GCMS) is a multi-year program that will replace several aging, archaic and incompatible core business systems of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), some of which are 30 years old, supporting over 240 points of service across Canada and around the world. It is an integrated, case-management-based set of applications and infrastructure components that will support the client operations of CIC and the CBSA.

Once in place, the GCMS will improve overall program integrity, effectiveness and client-service delivery. It will also facilitate communications and data sharing between CIC and the CBSA and with our other partners for the purposes of the administration of the IRPA. In addition, the GCMS will provide the technological foundation to support new business initiatives and capitalize on innovative technology by replacing outdated systems that are extremely difficult to support and maintain.

Project Phase: The GCMS project is in the system test phase of the application with continuing development of supporting components.

Lead Department: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Participating Agency: Canada Border Services Agency

Contracting Authority: Public Works and Government Services Canada

Prime Contractor: Accenture Inc., 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2100, Ottawa, ON K2P 2C4

Major Milestones	Date
Treasury Board approves full funding for the GCMS project at the same time as CIC’s Treasury Board submission on the implementation of policy reforms and the new Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.	August 2000
Treasury Board grants preliminary project approval and major Crown project designation to the GCMS.	March 2001
Treasury Board grants Effective Project Approval (EPA) to the GCMS.	January 2002
Request for proposal for the acquisition of a commercial, case management off-the-shelf software package posted for tender by Public Works and Government Services Canada.	February 2002
Contract for the case management off-the-shelf software package awarded.	March 2003
Business modelling and high-level requirements completed.	May 2003
Treasury Board grants Amended Effective Project Approval to the GCMS.	October 2003
The first GCMS business component (Citizenship) is implemented.	September 2004
Treasury Board grants a second amendment to the EPA.	September 2005
Preliminary findings of the System Under Development Audit of the GCMS project are available at the time of the amended EPA submission, and the final report is presented in November 2005.	November 2005
Development of the remaining GCMS functionality (Immigration Facilitation, and Enforcement and Refugees).	Ongoing
Treasury Board grants a third amendment to the EPA.	February 2007
Implementation of the remaining GCMS functionality (Immigration Facilitation, and Enforcement and Refugees).	Under review

Summary of Non-recurring Expenditures:
Global Case Management System ($ Millions, including GST)

Global Case Management System	Currently Estimated Total Expenditure	Expenditures to March 31, 2006	Planned Spending 2006–2007	Planned Spending 2007–2008
Project definition Preliminary project approval	16.7	16.7	–	–
Planning Effective project approval	50.4	50.4	–	–
Implementation (amended effective project approval)	223.8	140.2	53.5	30.1

Progress Report and Explanation of Variances

• Preliminary project approval was obtained from Treasury Board on March 1, 2001, with a planned cost of $194.8 million.
• Effective Project Approval (EPA) was obtained from Treasury Board on January 31, 2002, with a planned cost of $194.8 million and a completion date of March 31, 2005.
• Shortly after the preliminary project approval, a decision was made to acquire and configure a commercial client relationship management software package rather than custom-develop the functionality required for the GCMS. This necessitated a lengthy competitive procurement process that began in March 2001, with an expected completion date of July 1, 2002. Cumulative procurement and contracting delays beyond CIC control, totalling nine months, prevented the contract from being awarded until March 26, 2003. This delay affected activities and resources highly dependent on the outcome of the procurement process. While the project took steps to mitigate the impact of the delay, the cost of the delay was assessed at $7.8 million.
• Approval of an amended EPA was obtained from Treasury Board on October 9, 2003. In recognition of the impact of the procurement delay, Treasury Board increased the project spending authority by $7.8 million to $202.6 million. Subsequent implementation plans addressed the impact of the procurement delay and adjusted the overall project completion date to December 31, 2005.
• The transfer of certain CIC functions to the newly created Canada Border Services Agency beginning in December 2003, as well as lessons learned from the first GCMS deployment in September 2004, necessitated further adjustments to the GCMS project plan. These changes formed the basis of a second amendment to the EPA, granted by Treasury Board in September 2005, and resulted in a net increase of $40.2 million to the project budget over two additional fiscal years, for a total budget of $242.8 million between fiscal years 2000–2001 and 2007–2008. The increase includes approved new functionalities related to security that were not in the original project ($6.2 million) and a $16.3 million contingency (only $5.7 million of this contingency had been allocated as of January 2006). Despite significant schedule adjustments, the forecast variance over original project objectives, excluding the procurement delay, funded scope changes and contingency, is about 10 percent.
• In preparing for the September 2005 amended EPA, the Treasury Board Secretariat requested that a System under Development Audit (SUD) be performed on the GCMS. Preliminary audit findings were available at the time of the amended EPA submission, and final SUD audit results were released in November 2005. The SUD suggested that the project management team bring more discipline in some project management elements. All of the SUD audit recommendations have been accepted and corrective actions have been taken. As part of the amended EPA, the current implementation schedule has been extended to reflect the time required to finalize business requirements, complete the functional design, configure and test the application, incorporate the approved functional scope enhancements, and complete the overseas rollout in a series of staged deployments to minimize operational disruption.
• The implementation of the GCMS has to be done properly. In that regard, CIC and CBSA are currently reconsidering implementation options as a result of an independent review conducted in December 2006. The review recommended that the project take the time to conduct a project quality verification and options analysis. This work is expected to be complete in the spring of 2007. CIC and CBSA will then propose a revised implementation plan to ensure a successful completion of the GCMS and the safest possible implementation worldwide.

Industrial Benefits

The GCMS is an administrative system for delivering on the CIC and CBSA Immigration, Citizenship and Enforcement mandates and ensuring operational service effectiveness.

Annex 10
Details on Transfer Payment Programs

CIC has several transfer payment programs such as the grant for the Canada-Quebec Accord; the Institute for Canadian Citizenship; the Migration Policy Development, which provides funding to the Regional Conference on Migration; the Intergovernmental Consultations on Asylum; and the Refugee and Migration Policies in Europe. Other CIC transfer payment programs are the Immigration Settlement and Adaptation Program (ISAP), the Host Program, the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program and the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP). Contributions to provinces include the contributions to British Columbia and Manitoba. The information on these projects can also be found at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2007-2008/ci-ci/ci-ci05-eng.asp#ttp.

Program Activity	Forecast spending 2006–2007 (Note 1)	Planned spending 2007–2008	Planned spending 2008–2009	Planned spending 2009–2010
Integration Program – Grants
Grant for the Canada-Quebec Accord	194.9	224.4	237.5	237.5
Citizenship Program – Grants
Institute for Canadian Citizenship (Note 2)	3.0	0	0	0
Total Grants	197.9	224.4	237.5	237.5
Canada’s Role in International Migration and Protection – Contributions
Migration Policy Development (Note 3)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
International Organization for Migration	1.1	2.0	2.0	2.0
Integration Program – Contributions
Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program	72.8	173.6	208.2	250.9
Host Program	5.2	10.1	11.9	14.1
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada	119.7	174.7	254.6	237.4
Contributions to provinces (Note 4)	77.6	97.6	113.8	134.9
Resettlement Assistance Program	46.3	49.5	49.5	48.4
Total Contributions	323.0	507.8	640.3	688.0
Total Transfer Payments	520.9	732.2	877.8	925.5

Note 1: Includes Main Estimates plus Supplementary Estimates, including the transfer of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative to the Treasury Board Secretariat.

Note 2: Represents resources approved for 2006–2007 for the payment of a new grant to establish the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Note 3: Migration Policy Development provides funding to several organizations, including the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM or "Puebla") and the Intergovernmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugee and Migration Policies in Europe (IGC).

Note 4: Contributions to provinces include contributions to British Columbia and Manitoba.

Explanation of change: Planned spending for 2007–2008 increases by $212M over 2006–2007 and includes new resources of $102M for the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, $74M for the extension of Settlement services nationally, $28M for increased costs under the Canada-Quebec Accord and $20M for additional Settlement funding. These increases were partially offset by sunsetting funding of integration costs related to the processing of parents and grandparents totalling $12M.

2008–2009 planned spending rises by $146M over the previous year, primarily due to increased funding of $111M for the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, $25M for additional Settlement funding and escalation of the Canada-Quebec Accord by $13M, slightly offset by the sunsetting of $3M of funding for the extension of Settlement services nationally.

In 2009–2010, planned spending rises by $48M over the previous year, primarily due to additional Settlement funding.

Annex 11
Department’s Regulatory Plan

Legislation and Regulations	Expected Results
CIC is reviewing the measures needed to modernize Canada’s citizenship program as it relates to the adoption of foreign children.	Passage of the bill and publication of regulations that will facilitate the access to citizenship for foreign children adopted by Canadian citizens.
CIC intends to amend the regulations for the Provincial Nominee Program to prevent the program from being used for passive investment.	Circumvention of the program is prevented, while retaining enough flexibility for a province to nominate a foreign national who has made an active investment in the province. Provincial nominees are prevented from circumventing the new regulations through inclusion of a restriction on a redemption clause in their investment agreement.
CIC will amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations pertaining to the expiration of medical examination results and will address the concerns of the Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations.	More detail on the factors that influence the validity period for medical examination results. Flexibility for officers when determining when to request a medical examination. Elimination of inconsistencies in the text of the regulations.
CIC intends to amend regulations to reflect updated policies and support the Government’s agenda.	Support for the renewal of targeted policies, increased flexibility in the administration of programs, and service improvement.

Annex 12
Horizontal Initiatives

The following table presents a summary of major horizontal initiatives involving CIC. Supplementary information on horizontal initiatives can be found at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rma/eppi-ibdrp/hrdb-rhbd/profil-eng.asp. For more information on CIC’s Horizontal Initiatives see: www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/horizontal-2007-eng.html.

Horizontal Initiative	Role
Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP): RAP provides income support and a range of other services to government-assisted refugees (GARs) who arrive in Canada following an overseas identification and selection process. Under RAP, income support is provided to GARs for up to 12 months and up to 24 months for those with special needs. Income support amounts are set in line with provincial social assistance rates. Service provider organizations (SPOs) deliver, on behalf of CIC, various settlement and orientation services to GARs within their first four to six weeks in Canada. These services range from initial reception at the airport to finding permanent accommodation. RAP falls under two of CIC's three strategic outcomes: reflection of Canadian values and interests in the management of international migration, including refugee protection, as well as successful integration of newcomers and promotion of Canadian citizenship. Through this program, Canada welcomes and provides direct financial support to more refugees than any nation other than the United States of America.	Lead
Enhanced Language Training Initiative (ELT): The objective of ELT is to provide labour market level of language training, including job-specific language training, to immigrants at Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) levels 7–10 in larger centres and CLB levels 1–10 in smaller centres where no language training infrastructure exists. Service delivery projects must also include a bridge-to-work component, such as access to internships; temporary or permanent work placement opportunities; a mentorship component to enable skilled immigrants to meet peers and begin developing a network in their chosen field of employment; or help with professional licensure and job search. CIC will provide up to 100 percent of the total cost of a project proposed by a service provider however proposals that demonstrate financial or nonfinancial partnerships are given preference. Provinces and territories must contribute at least 20 percent of cost-shared projects. The ELT initiative is an important component of the Government of Canada's efforts to attract highly skilled workers and ensure more successful integration of immigrants into the economy and communities.	Co-lead with Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Immigration Settlement and Adaptation Program (ISAP): The objective of ISAP is to help immigrants settle and integrate into Canadian society so they may become participating members as soon as possible. ISAP funding is provided to deliver direct services to immigrants such as reception, orientation, translation, interpretation and employment-related services. ISAP services include the Canadian Orientation Abroad (COA) initiative, which aims to provide a realistic view of life in Canada before arrival. Orientation sessions are delivered by international organizations in various countries. Topics include education, climate, housing, cost of living and employment.	Lead
Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC): The objective of the LINC program is to provide basic language instruction to adult newcomers in one of Canada's official languages. LINC facilitates the social, cultural and economic integration of immigrants and refugees into Canada. In addition, the LINC curriculum includes information that helps orient newcomers to the Canadian way of life.	Lead
Host Program: The objective of the Host Program is to help immigrants overcome the stress of moving to a new country. Volunteers familiar with Canadian ways help newcomers learn about available services and how to use them, practise English and French, get contacts in their field of work and participate in the community. At the same time, host Canadians learn about new cultures, other lands and different languages; they make new friends and they strengthen community life.	Lead

Annex 13
Sustainable Development Strategy

This year marks an important milestone in CIC’s progress toward maximizing its contribution to sustainable development (SD) with the tabling of the Department’s fourth Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) in Parliament on December  13, 2006 [note 21].

The four key goals of CIC’s SDS are to:

1. Promote awareness of sustainable development principles and objectives among departmental staff, clients and stakeholders;
2. Strengthen federal governance and decision making to support sustainable development;
3. Contribute to building sustainable communities that enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant and equitable society, and a healthy environment for current and future generations; and
4. Minimize the negative environmental impacts of departmental operations.

Because the principles of sustainable development have been applied consistently in CIC’s operations through client service improvement initiatives, the fleet management program and the application of the principles of the Way Forward Initiative in the administration of the facilities and procurement activities, the Department’s focus in its 2007–2010 SDS will be on governance and capacity building. More specifically, in 2007–2008 CIC will:

• Begin implementing the communications plan developed during SDS III;
• Initiate a stocktaking exercise to identify gaps in its SD program, clarify roles and responsibilities, and strengthen its procedures; and
• Develop a training plan.

SDS Departmental Goal:

Goal 1: Promote awareness of sustainable development principles and objectives among departmental staff, clients and stakeholders.

Federal SD Goal including Greening of Government Operations (GGO) Policy Goals	Activity	Performance Measure from Current SDS	Department’s Expected Results for 2007–2008
Sustainable Communities: “Federal SD Goal IV”	Develop and implement an SD training plan for CIC covering the following topics: Principles of SD, Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs), Waste management, Green procurement, Fleet management, and Optimal use of information technologies (IT).	A list of training needs and existing material is drafted by December 2007.	An SD training plan for CIC that covers the principles of SD, SEAs, waste management, green procurement, fleet management and optimal use of information technologies (IT).
	Develop an integrated policy framework for citizenship to raise the profile of citizenship among newcomers and Canadian-born individuals and to promote active citizenship.	Number of community-focused citizenship ceremonies.	At least one additional community-focused citizenship ceremony.
	Distribute information on sustainable development and environmental issues to visa-ready immigrants, newly settled immigrants and prospective citizens.	Number of copies of Welcome to Canada and A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada distributed to immigrants and prospective citizens.	Maintaining distribution to 100% of immigrants.

SDS Departmental Goal:

Goal 2: Strengthen federal governance and decision making to support sustainable development.

Federal SD Goal including Greening of Government Operations (GGO) Policy Goals	Activity	Performance Measure from Current SDS	Department’s Expected Results for 2007–2008
CIC will contribute to a joint initiative with other government departments and the Canada School of Public Service to design and deliver new Government of Canada SD training material.	Contribute to a joint initiative with other government departments and the Canada School of Public Service to design and deliver new Government of Canada SD training material.	Funds invested. Training material reviewed.	Contribution to the development of the training material. Input for 100% of material submitted for review by March 2007 and thereafter.

SDS Departmental Goal:

Goal 3: Contribute to building sustainable communities that enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant and equitable society, and a healthy environment for current and future generations.

Federal SD Goal including Greening of Government Operations (GGO) Policy Goals	Activity	Performance Measure from Current SDS	Department’s Expected Results for 2007–2008
Sustainable Communities: “Federal SD Goal IV”	Ensure that programming supports the successful integration of newcomers into Canadian society and their contribution to a prosperous economy.	CIC’s immigration, citizenship and refugee programs support the successful integration of newcomers into Canadian society and their contribution to a prosperous economy. For details on CIC’s planned activities, see previous sections of the 2007–2008 RPP.

SDS Departmental Goal:

Goal 4: Minimize the negative environmental impacts of departmental operations.

Federal SD Goal including Greening of Government Operations (GGO) Policy Goals	Activity	Performance Measure from Current SDS	Department’s Expected Results for 2007–2008
SD and use of natural resources: “Federal SD Goal V”	Implement CIC’s Think Green Work Reduction Plan (TGWR) developed and piloted under SDS III at CIC National Headquarters (NHQ).	Number of branches in which the TGWR Plan is implemented. Amount of paper purchased per branch. Number of ink cartridges purchased per branch.	TGWR Plan is implemented in at least six branches at CIC NHQ by March 2008. Previously achieved waste reduction levels are maintained.
	Revise CIC’s procurement practices to incorporate new government-wide directions on green procurement.	Description of tracking and monitoring methodologies. Number of SD/green procurement working groups or meetings where CIC is represented.	CIC administrative assistants receive information on green procurement twice a year through CIC’s Administrative Assistant Conference. 100% participation in SD/Green procurement working groups.
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: “Federal SD Goal III”	Investigate technologies that would help reduce the energy consumption of IT equipment at NHQ.	Number of options identified.	A list of options is drafted and presented to senior management. Number of technologies introduced/proposed.
	Continue to implement the Fleet Management Program to maximize opportunities to achieve the sustainability of the Department’s vehicle fleet.	Fleet’s fuel performance and emissions. Number of vehicles that meet new emissions (or other SD) standards.	Fleet performance is maintained or improved. Number of vehicles is maintained or increased.

Annex 14
Internal Audits and Evaluations Planned for 2007–2008

Internal Audit

The mission, vision and values described in CIC’s Internal Audit Charter, together with the new Treasury Board Policy and Directives on Internal Audit, provide the fundamental framework for the audit planning process at CIC.

CIC’s audit strategy is outlined in its risk-based audit plan, which forms the basis for audit activities within the Department.

Audits that are currently under way or planned in the near future include the following:

Name of Audit	Status	Estimated Completion	Link
Audit of the Seoul Immigration Program	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Audit of the Immigration Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS) – Phase I	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Audit of the Caracas Immigration Program	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Audit of the Buenos Aires Immigration Program	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Audit of the Vancouver Admissions Office	In progress	August 2007	N/A
Audit of the London High Commission Immigration Program	In progress	August 2007	N/A
Audit of the Immigration Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS) – Phase II	Planned	November 2007	N/A
Audit of New Settlement Funding	Planned	December 2007	N/A
Participation in horizontal and sectoral audits to be led by the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) of Canada	Planned	TBD	N/A
Follow-up and monitoring of prior year audit recommendations related to: Reports by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of Canada; and Reports by Internal Audit	Planned	TBD	N/A

Note: Completed audit reports are posted on the Internet and are available at www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/audit/index.html.

Evaluations

The Research and Evaluation Branch is developing a multi-year, risk-based CIC Evaluation Plan for 2007–2010 that will be completed and approved by the CIC Evaluation Committee before fiscal year 2007–2008. Evaluations and other studies that are currently under way or planned for the near future include the following:

Name of Evaluation	Type	Status	Completion Date	Link
Enhanced Language Training	Formative Evaluation	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Metropolis	Summative Evaluation	Planned	December 2007	N/A
Pre-Removal Risk Assessment	Summative Evaluation	In progress	April 2007	N/A
Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement	Performance Monitoring Framework	In progress	December 2007	N/A
Karen Refugees	Performance Monitoring Framework	In progress	June 2007	N/A
Temporary Foreign Workers Units	Performance Monitoring Framework	In progress	June 2007	N/A
Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program	Summative Evaluation	In progress	February 2007	N/A
CIC’s Initiatives to Foster Immigration in Francophone Minority Communities	Formative Evaluation	Complete	October 2006	Link to completed evaluation will be posted on the Web site below.

Link to Evaluation Plan:

A Multi-year, Risk-Based Evaluation Plan is being developed and will be on the Web site March 2007, at www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/evaluation/index.html.

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1. For further information on the Government of Canada outcomes as they appear in Canada’s Performance Report 2006, go to www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/report/govrev/06/cp-rc-eng.asp.

2. Responsibility for TWRI has subsequently been transferred to Environment Canada.

3. For more information on CIC’s programs, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html.

4. This figure does not include the 1,236 locally engaged staff in missions around the world (as of September 30, 2006).

5. Settlement funding for the province of Quebec is governed by the Canada-Quebec Accord.

6. The four designated groups are visible minorities, Aboriginals, persons with disabilities, and women.

7. For further information on the MAF, see www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/intro-eng.asp.

8. For further details, see www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/index-eng.htm.

9. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Ontario and the Yukon Territory.

10. For further information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/pr-card/index.html.

11. From May 1, 2006, to February 4, 2007.

12. For further information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.html.

13. The three durable solutions for refugees are repatriation (go home in safety and dignity), local integration (stay in the first country of asylum with all rights of other foreign nationals) and resettlement (go to a third country and acquire all rights of other foreign nationals, including the right to acquire citizenship).

14. For further information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/isap-fs.html.

15. For further information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/welcome/wel-22e.html.

16. For further information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/host-newcomer.html.

17. For more information on Facts and Figures, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/research/menu-fact.html#2005.

18. For more information on The Monitor, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/current.html.

19. The federal consortium consists of the following multi-year partners: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canadian Heritage, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Statistics Canada and Status of Women Canada.

20. These numbers are taken from the 2006 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration. For more information, see www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/annual-report2006/index.html.

21. Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s fourth SDS, Sustainable Development Strategy April 1, 2007–March 31, 2010, is available on-line at www.cic.gc.ca/english/policy/sds/index.html.

 

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