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Section IV: Other Items of Interest

Renewal of the Human Resources Plan

Over the reporting period, the Department of Finance Canada will work to implement its renewed Human Resources Plan. Through the Plan, the Department will strive to create a workplace that places the highest value on its most important resource—its employees. The objective is to attract and retain the most talented employees in the workforce and provide a challenging and stimulating work environment.

The Plan, updated in 2005–06 through extensive internal consultations and employee feedback, is based on three guiding principles:

• inclusiveness and development of policies that apply to all occupational groups in the Department;
• consistency across all branches, recognizing that different branches have different needs and priorities; and
• a shared responsibility among all employees and managers for making the Department a truly rewarding place to work.

The renewed Plan identifies actions in four priority areas: building a truly bilingual workplace, better supporting the career development of employees, fostering better communication and information and knowledge sharing, and continuing to support work-life balance.

1. Official languages

The objective is to develop a departmental strategy for building a bilingual workplace. Planned actions include the following:

• providing briefing sessions to employees on the Treasury Board Official Languages Policy Framework;
• establishing a departmental advisory committee on official languages;
• developing a departmental official languages policy; and
• developing a corporate action plan for official languages.

2. Employee development

The objective is to further enhance and communicate a corporate strategy for developing employees. Key planned actions include the following:

• establishing an employee development committee;
• developing a departmental continuous learning policy;
• developing, communicating, and implementing a corporate action plan, including competency guides, core curriculum, database of training courses, improved communication of developmental opportunities, follow-up on succession planning, Speakers Series and networking events, mentoring program expansion, and harassment and discrimination awareness.

3. Communication

The objective is to foster a culture of better communication and information and knowledge sharing. Key planned actions include the following:

• establishing branch management advisory groups;
• encouraging regular branch, division, and section meetings;
• encouraging managers to share access to their agendas where possible;
• communicating performance management agreement information;
• improving effectiveness of the Town Hall as a communication vehicle; and
• improving the ease of use of the InfoSite.

4. Work-life balance

The objective is to continue to encourage a supportive work environment in the Department. Key planned actions include the following:

• developing and communicating departmental overtime guiding principles (consistent with collective agreements);
• identifying and sharing best human resources practices;
• encouraging effective sign-off practices; and
• expanding health and well-being initiatives.

As part of its commitment to implementing these actions, the Department has established performance indicators for each of the four priority areas. The indicators are drawn from a number of sources, including administrative data collected regularly by the Human Resources Division and periodic employee surveys. Senior management will report back to employees regularly on progress under each of the four areas.

Modernizing the Staffing Process at the Department of Finance Canada

The Department of Finance Canada has developed an Operational Human Resources Plan to identify its current and future staffing needs. The Plan will establish a basis for the recruitment of new employees and the development and retention of existing employees.

The Operational Plan was prepared in response to recent legislative changes intended to modernize staffing, support collaborative labour relations, clarify managerial roles, strengthen accountability, and provide employees at all levels with access to continuous learning opportunities. In particular, the modernization of the staffing process, as implemented through the new Public Service Employment Act, allows for greater flexibility and accountability for staffing decisions by:

• clarifying responsibilities and eliminating inefficiencies in the staffing process while retaining the core values of merit, non-partisanship, excellence, representativeness, and the ability to serve the members of the public with integrity and in their official language of choice;
• implementing a merit-based staffing concept that allows managers to hire qualified and competent individuals more quickly; and
• delegating full responsibility for staffing to the deputy head of each Department.

The Operational Plan will help the Department meet its highly specialized workforce needs (e.g. experience relating to complex areas of law, economics, and finance) in a flexible and responsive manner. The Department will continue to use current recruitment practices for entry-level positions but seek to supplement those practices by recruiting qualified candidates, where required, from the private sector or other government departments or financial institutions.

In implementing the Plan, special consideration will be given to achieving equality in the workplace so that no person is denied employment opportunities or benefits for reasons unrelated to ability and to ensure that there is fair representation at all levels by women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minority groups. Special measures will be taken to recruit, train, and promote persons belonging to these groups and to ensure that service is available in both official languages and that employees are free to work in the language of their choice in accordance with the current policies relating to official languages.

Integrated Planning and Resource Allocation Framework

The Department has developed an integrated business planning and resource allocation framework to allow managers to better integrate elements of priority setting, work planning, results measurement, and resource allocation.

The main objective of business planning is to ensure that each branch is properly resourced to undertake the priorities of the Department. The focus is on identifying what the Department needs for its own management purposes. In addition, the completion and approval of business plans will ensure a common understanding of what the Department is striving to accomplish and where it is heading during the three-year planning period.

The first step in the implementation of the framework is the setting of departmental priorities by senior management. These priorities establish the foundation for the business plans of each branch. In preparing the business plans, managers:

• identify the departmental priorities that they support;
• identify the results that they are striving to achieve;
• identify performance measurement information;
• develop plans for achieving their results; and
• indicate their financial and human resource requirements.

In addition to being a key internal planning document, the framework enables the Department to better report on and demonstrate accountability for results and resources to Parliament and Canadians.

Statutory and Departmental Reports

Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada and Fiscal Reference Tables

Annual Report to Parliament on the Operations of the Exchange Fund Account

Canada Investment and Savings Annual Report (http://www.csb.gc.ca)

Canadian Federal Budget

Debt Management Report

Debt Management Strategy

Departmental Performance Report

Economic and Fiscal Update

Economy in Brief—Quarterly

Fiscal Monitor—Monthly

Government of Canada Securities—Quarterly

Tax Expenditures and Evaluations

Report on Operations under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act

Report on Operations under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act

Report on Plans and Priorities

Sustainable Development Strategy

Tax Expenditures and Evaluations

To obtain a print copy of any of these reports, contact the Distribution Centre:

Distribution Centre
300 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1A 0G5
Tel.: 613-995-2855

These reports can also be accessed from the Department of Finance Canada's website: http://www.fin.gc.ca.

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Index

A

Acts of Parliament and Bills

Act to Amend Certain Acts in Relation to Financial Institutions 31

Air Travellers Security Charge Act 69

Auditor General Act 73

Bill C-57 Regulations 36, 69

Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act 79

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act 54

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Regulations 70

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act 79

Excise Tax Act 69

Federal Accountability Act 1, 24

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act 63, 64, 70, 71

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Revision Act, 1964 63

Financial Administration Act 29, 63

Income Tax Act 69

Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 36, 69, 70

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act 33, 35, 70

Public Service Employment Act 77

Air Travellers' Security Charge 20

Alternative Payments for Standing Programs 54, 63, 71

Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing 7, 16, 32, 33, 35, 36

B

Bill C-57 Regulations 36, 69

Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act 79

Budget Plan 20, 23, 25

C

Canada Health Transfer 14, 54, 61, 63, 64, 71

Canada Investment and Savings 49, 51, 79

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act 54

Canada Pension Plan 6, 24, 31, 32, 35, 36, 70

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 32, 35, 36, 70

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Regulations 70

Canada Social Transfer 14, 54, 63, 64, 71

Child Care 1, 14, 43

Communities 1, 14, 37, 39

D

Debt management 28, 34, 49, 51, 79

Domestic coinage 9, 13, 17, 30, 34, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68

E

Economic and Fiscal Policy 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68

Economic and Fiscal Update 24, 25, 79

Economic Development and Corporate Finance 8, 13, 14, 37, 60, 62, 67, 68

Education 1, 6, 14, 15, 18, 38, 41, 43, 44, 55, 56

Effective international presence 7, 15, 16, 17, 26, 32, 46, 57

Environment 5, 18, 25, 38, 39, 40, 73

Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing 6, 15, 41, 42, 43, 44, 55, 60, 61, 64

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 10, 46, 57, 64, 66, 79

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act 79

Excise tax 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 69

Excise Tax Act 69

F

Federal Accountability Act 1, 24

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act 63, 64, 70, 71

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Revision Act, 1964 63

Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy 8, 15, 17, 41, 43, 54, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering 10, 16, 32, 33, 35, 36, 64, 70

Financial Administration Act 29, 63

Financial Services Sector 28, 30

Financial Sector Assessment Program 30

Financial Sector Policy 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 28, 49, 52, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68

First Nations 19, 21

G

G7 10, 11, 27, 45, 46, 47, 59

G8 10, 11, 45, 46, 61

G20 10, 11, 45, 46, 47

Goods and Services Tax 1, 19, 20, 21, 69

Gross Domestic Product 24, 27

H

Harmonized Sales Tax 20, 69

Health care 1, 6, 14, 15, 18, 41, 55, 56, 64

Human Resources Plan 75, 77

I

Income Tax Act 69

Integrated Planning and Resource Allocation Framework 78

International Development Association 57, 63, 64, 66, 71

International financial institutions 8, 9, 45, 46, 48

International financial organizations 9, 16, 17, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68

International Monetary Fund 10, 11, 27, 30, 31, 36, 40, 47,57,61, 63, 64, 66

International Trade and Finance 8, 14, 16, 17, 45, 57, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68

O

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 10, 26

P

Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 36, 69, 70

Personal income tax 19, 21, 64

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act 33, 35, 70

Public debt 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 28, 29, 49, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64,68

Public Service Employment Act 77

R

Reciprocal Taxation Agreements 19, 20

Research and development 18, 38

Retail Debt Program 4, 13, 49, 51

Royal Canadian Mint 30, 52

S

Security 1, 8, 18, 19, 20, 31, 36, 38, 43, 46, 69

Sound Fiscal Management 3, 4, 12, 17, 18, 23, 28, 38, 49, 52

Sound Social Policy Framework 5, 6, 14, 15, 17, 18, 31, 41, 54

Statutory subsidies 54, 63, 71

Sustainable development strategy 39, 73, 79

Sustainable Economic Growth 4, 5, 13, 17, 18, 24, 30, 38, 45

T

Tariff 1, 8, 9, 43, 45, 46, 69

Tax collection agreements 18, 20

Tax Policy 8, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68

Transfer Payments to Provinces and Territories 9, 15, 17, 54, 60, 61, 62, 71

W

World Bank 10, 11, 46

World Trade Organization 10

Y

Youth Allowances Recovery 54, 63, 64, 71

 

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