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TABLE OF CONTENTS A Message from the Chief Executive Officer The Parks Canada Charter Summary of Parks Canada Corporate Plan Update for 2002-2007 Financial Information PDF Version (176 Kb) About PDF

Parks Canada Agency CORPORATE PLAN 2002-2007 A Message from the Chief Executive Officer This Corporate Plan presents revisions to key activities and investment strategies for the period 2002-2003 to 2006-2007, highlighting changes to performance expectations as a result of decisions and events since the last full Corporate Plan, which is available on the Parks Canada Web site. Our long term commitment is to restore our capacity to protect the ecological integrity of the national parks, and to work towards the completion of the national parks system. During this planning period, the focus will be on strengthening monitoring of ecological integrity, preparing recovery plans for species at risk and working co-operatively with our partners to implement ecosystem-based management strategies for existing national parks. With the release of the National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan in 2000, we have renewed our direction with respect to the commemoration of our national heritage places. Strategic priorities in the system plan include increased representation of the history of Aboriginal peoples, ethno-cultural communities and women. Parks Canada is also continuing to take steps to strengthen our outreach and communications capacity to enrich, involve and inform Canadians as never before on the heritage that is such a fundamental part of our identity. We will encourage new voices to be heard, telling new and existing stories from a range of perspectives, and we will pursue outreach activities targeted especially at youth and ethno-cultural communities. We will continue to strengthen our relationships with Aboriginal peoples. Parks Canada is also committed to recruiting a competent and diverse workforce to enable us to do our job right, and we will ensure succession plans are in place to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Key to the achievement of our goals is addressing financial challenges. This Corporate Plan does not provide new money to meet Parks Canada's mandate of system expansion and ensuring ecological and commemorative integrity for future generations. Discussions are ongoing to seek solutions to this issue. Tom Lee

	Last Updated: 2002-08-23		Important Notices