Canadian Coast Guard Business Plan 2009-2012

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Table of Contents

Message from the Commissioner

Introduction

Canadian Coast Guard History

Section 1: Who We Are and What We Do

• Legal Mandate
• Who We Serve and What We Do
• How We Are Structured and Managed
• Where We Fit: Coast Guard, Clients and Stakeholders, and the Government of Canada

Section 2: Where We Are Now

Section 3: What We Are Focusing On

Focus on Client Service

• Priority 1: Improving Client Service
  • Levels of Service Review
  • Marine Services Fees Strategy
  • Service Level Agreements with DFO Clients

• Priority 2: Supporting Government of Canada Priorities
  • Support of the Government’s Northern Strategy
  • Development of the CCG Maritime Security Framework
  • Environmental Management Framework

Focus on Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Priority 3: Renewing the Fleet and Shore-based Assets
  • Procurement of New and Replacement Vessels
  • Accelerated Vessel Procurement and Repair
  • Integrated Investment Plan

• Priority 4: Modernization through Innovation and Technology
  • Aids to Navigation of the 21st Century
  • e-Navigation
  • Upgrade Vessel Traffic Information Systems
  • Research and Development Strategy

• Priority 5: Strengthening Management
  • Vessel Maintenance Management Review
  • Consistent Business Management Practices
  • Salary Management Information System
  • Review of the Working Relationship with DFO’s Human Resources and Corporate Services
  • Stand-by Arrangements
  • Communication Protocols
  • Strategic Program Framework for CCG’s Maritime Services Programs
  • Stronger Canadian Coast Guard Identity

Focus on People

• Priority 6: Effective Management of Our Workforce and Workplace
  • Distribution by Occupational Group
  • Recruitment and Diversity
  • Improve National Consistency in Human Resources Management

Section 4: What We Do Every Day

Overview of Financial and Human Resources

Services by PAA Sub-activity

• Aids to Navigation
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Reinvestment in the Asset Base

• Waterways Management Services
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Key Initiative
    • Post-Panamax Study, St. Lawrence River

• Marine Communications and Traffic Services
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Key Initiatives
    • NAVAREAs
    • Canada Shipping Act, 2001
    • Marine Communications and Traffic Services Technical Training
  • Reinvestment in the Asset Base

• Icebreaking Services
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward

• Search and Rescue Services
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Key Initiatives
    • Search and Rescue Needs Analysis
    • Search and Rescue Capability
  • Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary

• Environmental Response Services
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Key Initiatives
    • Health of the Oceans
    • Review of the National Environmental Response Strategy
    • Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski
    • Environmental Response Services Technical Training
  • Reinvestment in the Asset Base

• Maritime Security
  • What We Do
  • Looking Forward
  • Key Initiatives
    • Marine Security Enforcement Team
    • Marine Security Operations Centres
    • Automatic Identification System/Long Range Identification and Tracking System
  • Reinvestment in the Asset Base

• Fleet Operational Readiness
  • Science
  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture Management – Conservation and Protection
    • Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
    • Seal Harvest
    • Fisheries Enforcement
  • Key Initiatives
    • 2010 Olympics
    • L’Acadien II Action Plan
    • Ongoing Improvements in Fleet Management
    • Improved Maintenance of the Existing Fleet
  • Human Resources Initiatives
  • Reinvestment in the Fleet Asset Base

• Lifecycle Asset Management Services
  • Key Initiatives
    • Asset Management System
    • Management of Information Technology Security (MITS)
    • Technical Solution Centres (Electronics)
    • Improved Maintenance of Existing Shore-based Infrastructure
  • Human Resources Initiatives
    • Lifecycle Management System Guidance Manual
    • The Engineering Community
    • Marine Electronics Development Program
  • Reinvestment in the Asset Base

• Canadian Coast Guard College
  • Key Initiative
    • Canadian Coast Guard College Transformation Initiative

• International Activities

Section 5: Financial Information

• Status of Financial Management Initiatives in the Coast Guard
• Operating Environment
• Assets and Liabilities
• Impact of Recent Funding Injections
• Conclusion

Annex A: CCG Capital Expenditures

Annex B: Research and Development Program

Annex C: CCG Program Activity Architecture

Annex D: Auditor General’s Recommendations (2000 and 2002)

Annex E: Management Agenda

List of Acronyms