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2011-12
Report on Plans and Priorities



Human Resources and Skills Development Canada






Supplementary Information (Tables)






Table of Contents




Details of Transfer Payment Programs (TPP)

Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS)

Start date: April 1, 2010

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS) builds on three strategic priorities: supporting demand-driven skills development; fostering partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories; and, placing emphasis on accountability and results. Under the Strategy, ASETS Agreement Holders design and deliver programs to help Aboriginal people to prepare for, obtain and maintain meaningful and sustainable employment, assist Aboriginal youth to make successful transitions from school to work or to support their return to school, and support Aboriginal child care programs.

The objective of the ASETS is to increase Aboriginal participation in the Canadian labour market, ensuring that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people have opportunities to be engaged in sustainable, meaningful employment.

Expected results: ASETS will generate between 14,000 and 16,500 jobs and up to 8,500 childcare spaces per year over the next five years.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - - -
Total contributions 246.1 245.6 245.6 245.6
Total other types of transfer payments - - - -
Total Transfer payments 246.1 245.6 245.6 245.6

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Skills and Partnerships Fund


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Skills and Partnerships Fund (SPF)

Start date: April, 2010

End date: March 31, 2015

Description: The Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) is a partnership-based, opportunity-driven fund that will support projects aiming to encourage innovation and partnerships, test new approaches to the delivery of employment services and address systemic gaps in service delivery.

The SPF will fund innovative Aboriginal labour market development projects under the following three priority areas:

  • Skills Development: Pilot innovations that provide skills training to clients with multiple barriers to employment;
  • Training-to-Employment: Respond to small to mid-sized economic partnership opportunities with targeted labour force development initiatives; and,
  • Service Delivery Improvement: Pilot innovations in organizational systems through partnership to address labour market program delivery weaknesses/gaps.

Expected results: Through its training to employment stream, SPF is expected to generate 8,000 to 10,000 job opportunities for Aboriginal people between 2010-11 and 2014-15. It will also generate skills development opportunities such as essential skills training for multi-barriered clients, training for youth, entrepreneurship training and work experience opportunities. It is also expected to result in innovations and improvements in delivering labour market services to Aboriginal clients.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - - -
Total contributions 2.5 57.5  50.0 50.0
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 2.5 57.5*  50.0 50.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* From the approved funding of $10M in 2010-2011, $7.5M is being reprofiled into 2011-2012.


Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP)

Start date: June 7, 2007

End date: March 31, 2012

Description: The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) is a nationally-managed, opportunity-based program promoting maximum employment for Aboriginal people on major economic developments through a collaborative Aboriginal, private sector and provincial/territorial partnership approach. ASEP focuses on sustainable Aboriginal employment by providing the skills training needed to secure long term-skilled jobs on major economic developments. Formalized partnerships develop, contribute to, and manage multi-year training strategies directly leading to long-term, skilled jobs. Partners contribute at least 50% of the total cost of the project and must guarantee at least 50 long-term jobs as a result.

Expected results: The 36 current ASEP projects are expected to train more than 14,000 individuals, and result in more than 8,000 Aboriginal people securing long term jobs by the end of the projects on March 31, 2012.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 75.4 67.1  - -
Total other types of transfer payments -  - - -
Total Transfer payments 75.4 67.1  - -

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Youth Employment Strategy


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

Start date: April 1, 2003

End date: Ongoing

Description: Through the Youth Employment Strategy (YES), the Government of Canada is working to provide young Canadians with both valuable work experience and earnings to help transition to the labour market and to support them in furthering their education. Transfer payments made under the YES are predominantly in the form of contributions from participating departments for wage subsidies for participating youth, or for the development and delivery of youth support services. Such support services include client assessment, case management services and the provision of employability tools, to help participants acquire needed skills. Transfer payments contribute directly to the program objectives by encouraging organizations to create meaningful, skill-enhancing opportunities for youth.

Expected results: Programs respond to the needs of young workers, employers and other stakeholders.

The common key results commitments for all initiatives receiving funding under the Youth Employment Strategy are:

  • Enhanced youth employability skills gained from work experience or tailored interventions; and,
  • A portion of youth participants will return to school to further their education/skills development and/or become employed or self-employed.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 291.1 239.6  239.6 239.6
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 291.1 239.6*  239.6 239.6

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* Variance from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012 is due to funding ending in 2010-2011 for Canada Summer Jobs, and from one-year funding announced in Budget 2010 to assist young people in gaining skills and work experience.


Targeted Initiative for Older Workers


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW)

Start date: October 17, 2006

End date: March 31, 2012

Description: The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) is a federal-provincial/territorial cost-shared initiative providing support to unemployed older workers in communities affected by significant downsizing or closures and/or ongoing high unemployment, through programming aimed at reintegrating them into employment. In situations where there is little likelihood of immediate employment, programming may be aimed at increasing the employability of older workers and ensuring they remain active and productive labour market participants while their communities undergo adjustment.

Provinces and territories are responsible for identifying affected communities to target for activities, design and delivery of projects, and monitoring and reporting on projects.

To be eligible to participate in the Initiative, older workers must be unemployed, legally entitled to work in Canada, lack skills needed for successful integration into new employment, live in an eligible community, and normally be aged 55 - 64. Projects must include employment assistance activities, such as résumé writing, interview techniques, counselling and job finding clubs, and at least two other employability improvement activities such as prior learning assessment, skills training, work experience, or assistance to start a small business.

See: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/employment/employment_measures/older_workers/index.shtml for further details.

Expected results: Programs respond to the needs of older workers, employers and other stakeholders.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 56.1 79.8  - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - - -
Total Transfer payments 56.1 79.8  - -

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities

Start date: April 1, 2005

End date: March 31, 2013

Description: The objective of the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities is to enhance the development and vitality of the official language minority communities by strengthening capacity in the areas of community economic development and human resource development and by promoting partnerships at all levels. The Enabling Fund provides funding to Official Language Minority Communities designated organizations, the Réseaux de développement économique et d’employabilité and Community Economic Development and Employability Committees through contribution agreements, so that these organizations can plan, develop and manage community projects and access funding for these projects.

Contributions can be made under the Enabling Fund to support activities such as:

  • Organizing meetings of the National Committees to develop strategic joint plans and manage implementation;
  • Holding meetings to share information and coordinate activities;
  • Coordinating research on socio-economics in Official Language Minority Communities;
  • Marketing/Promoting the Enabling Fund Program;
  • Planning economic and human resources, implementing community development plans, conducting research;
  • Creating, implementing and consolidating collaborative projects to enhance the vitality and economic growth of Official Language Minority Communities;
  • Mobilizing community stakeholders; and,
  • Strengthening local and national structures to improve their capabilities to manage and implement community projects.

Expected results: Programs respond to the needs of Official Language Minority Community workers, employers and other stakeholders as follows:

  • Contribution recipients are informed and contribute to knowledge building and program/policy issues;
  • Knowledge is shared among federal partners, contribution recipients and Official Language Minority Communities;
  • Official Language Minority Community economic and human resources issues continue to be integrated into the government’s policy/program development;
  • Contribution recipients continue to develop and implement effective community plans and projects with concrete results; and,
  • There is sustained collaboration across federal institutions working with Official Language Minority Community stakeholders.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 12.0 12.0  12.0 -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 12.0 12.0  12.0 -

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPDs)

Start date: April 1, 2004

End date: Ongoing

Description: Through the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPDs), the Government of Canada transfers funding annually to the provinces for programs and services to improve the employment situation for persons with disabilities.

The Government of Canada contributes 50 percent of the costs incurred by provinces for funded programs and services up to the amount of the federal allocation identified in each bilateral federal-provincial agreement. (Territories have not entered into any LMAPDs given the Territorial financing formula). Transfers to provinces are made as ‘other transfer payments’.

Expected results: The goal of the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities is to improve the employment situation of Canadians with disabilities, by enhancing their employability, increasing the employment opportunities available to them, and building on their existing knowledge base. Reporting under the Agreements includes selected societal indicators (employment income, educational attainment and employment rate of working age people with disabilities) and the following program indicators:

  • number of participants in programs and services;
  • number of participants completing a program or service where there is a specific start and end point to the intervention; and,
  • number of participants who were assisted in obtaining and maintaining employment by programs or services funded through Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities.

Provinces report annually to their citizens on outcomes and program results and also share these reports with HRSDC.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments 222.0 222.0  222.0 222.0
Total Transfer payments 222.0 222.0  222.0 222.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities

Start date: April 1, 2007

End date: Ongoing

Description: Transfer payments made under the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities are in the form of contribution agreements with individuals, businesses, and organizations.

Transfer payments contribute directly to the program objectives by assisting unemployed persons with disabilities having little or no labour market attachment to prepare for, find and maintain employment or self-employment. Examples of activities supported under this program include:

  • encouraging employers to provide individuals with work opportunities and experience;
  • working in partnership with organizations for people with disabilities to address barriers to clients’ labour market participation;
  • helping individuals increase their employment skill level; and,
  • helping individuals to start their own businesses.

For more information about this program, please visit: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/disability_issues/funding_programs/opportunities_fund/index.shtml

Expected results:

  • Persons with disabilities have enhanced their employability by completing an Opportunities Fund intervention;
  • Persons with disabilities have obtained employment or self-employment or sought further skills upgrading following participation in Opportunities Fund activities; and,
  • Persons with disabilities have increased earned income levels and reduced their dependence on passive income support.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 26.8 26.8  26.8 26.8
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 26.8 26.8  26.8 26.8

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Labour Market Agreements


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Labour Market Agreements (LMAs)

Start date: April 1, 2008

End date: March 31, 2014

Description: In Advantage Canada, the Government of Canada set out the goal to create "the best educated, most skilled and most flexible workforce in the world." In Budget 2007, the Government of Canada delivered on this commitment through a New Labour Market Architecture, which included new, six-year bilateral Labour Market Agreements (LMAs) with the provinces and territories supported by $500M / year of new federal investments. Through these agreements, the Government of Canada provides funds for provincial and territorial skills and employment programming and training to non-EI eligible unemployed Canadians, as well as employed individuals who are low skilled, in particular, employed individuals who do not have a high school diploma or a recognized certification or who have low levels of literacy and essential skills.

Labour Market Agreements, which have been signed with all 10 provinces and 3 territories, are intended to increase labour force participation of under-represented groups, ensure that Canadians have the right skills to compete, and encourage employers to provide more training to their workers.

Expected results: Labour Market Agreements were designed to allow provinces/territories (P/Ts) to develop and deliver labour market programming based on their specific priorities and objectives. Nevertheless, LMAs have broad objectives:

  • Quantity - To increase the participation of Canadians and newcomers in the workforce to meet current and future labour requirements;
  • Quality - To enhance the quality of skills development and training; and,
  • Efficiency - To facilitate workforce mobility and provide the information necessary to make informed labour market choices.

The Labour Market Agreements include a robust accountability framework to allow the Government of Canada to measure results against policy objectives and demonstrate value for money to Canadians. Reporting under the Agreements includes the following indicators:

Eligible Client indicators:

  • Total number of eligible clients served/in training by employment status (employed, unemployed, self-employed);
  • Education level of eligible clients prior to intervention; and,
  • Number of eligible clients served in an intervention by designated client group (Aboriginal peoples, immigrants, older workers, persons with disabilities, women, and youth).

Service Delivery Indicators:

  • Number of eligible clients participating in interventions by intervention type; and,
  • Proportion of eligible clients "satisfied" with service received upon completion of the intervention.

Eligible Client Outcome and Impact Indicators:

  • Proportion of eligible clients who have completed their intervention, by intervention type;
  • Proportion of eligible clients employed 3 months and 12 months after leaving the intervention;
  • Number of eligible clients who have earned credentials or certification through participation in the intervention;
  • Average hourly earnings of Eligible Clients following the intervention; and,
  • Proportion of Eligible Clients who, 3 months and 12 months after leaving the intervention, indicate their training helped prepare them for future employment.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - - -
Total contributions - - - -
Total other types of transfer payments 474.6 543.4  508.1 505.6
Total Transfer payments 474.6 543.4*  508.1 505.6

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* Variance between fiscal years can be explained by funding reprofiles.


Sector Council Program


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Sector Council Program

Start date: April 1, 2002

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Sector Council Program supports a network of 34 industry-based, national groups that operate in key sectors to address priority human resources and skills challenges. This program enables demand-driven partnerships that address critical skills and human resources challenges from the perspective of industrial sectors. Contribution payments under the Sector Council Program support infrastructure, as well as research and project based activities proposed by Sector Councils and other national organizations working on skills, training and learning issues.

The Sector Council Program supports Sector Council activities that include:

  • Labour market information products that allow businesses to plan human resources and project investments;
  • National occupational standards that facilitate labour mobility, influence college curricula, and promote essential skills and health and safety in the workplace;
  • Targeted recruitment and skills development initiatives that increase labour force participation and integration of vulnerable groups such as youth, Aboriginal people and newcomers;
  • Curriculum tailored to industry needs;
  • Skills development tools, including e-learning; and,
  • Tools and approaches to integrate internationally trained workers.

Expected results: The capacity exists for employers to deliver employment, training and assessment services to Canadians.

  • Develop solutions to human resources and skills issues by:
    • increasing understanding of skills, occupational needs and labour market issues;
    • increasing availability and use of products and services to help industry address their human resource issues;
    • facilitating labour market transitions (including both entry and career progression); and,
    • increasing industry investments in skills development to promote a quality workforce.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 28.7 27.4  26.5 26.5
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 28.7 27.4  26.5 26.5

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Apprenticeship Incentive Grant & Apprenticeship Completion Grant


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) and Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)

Start date: January 1, 2007

End date: Ongoing

Description: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant promotes access to apprenticeships and improves labour mobility by providing a $1,000 grant to registered apprentices in the designated Red Seal trades during the first two years/levels of their apprenticeship program, up to a maximum of $2,000 per apprentice. This taxable cash grant is designed to reward advancement in the first two years of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades, building momentum for apprentices to complete their apprenticeship programs and receive journeyperson certification. Registered apprentices who completed their first or second year of their apprenticeship program in a Red Seal trade designated in the province/territory where they are registered as an apprentice, on or after January 1, 2007, are eligible to apply.

The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant provides an incentive for more Canadians to pursue apprenticeships and, taken together with the Apprenticeship Completion Grant, Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit for employers and the Tradesperson’s Tool Deduction, is intended to meet the future need for skilled trades people that is crucial to the sustained growth of the economy. By focusing on the Red Seal trades, for which there are national occupational standards, the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant also supports inter-provincial mobility.

Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)
Introduced in Budget 2009 as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, the Apprenticeship Completion Grant provides a taxable grant of $2,000 to those registered apprentices who successfully complete their apprenticeship program and obtain journeyperson certification in one of the designated Red Seal trades on or after January 1, 2009. The Apprenticeship Completion Grant builds on and enhances the existing Apprenticeship Incentive Grant by providing an additional incentive for Canadians to finish their apprenticeship training and launch rewarding careers in the skilled trades.

Expected results: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
Registered apprentices in designated Red Seal trades are encouraged to progress in the early years of their apprenticeship program, and ultimately to obtain journeyperson certification in the Red Seal trades. The Grant has been designed to meet the following objectives:

  • To increase access to apprenticeships in the Red Seal Program trades by helping apprentices to cover expenses such as the purchase of tools and other materials required for learning on-the-job and travel expenses associated with classroom training;
  • To encourage the apprentice's progression through the technical and on-the-job training requirements in the early years of their apprenticeship program, thus building the momentum towards certification; and,
  • To promote inter-provincial mobility by increasing the number of apprentices working in the Red Seal trades and obtaining their Red Seal certification.

Apprenticeship Completion Grant (AIG)
The Apprenticeship Completion Grant is intended to increase the number of apprentices completing an apprenticeship program and obtaining journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade. The Grant has been designed to build on the objectives of the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant, specifically progression through apprenticeship training and interprovincial mobility, by increasing the number of apprentices who complete their apprenticeship program and obtain journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 145.3 152.6  152.6 152.6
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 145.3 152.6  152.6 152.6

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Literacy and Essential Skills


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program (ALLESP)

Start date: April 1, 2006

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program (ALLESP) works with partners to facilitate the creation of opportunities for Canadians to acquire the learning, literacy and essential skills they need to participate in a knowledge-based economy and society.

Expected results: Through Literacy and Essential Skills programming, the capacity exists to deliver employment, training and assessment services to Canadians.

The expected ultimate outcomes are that adult Canadians have the literacy and essential skills they need to :

  • get a job;
  • adapt and succeed in the labour market; and,
  • contribute to their communities and families.

The expected intermediate outcomes are:

  • Literacy and essential skills are integrated into federal programs and policies;
  • Literacy and essential skills are integrated into training; and,
  • Partners’ policies and programs address literacy and essential skills needs.

The expected direct outcomes are:

  • The benefits of literacy and essential skills upgrading are understood;
  • Information is available on what works in the field of literacy and essential skills;
  • Literacy and essential skills tools and supports are available and used by those who need them; and,
  • Partners have the capacity to address literacy and essential skills issues.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 21.8 18.3 18.3 18.3
Total contributions 3.2 3.2  3.2 3.2
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 25.0 21.5*  21.5 21.5

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* The decrease of $3.5M from 2010-2011 is explained by a reprofile of funds from a previous year.


Foreign Credential Recognition Program


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP)

Start date: May 26, 2010

End date: Ongoing

Description: The objective of the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) is to ensure that the qualification assessment and recognition processes available to skilled immigrants and other internationally trained workers in Canada are fair, transparent, consistent, and timely. Through the FCRP, the government works with its partners and key stakeholders to break down the barriers to the recognition of foreign qualifications and enhance labour market outcomes of internationally-trained workers.

The Foreign Credential Recognition Program provides strategic financial support to provincial and territorial partners and stakeholders, to develop systems and processes for assessing and recognizing foreign qualifications in targeted occupations and sectors.

The Foreign Credential Recognition Program supports the research and project-based activities of partners and stakeholders to develop structural changes in the tools and processes institutions and/or organizations use to evaluate and recognize foreign qualifications. The Program’s work to date forms the cornerstone of the federal government’s contribution towards the development and implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications, announced in November 2009.

Reducing internal barriers to labour mobility continues to be seen as a key to addressing FCR issues. The Government of Canada supports an array of measures aimed at facilitating the movement of skilled workers within Canada. Under Chapter 7 of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), which was amended effective August 11, 2009, all governments (except Nunavut) are committed to ensuring that workers in regulated occupations can apply to be certified in another province or territory without having to undergo significant additional training, examination or assessment. By strengthening institutional capacity, and applying tools and processes, the FCRP helps to facilitate newcomers’ entry into, and mobility within, the Canadian labour market.

The FCR Program contributes to the competitiveness of Canada’s economy by improving immigrants’ labour market integration.

Expected results: The Foreign Credential Recognition Program works with partners and stakeholders to achieve the following immediate, medium and long-term outcomes:

Immediate Outcome:

  • Understanding, consensus, collaboration and commitment among stakeholders and partners on issues and potential solutions related to FCR;
  • Promotion, information sharing and transfer of best practices in developing Pan-Canadian FCR processes; and,
  • Partnership among key stakeholders, provinces and territories to advance the FCR agenda.

Medium-term Outcome:

  • Availability of tools and processes to assess and recognize foreign credentials across organizations.

Long-term Outcome:

  • Standardization of Pan-Canadian FCR processes and tools in targeted occupations and other sectors; and,
  • Use of tools and processes by organizations to assess and recognize the credentials of internationally-trained workers in targeted occupations and sectors.

Ultimate Outcome:

  • Enhanced labour market outcomes of internationally-trained workers in targeted occupations and sectors.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 26.4 21.4  21.4 21.4
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 26.4 21.4*  21.4 21.4

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* Variance from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012 is mainly attributable to a reprofile of funds from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011.


Canada Student Loans Program - Liabilities


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Loans Program – Liabilities

Start date: September, 1964

End date: Ongoing

Description: From September 1964 to August 1, 1995, the Canada Student Loan Program operated a Guaranteed Loan regime with Canadian financial institutions, whereby financial assistance was provided to students through financial institutions in the form of 100 percent guaranteed government loans.

This transfer payment tracks claims submitted by financial institutions related to the remaining Guaranteed Loan Portfolio.

Expected results: Track claim payments to financial institutions for the remaining balance of the portfolio.

Canada meets its obligations as set out under the Canada Student Loans Act in agreements with financial institutions.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions (8.8)  (14.0) (10.4) (9.8)
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments (8.8)  (14.0) (10.4) (9.8)

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

Canada Student Loans Program – Interest Payments and Liabilities


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Loans Program – Interest Payments and Liabilities

Start date: August 1, 1995

End date: Ongoing

Description: From August 1, 1995 to July 31, 2000, the Canada Student Loans Program operated a risk-shared loans regime with Canadian financial institutions. This transfer payment represents consolidated costs related to that regime, including interest subsidy, repayment assistance benefits, the amount of loans forgiven, risk premium put-backs and administrative costs.

Expected results:

  • As a result of this transfer payment, students who borrowed under the risk-shared regime continue to receive in-study student financial assistance and debt management assistance in repayment; and,
  • Canada meets its obligations as set out under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act in agreements with financial institutions.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 7.1 5.2  5.5 3.3
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 7.1 5.2  5.5 3.3

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Canada Student Loans Program – Direct Financing Arrangement


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Loans Program – Direct Financing Arrangement

Start date: August 1, 2000

End date: Ongoing

Description: This transfer payment provides alternative payments to non-participating jurisdictions given that provinces and territories may choose not to participate in the Canada Student Loans Program. Provinces and territories who make this choice receive an alternative payment to assist in the cost of delivering a similar student financial assistance program.

The transfer payment also provides repayment assistance benefits to borrowers, and the value of loans forgiven according to prescribed criteria. As of August 2009, individual debt measures, including interest relief and debt reduction in repayment, have been replaced by the Repayment Assistance Plan. The Repayment Assistance Plan is an optional program for students facing difficulty in making their student loan payments.

Finally, this transfer payment is used to ensure that full-time student military reservists who interrupt their studies for a deployment on designated operations will not be charged interest or have to start paying back their student loan while they are away from their studies and on duty.

Expected results: Post-secondary education students in the province of Québec, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut continue to access financial assistance similar to the assistance provided to students in those jurisdictions that participate in the Canada Student Loans Program.

Students in participating jurisdictions with financial difficulty are able to receive repayment benefits.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants - - -
Total contributions 323.7 348.6  348.0 352.5
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 323.7 348.6  348.0 352.5

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/typtpp_table.shtml


Canada Student Grants Program


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Grants Program (CSGP)

Start date: August 1, 2009

End date: Ongoing

Description: As of August 1, 2009, the Canada Student Grants Program (CSGP) replaced Canada Study Grants and Canada Access Grants. The Canada Student Grants Program (CSGP) provides up-front grants to students from low- and middle-income families, students with dependants, part-time students and those with permanent disabilities. The new Canada Student Grants Program is simple, transparent, predictable and broad-based, providing certainty and predictability for students who qualify.

Students who received the former Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF) general bursaries in past years receive transitional grants until they complete or withdraw from their program of study. Former CMSF recipients who are eligible for the new low and middle-income grants will have the difference between the amount of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation general bursary and the amount of the new grant made up with a transition grant.

Expected results: The CSGP is designed to:

  • Provide non-repayable assistance in an integrated, consistent, and predictable manner across the country;
  • Enable disadvantaged students to better understand and benefit from Federal programs for student financial assistance;
  • Encourage post-secondary education completion, and thereby support the full participation of individuals from disadvantaged groups in the labour market; and,
  • Promote increased participation and equity in post-secondary education by providing higher levels of assistance and targeting assistance to lower- and middle-income groups.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 578.4 554.3  539.6 534.9
Total contributions - - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - - -
Total Transfer payments 578.4 554.3  539.6 534.9

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Canada Education Savings Program


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Education Savings Program (CESP)

Start date: January 1, 1998 (Canada Education Savings Grant)
January 1, 2005 (Canada Learning Bond)

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Canada Education Savings Program (CESP) encourages saving for a child’s post-secondary education savings, from early childhood, in Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). It is intended to make post-secondary education more affordable for families by providing the Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG), a matching savings grant on RESP savings for children aged 0 – 17. Eligible low-income families can also benefit from the Canada Learning Bond. The Program’s main clients include families with children. The Program also administers the Education Savings Community Outreach Contribution Program that assists organizations to develop outreach projects to encourage low-income Canadians to save for their children’s post-secondary education, access available education savings incentives and increase their financial literacy.

The program’s infrastructure is also used to administer the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Grant on behalf of the Province of Alberta, on a cost-recovery basis.

Further information regarding the Canada Education Savings Grant can be found at:
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/learning/education_savings/public/cesg.shtml

Further information regarding the Canada Learning Bond can be found at:
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/learning/education_savings/public/clb.shtml

Expected results: Expected Result 1: Canadians with children under 18 years have savings with the Registered Education Savings Plan.

Performance Indicators:

  1. Percentage of children under 18 years in the current calendar year who have ever received a Canada Education Savings Grant.
  2. Percentage of eligible children in the current calendar year who have ever received a Canada Learning Bond.

Expected Result 2: Canadians are able to finance their post-secondary education using their savings from a Registered Education Savings Plan.

Performance Indicator:

  1. Total amount ($) withdrawn from Registered Education Savings Plan accounts in a calendar year to pay for post-secondary education.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 714.0 736.0  768.0 809.0
Total contributions 3.9 2.4  2.4 2.4
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 717.9 738.4  770.4 811.4

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Pathways to Education Canada


Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Pathways to Education Canada

Start date: December 31, 2010

End date: March 31, 2014

Description: Pathways to Education Canada, a charitable organization founded in 2001, is the largest community-based early intervention program in Canada. The program was created to reduce poverty and its effects by lowering the high school dropout rate and increasing access to post-secondary education (PSE) among disadvantaged youth, generally from low-income families who are newcomers to Canada and who have no previous history of PSE. To help ensure that disadvantaged youth complete high school and continue on to PSE, Pathways to Education Canada provides:

  • Non-financial supports such as tutoring, mentoring, and counselling; and,
  • Financial supports such as bursaries for PSE, and funding for certain immediate costs related to attending high school (e.g. bus tickets).

The program has proven successful in helping disadvantaged youth overcome barriers to high school completion and post-secondary education.

Expected results: Federal funding is expected to allow Pathways to Education Canada to strengthen its existing programs and to work with community partners to expand its activities into new communities across the country. Expansion efforts have begun, with community-based partners opening new programs in Kingston, Winnipeg and Halifax in 2010.

 
($ millions) Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 2.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Total contributions -  - - -
Total other types of transfer payments -  - - -
Total Transfer payments 2.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Wage Earner Protection Program


Strategic Outcome: Safe, fair, and productive workplaces and cooperative workplace relations

Program Activity: Labour

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP)

Start date: July 2008

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Wage Earner Protection Program Act was part of Bill C-55, which set out a comprehensive reform of Canada’s insolvency laws, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. Passage of Bill C-55 was expedited with unanimous, all party consent in both Houses of Parliament. The Bill received Royal Assent on November 25, 2005, and became Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005. The Act was subject to technical amendments, which were contained in Bill C-12 and received Royal Assent on December 13, 2007. The Act and its Regulations came into force on July 7, 2008. Further amendments to the Program to include coverage for termination and severance pay were included in Budget Implementation Act, 2009.

The Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) is a targeted federal Program providing financial support to workers who lose their job and are owed money when their employer goes bankrupt or becomes subject to receivership under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Specifically, the Program reimburses eligible workers for unpaid wages, vacation, severance, and termination pay up to a current maximum of $3,400 (the equivalent of four weeks’ maximum insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act). The Wage Earner Protection Program is administered by the Labour Program and is delivered by Service Canada.

Expected results: The expected result for this Program is a reduction in economic insecurity of Canadian workers with unpaid wages in insolvent workplaces.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 56.2 56.2  54.2 54.2
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 56.2 56.2  54.2 54.2

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Old Age Security


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Old Age Security Pension (statutory payment)

Start date: 1952

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Old Age Security (OAS) pension is a monthly benefit available to most Canadians 65 years of age or over who meet residence requirements. An applicant's employment history is not a factor in determining eligibility, nor does the applicant need to be retired. Old Age Security payments to pensioners are taxable income at the federal and provincial levels.

Expected results: Eligible seniors receive a benefit that assists them in maintaining a minimum standard of living.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 27,692.0 29,162.2  30,722.8 32,458.1
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 27,692.0 29,162.2  30,722.8 32,458.1

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Guaranteed Income Supplement


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Guaranteed Income Supplement (statutory payment)

Start date: 1967

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) provides additional money, on top of the Old Age Security (OAS) pension, to low-income seniors living in Canada. The GIS is a monthly benefit paid to residents of Canada who receive a full or partial OAS pension and who meet the income requirements for the program.

(See: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/oas/oasrates.shtml - for the latest income requirements)

Benefits received from the Old Age Security program, including the Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Allowance, are not included as income in determining eligibility for this program.

Expected results: Eligible low-income seniors receive a Guaranteed Income Supplement that assists them in maintaining a minimum standard of living.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 8,046.0 8,429.8  8,869.9 9,338.8
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 8,046.0 8,429.8  8,869.9 9,338.8

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Allowance Payments


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Allowance Payments (statutory payments)

Start date: 1975 – Allowance
1985 – Allowance for the Survivor

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Allowance may be paid to the spouse or common-law partner of a Guaranteed Income Supplement recipient, or to a survivor.

Expected results: Eligible low income seniors, such as spouses or common-law partners of Old Age Security pensioners or survivors between the ages of 60 and 64, receive an Allowance that assists them in maintaining a minimum standard of living.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 524.0 534.3  527.7 524.0
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 524.0 534.3  527.7 524.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Canada Disability Savings Program – Grants and Bond


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) – Grants and Bonds (statutory payment)

Start date: November 2008

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) is designed to support Registered Disability Savings Plans, which are savings vehicles to help parents and others save for the long-term financial security of a person with a severe disability. The Government of Canada will pay matching grants of 300, 200, or 100 percent depending on the beneficiary’s family income and the amount contributed. The Government will also pay income-tested bonds to the Registered Disability Savings Plans of low-income Canadians with disabilities, regardless of the amount contributed.

Expected results: The expected long-term result of the program is:

  • to contribute to the financial security of people with severe and prolonged disabilities.

The expected intermediate results for the program are:

  • authorized people or organizations contribute to beneficiary’s Registered Disability Savings Plan; and,
  • beneficiaries receive the Grants and Bonds through the Registered Disability Savings Plans.

The expected immediate results for the program are:

  • eligible individuals (and their families/guardians) are aware of the program and its requirements;
  • financial institutions offer the Registered Disability Savings Program in a manner that meets the needs of the target population; and,
  • eligible individuals (and their families/guardians) open Registered Disability Savings Plans.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 116.1 83.0  89.3 96.0
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 116.1* 83.0  89.3 96.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* Forecast Spending for 2010-2011 has been updated in 2010-2011 Supplementary Estimates (c) due to higher than expected take-up of the program.


Homelessness Partnering Strategy


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS)

Start date: April 1, 2011

End date: March 31, 2014

Description: The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) provides grants and contributions to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, municipal governments, Band and tribal councils and other Aboriginal organizations, public health and educational institutions, Agences de la santé et des services sociaux, research organizations and research institutes to help communities better understand and more effectively prevent and reduce homelessness.

Expected results: By March 31, 2014 the Homelessness Partnering Strategy aims to contribute, with partners, to a more sustainable and comprehensive continuum of supports to help homeless Canadians move towards self-sufficiency and to prevent those at risk from becoming homeless, through seven funding streams:

  • The first three funding streams of Designated Communities, Rural and Remote Homelessness, and Aboriginal Homelessness focus on the needs of homeless and at-risk individuals at the local level, and provide funding to help them gain and maintain a stable living arrangement.
  • The remaining four streams are delivered nationally and include the Federal Horizontal Pilot Projects (HPP), Homelessness Knowledge Development (HKD), National Homeless Information System (NHIS) and Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative (SFRPHI). These streams provide the means to develop and explore innovative methods, as well as horizontal approaches to addressing issues related to homelessness, including: effective reporting, accountability, data development and collection, evidence-based knowledge development, the sharing of best practices, and making surplus federal real properties available to communities:

For more information, please visit the Homelessness Partnering Strategy Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/homelessness/index.shtml

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Total contributions 145.8 110.1  107.9 110.8
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 148.3 110.9*  108.7 111.6

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* The decrease from 2010-2011 is due to reprofiles between fiscal years.


Social Development Partnerships Program


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP) (voted payments)

Start date: April 1, 2009

End date: Ongoing

Description: The Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP) provides grant and contribution funding to not-for-profit organizations working to meet the social development needs of persons with disabilities, children and their families, and other vulnerable or excluded populations in Canada.

The SDPP has two funding components: Children and Families, and Disability.

The SDPP-Children and Families supports not-for-profit organizations working in communities across Canada to tackle local challenges that individuals and families experience in accessing participation opportunities for learning, labour market attachment, and social inclusion. In addition, the SDPP provides funding for early childhood development in Official Language Minority Communities as part of the Roadmap for Canada’s Linguistic Duality, 2008-2013.

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/community_partnerships/sdpp/index.shtml

The Disability component of the Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP-D) supports projects that are designed to improve the participation and integration of people with disabilities in all aspects of Canadian society. More specifically, the fund supports a wide range of community-based projects that respond to issues faced by people with disabilities and their families, including improved access to programs and services.

http://www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/community_partnerships/sdpp/call/disability_component/page00.shtml.

Expected results: The desired outcome for SDPP is:
Not-for-profit sector and partners have capacity to respond to existing and emerging social issues for target populations.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 21.3 14.3  14.3 14.3
Total contributions 6.4 6.1  6.1 6.1
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 27.7 20.4  20.4 20.4

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


New Horizons for Seniors Program


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Name of Transfer Payment Program: New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) (voted payments)

Start date: Original program: October 1, 2004;
Expanded Program: September 27, 2007

End date: Ongoing
Please note: Budget 2010 provided a $5 million annual increase to program funding for this program.

Description: Through the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP), the Department helps seniors benefit from and contribute to the quality of life in their communities. The NHSP supports both community-based and Pan-Canadian (national or regional) projects. Community-based projects address social challenges ‘on the ground’ and recognize communities as the focal point for program and service delivery. Funded projects are inspired or led by seniors, are volunteer-based, and are supported by their communities. Pan-Canadian projects address elder abuse (including financial abuse) through raising awareness, developing and sharing information, and networking.

Expected results: The direct outcomes for NHSP are:

  • Recipient organizations equip community members to recognize abuse of seniors;
  • Participating seniors share their knowledge and experience with peers and different generations;
  • Recipient organizations adopt approaches to engage volunteers; and,
  • Recipient organizations have capacity to support seniors’ initiatives in their communities.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 31.3 31.3  31.3 31.3
Total contributions 1.8 1.8  1.8 1.8
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 33.1 33.1  33.1 33.1

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Universal Child Care Benefit


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB)

Start date: July 1, 2006

End date: Ongoing

Description: Effective July 2006 families receive $100 per month (up to $1,200 per year) for each child under six. Payments are made directly to families so that they can choose the child care that best meets the family’s needs. The Universal Child Care Benefit is provided in addition to existing federal programs such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit, which includes the National Child Benefit Supplement, the new Child Tax Credit and the Child Care Expense Deduction. The Universal Child Care Benefit does not affect the benefits families receive under these programs. Further information can be found at http://www.universalchildcare.ca.

Expected results: Canada’s families with children under six years of age receive financial support through the Universal Child Care Benefit for their child care choices.

($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 2,594.0 2,660.0  2,698.0 2,730.0
Total contributions - - -
Total other types of transfer payments - - -
Total Transfer payments 2,594.0 2,660.0  2,698.0 2,730.0

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml


Enabling Accessibility Fund


Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF)

Start date: September 2009 (Major Projects) and
June 2010 (Small and Mid-sized Projects)

End date: March 31, 2013

Description: The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) supports community-based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities.

Through the Small Project Component of the EAF, funding is provided to projects that improve the built environment through renovation, construction and retrofitting of buildings, modification of vehicles for community use and provision of accessible information/communication technologies.

Through the Mid-sized Project Component of the EAF, contribution funding is provided for retrofits, renovations or new construction of facilities within Canada that house services and programs emphasizing a holistic approach to the social and labour market integration needs of people with disabilities.

Through the Major Project Component of the EAF, contribution funding is provided for the construction of abilities centres that assist people with varying abilities to have increased access to opportunities for social and economic participation in the community.

Expected results: The expected outcomes of the program are:

  • Direct outcome: People with disabilities can access community facilities;
  • Shared outcome: People with disabilities have opportunities to participate in community life; and,
  • Ultimate outcome: Communities benefit from the participation of people with disabilities.
($ millions)
  Forecast Spending
2010–2011
Planned Spending
2011–2012
Planned Spending
2012–2013
Planned Spending
2013–2014
Total grants 9.4 10.0  10.7 -
Total contributions 22.5 3.0*  7.0 -
Total other types of transfer payments - - - -
Total Transfer payments 31.9 13.0  17.7 -

Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/dpr/rpp/detailed_information/2011_2012/
typtpp_table.shtml

* Variance from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012 can be explained by reprofile of funds from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011.




Greening Government Operations (GGO)

Overview

The GGO supplementary table applies to departments and agencies bound by the Federal Sustainable Development Act, the Policy on Green Procurement, or the Policy Framework for Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Major International Events.

Please note:

  • RPP refers to Reports on Plans and Priorities and represents planned / expected results.
  • DPR refers to Departmental Performance Reports and represents actual results.

NOTE: Tables 8.1 to 8.4 are included in PWSGC’s Report on Plans and Priorities and are therefore not included here.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target


8.5 The federal government will take action now to reduce levels of greenhouse gas emissions from its operations to match the national target of 17% below 2005 by 2020.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Departmental Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction target: Percentage of absolute reduction in GHG emissions by fiscal year 2020–21, relative to fiscal year 2005–06. 17%  
Departmental GHG emissions in fiscal year 2005–06, in kilotonnes of (CO2) equivalent. 1.047 kilotonnes CO2 equivalent  
Departmental GHG emissions in the given fiscal year, in kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent. FY 2011–12 1.037 kilotonnes CO2 equivalent  
Percent change in departmental GHG emissions from fiscal year 2005–2006 to the end of the given fiscal year. FY 2011–12 1% reduction  

Strategies / Comments

  1. Given the age of the current fleet and the amount of funding provided, HRSDC is limited to purchasing leadership vehicles (leadership vehicles refers to those vehicles that significantly reduce fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and/or regulated emissions) in order to meet health and safety needs which takes precedence.
  2. HRSDC is currently evaluating opportunities to optimize fleet (i.e. size, utilization, etc.). Results of the evaluation will determine if the number of vehicles will decrease or increase based on departmental operational needs and funding. This may have an impact on the reduction of greenhouse gases.
  3. All fleet vehicles will be considered with respect to this target.

Surplus Electronic and Electrical Equipment Target


8.6 By March 31, 2014, each department will reuse or recycle all surplus electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) in an environmentally sound and secure manner.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Existence of implementation plan for the disposal of all departmentally-generated EEE. (Optional in RPP 2011–12) Under Development  
Total number of departmental locations with EEE implementation plan fully implemented, expressed as a percentage of all locations, by the end of the given fiscal year. FY 2011–12 Under Development  

Strategies / Comments

  1. HRSDC will begin to establish an implementation plan (based on PWSGC’s Guideline for the Disposal of Federal Surplus Electronic and Electrical Equipment) during the fiscal year 2011-12 in order to be in a position to report on total number of departmental locations with EEE implementation plan.
  2. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine the definition for the term "location" in relation to this target and determine the number of locations across the country.

Printing Unit Reduction Target


8.7 By March 31, 2013, each department will achieve an 8:1 average ratio of office employees to printing units. Departments will apply target where building occupancy levels, security considerations, and space configuration allow.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Ratio of departmental office employees to printing units in fiscal year 2010–11, where building occupancy levels, security considerations and space configuration allow. (Optional) Data not available  
Ratio of departmental office employees to printing units at the end of the given fiscal year, where building occupancy levels, security considerations and space configuration allow. FY 2011–12 Under Development  

Strategies / Comments

  1. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine a definition for printing units, scoping requirements (e.g. security considerations, locations, etc.), methodology for tracking printing units and methodology for tracking office employees. This analysis will allow HRSDC to develop an implementation strategy for this target.

Paper Consumption Target


8.8 By March 31, 2014, each department will reduce internal paper consumption per office employee by 20%. Each department will establish a baseline between 2005–2006 and 2011–2012, and applicable scope.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Number of sheets of internal office paper purchased or consumed per office employee in the baseline year selected, as per departmental scope. (Optional in RPP 2011–12) Under Development  
Cumulative reduction (or increase) in paper consumption, expressed as a percentage, relative to baseline year selected. (Optional in RPP 2011–12) FY 2011–12 Baseline year to be determined  

Strategies / Comments

  1. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine scoping requirements, methodology for tracking of internal paper consumption and methodology for tracking paper utilization by office employees. This analysis will allow the development of an implementation strategy for this target.
  2. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine a baseline.

Green Meetings Target


8.9 By March 31, 2012, each department will adopt a guide for greening meetings.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Presence of a green meeting guide. (Optional in RPP 2011–12) Yes  

Strategies / Comments

  1. Environment Canada’s Guide for Greening Meetings is currently available for employees via HRSDC’s Environmental Management Services intranet site
  2. HRSDC will develop an implementation strategy based on Environment Canada’s Guide for Greening Meetings.

Green Procurement Targets

8.10 As of April 1, 2011, each department will establish at least 3 SMART green procurement targets to reduce environmental impacts.


By march 31, 2014, 90% of desktop computer purchases will be environmentally preferred models.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status    
Dollar value of desktop computer purchases that meet the target relative to total dollar value of all purchases of desktop computers. Under Development  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-2012 70% of target  
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 80% of target  
Fiscal Year 2013-2014 90% of target  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) targets.
  2. The implementation of the national procurement process, including commodity-based preferred procurement approaches, will ensure the consistent application of environmentally preferred models.
  3. Public Works and Government Services Canada’s mandatory standing offer for desktop computers provides environmentally preferred models.


By March 31, 2014, 90% of copy paper purchases contain a minimum of 30% recycled content and have forest management certification, or equivalent.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status    
Dollar value of copy paper purchases that meet the target relative to total dollar value of all purchases for copy paper (expressed as percentage). Under Development  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-2012 70% of target  
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 80% of target  
Fiscal Year 2013-2014 90% of target  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART targets (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound).
  2. The implementation of the national procurement process, including commodity-based preferred procurement approaches, will ensure the consistent application of environmentally preferred copy paper.
  3. Public Works and Government Services Canada’s mandatory standing offer provides environmentally preferred copy paper.


As of April 1st, 2011, 75% of vehicles purchased annually are leadership vehicles in its class, as per the government motor vehicle ordering guide, where operational requirements allow.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status    
Number of vehicle purchases that meet the target relative to the total number of all vehicle purchases (baseline fiscal year 2010 - 2011). 75%  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-2012 100% of target  
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 100% of target  
Fiscal Year 2013-2014 100% of target  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART targets (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound).
  2. For this target, leadership vehicle will be defined as those that significantly reduce fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and/or regulated emissions (e.g. hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle).
  3. This target only applies to the purchase of light-duty vehicles.
  4. HRSDC is currently evaluating opportunities to optimize fleet (i.e. size, utilization, etc.).
  5. This implementation of the national procurement process, including commodity-based preferred procurement approaches, will ensure the consistent application of environmentally preferred copy paper.
  6. All leadership vehicles purchased will meet Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Guide to Fleet Management, Chapter 1: Light-Duty Vehicles and be purchased through Public Works and Government Services Canada’s National Master Standing Offers.

8.11 As of April 1, 2011, each department will establish SMART targets for training, employee performance evaluations, and management processes and controls, as they pertain to procurement decision-making.


Training for Select Employees.

By march 31, 2014, 90% of designated procurement specialists will have green procurement training.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status    
Number of designated procurement specialists with Green Procurement training relative to the total number of designated procurement specialists. 25%  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Training plan and material to be completed  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) targets.
  2. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine the number of designated procurement specialists that require training and establish a tracking methodology for the number of designated procurement specialists that receive both Green Procurement training and commodity-specific training material for environmentally preferred goods and services.


Employee performance evaluations for managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management.

By March 31, 2014, 90% of designated managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management will have environmental objectives included within their performance evaluations.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Percentage of performance evaluations of designated managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management that incorporate environmental objectives, relative to total number of performance evaluations of designated managers and functional heads of procurement. 25%  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-12 Identification of designated managers  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) targets.
  2. In fiscal year 2011–12, HRSDC will determine the number of designated managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management that require environmental objectives in their Performance Management Agreement and establish a tracking methodology for this target.


Management processes and controls.

By March 31, 2014, all designated management processes and controls pertaining to the purchase of fleet vehicles will include environmental considerations.
Performance Measure RPP DPR
Target Status  
Percentage of designated management processes and controls pertaining to the purchase of fleet vehicles that include environmental considerations relative to the total number of designated management processes and controls pertaining to the purchase of fleet vehicles. 25%  
Progress against measure in the given fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2011-12 Plan to be completed  

Strategies / Comments

  1. This target meets the requirements for SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) targets.
  2. In fiscal year 2011-2012, HRSDC will review existing number of designated management processes and controls relative to the total number of designated management processes and controls pertaining to the purchase of fleet vehicles, and will adjust accordingly to include environmental considerations.



Horizontal Initiatives

Youth Employment Strategy


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Lead department program activity: Skills and Employment

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: April 1, 2003

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Ongoing

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Through the Youth Employment Strategy, the Government of Canada is working to provide young Canadians with both valuable work experience and earnings to help transition to the labour market and support their further education. The Youth Employment Strategy supports Canadian youth as they move into the world of work. The Strategy plays a role in developing Canada's workforce by providing young Canadians with access to programs and services to help them gain the skills, knowledge, career information and work experience they need to find and maintain employment and make a successful transition into the labour force.

The Youth Employment Strategy is designed to respond to labour market challenges facing youth, aged 15 to 30. The Strategy has three program streams: Skills Link, Career Focus and Summer Work Experience, which includes the Canada Summer Jobs initiative. Skills Link provides youth-at-risk with opportunities to develop employability skills they need to find work or return to school. Career Focus helps post-secondary graduates find work in their area of specialization. Summer Work Experience helps secondary and post-secondary graduates acquire career-related skills and financing for their education through summer jobs.

The Government of Canada's support to young Canadians is a shared responsibility and a partnership effort among many departments and organizations. Human Resources and Skills Development, along with 10 other federal government departments, work cooperatively with other levels of government, Aboriginal organizations, educational institutions, and private sector, not-for-profit and voluntary sector organizations to deliver Youth Employment Strategy initiatives.

Canada's Economic Action Plan increased funding by $10 million in 2009 and provided an additional $10 million in 2010 for Canada Summer Jobs. This is part of the overall Government of Canada strategy to create the best educated, most skilled and most flexible workforce in the world.

Shared outcome(s): The shared outcomes of partners for the common key results are:

Number of youth served
Number of youth employed / self-employed
Number of youth returning to school

Governance structure(s): The Youth Employment Strategy has in place a horizontal Results-based Management and Accountability Framework that represents a commitment among the eleven participating federal departments to undertake ongoing collection of common performance management data to ensure effective overall performance management of the program.

Oversight of the Youth Employment Strategy horizontal initiative is provided through a collaborative committee structure. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is responsible for facilitating coordination among the departments and agencies funding Youth Employment Strategy activities. As lead of this horizontal initiative, HRSDC chairs and is responsible for the coordination and management of the Youth Employment Strategy Interdepartmental Operations Committee and the Youth Employment Strategy Evaluation Sub-Committee. HRSDC is ultimately accountable for attaining the expected results for the Youth Employment Strategy and has the ultimate decision making authority for issues related to the overall policy, design and implementation of the Youth Employment Strategy.

Youth Employment Strategy initiatives are delivered nationally, regionally and locally using a variety of funding instruments, such as contribution agreements and some direct delivery methods. Transfer payments are provided primarily by participating departments through contribution agreements and service delivery agreements in support of participants' remuneration and overhead costs.

Planning Highlights: As lead, HRSDC will continue to support implementation of the YES across the 11 participating federal departments with a focus on program results and performance monitoring, and preparing the YES summative evaluation scheduled to begin 2012.

Federal Partner: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Skills and Employment Career Focus Ongoing $13.0M Projected Range of Results

For POB-Service Canada:

Clients Served: 370

Employed or Self-Employed: 220

Return to School: 37

Contribution Agreements: 150

Funds Leveraged: $4.0M-$6.0M

For Sector Council:

Clients Served: 350

Employed or Self-Employed: 309

Return to School: 35

Contribution Agreements: 163

Funds Leveraged: TBD
Skills Link Ongoing $139.4M Service Canada
Projected Range of Results

Clients Served: 15,500

Employed or Self-Employed: 1,860

Return to School: 5,890

Contribution Agreements: 955

Funds Leveraged: $50.0M-$65.0M
Summer Work Experience (Canada Summer Jobs) Ongoing $111.4M Clients Served: not available

Employed or Self-Employed: not available

Return to School: not available

Contribution Agreements: not available

Funds Leveraged: CFO
Total   $263.8M  

Federal Partner: Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $1.1M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $1.1M  

Federal Partner: Canadian International Development Agency
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $7.3M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $7.3M  

Federal Partner: Canadian Heritage
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $0.9M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Summer Work Experience   $8.0M
Total   $8.9M  

Federal Partner: Environment Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $3.3M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $3.3M  

Federal Partner: Industry Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $9.5M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Summer Work Experience   $7.4M
Total   $16.9M  

Federal Partner: National Research Council
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $5.3M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total    $5.3M  

Federal Partner: Natural Resources Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Career Focus   $0.6M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $0.6M  

Federal Partner: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Skills Link   $1.0M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $1.0M  

Federal Partner: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Skills Link   $16.0M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Summer Work Experience   $8.0M
Total   $24.0M  

Federal Partner: Parks Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Summer Work Experience   $2.0M HRSDC does not set expected results for other federal departments
Total   $2.0M


Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2011–2012
Ongoing $334.2M

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Not Applicable

Contact information:

John Atherton, Director General
Active Employment Measures
Skills and Employment Branch
Telephone: (819) 994-6916
john.atherton@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Québec


Temporary Foreign Worker Program


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Lead department program activity: Skills and Employment

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: June 13, 2007

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Ongoing

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) enables Canadian employers to hire foreign workers on a temporary basis to meet immediate skills and labour needs when Canadians are not available, subject to employers and workers meeting specified criteria. The Program is jointly managed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). The TFWP includes program streams such as: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, Live-in-Caregiver Program, Pilot Project for Occupations Requiring Lower Levels of Formal Training, and several Labour Market Opinion (LMO) exempt streams.

In the province of Quebec, the TFWP is administered through a partnership with the Government of Quebec, as referenced in the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration.

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/index.shtml

Shared outcome(s):

  • Employers’ temporary human resource needs are addressed;
  • Temporary Foreign Workers’ rights and protections are respected;
  • Entry of eligible temporary foreign workers into Canada in a timely manner;
  • Temporary migration that is consistent with federal, provincial and territorial regulations, standards and international obligations; and,
  • Migration that significantly benefits Canada’s economic, social, and cultural development.

Governance structure(s):

  • HRSDC is responsible for providing a LMO to CIC and employers indicating whether the employment of the temporary foreign worker is likely to have a positive, negative or neutral impact on the labour market in Canada, and processes LMO applications to support the work permit application process.
  • CIC is responsible for assessing work permit applications and issuing work permits to workers.
  • Each Department is responsible for the design and management of those elements of the program under its Minister's responsibility.

Planning Highlights: HRSDC in partnership with CIC will implement TFWP regulatory changes, which will include enhancements to the Program that will strengthen worker protection and improve program integrity. A key part of the process will be to monitor the implementation of the Quality Assurance Framework training and materials in order to ensure consistency and compliance in the application of all program directives and guidelines. These directives include the evaluation of the genuineness of job offers made to foreign nationals, and restricting program access to employers failing to meet commitments to workers with respect to wages, working conditions and/or the occupation.

In addition, HRSDC will continue to work with other government departments and the provinces and territories to develop information sharing agreements. These agreements will assist with the administration and enforcement of the Program as well as provincial/territorial employments standards and occupational health and safety legislation.

Federal Partner: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Skills and Employment Temporary Foreign Worker Program Ongoing $39.2M Program enhancements, including those to strengthen worker protection, enhance program integrity and respond to the recommendations of the Auditor General of Canada. The work activities include :

  • implement a Quality Assurance Framework to ensure national consistency and compliance with legislation in the LMO assessment process;
  • partner with CIC to monitor implementation of TFWP regulatory changes, that come into force on April 1, 2011 to ensure changes are made in an efficient manner and employers, TFW’s and stakeholders are fully aware of TFWP requirements;
  • support completion of a joint HRSDC-CIC evaluation of the LMO streams of the TFWP with results expected in 2011-12;
  • design and implement a new HRSDC/Service Canada LMO process framework, including a new TFWP manual and associated training for officers;
  • work with Service Canada to implement jointly-managed employer monitoring processes;
  • develop new approaches to employer monitoring to enhance our ability to accurately identify and mitigate program integrity risks;
  • enhance mechanisms to report publicly on TFWP outcomes, including program statistics, results of compliance work to date and tools and information for employers;
  • develop and implement information sharing agreements with provinces/territories to assist in the administration and enforcement of provincial/territorial employment standards and occupational health and safety legislation;
  • develop and implement information sharing agreements with other government departments;
  • partner and participate with CIC in joint F-P/T Temporary Foreign Workers Working groups; and,
  • negotiate and implement, with CIC, Federal-Provincial Temporary Foreign Worker Annexes.
Total   $39.2M  

Federal Partner: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Temporary Resident Program Temporary Foreign Worker Program Ongoing $24.2M Program enhancements, resulting from regulatory amendment to CIC’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. These changes strengthen worker protection, enhance program integrity, and respond to the recommendations of the Auditor General of Canada. The work activities include:

  • partner with HRSDC to monitor implementation of TFWP regulatory changes that come into force on April 1, 2011, to ensure changes are made in an efficient manner and employers, TFWs and stakeholders are fully aware of TFWP requirements;
  • support completion of a joint HRSDC-CIC evaluation of the LMO streams of the TFWP with results expected in 2011-12;
  • partner and participate with HRSDC in joint F-P/T Temporary Foreign Workers working groups; and,
  • negotiate and implement, with HRSDC, Federal-Provincial Temporary Foreign Worker Annexes.
Total   $24.2M  


Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2011–2012
Ongoing $63.4M

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Not Applicable

Contact information:

Andrew Kenyon, Director General
Temporary Foreign Worker and Labour Market Information Directorate
Skills and Employment Branch
Telephone: (819) 994-1021
andrew.kenyon@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec

NOTE: The June 2007 start date represents the latest authorities for the Temporary Foreign Worker program. The planned spending figures are for Citizenship and Immigration Canada and HRSDC only. Figures exclude planned spending for other government departments such as DFAIT and PWSGC and therefore do not represent the full Government of Canada costs for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.


Canada Student Loans Program and Canada Student Grants Program


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Canada Student Loans Program and Canada Student Grants Program

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Lead department program activity: Learning

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: September, 1964

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Ongoing

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The Canada Student Loans Program and Canada Student Grants Program lower financial barriers to post-secondary education by providing loans and grants to students with a demonstrated financial need. This helps increase their opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills they need to fully participate in the job market, the economy and society.

Information for Canadians about planning, saving and paying for post-secondary studies, including school selection, as well as applying for and managing student loans and grants, can be accessed at: http://www.canlearn.ca

Shared outcome(s): Maintain the Government's commitment to accessible post-secondary education by:

  • lowering financial barriers to post-secondary education through the provision of financial assistance to eligible Canadians.

Governance structure(s): The Government of Canada has entered into Integration Agreements with four provinces (Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador) in order to create a "one-student-one-loan" service approach. These four integrated provinces account for over 60% of Canada Student Loans Program borrowers. British Columbia will adopt this integrated model when it finalizes its Integration Agreement with the Government of Canada for 2011-2012.

Canada Student Loans and Canada Student Grants are jointly delivered and administered by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, participating provinces and Yukon1. An external Service Provider, financial institutions, Canada Revenue Agency and Public Works and Government Services Canada are responsible for conducting one or more activities during the loan lifecycle.

Effective management of the Program and relations with third-party agents is the primary responsibility of the Canada Student Loans Directorate. Program activities include defining the operational and financial processes for the delivery of the program by the service providers, investigation of escalated cases by the Client Relations office, and control and monitoring by the Comptroller's Office.

The application and needs assessment for the Program is delivered by provincial student assistance offices, which also administer provincial aid. The participating provinces and Yukon:

  • determine individual eligibility for loans and grants based on federal criteria;
  • issue loan certificates; and,
  • designate educational institutions that students may attend.

While the Canada Student Loans Program provides guidance and direction regarding delivery of the program, the Service Provider assumes responsibility for the administration of the loans while students are studying and in repayment. Responsibilities of the Service Provider include:

  • verifying loan agreements;
  • managing the in-study interest-free period;
  • handling loan repayment; and,
  • advising and counselling borrowers on their debt management options.

Public Works and Government Services Canada is responsible for disbursing loans and grants to the borrowers and to Educational Institutions, in cases where funds are directed to schools to cover tuition.

Accounts Receivable Directorate within the Canada Revenue Agency is the agent responsible for the collection of defaulted loans. Defaulted guaranteed and risk-shared loans become debts to the Crown when the Government of Canada buys back the debt from financial institutions. Defaulted direct financed loans are returned to government after the Service Provider has attempted collection for a set period of time and the borrower has either not made payments on their loan or is unwilling to repay.

Planning Highlights: Planning highlights for the Canada Student Loans Program in 2011-2012 include:

  • Ensuring the sustained delivery of core services to help Canadians access post-secondary education;
  • Implementing mandated program initiatives to improve post-secondary related services and programs, including modernizing and streamlining student financial assistance through the new Service Delivery Vision;
  • Reviewing and enhancing client service delivery in support of post-secondary education;
  • Developing and advancing policy options in support of post-secondary education awareness and participation; and,
  • Implementing administrative integration of student financial assistance with the Province of British Columbia.
Federal Partner: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Learning Canada Student Loan Program $806.2M

Loans disbursed
under the
Canada Student
Financial Assistance
Act
:

$2,282.4M
$774.6M

Loans disbursed
under the
Canada Student
Financial Assistance
Act
:

$2,114.2M
Estimated number of Canadians to benefit from loans and non repayable in- study interest subsidies received (in the 2010-11 Loan Year beginning August 1, 2010) through the Canada Student Loans Program: 505,000
Canada Student Grant Program $578.4M $554.3M Estimated number of Canadians to benefit from the Canada Student Grant Program (in the 2010-11 Loan Year beginning August 1, 2010): 306,000
Total $1,384.6M $1,328.9M  

Expected Results: Continued promotion of access (both participation and completion) to post-secondary education by removing financial and information barriers


Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2011–2012
$1,384.6M $1,328.9M

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Not Applicable

Contact information:

Marc LeBrun, Director General
Canada Student Loans Directorate
Learning Branch
Telephone: (819) 997-6684
marc.l.lebrunr@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca


1 Quebec, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not participate in the Canada Student Loans Program. These jurisdictions receive an alternative payment to assist in the cost of delivering a similar student financial assistance program.


National Child Benefit


Name of Horizontal Initiative: National Child Benefit Program Initiative

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Lead department program activity: Income Security

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 1998

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Ongoing

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Through the Federal-Provincial/Territorial (F-P/T) National Child Benefit (NCB) initiative, the Government of Canada is working with provincial and territorial governments1 to provide income support, as well as benefits and services, for low-income families with children. The initiative also includes a First Nations component.

Shared outcome(s):

The National Child Benefit initiative has three goals:

  • Help prevent and reduce the depth of child poverty;
  • Promote attachment to the labour market by ensuring that families will always be better off as a result of working; and,
  • Reduce overlap and duplication by harmonizing program objectives and benefits and simplifying administration.

Annual National Child Benefit Progress Reports include information on the level of spending by all jurisdictions. There is a data collection process to which all participating jurisdictions contribute in order to present comparable information on National Child Benefit initiatives. The data submitted by each jurisdiction is reviewed jointly to ensure consistency in reporting. To obtain the most recent Progress Report or for further information, please visit the F-P/T National Child Benefit website: http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca.

Federal Spending:

The Government of Canada contributes to the National Child Benefit initiative through a supplement to its Canada Child Tax Benefit. In addition to the base benefit of the Canada Child Tax Benefit, which is targeted to both low- and middle-income families, the National Child Benefit Supplement provides extra income support to low-income families with children. Federal spending on the Canada Child Tax Benefit is tracked by the Canada Revenue Agency, which is responsible for the delivery of the National Child Benefit Supplement.

The federal government provided $3.68B through the NCB Supplement in the 2009-2010 benefit year (July to June). By 2010-2011, total annual federal support delivered through the Canada Child Tax Benefit, including the NCB Supplement, is projected to reach $10.12B, including a projected $3.74B through the NCB Supplement.

Provincial and Territorial and First Nations Spending:

Under the National Child Benefit initiative, provinces, territories and First Nations provide benefits and services that further the goals of the initiative. In the latest F-P/T NCB Progress Report, the National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2007, reports that in 2006-2007, total reinvestments and investments for provinces, territories, and First Nations were estimated at $833.6M in programs and services. These programs and services include child/day care initiatives, child benefits and earned income supplements, early childhood services and children-at-risk services, supplementary health benefits, and youth initiatives. First Nations investments and reinvestments in programs and services were estimated at $52.7M in 2006-2007.

Indicators and Impacts:

The National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2007 includes an analysis of both societal level indicators, which measure areas such as low income and labour force attachment, and direct outcome indicators, which measure only those changes that are directly attributed to the National Child Benefit initiative.

With respect to societal level indicators, the report shows that the proportion of families with children living in low income has declined significantly since the mid-1990s, decreasing from 17.6 percent in 1996 to 10.5 percent in 2005, based on Statistics Canada's post-tax low-income cut-offs. During this period, the number of children living in low income decreased from 1,304,000 in 1996 to 787,894 in 2005, a decrease of approximately 516,106 children.

Further, using the Market Basket Measure (MBM), the report estimates that in 2005, as a direct result of the National Child Benefit initiative:

  • 171,100 children in 78,800 families were prevented from living in low income in 2005, a reduction of 13.7 percent. This means that in 2005, there were 13.7 percent fewer families with children living in low income than there would have been without the National Child Benefit. These families saw their average disposable income increase by an estimated $2,400, or 9.5 percent.
  • For those families with children who remained in low income, the National Child Benefit improved their disposable income by an average of $1,900 (10.7 percent). This means that the low-income gap (the additional amount of income needed by low-income families to reach the low-income line) was reduced by 20.4 percent in 2005.

In addition, in June 2005, federal, provincial and territorial governments released a synthesis report of a comprehensive evaluation of the first three years of the National Child Benefit initiative (1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001). The evaluation compiled evidence from a number of studies and showed that the National Child Benefit initiative is meeting its goals. In addition, a second evaluation is underway.

For a complete discussion of indicators, please see Chapters 5 and 6 of the National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2007. For a discussion of evaluation results, please see the Evaluation of the National Child Benefit Initiative: Synthesis Report. These reports are available free of charge on the National Child Benefit website, at: www.nationalchildbenefit.ca.

Governance structure(s): The National Child Benefit initiative Governance and Accountability Framework outlines the key characteristics of the federal, provincial and territorial partnership: cooperation, openness, flexibility, evolution and accountability. As a co-operative effort among governments, the National Child Benefit initiative combines the strengths of a national program with the flexibility of provincial and territorial initiatives designed to meet the specific needs and conditions within each jurisdiction.

With respect to accountability, under the Governance and Accountability Framework, federal, provincial and territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services have committed to sharing data on reinvestment initiatives and reviewing results and outcomes achieved in order to identify best practices. Federal, provincial and territorial governments have also agreed to report annually to the public with a primary focus on the performance of the initiative. To date, nine annual progress reports have been published, as well as a synthesis report on a comprehensive evaluation of the first three years of the initiative.

The Federal Role:

Under the National Child Benefit initiative, the Government of Canada provides additional income support to low-income families with children via the National Child Benefit Supplement component of the Canada Child Tax Benefit. Canada Revenue Agency delivers these benefits to families.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is responsible for policy development with respect to the National Child Benefit initiative, and the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development represents the Government of Canada in this F-P/T initiative.

The Canada Child Tax Benefit (including the National Child Benefit Supplement) is a tax measure, and is administered by Canada Revenue Agency. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada have roles in reinvestments and investments.

The Provincial and Territorial Role:

Under the National Child Benefit initiative, provinces, territories and First Nations provide benefits and services that further the goals of the initiative. The initiative is designed so that provinces, territories and First Nations have the flexibility to develop and deliver programs and services that best meet the needs and priorities of their communities. As part of this flexibility, provinces and territories may adjust social assistance or child benefit payments by the full or partial amount of the National Child Benefit Supplement. This approach has resulted in families on social assistance being no worse off in terms of their level of benefits, while providing additional funds for new or enhanced provincial and territorial programs benefitting low-income families with children.

As the National Child Benefit initiative has matured, the majority of provinces and territories no longer recover increases to the National Child Benefit Supplement. This means that the vast majority of children living in low-income families, including those on social assistance, are currently receiving some or all of the National Child Benefit Supplement.

Under the National Reinvestment Framework, provincial and territorial governments, along with First Nations, have committed to re-allocating available social assistance funds into benefits and services for children in low-income families that further the goals of the initiative. Jurisdictions have focused reinvestments primarily in key areas:

  • Child Benefits and Earned Income Supplements;
  • Child Care;
  • Early Childhood Services and Children-at-Risk Services;
  • Supplementary Health Benefits; and,
  • Youth Initiatives.

First Nations Role:

The federal government is responsible for ensuring programs for First Nations children on reserve are comparable to those available to other Canadian children. Under the National Child Benefit, First Nations have the flexibility to reinvest savings from adjustments to social assistance into programs and services tailored to meet the needs and priorities of individual communities. Some 500 First Nations participate in the National Child Benefit initiative and implement their own programs.

Planning Highlights: In 2011-2012, HRSDC will work with its federal partners and the provinces and territories to finalize and release the 2008 NCB Progress Report, and to prepare the 2009 NCB Progress Report.

Federal Partner: Canada Revenue Agency2
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Administers the National Child Benefit Supplement and delivers income benefits directly to low income families. National Child Benefit Supplement Ongoing $3,800.0M (projected) Continued progress on the goals of the National Child Benefit initiative, as described in the "Shared Outcomes", above.
Total Ongoing $3,800.0M  

Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2011–2012
Ongoing $3,800.0M

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Not Applicable

Contact information:

François Weldon, Acting Director General
Social Policy Directorate
Strategic Policy and Research Branch
Telephone: (613) 994-3184
francois.weldon@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca


1The Government of Québec has stated that it agrees with the basic principles of the National Child Benefit. Québec chose not to participate in the initiative because it wanted to assume control over income support for children in Québec; however, it has adopted a similar approach to the National Child Benefit. Throughout this text, references to joint federal, provincial and territorial positions do not include Québec.
2 While Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is responsible for policy development with respect to the National Child Benefit initiative, the Canada Child Tax Benefit (including the National Child Benefit Supplement) is a tax measure, and is administered by Canada Revenue Agency. In addition, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada have roles in reinvestments and investments.


Homelessness Partnering Strategy


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS)

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Lead department program activity: Social Development

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: April 1, 2011

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: March 31, 2014

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $404.4M over three years

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) promotes strategic partnerships and structures, including housing solutions and supports, to assist homeless persons and those at risk of homelessness to move toward self sufficiency. The HPS recognizes that a stable living arrangement is a basic requirement for improving health, parenting, education, and employment. As a result, communities are encouraged to develop longer-term solutions to address their homelessness-related needs.

The Homelessness Partnering Strategy:

  • Serves as a catalyst for partnerships at the community level, between governments and across the federal government;
  • Provides communities with resources and information to target homelessness supports and services to the areas of greatest need based on local circumstances;
  • Invests funds in a manner that targets the greatest needs and affected client groups while ensuring that those investments complement those of other stakeholders and partners; and,
  • Enhances understanding of homelessness among communities, partners and stakeholders, as well as all orders of government, through knowledge development and dissemination as well as results reporting and analysis.

The Homelessness Partnering Strategy has seven funding streams:

The first three funding streams focus on the needs of homeless and at-risk individuals at the local level, and provide funding to help them gain and maintain a stable living arrangement. These streams are delivered regionally through the Program Operations Branch:

  • Designated Communities;
  • Rural and Remote Homelessness; and,
  • Aboriginal Homelessness.

The remaining four streams, delivered nationally through the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat, provide the means to develop and explore innovative methods, as well as horizontal approaches, to addressing issues related to homelessness, including: effective reporting, accountability, data development and collection, evidence-based knowledge development, the sharing of best practices, and making surplus federal real properties available to communities:

  • Federal Horizontal Pilot Projects (FHPP);
  • Homelessness Knowledge Development (HKD);
  • National Homelessness Information System; and
  • Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative (SFRPHI).

For more information, please visit the Homelessness Partnering Strategy website: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/homelessness/index.shtml

Shared outcome(s): Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Governance structure(s): The Homelessness Partnering Strategy community-based program is delivered via two models:

  • Community Entity model: Under this model, the federal government entrusts a community body, often the community’s municipal government, through a single contribution agreement with the ability to select and manage HPS projects in their area. This includes: publishing Calls for Proposals based on the priorities identified in the Community Plan; approving projects recommended by a Community Advisory Board (CAB); contracting and monitoring all agreements it holds with third-party service providers; reporting on CAB activities and disbursements; and, reporting on the results and outcomes for these agreements.
  • Shared Delivery model: Under this model, HRSDC works in partnership with the community, through a CAB, to support funding priorities resulting in a joint selection of projects and decision-making process. Where appropriate, partners also include the province/territory. HRSDC is responsible for project approvals, negotiation of contribution agreements, and monitoring.

A formal Canada-Quebec Agreement defines how the program is delivered in Quebec.

Under the renewed HPS, emphasis will be placed on coordinating federal, provincial and territorial priorities, programs, and investments to address the needs of individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Provinces and territories will be offered an opportunity to enter into bilateral arrangements with the Government of Canada to ensure a greater alignment of priorities and investments, which will bolster community efforts to tackle the challenges of homelessness, including related mental health issues. Efforts towards coordination could or will include: creating processes for provincial and territorial review of Community Plans and associated priorities; engaging communities to include provinces and territories on Community Advisory Boards; and, obtaining buy-in to support an increased emphasis on labour market integration.

The Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative (SFRPHI) makes surplus federal real properties available to community organizations, the not-for-profit sector, and other levels of government for projects to help prevent and reduce homelessness. The SFRPHI is a horizontal initiative under HPS, which HRSDC manages in partnership and in collaboration with Public Works and Government Services Canada and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Planning Highlights: Planning highlights for 2011–2012 focus on continuing the HPS initiatives to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada while introducing several enhancements for the 2011–2014 period.

Specific 2011–2012 planning highlights include:

  • Ensuring a seamless transition to the renewed HPS to avoid a break in services;
  • Engaging in a dialogue with provinces and territories to ensure a greater alignment of priorities and investments;
  • Providing greater support for rural and remote communities;
  • Improving data sharing and collection;
  • Developing linkages with the five pilot projects of the Mental Health Commission of Canada to share knowledge around mental health and homelessness; and,
  • Increasing the relevance and dissemination of research.
Federal Partner: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
Social Development Homelessness Partnering Strategy - regionally Delivered Projects $385.8M $128.6M
  • Continued availability of essential supports and facilities within communities for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
  • New projects funded based on identified priorities from 2011–2014 Community Plans.
  • Projects that receive funding through the Designated Communities funding stream demonstrate cost-matching by other partners.
Federal Horizontal Pilot Projects

(Examples of federal partners for this initiative include Health Canada, Justice Canada, Veteran Affairs, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
$3.7M $1.2M
  • Pilot projects are developed and implemented to facilitate broader involvement of federal departments and agencies in developing solutions to homelessness.
Homelessness Knowledge Development $3.7M $1.2M
  • Understanding of homelessness issues and improved dissemination of research findings at the community level is increased.
National Homelessness Information System $2.2M $0.8M
  • Increased number of shelters will export data to NHIS.
Total $395.4M $131.8M  

Federal Partner: PWSGC
($ millions)
Federal Partner Program Activity (PA) Names of Programs for Federal Partners Total Allocation (from Start to End Date) Planned Spending for
2011–2012
Expected Results for
2011–2012
  Surplus Federal Real Property for Homelessness Initiative $9.0M $3.0M
  • Communities have enhanced capacity to provide facilities for use by individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Total $9.0M $3.0M  


Total Allocation For All Federal Partners (from Start to End Date) Total Planned Spending for All Federal Partners for 2011–2012
$404.4M $134.8M

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Not Applicable

Contact information:

Barbara Lawless, Director General
Homelessness Partnering Secretariat
Income Security and Social Development Branch
Telephone: (819) 997-5464
barbara.lawless@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca


Communiqué on Early Childhood Development


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Early Childhood Development Agreement

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: September 2000 with funding beginning April 2001

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing until 2013-2014

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Not available

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): In September 2000, federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Social Services reached agreement to improve and expand early childhood development supports for young children (prenatal to age 6) and for their parents.

The Government of Canada is transferring $1.2 billion in 2011-2012 to provinces and territories in support of families with young children through the Canada Social Transfer (CST), which will grow to almost $1.3 billion by 2013–2014. This is a lump sum transfer to provincial and territorial governments in support of the Communiqué on Early Childhood Development, the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care, and the Child Care Spaces Initiative1.

Information about the Agreement, including the text of the First Ministers' communiqué on Early Childhood Development, is available on the federal, provincial and territorial web portal on early childhood development and early learning and child care at: http://www.ecd-elcc.ca.

Shared outcome(s):

The objectives of the initiative, as outlined in the Early Childhood Development Agreement, are:

  • to promote early childhood development so that, to their fullest potential, children will be physically and emotionally healthy, safe and secure, ready to learn, and socially engaged and responsible; and,
  • to help children reach their potential and to help families support their children within strong communities.

Governance structure(s): In the Early Childhood Development Agreement, First Ministers recognized that provinces and territories have the primary responsibility for early childhood development programs and services.

Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Social Services and Ministers of Health are responsible for implementation of the commitments in the Agreement. Implementation has been tasked to a Working Group comprised of officials from all jurisdictions (including Québec, which participates as an observer). The Working Group reports to Deputy Ministers responsible for Social Services. Previously, the Working Group was jointly chaired by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan. Currently, the Social Services Forum governance structure is under review.

Planning Highlights: As funds are transferred to the provinces and territories via the Canada Social Transfer (CST), provinces and territories are responsible for planning and prioritizing how the funds are invested.

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Provincial and territorial governments are investing the funds transferred to them by the Government of Canada in any or all of the following four areas of action outlined in the Early Childhood Development Agreement:

  • promoting healthy pregnancy, birth and infancy;
  • improving parenting and family supports;
  • strengthening early childhood development, learning and care; and,
  • strengthening community supports.

All participating federal, provincial and territorial governments have committed to three reporting requirements:

  • Each government released a first report on Early Childhood Development programs and expenditures for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, providing a baseline against which new investments can be tracked;
  • In fall 2002, governments began annual reporting, using a shared framework with comparable program indicators, to track progress in improving and expanding early childhood development programs and services within the four areas for action; and,
  • In fall 2002, governments began regular reporting on children's well-being, using a common set of outcome indicators. Government of Canada reports are available at: http://www.socialunion.gc.ca.

The Government of Québec supports the general principles expressed in the Early Childhood Development Initiative but did not participate in developing the initiative because it wishes to retain sole responsibility for social matters. However, it receives its share of funding granted by the Government of Canada and makes significant investments in programs and services that benefit families and children.

Contact information:

François Weldon, Acting Director General
Social Policy
Strategic Policy & Research Branch
Telephone: (819) 994-3184
francois.weldon@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

1 The notional allocation is $500 million for the Communiqué on Early Childhood Development; $350 million for the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care; and, $250 million for the Child Care Spaces Initiative. These do not reflect the 3% escalator.


Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Childcare


Name of Horizontal Initiative: Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care

Name of lead department(s): Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: March 2003

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Ongoing until 2013-2014

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): Not available

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): In March 2003, federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Social Services, reached agreement on a framework for improving access to affordable, quality, provincially and territorially regulated early learning and child care programs and services. The objective of this initiative, which complements the September 2000 Early Childhood Development Agreement, is to further promote early childhood development and support the participation of parents in employment or training by improving access to affordable, quality early learning and child care programs and services.

The Government of Canada is transferring $1.2 billion in 2011-2012 to provinces and territories in support of families with young children through the Canada Social Transfer (CST), which will grow to almost $1.3 billion by 2013–2014. This is a lump sum transfer to provincial and territorial governments in support of the Communiqué on Early Childhood Development, the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care, and the Child Care Spaces Initiative1.

Governments also committed to transparent public reporting that will give Canadians a clear idea of the progress being made in improving access to affordable, quality early learning and child care programs and services, beginning with a baseline report in November 2003. Government of Canada reports are available at: www.socialunion.gc.ca.

Information about the initiative, including the text of the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care, is available on the federal, provincial and territorial Web portal on early childhood development and early learning and child care at: http://www.ecd-elcc.ca.

Shared outcome(s): The objectives of the initiative, as outlined in the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care are:

  • to promote early childhood development; and,
  • to support the participation of parents in employment or training by improving access to affordable, quality early learning and child care programs and services.

Governance structure(s): The Multilateral Framework for Early Learning and Child Care recognizes that provinces and territories have the primary responsibility for early learning and child care programs and services.

Implementation of the commitments outlined in the Multilateral Framework has been tasked to a Working Group comprised of officials from all jurisdictions (including Québec, which participates as an observer). This Working Group reports to Deputy Ministers responsible for Social Services, and is jointly chaired by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan.

Planning Highlights: As funds are transferred to the provinces and territories via the Canada Social Transfer (CST), provinces and territories are responsible for planning and prioritizing how the funds are invested.

Results to be achieved by non–federal partners (if applicable):

Provincial and territorial governments have agreed to invest the funding provided in regulated early learning and child care programs for children under the age of six. Early learning and child care programs and services funded through this initiative will primarily provide direct care and early learning for children in settings such as child care centres, family child care homes, preschools, and nursery schools. Investments can include capital and operating funding, fee subsidies, wage enhancements, training, professional development and support, quality assurance, and parent information and referral. Programs and services that are part of the formal school system are not included in this initiative.

Governments also committed to transparent public reporting that will give Canadians a clear idea of the progress being made in improving access to affordable, quality early learning and child care programs and services, beginning with a baseline report in November 2003 and annual reporting in November 2004.

The Government of Québec supports the general principles expressed in the Early Learning and Child Care Initiative but did not participate in developing the initiative because it wishes to retain sole responsibility for social matters. However, it receives its share of funding granted by the Government of Canada and makes significant investments in programs and services that benefit families and children.

Contact information:

François Weldon, Acting Director General
Social Policy
Strategic Policy & Research Branch
Telephone: (819) 994-3184
francois.weldon@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

1 The notional allocation is $500 million for the Communiqué on Early Childhood Development; $350 million for the Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care; and, $250 million for the Child Care Spaces Initiative. These do not reflect the 3% escalator




Upcoming Internal Audits and Evaluations over the next three fiscal years

Upcoming Internal Audits over the next three fiscal years

HRSDC’s annual planning cycle is based on risk. At this time, the Risk-Based Internal Audit Plan for 2011–2014 is being developed, with approval anticipated in March 2011.

Below is a listing of internal audit engagements identified in the 2010–2013 Risk-Based Internal Audit Plan. Please note that the list of projects planned for 2011–2014 may change as a result of the risk-based audit planning process for 2011–2014.


Name of Internal Audit Internal Audit Type Status Expected Completion Date
2010-2011
Review of the Departmental Financial Statements for HRSDC for the year ending March 31, 2010 Review Complete August 2010
Audit of the Consolidated Statement of Administrative Costs Charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account by HRSDC and Service Canada, March 31, 2010 Assurance Complete October 2010
Office of the Comptroller General Horizontal Internal Audit of the Management Control Framework for Grants and Contributions – Phase I Assurance Phase I Complete October 2010
Follow-Up Audit of Procurement Practices Follow-up Underway March 2011
Audit of Information Technology Security Assurance Underway December 2011
Audit of Data Access in Corporate Management System Assurance Underway December 2011
Audit of the Management of Call Centres Operations Assurance Underway To be determined
Audit of Overtime Assurance Underway October 2011
Audit of Section 34 of the Financial Administration Act Assurance Underway To be determined
Audit of Information Technology Enterprise Governance Assurance Underway October 2011
Audit of Financial Forecasting Assurance Underway To be determined
Audit of Procurement Practices – Phase II Assurance Planned To be determined
Audit of Internal Controls in Selected Regional Offices Review Planned To be determined
Audit of Departmental Accounts Receivable Assurance Underway To be determined
Audit of IT Asset Management Assurance In-Reserve*  
Audit of Inter/Intra Departmental Agreements Assurance In-Reserve*  
Audit of National Workload System Assurance In-Reserve*  
2011-2012
Audit of Employment Insurance – Management Control Framework Assurance Planned  
Audit of Privacy Assurance Planned  
Audit of Access to Information and Privacy Assurance Planned  
Audit of Identity and Access (EI Systems) Assurance Planned  
Audit of Old Age Security Management Control Framework – Phase II Assurance Planned  
Audit of Web Governance Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation Approach Assurance Planned  
Follow-up Audit of Grants and Contributions Implementation of approved Management Action Plans from past internal audits Follow-up Planned  
Audit of Security Assurance Planned  
Audit of Corporate Data Warehouse Assurance Planned  
Audit of Staffing Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Management of Learning and Training Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Consolidated Statement of Administrative Costs Charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account by HRSDC and Service Canada, March 31, 2011 Assurance Planned  
Review of the Departmental Financial Statements HRSDC for the year ending March 31, 2011 Review Planned  
Follow-up Audit of Risk Management Follow-up Planned  
2012-2013
Audit of Privacy – Phase II Assurance Planned  
Audit of Canada Student Loans Program Assurance Planned  
Audit of Succession Planning Assurance Planned  
Audit of Universal Child Care Benefit Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Canada Pension Plan Management Control Framework Assurance Planned  
Follow-up Audit of Business Continuity Planning Follow-up Planned  
Audit of Aboriginal Skills Employment Training Strategy Assurance Planned  
Audit of Grants and Contributions Centre of Expertise Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Management of Integrity Services Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Service Management Structural Model Assurance Planned  
Audit of the Consolidated Statement of Administrative Costs Charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account by HRSDC and Service Canada, March 31, 2012 Assurance Planned  
Review of the Departmental Financial Statements for HRSDC for the year ending March 31, 2012 Review Planned  

Please Note:
Once approved, HRSDC internal audit reports are posted on the website listed below.
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/publications_resources/audit/index.shtml

*In-Reserve audit projects will be conducted if the requisite time and resources become available.


Upcoming Evaluations over the next three fiscal years


Name of Evaluation Program Activity Status Expected Completion Date
2011-2012
Adult Learning Literacy and Essential Skills Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Common Experience Payment Evaluation DM Approved Report 2011-2012
ecoAUTO Rebate Program Evaluation DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Going to Canada Immigration Portal1 Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) Manitoba Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
LMDA Nova Scotia Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
LMDA Ontario Formative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
LMDA Prince Edward Island Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
National Child Benefit Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Old Age Security Pensions (OAS) Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Racism-Free Workplace Strategy Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Social Development Partnerships Program – Understanding Early Years Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Temporary Foreign Worker Program Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Three Pilot Projects – Seasonal Workers Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Universal Child Care Benefit Formative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Voluntary Sector Strategy Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Wage Earner Protection Program Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Workplace Equity Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
Workplace Skills Initiative Summative DM Approved Report 2011-2012
2012-2013
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnerships Summative Draft Report 2012-2013
Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund Summative Draft Report 2012-2013
Apprenticeship Grant (combined Apprenticeship Incentive Grant and Completion Grant Programs) Summative Draft Report 2012-2013
Canada Disability Savings Program Formative Planning 2012-2013
Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities Summative Draft report 2012-2013
Evaluation of Early (2001-2008) and Post (2009-2011) Employment Insurance Automation and Modernization Evaluation In-progress 2012-2013
Homelessness Partnering Strategy Summative Report 2012-2013
Labour Market Information Summative In-progress 2012-2013
Passport Receiving Agent Evaluation Planning 2012-2013
Vital Event Linkages for British Columbia and Ontario Evaluation Planning 2012-2013
2013-2014
Canada Education Savings Program Summative Planning 2013-2014
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefits Summative Planning 2013-2014
Employment Insurance (EI) Career Transition Assistance Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Employment Insurance Regular Benefits for Long Tenured Workers2 Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Extension of Employment Insurance Regular Benefits Initiative3 Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Labour Market Agreements and Strategic Training and Transition Fund Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD) Nova Scotia Summative4 In-progress 2013-2014
Labour Market Development Agreements Summative
(Cycle II)
In-progress 2013-2014
OAS Pensions - Survivor and Spousal Allowances Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Targeted Initiative for Older Workers Summative In-progress 2013-2014
Work Sharing Benefits Summative In-progress 2013-2014

1 Evaluation report to be tabled to HRSDC Departmental Evaluation Committee for information following Citizen and Immigration Canada’s review and approval (February 2011).
2 2010-2011 Report on Plans and Priorities – referred to as Extended Duration for Long Tenured Workers.
3 2010-2011 Report on Plans and Priorities – referred to as EI Extra 5 weeks.
4 This evaluation has two phases.Phase 2 would involve the evaluation work (i.e., the summative). It would occur only if the evaluability assessment (phase 1) determines that the data is of the quality and integrity required for the evaluation to take place.



Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue


Respendable Revenue
($ millions)
Program Activity Forecast
Revenue
2010–2011
Planned
Revenue
2011–2012
Planned
Revenue
2012–2013
Planned
Revenue
2013–2014
a Employment Insurance funds are only spent for Employment Insurance purposes.
 Skills & Employment
Employment Insurance Recoverya 254.5 241.9  237.9 237.9
 Learning
Other Government Departments Recovery 0.3 0.3  0.3 0.2
 Labour
Workers' Compensation - Other Government Departments 117.5 126.4  136.5 136.5
Employment Insurance Recoverya 0.5 0.6  0.5 0.5
Other Government Departments Recovery 0.6 0.2  0.2 0.3
Subtotal 118.6 127.2  137.2 137.3
 Income Security
Canada Pension Plan Recovery 30.2 27.7  27.7 27.7
 Citizen-Centered Service
Employment Insurance Recoverya 271.7 202.7  202.4 202.5
Canada Pension Plan Recovery 54.3 45.0  45.0 45.0
Other Governement Departments Recovery 12.1 12.0  12.0 5.0
Subtotal 338.1 259.7 259.4 252.5
 Integrity & Processing
Employment Insurance Recoverya 439.6 391.3  389.8 390.2
Canada Pension Plan Recovery 132.1 103.4  103.4 103.4
Subtotal 571.7 494.7 493.2 493.6
 Internal Services
Employment Insurance Recoverya 556.0 481.8  489.4 472.3
Canada Pension Plan Recovery 97.1 81.9  85.9 80.4
Other Governement Departments Recovery 4.7 1.9  1.7 -
Subtotal 657.8 565.6  577.0 552.7
Total Respendable Revenue 1,971.2 1,717.1  1,732.7 1,701.9


 


Non-Respendable Revenue
($ millions)
Program Activity Forecast
Revenue
2010–2011
Planned
Revenue
2011–2012
Planned
Revenue
2012–2013
Planned
Revenue
2013–2014
 Skills & Employment
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Employment Insurance 5.0 3.2  3.2 3.2
 Learning
Canada Student Loans 380.0 473.1  547.1 596.3
 Labour - Service Fees 2.8 2.9  3.0 3.1
 Income Security
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Canada Pension Plan 4.1  4.1 4.1 4.1
User Fees: Searches of the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security data banks to locate individuals 0.2 0.3  0.3 0.3
Subtotal 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4
 Citizen-Centred Service
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Employment Insurance 38.1 32.5  32.4 32.4
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Canada Pension Plan 6.7 6.0  5.9 5.9
Subtotal 44.8 38.5 38.3 38.3
 Integrity and Processing
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Employment Insurance 63.8 59.0  58.7 58.8
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Canada Pension Plan 19.1 15.6  15.6 15.6
User fee: Social Insurance Number Replacement Card Fee 1.9 1.9  1.9 1.9
Subtotal 84.8 76.5 76.2 76.3
 Internal Services
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Employment Insurance 42.5 40.1  40.0 39.9
Employee Benefit Plan recoverable from Canada Pension Plan 7.7 6.3  6.3 6.2
Subtotal 50.2 46.4 46.3 46.1
Total Non-respendable Revenue 571.9 645.0  718.5 767.7
Total Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue 2,543.1 2,362.1  2,451.2 2,469.6