Commerce and Purchasing occupational group

Inclusions

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for greater certainty, it includes positions that have, as their primary purpose, responsibility for one or more of the following activities:

1. the planning, development, delivery and management of economic development policies, programs, services and other activities designed to promote the establishment, growth and improvement of industry, commerce and export trade; and the regulation of trade and commerce including:
   1. the promotion of the more efficient use of resources in particular geographic areas through the conduct of studies and investigations and the implementation of programs and projects for this purpose;
   2. the promotion of the development and use of modern industrial technologies;
   3. the promotion of economic development directed towards groups, regions, industries or the Canadian economy as a whole;
   4. the promotion of the export of Canadian goods and services, including the tourist industry; the expansion of Canada’s share of global trade by providing advice to Canadian companies, trade associations or other agencies of government, by safeguarding and promoting Canadian trading relationships, or by bringing the export aspects to bear in Canada’s aid and financing programs;
   5. the study and assessment of developments in international trade and trading arrangements, and their implications for the Canadian economy;
   6. the administration and enforcement of competition legislation and legislation relating to restraints of trade; and
   7. the examination of records and reports of registered insurance, trust and loan companies, money lenders and small loan companies, fraternal benefit societies and co-operative credit associations to ensure their solvency and compliance with legislation and regulations controlling their operations;

3. the provision of advice in the above fields; and
4. the leadership of any of the above activities.

Exclusions

Positions excluded from the Commerce and Purchasing Group are those whose primary purpose is included in the definition of any other group or those in which one or more of the following activities is of primary importance:

1. the application of a comprehensive knowledge of agriculture to the promotion, development and regulation of the agricultural industry and trade;
2. the application of a comprehensive knowledge of economics, sociology or statistics to the conduct of economic, socio-economic and sociological research, studies, forecasts and surveys;
3. the planning, development, delivery and promotion of Canada’s diplomatic, commercial, human rights, cultural, promotional and international development policies and interests in other countries and in international organizations through the career rotational foreign service;
4. applying a comprehensive knowledge of communications theories and principles to departmental communication policies, products or plans;

Inclusions

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for greater certainty, it includes positions that have, as their primary purpose, responsibility for one or more of the following activities:

2. the planning, development, delivery and management of purchasing and supply policies, programs, services and other activities to meet the needs of Public Service departments and agencies including one or more subsidiary activities, such as in the areas of asset management and disposal, contracting, procurement of goods or services, inventory management, cataloguing, warehousing or traffic management;
3. the provision of advice in the above fields; and
4. the leadership of any of the above activities.

Exclusions

Positions excluded from the Commerce and Purchasing Group are those whose primary purpose is included in the definition of any other group or those in which one or more of the following activities is of primary importance:

5. the writing of specifications and technical descriptions that require the continuing application of technical knowledge; and
6. the receipt, storage, handling and issue of items held in stores.