Program directory · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Business Conditions Policy
- Program code
- BNP09 (ISC)
- Core responsibility
- Companies, Investment and Growth
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Business Conditions Policy Program is responsible for the development and coordination of policies, laws and regulations in the areas of corporate and insolvency law, competition, copyright, trade-marks and industrial design, patents, international intellectual property, traditional knowledge, privacy, and data protection. The development and coordination of these policies, laws and regulations is a core function of the Department and works alongside of and supports the work of administrative and enforcement bodies such as the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Copyright Board, Competition Bureau, and Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. The work carried out by the Program helps support departmental and government priorities and programs by ensuring that Canada’s marketplace frameworks help promote innovation, competitive markets and instil consumer confidence. This program supports the departmental results “Canadian companies are globally competitive and achieve high growth” and “Canada is a location and destination of choice for investment, growth and tourism” under the Companies, Investment and Growth core responsibility.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Conditions Policy | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $16.1M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
No significant changes detected.
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 14 | 2019 | 10 | Met |
| 2019-20 | Higher than the OECD average. | 2020 | 79.6 | Met |
| 2020-21 | Higher than the OECD average. | 2021 | Not Available Due to the pandemic in 2020, the global economy was disrupted on a massive scale. As a result, the World Economic Forum did not conduct its usual Global Competitiveness Index and instead released a special report, linked here: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2020.pdf | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 40% | 2019 | 37% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≤ 40% | 2020 | 50% The level of concern over privacy and data protection has exceeded the anticipated levels, due in part to concerns over certain high profile incidents involving the mishandling of personal information including the Life Labs, Desjardins and Capital One breaches. These concerns have likely been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic which has driven more Canadians to work, shop and conduct personal… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 40% | 2021 | 50.3% The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated Canadians’ reliance on digital and online services. The data-intensive nature of many of these services has likely fostered an increased awareness of privacy risks by Canadians. Results are also consistent with research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner which has found that, since 2014, 52-57% of Canadians reported being “concerned” or “extremely concerne… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 11 | 2019 | 11 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 11 | 2020 | 11 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 11 | 2021 | 13 In 2019, Canada received a score of 81.5 on the World Bank’s resolving insolvency indicator in the annual Doing Business report, which resulted in a rank of 11th overall. In 2020, the World Bank assigned Canada a resolving insolvency score of 81.0 (a 0.5% decline from the previous year). The reason for the lower score is a lower score on a sub-indicator called “Recovery rate for secured creditors… | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $2.9M | $4.9M |
| 2019-20 | $2.9M | $5.6M |
| 2020-21 | $2.9M | $5.6M |
| 2021-22 | $2.9M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $2.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 46 | 39 |
| 2019-20 | 39 | 41 |
| 2020-21 | 43 | 43 |
| 2021-22 | 43* | — |
| 2022-23 | 43* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $2,893,308 | $2,893,308 | $2,893,309 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $2,911,981 | $2,911,981 | $2,911,981 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $2,907,987 | $2,854,201 | $2,867,746 | ||
| Actual | $4,907,393 | $5,608,877 | $5,610,320 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
