Deputy Minister Performance Agreements
Corporate Priorities for the Public Service of Canada 2002-2003
Official Languages
Public Service leaders have a key role in fostering a culture in the
workplace in which employees feel comfortable in using their official language
of choice. Together, we have to improve our efforts, including the provision of
needed training, to ensure that there is a large enough pool of EXs who have
attained the CBC level to sustain our obligations to Canadians and to our
employees.
Diversity
The innovation agenda requires creative, innovative ideas to achieve
excellence in policies and services. One avenue for achieving this excellence is
to promote a greater diversity of backgrounds, linguistic and ethnic heritage
among our employees. We must, therefore, strive to be representative of the
Canadian population, with special emphasis on Visible Minorities, where we face
a very significant representation gap. In this regard, the government made a
firm commitment to the recommendations and spirit of the Embracing Change
report, which continues to guide and provide benchmarks for success.
Learning
As part of Canada’s knowledge society, the Public Service must be a
learning organization that values knowledge and new ideas. Fostering a culture
of learning and of sharing knowledge should be part of how we work, how we
attract and retain talent, and how we achieve the highest level of performance
in serving the government and Canadians. Learning plans and activities for all
employees should be important objectives for us all.
Modern Comptrollership
We need a more holistic approach to achieving high quality results for
Canadians by integrating the principles of modern comptrollership into the
overall management of your business lines, including the management of human
resources. Building on progress to date, continued personal leadership and
attention are needed to further strengthen management practices within your
department by achieving demonstrable improvements in:
- linking financial and non-financial information and ensuring integrated
performance information is used in decision-making and reflected in
reporting to Parliament;
- identifying, assessing and managing corporate risks, with a focus on
proactive management of areas of highest risk;
- acting on reviewing, assessing and instituting appropriate systems of
control as needed and ensuring delegations of authority are appropriate;
- ensuring employees are supported and reflect a rigorous approach to public
service values and ethics in the conduct of their work.
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