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Program activities | Expected end results | Planned spending (in thousands of dollars) |
Alignment to Government of Canada outcome area | ||
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2008- 2009 |
2009- 2010 |
2010- 2011 |
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Strategic outcome #1: Vitality of communities | |||||
Development of communities |
|
128,550
|
108,633
|
101,709
|
Strong economic growth |
Infrastructure |
|
27,050
|
2,195
|
1,409
|
|
Special intervention measures |
—
|
—
|
—
|
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Strategic outcome #2: Competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regions | |||||
Competitiveness of enterprises (SMEs) |
|
80,116
|
71,586
|
65,044
|
Strong economic growth |
Competitive positioning of regions |
|
44,790
|
45,481
|
43,142
|
|
Strategic outcome #3: Policy, representation and cooperation | |||||
Policies, programs and initiatives |
|
6,881
|
6,881
|
6,808
|
Strong economic growth |
Total |
287,387
|
234,776
|
218,112
|
Note:
1 The Agency's SDS has been amended to reflect the new guideline on NPOs.
The following tables can only be found on the Treasury Board Secretariat Web site:
4.3.1 Details on transfer payment programs (grants, contributions and other transfer payments)
4.3.2 Evaluations
4.3.3 Green procurement
4.3.4 Internal audits
4.3.5 Services received without charge
4.3.6 Sources of non-respendable revenue
Information:
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/20082009/p3a_e.asp.
The performance measurement strategy applied at the Agency is based on the systematic observation of outcome indicators identified in its 2007 performance measurement framework. These indicators will be used to conduct ongoing measurement of targeted outcomes and provide material for the Agency's strategic decision-making during Fiscal Year 2008-2009.
Among the indicators that will be tracked are both output (activity) indicators and outcome indicators.
Owing to their nature, anticipated outcomes will occur over a relatively long period possibly over five years. Most will not be observable in the year in which disbursement is made. For instance, it is only after two years that an enterprise's expected increase in sales fully materialize following an investment carried out with Agency assistance.
That is why the Agency's performance measurement strategy is spread over a five-year horizon and why the yearly performance measurement reports will, in the initial years, be limited to outputs, immediate outcomes and intermediate outcomes. This year being Year 1 for the new programs, the data on intermediate outcomes that will appear in the Departmental Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2008 will be of a partial nature.
The Agency paid special attention in 2007-2008 to improving the quality of its data on performance. In particular, it identified data collection methods better geared to promoters' capabilities and its needs and defined consistent data sources for each indicator.
These methods are applied to projects approved since April 1, 2007. They cannot be systematically applied to other active projects approved under the old programs on the basis of different planned results.
To promote the development and economic diversification of the regions of Quebec and achieve the outcomes from its six program activities as described in section 3, the Agency utilizes and makes available to its promoters an array of tools and programs which enable it to intervene with respect to regional development.
With respect to programs and services, the Agency deploys to promoters various intervention tools consisting primarily of guidance and advice, information and referrals, and financial assistance.
For the Agency, guidance and advice involve helping entrepreneurs and local and regional development agents design and develop directions, a strategy, a business plan, an action plan or a project, or helping them plan a financial package, identify funding sources, and so on. At the Agency, advice or guidance provided by a staff member are services delivered to an entrepreneur or local development agent on an individual basis, geared to his specific situation. Provision of advice takes place as needed. A guidance approach constitutes systematic, sustained, prolonged assistance, at various stages along the promoter's path toward design and implementation of his project.
The Agency produces timely information so entrepreneurs and local and regional development agents may reach informed decisions, and it makes this information more easily accessible and usable. This also involves referring them to resources likely to provide a timely, appropriate response to their specific needs. In this regard, the Agency relies on Canada Business Service Centres operating in Quebec, namely, Info Entrepreneurs in Montréal and Ressources Entreprises in Québec, for Eastern Quebec. These organizations deliver information, referral and reference material services to entrepreneurs and local and regional development agents in Quebec.
The Agency has several programs and services whereby it makes both repayable and non-repayable contributions and, in exceptional cases, grants to SMEs, organizations that assist them, and communities.
Core Mandate
Regular programming
Special Mandate
Programs under mandates from the Government of Canada
Community Diversification program
This program helps Quebec regions maintain and develop their economic activity base. A community's vitality depends on its ability to develop, grow and thrive by building on its own assets.
In effect from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2012, this program has three objectives:
Business and Regional Growth program
This program reinforces the conditions conducive to the sustainable development of regions and SMEs. In effect from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2012, it is aimed at:
Community Futures Program
This Canada-wide program provides support for communities in all parts of the country to help them take charge of their own local economic development. In Quebec, the CFP financially supports 57 Community Futures Development Corporations, as well as 15 Community Economic Development Corporations and 10 Business Development Centres.
Regional Development Research program
This program contributes to promoting the development and diversification of the economy of the regions of Quebec. Its goal is to generate and disseminate helpful knowledge concerning economic and regional development for development stakeholders. This knowledge reinforces their ability to act on development and participate in an enlightened manner in an ongoing dialogue concerning economic and regional development issues and problems.
Infrastructure Canada Program - Canada-Quebec Agreement 2000
Within the framework of the pan-Canadian Infrastructure Program under Treasury Board Secretariat responsibility, a Canada-Quebec Agreement was signed in October 2000. The objective of this agreement was to upgrade urban and rural municipal infrastructure in the province and improve Quebecers' quality of life. The Agency acts on behalf of the Government of Canada as the federal department responsible for implementation in Quebec. This agreement was amended in July 2005 to postpone to March 31, 2009 the deadline for disbursements under the ICP. Since December 2005, under the terms of the agreement, no more new projects may be approved under the program.
Canadian Apparel and Textile Industries Program
This program is intended to reinforce the competitiveness of textile manufacturing firms, by helping them:
Program implementation is handled by the Agency in Quebec and by Industry Canada in the other provinces. This program terminates on March 31, 2010.