The Public Sector

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The Public Sector
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Community Recreation Services

• 3 overlapping systems
• Commercial
• Private (not-for-profit)
• Public

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Charter of Rights Freedoms

• 1982
• Does not mention leisure or rec
• Freedom of association

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Leisure Rec Depts

• Purpose
• 1)provide rec which promotes values to the user
• 2)provide rec to disadvantaged clients
• 3)provide rec opportunities which cannot be
  provided by the private sector

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• The public sector provides rec services and
  controls the ability of the sectors to offer such
  services

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Federal Government

• National international activities
• promote health well-being through rec sport
• Clients national sport rec assoc

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• Fed govt involved due to demands of electorate
  not legal obligation
• Public rec is provinces responsibility

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• Govt depts w/ primary mandates for public rec
• Health Canada, Canadian Heritage, Industry Canada
• Correctional Service of Canada, Dept of External
  Affairs Natural Resources Canada

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Health Canada Fitness Active Living

• 1961 Fitness Amateur Sport Act
• Roles
• 1)strategic policy leadership
• 2)knowledge development info dissemination

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• 3)building partnerships/alliances w/ non govt
  orgs
• 4)promote active living

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• Goals
• 1)beneftis of physical activity promote active
  living
• 2)ive social physical environs to integrate
  physical activity
• 3)establish partnerships

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Active Living Canada

• ALC private not-for-profit
• ALCs observations
• 1)physical fitness appreciation has grown
• 2)PA choices are personal

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• 3)proper environment necessary
• ALC - many jobs of former Dept of Fitness
  Amateur Sport

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Division of Ageing Seniors

• The Division of Aging Seniors, Public Health
  Agency of Canada, provides federal leadership on
  health issues related to aging seniors
• provides advice supports policy development
• conducts supports research education
  activities
• encourages seniors' health promotion, harmful
  risk reduction the prevention of injuries

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• works with partners, including the provinces,
  territories, seniors' organizations other
  sectors, on policies, programs, research issues
  relating to healthy aging
• disseminates information related to health
  aging.
• promotes the meaningful participation of seniors
  in federal decisions activities that affect
  them

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Canadian Heritage

• 1)Foster cultural participation
• 2)Encourage active citizenship participation
• 3)Strengthen connections among Canadians

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1)Sport Canada

• Support promote hi performance sporting
  excellence

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Mission Statement

• 1)strengthen unique contribution of sport
• 2)support hi performance thru fair ethical
  means
• 3)work w/ key partners to develop Canadian sport
  system

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• Also
• Provide living allowance scholarships
• Hosting world-level sporting events
• Regulatory functions

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2)Parks Canada

• Custodians of the parks
• Development, maintenance operation of nat.
  parks historic sites
• Self-directed recreation activity
• Contribute to tourism

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Industry Canada

• Canadian Tourism Commission
• Promotes Canada as a travel destination
• Supports research re international pleasure
  travel
• Development of national tourism system

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1)Office of Consumer Affairs

• Monitros regulates leisure industrys business
  activities

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Other Fed. Govt. Units

• Correctional Service of Canada
• External Affairs
• Statistics Canada

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Also includes

• Canada Council for the Arts
• Can Science Technology Museum Corp
• CBC
• Can Museum of Civilization
• Can Museum of Nature
• Can Radio-TV Telecommunications Commission
• National Archives of Canada

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• National Arts Centre
• National Film Board of Canada
• National Gallery of Canada
• National Library of Canada
• Telefilm Canada
• National Capital Commission

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Provincial Govt Activities

• Trudeau (1978) believed in shared responsibility
• Prov govts initially involved due to public
  demand financial incentives National Fitness
  Act (1943) Fitness Amateur Sport Act (1961)

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• Post 1961 prov govt activity was
• A)direct prov parks, prov sponsored arts rec
  events
• B)indirectly financially assist muncipal progs
• Expectation for prov govt

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• 60s 70s fed support for prov progs reduced
• impossible to reduce services
• Provs have major responsibility for rec
  development

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• All prov territorial govts have depts w/ a
  mandate to support public leisure services
• Some direct service financial aid, planning
  assistance, regulation, leadership

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• Prov leisure services assist municipalities, prov
  sport rec assoc general public
• Grants, conducting research, leadership training

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• Indirect involvement
• Labour Employment
• Consumer Corporate Affairs
• Lotteries

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Municipal Govt Activities

• Enabling legislation allows vs requires
• Establishment of commissions, boards civic depts

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Municipal Services

• 1)provide community facilities
• 2)offer programs
• 3)sponsor special community events
• 4)sponsor social, cultural athletic programs

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• 5)regulating leisure thru local by-laws
• Primary clients
• Size of centre determines staff volunteers
• Volunteers

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Govt Roles in Public Leisure Service Delivery

• 1)direct provider of services
• 2)arms length provider of services creates
  publicly supported special purpose organization
  which operates outside the normal apparatus of
  govt
• Eg crown corporations

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• 3)enabling or coordinating services identifies
  potential service providers
• 4)patron of leisure service organizations
• Public, not-for-profit or commercial

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• 5)legislator regulator of activities
  organizations
• What role should govt have in lesure service
  delivery?

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National Policy on Recreation

• 1974 Edmonton Provincial govt ministers
• Primary role for rec development prov
  territories
• 1983 Inter-Provincial Rec Statement
• Defined prov and municipal service delivery roles

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• 1987 National Rec Statement
• Impact fed govt agreement of arrangement of fed
  prov rec development responsibilities
• Asserted municipal levels roles

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• Documents govts agreed to develop rec policy
• Some provs have public policy in rec
• Becomes a statement of beliefs - used to
  determine funding
• Becomes a benchmark for subsequent governing
  parties

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Sport, Recreation the Public Sector

• Sport service delivery all sectors
• Public sector introductory basic skill levels
• Conflict between community rec leaders and sport
  governing bodies

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Financing Public Recreation

• Funding?
• Fed prov income tax
• Municipal property tax
• Other

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• Variations in municipal taxation due to
• 1)dept responsibilities cost recovery
• 2)target audience
• Per capita operating costs capital costs vary