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Section I: Overview
A.Minister's Message
As Canada's national occupational health and safety resource, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is uniquely equipped to provide leadership to help foster the much-needed shift to a more fully integrated health and safety culture.
As Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, I am proud to present the Centre's Report on Plans and Priorities for 2007-2008.
There is a growing interest in the connection between the health and well being of people and their work environments. CCOHS is meeting the needs for information on healthy workplaces by providing information, tools and resources that help employees, employers and practitioners participate in making their workplaces healthy and safe.
As new challenges arise in our world and in our communities, CCOHS has worked to be proactive, to anticipate and respond to the ever changing needs of Canadians. This includes addressing current issues such as pandemic planning, healthy workplaces and avian flu. We work closely with all levels of government, labour and employers and world-wide occupational safety and health (OSH) organizations to provide a comprehensive range of credible resources for creating and promoting healthy workplaces.
The primary goal of CCOHS is to provide Canadians with access to information on workplace occupational hazards and conditions to help them prevent injuries, illnesses and fatalities- a goal firmly entrenched in our mandate. CCOHS will continue with this goal for the ongoing improvement of occupational health and safety in Canada.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
B.Management Representation Statement
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I submit for tabling in Parliament, the 2007-8 Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. This document has been prepared based on the reporting principles contained in the Guide for the Preparation of Part III of the 2007-2008 Estimates: Reports on Plans and Priorities and Departmental Performance Reports:
Name: S. Len Hong Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
C.Program Activity Architecture
Strategic Outcome: Canadians will be provided with unbiased occupational health and safety information and services for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries.
Program Activity: Occupational health and safety information development, delivery services and tripartite collaboration.
The goal of this program is to provide free information on occupational health and safety to support Canadians in their efforts to improve workplace safety and health. Citizens are provided information through a free and impartial personalized service via telephone, e-mail, person-to-person, fax or mail. Alternatively they can independently access a broad range of electronic and print resources developed to support safety and health information needs of Canadians. This may include cost recovery products and services and is supported financially by contributions from various stakeholders.
Through health and safety information development, CCOHS collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, creates and publishes authoritative information resources on occupational health and safety for the benefit of all working Canadians. This information is used for education and training, research, policy development, development of best practices, improvement of health and safety programs, achieving compliance, and for personal use. When the product or service provided by CCOHS is to identifiable external recipients with benefits beyond those enjoyed by the general taxpayer, a user fee is charged.
CCOHS promotes and facilitates consultation and cooperation among federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions and participation by labour, management and other stakeholders in the establishment and maintenance of high standards and occupational health and safety initiatives for the Canadian context. The sharing of resources results in the coordinated and mutually beneficial development of unique programs, products and services. Collaborative projects are usually supported with a combination of financial and non- financial contributions to the programs by partners and stakeholders and result in advancement of the health and safety initiatives.
D.Summary Information
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The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety was founded by an Act of Parliament in 1978 with a mandate to promote health and safety in the workplace and to enhance the physical and mental health of working people. |
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) operates under the legislative authority of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act S.C., 1977-78, c. 29 which was passed by unanimous vote in the Canadian Parliament. The purpose of this Act is to promote the fundamental right of Canadians to a healthy and safe working environment by creating a national institute (CCOHS) concerned with the study, encouragement and co-operative advancement of occupational health and safety.
Financial Resources ($000)
(Appropriated amounts)
| 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
| $ 4,628 | $ 4,628 | $ 4,628 |
Human Resources
| 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
| 96 | 96 | 96 |
Departmental Priorities by Strategic Outcome
Strategic Outcome: Canadians will be provided with unbiased occupational health and safety information and services for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries.
Program Activity: Occupational health and safety information development, delivery services and tripartite collaboration.
| Planned Spending ($000) | ||||
| Expected Results (Use appropriated funding for) |
Type | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
| Easy access to occupational health and safety information and services | ongoing | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 |
| Application of occupational health and safety (OHS) information to improve workplace practices | ongoing | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 |
| Increased awareness and understanding of occupational health and safety issues in the workplace | ongoing | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 |
| Partial recovery of costs from user fees (raise other revenues) | ongoing | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 |
In 2005/6 CCOHS conducted an Evaluation and Performance Measurement study as part of our ongoing implementation of Modern Comptrollership and various other Treasury Board policies. As a result of this review, the presentation of the expected results have been aligned to focus on the key results expected in relation to the strategic outcome. The programs of CCOHS are aligned to achieving these inter-dependent key results. The logic model in Exhibit 1 shows the relationship of our various programs and activities to the achievement of key results. The model shows that there is inter-relationship between activities and outputs to the key results. As CCOHS is an information-based organization that also generates revenues from information, these inter-relationships are necessary to ensure the efficient use of limited resources. Revenue generation from cost- recovery is necessary as our programs are only partially funded through appropriations.
As CCOHS has one program activity and strategic outcome, the performance reporting is presented based upon expected results. Financial resources have also been updated to allocate equally as there is overlap between various activities for expected results. CCOHS is a small organization where resources and staffing are shared amongst various programs.
Exhibit 1 - CCOHS logic model
