| Goals |
Objectives |
Key
Measures |
A
strong
and
vibrant
provincial
economy |
British
Columbia will have a skilled workforce |
-
Percentage of labour force with post secondary certificate,
diploma or degree
-
Percentage of workforce employed in natural and applied
science as a percentage of total employment
|
|
British Columbia will have a prosperous economy
|
- Real GDP per capita
- Real GDP per hour worked
- Gross fixed business investment as percentage of GDP
|
| British
Columbia will have employment opportunities |
- Employment to population ratio
- Real personal disposable income per capita
- Net new jobs in British Columbia
|
| Government
will be affordable and fiscally responsible |
- Balanced budget
- Taxpayer supported debt
- Provincial government expenditure as percentage of GDP
|
A
supportive
social
fabric |
British
Columbians will be healthy |
- Potential years of life lost
- Low birth weight
- Status Indian infant mortality
|
| British
Columbians will be educated |
- Percentage of population completing university education
- Percentage of students who start Grade 8 and graduate
from Grade 12 within six years
- Percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations
in Grade 4 reading
|
| British
Columbia will have a fair and efficient system of justice |
- Small claims settled through out-of-court mediation
- Adult offenders who do not re-offend for two years following
corrections supervision
- Days to disposition from first appearance for criminal
cases
|
| British
Columbians will be self-sufficient |
- Percentage of population on income assistance
- Percentage of British Columbians on income assistance
who are employable
- Aboriginal self-sufficiency
|
Safe,
healthy
communities and a
sustainable
environment |
British
Columbia will have safe communities |
- Personal and property crime rate
- Reported satisfaction with personal safety from crime
|
| British
Columbia will practise sustainable resource development |
- Timeliness of land and water tenure applications processing
- Hectares of certified Crown and forest land
|
| British
Columbia will have a healthy physical environment |
- Air quality to Canada-wide Standard
- Waterworks with detectable fecal coliform bacteria or
E. coli
- Health of monitored water bodies under federal/provincial
agreement
|
| British
Columbia will have sustainable natural resources |
- Amount of new electricity produced from environmentally
responsible sources
- Species at risk
|
The Strategic Plan is the guiding document for government, outlining
its goals for the economy, our social fabric and our physical
environment. It is the umbrella plan for individual ministry service
plans, which provide greater detail on performance measures and
strategies.
The strategies government will be undertaking to address some
of our province's most difficult challenges are provided in outline
in this document. Further details are included in ministry Service
Plans, which are being tabled with the 2003/04 budget and this
2003/04-2005/06 Strategic Plan. Ministry Service Plans can be
accessed on the government website at: http://www.gov.bc.ca/bcbudget.
We welcome your views, comments and ideas on the contents of
this Strategic Plan.
