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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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