Horizontal Initiatives

From: Employment and Social Development Canada

Official title: Employment and Social Development Canada fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Departmental Results Report

1. Youth Employment Strategy

General information

Name of horizontal initiative: Youth Employment Strategy

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Federal partner departments: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Global Affairs Canada; Canadian Heritage; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; National Research Council; Natural Resources Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Indigenous Services Canada; and Parks Canada

Non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Start date of the horizontal initiative: April 1, 2003

End date of the horizontal initiative: Ongoing

Description of the horizontal initiative: The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) helps youth aged 15 to 30 gain the skills, career information and work experience they need to find and maintain employment. YES is an Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) —led horizontal initiative involving 10 other federal departments and agencies that assist youth in making a successful transition into today's changing labour market. YES has 3four program streams—Skills Link, Career Focus and Summer Work Experience, which includes Canada Summer Jobs. This program is delivered nationally, regionally and locally via contribution agreements.

Governance structures: YES has in place a Performance Measurement Strategy that represents a commitment among the 11 participating federal departments to undertake ongoing collection of common performance management data to ensure effective overall performance management of the program.

Oversight of the YES horizontal initiative is provided through a collaborative committee structure. ESDC is responsible for facilitating coordination among the departments and agencies funding YES activities. As policy lead of this horizontal initiative, ESDC chairs and is responsible for the coordination and management of the YES Interdepartmental Operations Committee and the YES Evaluation Sub-Committee.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars): Ongoing

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars): Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars): Not applicable

Funding contributed by non-federal and non-governmental partners (dollars): Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2019 to 2020

Shared outcome of federal partner departments: Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school

Performance indicator(s):

Number of youth served
Number of youth employed / self-employed
Number of youth returning to school

Target(s):

ESDC Targets:

Number of youth served: 78,383 (all streams)
Number of youth employed / self-employed: 4,608 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)
Number of youth returning to school: 838 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)

YES Horizontal targets (for all 11 participating departments and agencies, including ESDC)

Number of youth served: 85,536 (all streams)
Number of youth employed / self-employed: 5,081 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)^{Footnote 1}
Number of youth returning to school: 945 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)^{Footnote 2}

Data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: The YES Interdepartmental Data Collection System (DCS) is the system that serves as a repository for youth participant data collected by the government departments and agencies participating in the YES. Once all the participant information forms are inputted in the DCS, partner departments and agencies are able to conduct searches and produce reports based on their respective inputted information which includes extracting data for reporting purposes at the end of the fiscal year. ESDC is responsible for maintaining the DCS for use by the other government departments and agencies across all streams of the YES.

Results:

ESDC Results:

Number of youth served: 82,087(all streams)
Number of youth employed / self-employed: 6,851 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)
Number of youth returning to school: 785 (For Career Focus and Skills Link only)

YES Horizontal results (for all 11 participating departments and agencies, including ESDC):

Number of youth served: 90,403^{Footnote 3}
Number of youth employed / self-employed: 8, 263
Number of youth returning to school: 1,215

Total clients served does not include ISC or ISED as results were not available at the time of this report.

Expected outcome of non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

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Performance highlights: To expand employment opportunities for young Canadians, Budget 2017 invested an additional $150 million in the YES in fiscal year 2017 to 2018.

As a result of this funding, a number of measures which were announced in both Budget 2016 and 2017 were implemented in order to increase the number of good quality jobs for young Canadians.

Specifically, over 3 years, beginning in fiscal year 2016 to 2017, these additional investments are advancing four initiatives:

The creation of 15,000 green jobs for youth, to help young Canadians gain valuable work experience, learn about our natural environment and contribute to economic growth in environmental sectors
- a. As a horizontal initiative, through eight participating departments, the YES exceeded targets by creating over 4,700 green jobs in 2017 to 2018. The YES is on track to meet the overall target.
Support more than 33,000 vulnerable youth, to develop the skills they need to find work or go back to school, through the Skills Link program.
- a. At least 3,500 additional clients were served through Skills Link in 2017 to 2018, bringing the two year total to over 8,100. As a horizontal initiative, this is implemented through ESDC, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Department of Indigenous Services Canada. While ESDC knows that there was a significant increase in the number of clients served, final results from ISC are not available to include in this total.
An additional 1,600 new job opportunities for young Canadians in the heritage sector which are helping youth build advanced skills in career-related work in the heritage and arts-oriented trades and professions;
In addition to these Budget commitments, the Government of Canada announced in 2016 that it would create up to 35,000 additional jobs annually, over 3 years, under the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program.
- a. CSJ 2017 was a success with the creation of nearly 69,000 summer work placements.

Contact information:

Jocelyne Voisin, Director General
Youth and Skills Innovation Directorate
Skills and Employment Branch

Telephone: 819-654-6732
Email: jocelyne.voisin@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau QC

Planning summary

Federal department: Employment and Social Development Canada

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Skills and Employment**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus^{Footnote 4}	Ongoing	36,792,602	35,342,126	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	Clients Served: 2,083	March 31, 2018	2,461 1,821 (regional) 640 (national)
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Employed/Self Employed: 1,458	March 31, 2018	1,610 1,308 (regional) 302 (national)
					Number of clients returned to school	Return to school: 208	March 31, 2018	84
						Contribution agreements: 90 Funds leveraged: $18M		Contribution Agreements: 145 Funds leveraged: $8.5M
Skills Link^{Footnote 5}	Ongoing	82,257,552	115,010,927	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	Clients Served: 6,300	March 31, 2018	10,659 10,475 (regional) 184 (national)
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Employed or Self Employed: 3,150	March 31, 2018	5,241 5,166 (regional) 75 (national)
					Number of clients returned to school	Return to School: 630	March 31, 2018	701 695 (regional) 6 (national)
						Contribution agreements: 350 Funds leveraged: $22M		Contribution Agreements: 477 Funds leveraged: $19,4.M
Canada Summer Jobs	Ongoing	241,071,634	232,042,186	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients served	Clients Served: 70,000	March 31, 2018	68,967

Federal department: Agriculture and Agri-food Canada^{Footnote 6}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Career Focus Program**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	1,061,850	3,096,944	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	64	March 31, 2018	293
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	45	March 31, 2018	89
					Number of clients returned to school	18	March 31, 2018	51

Federal department: Global Affairs Canada^{Footnote 7}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: International Youth Internship Program (IYIP)**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target
Career Focus	Ongoing	1,887,562	1,887,562	The expected results for the IYIP include: i) increased awareness for female and male Canadian youth of the equal possibility of working internationally; ii) enhanced equal opportunity of female and male IYIP interns in Canada and in the field of international development; iii) improved capacity of female and male IYIP interns to contribute to international development in a gender-sensitive way.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	Not available	March 31, 2018
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Not available	March 31, 2018
					Number of clients returned to school	Not available	March 31, 2018

Federal department: Canadian Heritage

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Young Canada Works**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus^{Footnote 8}	Ongoing	695,000	3,209,863	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	69	March 31, 2018	309
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Not available	March 31, 2018	124
					Number of clients returned to school	Not available	March 31, 2018	20
Summer Work Experience^{Footnote 9}	Ongoing	6,429,885	11,099,957	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	1,270	March 31, 2018	1,708
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Not available	March 31, 2018	Not available
					Number of clients returned to school	Not available	March 31, 2018	Not available

Federal department: Environment and Climate Change Canada^{Footnote 10}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (SHYIP); International Environmental Youth Corps (IEYC)**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	3,153,000	14,066,731	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	179	March 31, 2018	1,059
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	105	March 31, 2018	184
					Number of clients returned to school	31	March 31, 2018	13

Federal department: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada^{Footnote 11}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Digital Skill for Youth Internship Program (formerly the Youth Initiative Program);**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	10,152,000	51, 256	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	970	March 31, 2018	262 (all for TWEP)
Career Focus	Ongoing	10,152,000	51, 256			(770 for Digital Skills and 200 for TWEP)	March 31, 2018	Not available

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP)**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	3,735,717	4,960,185	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	P2. Number of clients employed or self-employed	146	March 31, 2018
						146		54 (all for TWEP)
						(116 for Digital Skills and 30 for TWEP)		54 (all for TWEP)
					P3. Number of clients returned to school	49	March 31, 2018	29 (all for TWEP)
					P3. Number of clients returned to school	(39 for Digital Skills and 10 for TWEP)	March 31, 2018

Federal department: National Research Council^{Footnote 12}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and Youth Employment Program (YEP)**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	5,373,000	22,869,291	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	167	March 31, 2018	2,140
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	125	March 31, 2018	887
					Number of clients returned to school	3	March 31, 2018	279

Federal department: Natural Resources Canada^{Footnote 13}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Science and Technology Internship Program**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus	Ongoing	600,000	7,999,701	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	50	March 31, 2018	462
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	40	March 31, 2018	Not available
					Number of clients returned to school	2	March 31, 2018	Not available

Federal department: Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation^{Footnote 14}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Not applicable**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Skills Link	Ongoing	1,000,000	7,180,412	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	125	March 31, 2018	609
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	12	March 31, 2018	74
					Number of clients returned to school	4	March 31, 2018	38

Federal department: Indigenous Services Canada

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Not applicable**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Skills Link^{Footnote 15}	Ongoing	18,259,463	47,485,775	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	1,546	March 31, 2018	Not available
					Number of clients employed or self-employed	Not available	March 31, 2018	Not available
					Number of clients returned to school	Not available	March 31, 2018	Not available

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Summer Work Experience^{Footnote 16}	Ongoing	8,059,637	15,733,638	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	2,503	March 31, 2018	Not available

Federal department: Parks Canada^{Footnote 17}

**Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Young Canada Works in National Parks and National Historical Sites**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Summer Work Experience	Ongoing	2,000,000	14,420,139	Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school.	P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year	210	March 31, 2018	1,484

Total for all federal departments

Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
On going	422,528,902	$536,456,691	March 31, 2018	Total Clients Served: 90,403 Total Employed:8,263 Total Return to School: 1,215

Comments on variances: The majority of the variance is attributable to additional investments made in fiscal year 2017 to 2018 for the YES, including an increase in funding for Skills Link, and Career Focus for green jobs, and heritage opportunities. This additional funding was not included in the planned spending estimate for the 2017 to 2018 Departmental Plans.

2. Temporary Foreign Worker Program

General information

Name of horizontal initiative: Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Federal partner departments: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Start date of the horizontal initiative: June 13, 2007

End date of the horizontal initiative: Ongoing

Description of the horizontal initiative: The objective of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is to facilitate economic growth by providing employers with access to foreign workers on a temporary basis when Canadian citizens or permanent residents are not available, and to ensure that rights of foreign workers are protected. The program is regulated through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and is administered in partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), through its Service Canada processing centres, assesses applications from employers requesting permission to hire temporary foreign workers and conducts Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) to determine the likely effect these workers would have on the Canadian labour market. The Program assesses the impact by looking at available labour market information for the region and the occupation, the employers’ recruitment and advertisement efforts, wages and working conditions, labour shortages and the transfer of skills and knowledge to Canadians. In addition, Service Canada responds to questions about the Program through Employer Contact Centres and via the Internet.

ESDC works closely with IRCC, CBSA and the provinces and territories, through appropriate information sharing agreements, to monitor and share information that has an impact on the integrity of both the TFW Program and the International Mobility Program (IMP) led by IRCC. Service Canada conducts inspections for the TFW Program and, on behalf of IRCC, for the IMP. In Quebec, the TFW Program is administered in partnership with the Province.

Governance structures:

The TFW Program is legislated through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Regulations and is jointly administered by ESDC and IRCC.
ESDC is responsible for providing a LMIA to employers, on the likely impact foreign workers may have on the Canadian labour market. ESDC processes LMIA applications to support the work permit application process.
IRCC is responsible for assessing work permit applications and authorizing the issuance of work permits to eligible temporary foreign workers.
CBSA is responsible for issuing work permits to temporary foreign workers when they arrive at a Canadian border. CBSA also conducts investigations of suspected criminal activity under the IRPA.
Each department is responsible for the design and management of those elements of the program under its minister's responsibility.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars): 684,900,000^{Footnote 18}

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars): 776,400,000^{Footnote 18}

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars): Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars): Not applicable

Funding contributed by non-federal and non-governmental partners (dollars): Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation:2020 to 2021

Shared outcome of federal partner departments: Not applicable^{Footnote 19}

Performance indicator(s): Not applicable

Target(s): Not applicable

Data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: Not applicable

Results: Not applicable

Expected outcome of non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Name of theme: Not applicable

Theme outcome: Not applicable

Theme performance indicator(s): Not applicable

Theme target(s): Not applicable

Theme data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: Not applicable

Theme results: Not applicable

Performance highlights: Advanced the Path Forward Plan for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW), with specific achievements including:

Promoting jobs for Canadians: enhanced recruitment requirements for the TFW Program, including the compulsory use of Job Bank’s Job Match service and an increase in required outreach to under-represented groups, to help ensure Canadians have the first opportunity at available jobs;
Strengthening worker protections: implemented a risk-based model for inspections; increased the number of on-site inspections; and, implemented a new, more robust, housing policy for primary agriculture workers;
Improving LMIA processing: launched the TFW Program Quality Monitoring program and streamlined replacement and transfer worker processes to ensure responsiveness to Canadian labour market needs;
Fostering innovation and growth: launched the new Global Talent Stream to support innovative employers and companies seeking highly-skilled foreign workers to help their business grow.

Contact information:

Philippe Massé, Director General
Temporary Foreign Worker Directorate
Skills and Employment Branch
Telephone: 819-654-3771
philippe.masse@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Québec

Performance information

Federal departments: Employment and Social Development Canada

**Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Skills and Employment**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Temporary Foreign Worker Program	Ongoing	33,046,342	80,083,810	Employers are provided with timely access to foreign workers when a genuine need exists.	Percentage of eligible applications received during the fiscal year that are processed within 10 business days	80%	March 31, 2018	83%
				Employers comply with the conditions and requirements of the Program	Percentage of employers receiving a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment to undergo an inspection	25%	March 31, 2018	25%
				Canadians have access to Temporary Foreign Worker Program information through the Employer Contact Centre within the specialized call centres	Percentage of specialized calls answered by an Employer Contact Centre agent within 10 minutes	80%	March 31, 2018	96.7%

Federal departments: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

**Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Temporary Foreign Workers Program**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Processing temporary work permit applications	Ongoing	18,942,438	50,700,912	Canada benefits from the timely entry of temporary economic residents	Percentage of work permit applications (submitted overseas) finalized within the established service standard	80%	March 31, 2018	91%

Total for all federal departments

**Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Not applicable**
Horizontal initiative activities	Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars)	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets	Date to achieve target	Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Not applicable	Not applicable	51,988,780	130,784,722	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Comments on variances:

After the publication of the fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Departmental Plan, a number of important changes to the TFW Program were announced. Variance in Gross spending between planned and actual spending for fiscal year 2017 to 2018 reflects the revised spending plan.
The IRCC variance is mostly due to in-year funding received for the TFWP/IMP TB and a reprofile to fiscal year 2018 to 2019 for IMP.

3. Early Learning and Child Care: Horizontal Initiative Closeout Report

Name of horizontal initiative: Early Learning and Child Care

Start date: April 2017

End date: March 2018 (Budget 2016 funding)

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Number of times renewed:

Partner departments: Department of Finance Canada

Other non-federal partners: Provincial and Territorial Governments

Narrative:

The Government of Canada is investing in early learning and child care to help Canadian children get the best start in life and have a fair chance to succeed. To better support Canadian families and communities, especially those most in need, Budget 2016 and Budget 2017 proposed federal investments totaling $7.5 billion over 11 years to support and create more high-quality, affordable child care across the country. This is an investment in the economic security of families.

As a first step, the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Early Learning and Child Care have agreed to a Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework. The new Framework sets the foundation for governments to work towards a shared long-term vision where all children across Canada can experience the enriching environment of quality early learning and child care. The guiding principles of the Framework are to increase quality, accessibility, affordability, flexibility and inclusivity in early learning and child care.

Collaborative work with provincial and territorial governments continues. Three-year bilateral funding agreements, totaling $1.2 billion, were signed with provinces and territories. Additionally, over the next 10 years, $95 million will go towards closing data gaps to better understand what child care looks like in Canada and to track progress. $100 million in funding is being allocated for innovative practices on early learning and child care.

In September 2018, a co-developed Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework was released in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapirit Kanatami and the Métis National Council. This framework reflects the unique cultures, aspirations and needs of First Nation, Inuit and Métis children and families across Canada.

The ELCC program is no longer considered a horizontal initiative as it is not financed by more than one federal department. ESDC receives funding to enter into agreements with the provinces and territories for early learning and child care. No other federal Department is involved.

Expenditures

Total federal funding from start to end date:

Horizontal initiative activities	Total Federal Allocation	2017-18 Planned Spending (dollars)	2017-18 Actual Spending (dollars)	2017-18 Expected Results	2017-18 Performance Indicators	2017-18 Targets	Date to Achieve Target	2017-18 Actual Results
Early Learning and Child Care	Budget 2016 400,000,000 ^{Footnote 20} Note: Additional funding of $29.4M for 2016-17^{Footnote 21} and $100M for 2017-2018^{Footnote 22} for Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care	0^{Footnote 23}	399,669,691	Access to early learning and child care is increased	Number of children in regulated child care spaces and/or early learning programs	2017-2018 Baseline year	N/A	Preliminary Results will be available in the Spring of 2019.
Early Learning and Child Care		0^{Footnote 23}	399,669,691	Access to early learning and child care is increased	Number of children receiving subsidies or other financial support	2017-2018 Baseline year	N/A
	Internal Services		330,309^{Footnote 24}

Results

Performance indicator(s) and trend data for shared outcome(s):

Performance indicators

Number of children in regulated child care spaces and/or early learning programs.
Number of children receiving subsidies or other financial supports.

Targets: 2017-2018 Baseline Year. Date to achieve target not yet available. Actual results not yet available.

Shared outcome

Early Childhood Development: The objectives of the early childhood development initiative are to:

promote early childhood development so that, to their fullest potential, children will be physically and emotionally healthy, safe and secure, ready to learn and socially engaged and responsible; and;
help children reach their potential and to help families support their children within strong communities.

Early Learning and Child Care: The objectives of the early learning and child care initiative are to deliver affordable, high-quality, flexible and fully-inclusive child care.

Brief explanation of performance:

Provinces and territories have committed to providing annual progress reports highlighting the target results for Year 1. To date, ESDC has received data from many jurisdictions, including improvements to regulated child care spaces and/or early learning programs, and the number of children receiving subsidies or other financial supports through these reports. Baseline data availability varies by jurisdiction and preliminary results will be available in the Spring of 2019.

Plans (including timelines) for Evaluation and/or Audit

The next planned evaluation of the ELCC program is scheduled for DM approval in 2022-23.

Program	Last evaluation	Evaluations planned in the next 5 years	Fiscal year of approval	2018 -19 Program spending covered by the planned evaluation (dollars)	2018-19 Program spending covered by all planned evaluations (dollars)	2018-19 Total program spending (dollars)	2018-19 Total gross program spending (dollars)
Early Learning and Childcare	N/A	Early Learning and Childcare	2022-23	416,916,802	416,916,802	416,916,802	416,916,802

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Note that not all participating departments and agencies have a target for this performance indicator.

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Footnote 2

Note that not all participating departments and agencies have a target for this performance indicator.

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Footnote 3

Total clients served does not include ISC as results were not available at the time of this report.

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Footnote 4

ESDC Career Focus received $2.9M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. As a result, the targets for client served increased by 200. Through Supplementary Estimates ESDC transferred $10M from its Career Focus program to NRC and $36,500 to NRCan.

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Footnote 5

ESDC Skills Link received $52M through Budget 2017 to serve additional vulnerable youth. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 4,333. Through Supplementary Estimates $0.6M was transferred to CMHC.

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Footnote 6

AAFC received $2.6M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 175

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Footnote 7

GAC received $4.4M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. Through Supplementary Estimates this money was transferred to ISC ($0.9M), Parks ($2M) and CMHC ($1.5M) as contribution agreements to implement the International Youth Internship Program were signed in late 2017 to 2018. Results will be available next year.

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Footnote 8

PCH CF received $2.5M through Budget 2017 to create heritage jobs. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 235. Furthermore, PCH contributed an additional $30,000 to the CF program to support other funding priorities (Official languages, etc.).

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Footnote 9

PCH SWE received $4.3M through Budget 2017 to create green and heritage jobs. As a result the target for clients served increased by 611.

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Footnote 10

ECCC received $11.3M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 785.

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Footnote 11

ISED received $2.8M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs in the Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP). As a result the target for clients served increased by 200. There was also an internal reallocation of $0.7M from TWEP to ISED’s Computers for Schools program. During the development of the Digital Skills for Youth Program, the planned spending was reduced from $10.2M to $2.0M. As contribution agreements to implement the Digital Skills for Youth Program were signed in late fiscal year 2017 to 2018, these results will be available next year.

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Footnote 12

NRC received $10M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 1,000. Furthermore, through Supplementary Estimates, NRC received $10M from ESDC to support additional green job creation ($2.5M) and its regular program stream ($7.5M).

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Footnote 13

NRCan received $7.5M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. As a result the targets for clients served increased by 500. Furthermore, through Supplementary Estimates, NRCan received $36,500 from ESDC.

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Footnote 14

CMHC received $4.1M through Budget 2017 to serve additional vulnerable youth. Furthermore, through Supplementary Estimates, CMHC received $1.5M from GAC and $0.6M from ESDC. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 461.

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Footnote 15

ISC Skills Link received $31M through Budget 2017 to serve additional vulnerable youth. Through Supplementary Estimates ISC received $0.9M from GAC. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 2,538. In addition, ISC transferred $0.8M to ESDC for Kativik. Results for ISC Skills Link were not available at the time of this report.

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Footnote 16

ISC SWE received $7.8M through Budget 2017 to serve additional vulnerable youth. As a result, the target for clients served increased by 2,429. Through Supplementary Estimates $0.4M was transferred to ESDC for Kativik. Results for ISC SWE were not available at the time of this report.

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Footnote 17

Parks received $10.9M through Budget 2017 to create green jobs. Furthermore, through Supplementary Estimates, Parks received $2M from GAC. As a result the target for clients served increased by 1,340. Parks is carrying forward $0.6M to the 2018 to 2019 fiscal year. This is attributed to the following: 1) Outstanding pay issues due to the Phoenix pay system, 2) Students who voluntarily ended their employment with Parks Canada at an earlier date, and 3) the Visitor Information Program for which 39 students were to be hired was postponed until the 2018 to 2019 season.

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Footnote 18

These figures only include Employment and Social Development Canada and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and exclude spending for other government departments such as Global Affairs Canada and Public Services and Procurement Canada and therefore do not represent the full Government of Canada costs for the TFW Program. Figures for fiscal year 2007 to 2008 are not available and excluded from this total.

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Footnote 19

There are no shared expected outcomes, targets or eventual results. The partners (ESDC, IRCC and CBSA) conduct their business sequentially. The activities of each department and agency is vital for the smooth operation of the TFW Program – ESDC for reviewing and approving employers’ applications for LMIAs, IRCC for issuing work permits to TFWs and CBSA for issuing the permits to TFWs when they arrive at a Canadian border and conducting investigations of suspected criminal activity under the IRPA.

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Footnote 20

Total includes transfers to provinces and territories for Early Learning and Child Care.

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Footnote 21

$29.4 million in 2016-17: repairs and renovations were undertaken in 210 First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative centers and in 70 Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve facilities.

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Footnote 22

$100 million in 2017-18: repairs and renovations have been undertaken in 335 First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative centers, in 97 Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve facilities and in 64 Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities facilities.

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Footnote 23

There is no planned spending for 2017-18 because the Department did not have the appropriate financial authority at the time of drafting the 2017-18 DP.

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Footnote 24

This amount is for the Early Learning and Child Care and includes O&M costs (salary and non-salary).

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