Global Affairs Canada 2020–21 Departmental Plan The Honourable François- The Honourable The Honourable Philippe Champagne Mary Ng Karina Gould Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Small Business, Minister of International Export Promotion and Development International Trade Government of Canada Catalogue Number: FR2-24E-PDF International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2371-7688 © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and International Development, 2020. Table of contents From the Ministers ............................................................................ 1 Plans at a glance .............................................................................. 3 Core responsibilities: planned results and resources ............................. 7 International advocacy and diplomacy .......................................... 7 Trade and Investment ............................................................... 16 Development, Peace and Security Programming ........................... 21 Help for Canadians Abroad ........................................................ 32 Support for Canada’s Presence Abroad ........................................ 36 Internal Services: planned results .................................................... 41 Spending and human resources ........................................................ 43 Planned spending ..................................................................... 43 Planned human resources.......................................................... 47 Estimates by vote ..................................................................... 48 Condensed future-oriented statement of operations ...................... 48 Corporate information ..................................................................... 51 Organizational profile ................................................................ 51 Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do ....... 51 Operating context .................................................................... 51 Reporting framework ................................................................ 52 Supporting information on the program inventory .............................. 57 Supplementary information tables .................................................... 57 Federal tax expenditures ................................................................. 57 Organizational contact information ................................................... 57 Appendix: definitions ...................................................................... 59 Endnotes ....................................................................................... 63 2020–21 Departmental Plan From the Ministers The Honourable François-Philippe The Honourable Mary Ng The Honourable Karina Gould Champagne Minister of Small Business, Export Minister of International Development Minister of Foreign Affairs Promotion and International Trade Canadians expect their government to stand up for gender equality, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and environmental sustainability – here in Canada and around the world. By working with our longstanding international partners, Global Affairs Canada protects and promotes these goals and advocates for the prosperity, security, and interests of Canadians. Today’s global challenges, including climate change, threats to rules-based trade, mass migration and the difficulties facing the middle class require global solutions. At the same time, more and more countries are questioning the value of the rules-based international order. Through our foreign policy, Canada will continue to work to support multilateralism and ensure that multilateral institutions address today’s realities. To ensure the interests of Canadians are heard on the world stage, we will advocate for reform and modernization in important international institutions such as the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Commonwealth and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Our government remains committed to making these multilateral organizations more inclusive and diverse. Furthermore, through our feminist foreign policy, we will always promote inclusion and fairness, further the rights of women and girls, and ensure that a gender lens is applied to all that we do, because we know this is the only way to ensure an effective foreign policy. Global Affairs Canada 1 2020–21 Departmental Plan We’re also continuing to take steps to ensure we provide the best consular support possible to Canadians who need our help abroad. Canada’s commitment to the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals is the foundation for prosperity and peace for Canadians today and for generations to come. We want everyone, including women entrepreneurs, newcomers to Canada, young people, and Indigenous business owners to benefit from exporting our goods and services into global markets. To help Canadian business owners, entrepreneurs, farmers, and producers thrive, we are increasing access to global markets through free and fair trade agreements. We’re also enhancing the Trade Commissioner Service — our global sales force to the world — and created the first- ever Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. We know that no economy can perform at its best if half of the population is held back. That is why our government is empowering women and girls in Canada, as well as in developing countries through our Feminist International Assistance Policy. We have put that policy into action, developing gender responsive humanitarian assistance, and providing support for women and children around the world to access quality education and healthcare, and advocate for their fundamental rights. Together, we will continue to help build strong and stable economies, and peaceful societies around the world. 2 From the Ministers 2020–21 Departmental Plan Plans at a glance Global Affairs Canada will deliver results in support of the Government of Canada’s commitment to preserve and support Canadian prosperity and security in an increasingly uncertain and volatile world. Through a principled and pragmatic approach that promotes Canada’s interests, the department will ensure that advancing gender equality, fostering democracy, promoting and protecting human rights, encouraging respect for international law, and supporting environmental protection are at the centre of our feminist foreign policy. As it represents Canada in the world, the department will contribute to the safety and security of Canadians through timely and appropriate consular services. Global Affairs Canada will remain a strong voice for an inclusive and effective rules-based international order and the multilateral system that underpins it, collaborating with a diverse range of new and traditional partners in this regard. The department will support actions to reduce poverty, gender inequality and fragility in developing countries, and respond in a timely manner to humanitarian crises. Moreover, it will advance Canadian prosperity, including by working together with our trading partners abroad, and at home with Provinces, Territories and Indigenous communities to leverage Canadian expertise, and, keep our economy strong and growing. In all its efforts, the department will aim to reinforce progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.i We will achieve results for Canadians in a manner that is open, inclusive and transparent, exemplifying the best qualities of the public service. Our staff will innovate in finding solutions to pressing global challenges, and will engage with Canadians, civil society and other stakeholders, including businesses of all sizes, organized labour, research institutions and not- for-profits. We will work diligently to help positively shape the evolving global system to Canada’s advantage. To support this work in 2020-21, the department will focus on four priorities: 1. Contributing to a Rules-Based International System that advances Canadian interests Fostering a rules-based international system that is effective and that supports Canadian interests is an overarching objective of Canadian foreign policy. As such, Global Affairs Canada will build new and innovative partnerships, continue to engage constructively with existing partners, and work multilaterally to protect, renew and adapt existing rules, norms, institutions and alliances to make the world safer, more just, prosperous, and sustainable. These efforts will include promoting our interests and sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic, and working in concert with our partners to uphold international law. Global Affairs Canada 3 2020–21 Departmental Plan Global Affairs Canada will work bilaterally and multilaterally to drive positive change in areas such as promotion of democracy and human rights, the fight against climate change, support for environmental protection, and the pursuit of rules-based trade. It will work hard so that Canada’s voice and ideas are present when it matters, including by chairing the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, by engaging in new forums like the Alliance for Multilateralism, and by seeking a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in 2021–22. The department will make positive contributions to international peace and security through Canadian commitments to NATO and UN peacekeeping; advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda; work with diverse partners to address