TRANSPORT CANADA 2021-2022 DEPARTMENTAL PLAN
LOCATION: NATIONAL
ISSUE/SOURCE: Transport Canada 2021-2022 Departmental Plan
DATE: MARCH 16, 2021
Suggested ResponseS
- The Departmental Plan represents the spending plan for the upcoming 2021-22 fiscal year. It also describes Transport Canada’s priorities, planned results and associated resource requirements for a 3-year period.
- Transport Canada ensures that Canada’s transportation system is safe, secure, environmentally responsible, and efficient in moving people and goods.
- Transport Canada’s top priority continues to be ensuring the safety and security of the travelling public and the transportation system. Economic recovery, resilience, sustainability, and reliability will be at the forefront of our minds as we step into this new fiscal year.
- We support efforts to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the transportation industry as the pandemic continues to evolve, including the development of the Remote Air Service Program to address the impact on the small air carrier industry, the re-design of training material for virtual delivery, and the implementation of the Aviation Biosecurity Strategy.
- Transport Canada employees are using new tools and strategies to do their work efficiently, effectively, and safely.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Departmental Plan:
- Focuses on the benefits for Canadians, explains the critical aspects of planning and performance, and sets them in context
- Presents concise, reliable and balanced information
- Associates performance with plans, priorities and expected results; and explains changes, considerations of past performance, and lessons learned
- Links resources to results
- The plans, priorities and expected results from this Departmental Plan are then measured in the corresponding Departmental Results Report at the end of the year.
- The plans are categorized under the Department’s three core responsibilities (Safe and Secure Transportation System, Green and Innovative Transportation System, Efficient Transportation System) and Internal Services.
- The DP priorities, which align to the Transport 2030 priorities, are:
- Priority 1: Improve the performance and reliability of Canada’s transportation system to get products to market and grow our economy.
- Priority 2: Provide greater choice, better service, lower costs and improved rights for consumers.
- Priority 3: Build world-leading marine corridors that are competitive, safe and environmentally sustainable, and improve Northern transportation infrastructure, while respecting commitments to Indigenous communities.
- Priority 4: Build a safer and more secure transportation system that Canadians trust.
- Priority 5: Reduce environmental impacts and embrace new technologies to improve Canadians’ lives.
- Priority 6: Transform the design and delivery of programs and services to Canadians in order to adapt to a changing world.
- Departmental Plans are tabled in the spring. The corresponding Departmental Results Report are published the following autumn.