Aid of the Civil Power
CF assistance provided at the request of an attorney general of a Province or Territory in any case in which a riot or disturbance of the peace occurs or is considered likely to occur and which is beyond the powers of civil authorities to suppress.
Accountability Framework
Defines the nature and scope of a department's responsibilities, the results it expects to achieve, and the monitoring and reporting requirements through which the Department will answer for the authority vested in it. The Planning, Reporting and Accountability Structure is the federal government's accountability framework.
Advanced Training List
These are established positions to which military personnel may be posted for a period greater than 122 training days to acquire training.
Asymmetric Threats
An attempt by an opposing party to avoid the traditional strengths of our existing military force by employing unexpected or unusual techniques to gain an advantage. This can include the use of surprise in all its operational and strategic dimensions, as well as the use of weapons in ways not expected by the Canadian Forces. Three broad approaches that potential opponents of the CF might employ to gain an asymmetric advantage are to use Weapons of Mass Destruction, cyber-warfare, or choosing to fight only in complex terrain.
Basic Training List
These are positions to which military personnel may be posted to acquire initial occupation qualification training.
Budget-Year Dollars
Costs in budget-year dollars reflect the purchasing power of the dollar in the year the cost is incurred. Sometimes referred to as future dollars.
Business Plan
Identifies an organization's objectives, its strategies to achieve those objectives (given the environment in which the organization exists and the needs of its clients), the performance measures it will use to measure progress and to meet its performance goals (i.e., commitments and targets). The Business Plan responds to Key Results and Expectations by setting Output Levels within the constraints of the DPG. It is also the primary vehicle for vertical accountability.
Capability
Capability is a function of the ability of a force to preplan a mission and its capacity to do so. It is generally a function of force structure (organization and equipment) plus training and logistic support. Capability may be defined as the ability to deal with the risks identified in the scenario associated with a Defence Mission Objective or the risks associated with actual operations. It includes the availability of personnel and materiel as well as a quantitative and qualitative assessment.
Combat-capable
The state of a force structure and associated equipment that reflects the ability to execute a combat mission.
Combat Service Support
The support provided to combat forces, primarily in the fields of administration and logistics.
Command and Control
The activities, outputs, infrastructure, materiel and personnel to: direct, coordinate and control the generation and employment of forces; to provide and respond to strategic and operational guidance (doctrine and direction) and policy.
Contingency Operations
Those operations dealing with contingency events in support of Canadian interests at home and abroad, requiring the application of military forces or the provision of military assistance.
Cost
The direct and indirect costs of producing an output. The cost of an output can frequently be adjusted by selecting different output targets.
Defence Mission
The singular defence mission is to defend Canada and Canadian interests and values while contributing to international peace and security.
Defence Policy
A set of actions and objectives prescribed by or on behalf of the Prime Minister and cabinet that governs the decisions and actions of DND and CF in fulfilling the defence mandate established in the NDA.
Defence Team
The Defence Team is comprised of the civilian employees of the Department and the military members of the Canadian Forces.
Deployability
The ability for personnel and materiel to be moved to a theatre of operations. Important considerations include force size, time required to be in theatre, distance of the operational theatre from the normal base of operations and the local conditions in the theatre.
Effectiveness
The degree to which the activity/process and resultant output delivered/met the desired expectation (target/goal/standard etc).
Efficiency
The measure of the relationship of outputs to inputs (resources) and is usually expressed in terms of a ratio.
Equipment
All non-expendable items needed to outfit or equip an individual or organization.
Eryx
A man-portable, anti-armour system.
Evaluation
A formal or informal assessment of performance based on an exercise that simulates the conditions described under a scenario or expected operational conditions.
Expectations
Key results which are expressed in sufficiently tangible terms to allow an Environmental Chief of Staff or Group Principal to decide upon the levels of outputs that are required to meet these expectations.
Expenditure Management System
The EMS is an approach aimed at balancing the delivery of essential programs and services to Canadians with the achievement of fiscal targets. A key feature of the balance between the delivery of essential programs and services and fiscal responsibility is the reallocation of resources from existing spending to new requirements.
Force Structure
The composition of the forces in terms of types of formations and units and their equipment together with relationship to one another.
Geomatics
Those scientific and engineering activities involved in the capture, storage, analysis, processing, presentation, dissemination and management of geo-spatial information.
High-level Operations
The entire range of modern weaponry may be used, including weapons of mass destruction. The sustained conduct of such operations will demand the mobilization of a nation's entire military potential. Military activity will be conducted continuously with maximum speed and violence throughout the theatre.
Humanitarian Aid
Activities conducted by military forces, mostly in urgent circumstances, to relieve human suffering, especially when local or governmental authorities are unable, or possibly unwilling, to provide adequate aid to the population. Humanitarian aid can take the form of protection against epidemics, provision of food aid, medical aid or assistance in public health efforts such as re-establishing essential infrastructures, with or without the consent of the State, if sanctioned by a UN resolution.
Information Management
The means through which an organization maximizes the efficiency with which it plans, collects, organizes, controls, disseminates, uses and disposes of its information, and through which it ensures that the value and potential value of that information are identified and exploited to the fullest extent.
Information Operations
Actions taken in support of national objectives which influence decision makers by affecting other's information while exploiting and protecting one's own information.
Information Services
The leadership, expertise and resources necessary to enable an organization to manage the information it needs to carry out its mission.
Information Systems
The assembly of equipment, methods and procedures and, if necessary, personnel, organized so as to accomplish specific information processing functions.
Infrastructure
A term generally applicable for all fixed and permanent installations, fabrications, or facilities for the support and control of military forces.
Inputs (or Resources)
Represents items such as overall program funding, operating and capital expenditures, and grants and contributions used in the provision of programs and services.
Javelin
A man-portable Very Low Level Air Defence (VLLAD) system.
Lane Metres
A commercial shipping term which refers to the length of standard vehicle shipping lane (2.5m wide) occupied by a given commodity on a ship. For planning purposes, all vehicles and cargo can be converted into "lane/metres".
Low-level Operations
Military operations that are normally conducted by forces-in-being, applying the minimum force necessary to achieve the mission. Contact with opposing forces may be infrequent.
Main Contingency Force
As a matter of general principle the CF will be prepared to deploy on UN operations contingency forces of up to a maritime task group, a brigade group plus an infantry battalion group, a wing of fighter aircraft, an a squadron of tactical transport aircraft.
Mandated Programs
Activities, products and services associated with meeting programs that are imposed generally from external agencies but also those internally directed. There are three categories for mandated programs: Government directed, Department directed and Environmental Chief of Staff/Group Principal directed. Examples include: Government directed - Official Languages and Employment Equity; Department directed - Support Harassment Elimination and Defence Ethics; and L1 directed - Flight Plan 97.
Materiel
Equipment or supplies used by an organization or institution, or required by some work or enterprise. All items (including ships, tanks, self-propelled weapons, aircraft, etc., and related spares, repair parts, software and support equipment, but excluding real property, installations and utilities) necessary to equip, operate, maintain and support defence-related activities, without distinction as to their application for administrative or combat purposes.
Mid-level Operations
Military operations that involve most, if not all, of a nation's forces-in-being and may require the mobilization of additional resources. Deadly force will be applied, although there may be restrictions on the types of weapons used or the geographic area in which they are employed. Military activity will be conducted with speed and violence, but may be non-continuous and localized in an area of operations.
Mission
An organization's mission and mandate refer to the purpose(s) it serves, or the reason(s) for its existence.
Multi-purpose Forces
Flexible, combat-ready armed forces capable of operating effectively and efficiently in a multi-threat environment.
National Level Units
These units provide the national command and logistical support to the Vanguard and Main Contingency Force. They consist of the Canadian Support Group (CSG), Engineer Support Group (ESG), Military Police Unit (MPU), Canadian Medical Group (CSG), Communications Information Systems Unit (CISU) and the Joint Headquarters (JHQ).
Operational Forces
Activities and outputs that are either directly involved in military operations or are part of a contingent capability to conduct military operations. Consists of forces (regular, reserve and mobilization), materiel and tactical/theatre service support. Includes collective and mission specific training.
Operations
Either routine or emergent. Routine operations are generally activities that are either constabulary or conducted in Operations Other Than War. They can generally be planned for. Emergent operations are generally those that are conducted during periods of pre-hostility and hostilities. Constabulary or OOTW that arise but are unplanned are also emergent operations.
Operations Other than War (OOTW)
Encompasses the use of military capabilities across the range of military operations except those associated with sustained, large-scale combat operations usually associated with war. OOTW are very broad in scope and range from domestic operations within Canada to peace-enforcement operations abroad.
Outcomes/Objectives/Key Results
A description of the actual effect, benefit or consequence that occurs (either in the short-term or long-term) due to the output of a program, process or activity - the overall result of a group of selected outputs over time to achieve a specific purpose. The hierarchical expression of these effects is in the order of Outcome => Objective => Key Result.
Peace-building
Post-conflict action to identify and support measures and structures which will solidify peace and build trust and interaction among former enemies, in order to avoid a relapse into conflict. A component of peace-building is peace-implementation, which is the deployment of an international military presence in the field, hitherto with the consent of all the parties concerned, to implement the military provisions of a peace agreement. These operations are carried out under Chapter VII of the UN charter; troops are more heavily armed than traditional peacekeepers and are authorized to use force beyond self-defence.
Peace-enforcement
Operations carried out to restore peace between belligerent parties who do not all consent to intervention and who may be engaged in combat activities. These operations are carried out as a provisional measure under Chapter VII, Article 40 of the UN Charter. Troops are heavily armed and authorized to use force beyond self-defence. Peace-enforcement is distinct from enforcement under Chapter VII, Article 42 of the Charter, which deals with acts of aggression.
Peacekeeping
The deployment of an international presence in the field, hitherto with the consent of all parties concerned, normally involving UN military and/or police personnel and frequently civilians as well. These operations are carried out under Chapter VI of the UN Charter; troops are lightly armed and are authorized to use force only in self-defence
Peacemaking
Action to bring hostile parties to a negotiated agreement through diplomacy, mediation, and such peaceful means as those foreseen in Chapter VI of the UN Charter.
Peace Support Operations
A generic term, describing operations designed not to defeat an aggressor, as in the case of war, but rather to assist diplomatic and humanitarian activities to achieve a long-term political settlement. The five forms of peace support operations include preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peace-enforcement and post-conflict peace building.
Planning, Reporting and Accountability Structure (PRAS)
The Planning Reporting and Accountability Structure (PRAS) is the overarching framework through which all federal departments plan, report and account for their activities through Parliament to the people of Canada. This structure framework clearly articulates the Defence Mission, which is broken down into Defence Objectives with specific results to be achieved, and also defines the Service Lines (Programs) used for performance measurement and reporting purposes. This framework forms the basis of the DPG and the Business Planning process.
Preventive Diplomacy
Action to prevent disputes from arising between parties and/or to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflict. It can include a preventive deployment of forces, prior to the outbreak of conflict, to defuse tension, enhance confidence, and prevent minor incidents from escalating inadvertently to full-scale hostilities.
Reach
The beneficiaries of a program/service/policy. Reach at the output level is generally specific and can be enumerated (e.g. Department of Fisheries and Oceans benefits from CF Maritime surveillance activities). The reach of the broader outcome level of results refers to the ultimate beneficiaries such as a sector of the economy or all Canadians.
Readiness
The level of preparedness (materiel, personnel) to respond to the risk described in a scenario or to an actual emergent operation. A state of readiness can be increased over time through recruiting, training or increased materiel capability. A reduced state of readiness is maintained to reduce the wear and tear on personnel and equipment and to reduce costs. Applicable readiness states are: High, Normal, Reduced, and Mobilization.
Readiness State
Identifies the overall operational capability required to perform a task, and is assigned to a unit or formation by the responsible commander using the five components of personnel, equipment, training, service support and command and control.
Report on Plans and Priorities
The reports which provide departmental estimates information to Parliament on departmental plans and expected performance. They generally include information such as mission/mandate, objectives, strategies and programs, inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and performance measures.
Response Time
The time between issuance of a warning order and the requirement for a tasked element to be ready to respond. This time is measured in minutes, hours or days and is based on having the element ready at the appropriate level of operational capability in its normal location. It does not include transit time to the area of operations.
Scenario
An outline of a planned series of events (real or imagined) including specifications as the various scenes and situations, cast of characters and detailed direction for the stage settings and the development of events.
Scenario Based Capability Planning
Based on assessments of the external and internal environments at various points into the future, scenarios of capability output requirements are identified and established upon which plans are developed and resources assigned.
Service Level Agreement
The means for ensuring coherence across functional organizations by establishing the level of support that one Level One organization provides another either in the conduct of operations or in the management of apportioned corporate accounts. Service Level Agreements establish horizontal accountability and include information pertinent to service standards.
Service Standard
Standards of service promised to a client, customer, stakeholder, etc., which include such elements as descriptions of the service to be provided, service pledges or principles, delivery targets, and complaint and redress mechanisms.
Strategic Guidance
Broad guidance for the Department regarding priorities, required capabilities, responsibilities and resourcing can exist at a variety of levels. At the highest level it is captured in Shaping the Future of Canadian Defence: A Strategy for 2020. It broadly includes extant guidance, plans, doctrine and operational direction.
Strategies and Programs
Represent the approaches an organization follows in fulfilling its objectives.
Sustainability
The time that consumables such as critical spares, Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants, munitions and food can be maintained enabling forces to remain engaged in operations. The usage of these items is heavily dependent on the nature of the conflict. Operations other than war and periods leading up to hostilities will generally use significantly less consumables, especially munitions, than during periods of hostilities.
Sustainment
The requirement for a military force to maintain its operational capability for the duration required to achieve its objectives. Sustainment consists of the continued supply of consumables, and the replacement of combat losses and non-combat attrition of equipment and personnel.
Task-Tailored Force
A temporary grouping of units/formations, under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
Total Paid Strength
The sum of military personnel on Functional Strength, Project Management (Vote 1 and Vote 5), Secondments, the Advanced Training List, the Basic Training List, Subsidized University Training List, Medical Holding List, Retirement Leave and Class C Reserve.
Vanguard
The Vanguard is that portion of the Main Contingency Forces that is maintained at a higher readiness and that deploys in advance of the main force.
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