Canada’s natural resource sectors face two key barriers to market access and diversification: 1) trade and policy barriers, and 2) lack of awareness of Canada’s natural resource products. The objectives of this Program are to break down those barriers and support natural resource markets by making information available to Canadians, supporting negotiations to reduce trade barriers, and ensuring that regulations are up to date. This helps maintain natural resource sectors’ access to existing markets and increases their access to new market segments.
Non-Financial Performance Information
Expected Result
Performance Indicators
Targets
Natural resource sectors have increased access to existing markets
Natural resource sectors have access to markets as defined by exports of energy products, mineral and metal products and forest products
Meet or exceed baseline % market access (baseline to be established in 2013-14) by March 31, 2014
Natural resource sectors have increased access to new market segments
Natural resource sectors have access to new market segments as defined by exports of energy products, mineral and metal products and forest products
Meet or exceed baseline % access to new market segments (baseline to be established in 2013-14) by March 31, 2014
$ value of Canadian Direct Investment Abroad (CDIA) as a measure of investment in, and thus access to, foreign markets
