CCG Business Plan 2009-2012

Introduction

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) developed this comprehensive, integrated Business Plan to set out, in one place, its strategic priorities and operational activities. It is an expanded version of the CCG material in the Report on Plans and Priorities for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) that is tabled in Parliament every year.

The Business Plan covers a three-year period and is updated annually. A number of the initiatives and commitments described in this Business Plan are responses to reviews and reports. For this reason, we have highlighted with acronyms the commitments related to our 2006 A-Base Review (A-Base), the 2007 Report of the Auditor General (AG), the findings of the Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) conducted in 2005 and DFO’s 2007-2009 Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS). There are two progress reports on Business Plan commitments each year: one done at mid-year and one done at the end of the fiscal year. These progress reports are posted on the Coast Guard website and are publicly available.

The Business Plan is divided into five sections:

1. “Who We Are and What We Do" sets out our mandate, our clients, how we are structured and managed, the general results we seek to achieve, and the way our activities link into the work of other government departments.
2. “Where We Are Now” summarizes our operating environment, with attendant impacts and risks.
3. “What We Are Focusing On” sets out our strategic priorities.
4. “What We Do Every Day” describes our operational activities and ongoing services.
5. “Financial Information” sets out how we have allocated the funding provided by Parliament.

In addition, there are a number of annexes, including ones that provide detailed information on our capital plan and the way we are responding to various recommendations from the Auditor General.