Translation of "Managing in the Post-Budget Environment " (English → French) :

First, on the positive side, chapters 1 and 2 note that we found some improvement in the quality of services delivered by the federal government to Canadians, and in chapter 8 we report that although future challenges exist in a post-deficit environment, Canada's program of debt management is, overall, a well-run operation.

whereas the primary mechanism for European cooperation with the AU is the African Peace Facility, originally established in 2004 and providing some EUR 1,9 billion through the Member State-funded EDF; whereas when the APF was established in 2003 its financing via EDF funds was meant to be provisional, but 12 years later the EDF remains the main source of funding for the APF; whereas in 2007 the scope of the Facility was broadened to encompass a wider range of conflict-prevention and post-conflict stabilisation activities; whereas the 2014-2016 action programme takes account of external evaluation and consultations with Member States a ...[+++]nd introduces new elements to improve its effectiveness; whereas Article 43 TEU refers to the so-called ‘Petersberg Plus’ tasks, which cover military advice and assistance tasks, conflict prevention and peace-keeping tasks, and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peace-making and post-conflict stabilisation; whereas in 2014 more than 90 % of the budget was earmarked for PSOs, of which 65 % was for AMISOM staff; whereas strengthening the institutional capacity of the African Union and the African regional economic communities is vital to the success of PSOs and the post-conflict reconciliation and rehabilitation processes.

It involved developing messages and strategic approaches to budget communications; drafting a speech strategy for the minister's budget speech; managing the timelines and critical path of key budget-related communications; providing creative suggestions, counsel, and planning related to pre- and post-budget events; acting as liaison between the minister's office and the Department of Finance for budget-related communications products; coordinating revisions to communications materials from the minister's office to the Department ...[+++]of Finance; attending detailed budget page-turner meetings, which involved going page-by-page through the budget plan, the briefing book, and fiscal-balance materials; developing and conducting budget lock-up presentations for cabinet ministers and government caucus staff; attending pre-budget speech and media training and practice sessions with the minister; and fact-checking communications materials for accuracy and consistency.

Although the EU has begun to tackle this issue through Community legislation, more will need to be done in order to create a truly liberalised and integrated cross-border post-trading environment.

In closing, I wish to assure the hon. member and the House that the government remains committed to ensuring that the transition to the post-TAGS environment is managed in a fair and sensitive way.

analysis of the rapidly changing economic environment and its impact on the nation’s finances (for example, cyclical and structural budget balance projections) were provided on a timely basis to facilitate pre- and post-budget deliberations;