Learning from OneNS:Fuelling our own calls to

action

Regional MOH Monthly CME – 5 September 2014

Gaynor Watson-Creed

Agenda

Agenda

• Provide an Overview of the OneNS Coalition work and Goals

• To provide some insights as to how the work is being conducted

• To provide some critical analysis of the work so far

• To engage in open discussion as stakeholders and citizens regarding the OneNS work

Process to date

• Nov. 29, 2012 – Commission Announced

• Feb. 12, 2013 – Commission Public Engagement Round 1 Begins in Halifax

• May 10, 2013 – Interim Report

• June, 2013 – Commission Research Phase Begins

• Oct. 15, 2013 – Commission Public Engagement Round 2 Begins in Amherst

• Feb. 12, 2014 – Commission Releases Final Report, Now or Never: An Urgent Call to Action for Nova Scotians

• Apr. 30, 2014 – Commission Officially Wraps Up

• Apr. 3, 2014 – oneNS Coalition Announced in Budget Speech

• June 2, 2014 – oneNS Coalition Officially Announced

Mandate

The oneNS Coalition will move forward to pursue the vision and goals in the oneNS report to engage all Nova Scotians in a broad-based action plan that will shift attitudes, tackle our demographic challenges, and support business and economic growth.

Response to oneNS Report is:

• oneNS Coalition formed to foster a broad-based response on the part of all sectors – business, labour, government, First Nations, universities, social sector, community organizations, and engaged citizens –broad-based action required

• Provincial government has adopted goals and will lead, support and work with Nova Scotiansto advance steadily toward the goals (19 goals and 12 “game changers” from oneNS Commission Report)

oneNS Coalition

The oneNS Coalition members are:

Stephen McNeil (Chair) – Liberal Party LeaderJamie Baillie (Vice-Chair) – Progressive Conservative Party LeaderMaureen MacDonald (Vice-Chair) – New Democratic Party LeaderRick Clarke – President, Nova Scotia Federation of LabourDavid Corkum – President, Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities, Mayor of KentvilleDr. Martha Crago – Vice-President of Research, Dalhousie UniversityHenry Demone – CEO, High Liner Foods IncorporatedJ.P. Deveau – President Acadian Seaplants Ltd. Saeed El-Darahali – President and CEO, SimplyCast.comJoella Foulds – Executive Director, Celtic Colours International FestivalDanny Graham, Leader, Engage Nova ScotiaJevon MacDonald – GoInstant.comRankin MacSween – President, New Dawn Enterprises Ltd.Chief Sidney Peters – Co-Chair, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’Kmaq ChiefsDr. Gaynor Watson-Creed – Medical Officer of Health, Capital District Health Authority

Understanding Our Goals

oneNS Themes

People EconomyEconomy

Attitude

People – Address our population and demographic challenges by attracting and retaining more immigrants and other new Nova Scotians and preparing people – especially our youth and others who are challenged or underrepresented – for the right jobs and opportunities so they can participate fully in our workforce.

Economy – Enable the private sector to play a greater role in our economic growth by supporting startups and entrepreneurship, innovation and research and development, global competitiveness, exports and trade, and developing our natural resources and renewing traditional industries in a responsible and sustainable way.

Attitude – Encourage shared ownership of our oneNS goals and a stronger spirit of cooperation, celebrate our successes, nurture a positive ‘can do’ attitude, develop a entrepreneurial spirit, be more welcoming to immigrants, and embrace change.

People Goals (Demographics)

Goal 3: Retention of International StudentsAn annual average of 10% of foreign students graduating from Nova Scotia universities, the Nova Scotia Community College and other education and training bodies will be making choices to become permanent residents of the province (i.e., roughly double the current rate).

Goal 1: Inter-Provincial MigrationNova Scotia will be averaging a net gain of 1,000 working age persons per year. (Over the past 10 years the province has lost an average of 800 persons per year because of net outmigration).

Goal 2: International ImmigrationWith the cooperation of the federal government, Nova Scotia will be receiving annually its proportionate share (2.7%) of all new international immigrants to Canada, i.e., approximately 7,000 new permanent residents per year (The current 5-year average is 2,400 per year).

People Goals (Workforce)

Goal 7: Labour Force ParticipationRate – Nova ScotiaNova Scotia will have a labour force participation rate at least as high as the Canadian rate, bringing more than 25,000 Nova Scotians into permanent attachment to the labour market (The Nova Scotia rate is currently 63.4% compared to the Canadian rate of 66.4%).

Goal 8: Employment Rate – First Nations and African Nova Scotians

The employment rate (i.e., percent of the working age population currently employed or “officially unemployed”) for First Nations and African Nova Scotians will be equal to the provincial average. (The rate is currently 62% for African Nova Scotians and 53% for First Nations people, compared to the provincial rate of 68%).

Goal 9: Youth EmploymentNova Scotia’s youth unemployment rate (currently 19.5%) will be at or better than the national rate in that year (currently 14.0%).

People Goals (Education and Training)

Goal 10: Post-Secondary Education and TrainingThe proportion of Nova Scotia’s working age population with a post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree, including apprenticeship completion, will have increased from the current 55% to 65%.

Goal 11: Universities Research and DevelopmentThrough both individual initiative and expanded collaboration, and with support from government, Nova Scotia’s universities and the Nova Scotia Community College will have doubled research funding to total $360 million.

Goal 12: Research and DevelopmentPartnershipsThe number of research and development partnerships between business enterprises and Nova Scotia universities and the Community College will have doubled from an average of 1,000 per year to 2,000 per year.

Economy Goals (Exports, Start-ups, Tourism)

Goal 4: Business Start-UpsThe Nova Scotia economy will be generating 4,200 new business start-ups per year, a 50% increase over the current 10-year average

Goal 5: Value of ExportsNova Scotia will have increased the total annual value of exports (international and inter-provincial), currently in the $14 billion range, by 50% to exceed $20 billion.

Goal 6: Firms Participating in Export TradeThe number of Nova Scotia firms participating in export trade will have increased by 50% over the current level of 850.

Goal 13: Venture CapitalThe five-year average for per capita venture capital investment, which was $24.80 over the 2007 to 2011 period, will be equal to or better than the Canadian average (currently $41.10).

Goal 14: Tourism ExpansionAs Nova Scotia’s leading source of service sector exports, gross business revenues from tourism will reach $4 billion (approximately double the current level).

Economy Goals (Fisheries, Agriculture)

Goal 15: Fisheries and Agriculture ExportsThe value of exports from the fisheries (including aquaculture) and the agricultural sectors will each have doubled on a sustainable basis. (The report prepared for the Commission by APEC identified current fisheries and seafood exports valued at $860 million and agricultural exports at $240 million).

Goal 16: Domestic Markets for Agricultural ProductsThe value of agricultural products produced for, and consumed within, the Nova Scotia domestic market will have doubled. The current value is approximately $230 million.

Government Goals

Goal 17: A Province-Wide Plan to Achieve Nova Scotia’s New Goals for Sustainable Economic Growth and Population RenewalBy the end of calendar year 2015 the Nova Scotia government, in collaboration with the municipal units, will have put in place, with appropriate legislative supports, a comprehensive development plan with practical strategies to meet the 2024 population and economic renewal goals set out above. (oneNS Coalition to be involved)

Goal 18: Reform of Municipal Government and Regional Service StructuresOnce the development plan described above is in place, the provincial government will immediately initiate a comprehensive review of current municipal government structures and of federal and provincial regional service delivery systems, improving efficiency, cost effectiveness and community engagement.

Goal 19: Fiscal HealthBy 2024 the Province of Nova Scotia’s net debt to GDP ratio, which was 36.7% for the year ending March 31st, 2013, will be 30% or less.

*Create climate to achieve the other goals

12 Game Changers

I. A New Politics

II. Attitude Shift

III. Strategic-Priority on Business Start-ups and Growth-Oriented Enterprises

IV. Renewing Rural Industries

V. Shared Commitment to Sustainable Development

VI. Rebuilding our Trade Economy

VII. Excellence in Education and

Training

VIII. Becoming a More Inclusive and Welcoming Province

IX. Promoting Entrepreneurship

X. Integrating Economic Development Services

XI. Better Management of Economic Development Investment Funds

XII. Finding a Committed Federal Partner

Based research and engagement, the Commission also identified 12 new strategic directions, or “game changers”, that are needed to achieve the 19 oneNS goals:

Goals provide direction for action

oneNS Coalition

“No single organization is responsible for any major social problem, nor can any single organization cure it.”

Objective: Collective impact of mobilizing broad-based action

Leading Change: 8-Step Process

Where are we now?• Step 1: Establishing a Sense of Urgency

• Step 2: Creating the Guiding Coalition

• Step 3: Developing a Change Vision – in progress

• Step 4: Communicating the Vision for Buy-in

• Step 5: Empowering Broad-based Action

• Step 6: Generating Short-term Wins

• Step 7: Never Letting Up

• Step 8: Incorporating Changes into the Culture

(Kotter, Harvard Business Review, 1996)

Update and Next Steps

• Three initial Action Teams created:o Immigration and Retention (Saeed El-Darahali)o Start-ups and Entrepreneurship, (Jevon MacDonald)o Global Competitiveness and Trade (J.P Deveau)

• Developing oneNS Work Plan – to be finalized and communicated after next Coalition meeting (September)

• Developing Phase 1 public engagement program (to launch October)

• Currently re-engaging and ramping up through oneNS social media platforms

The conversation so far:

I think the worst thing we can do is think that somebody else is going to take the lead. Everyone has a role and we all have to take the lead. It's not just government.

Dan Christmas, an adviser to Membertou, and former oneNS Commissioner, speaking to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on June 11, 2014. Christmas spoke about the Now or Never report and success stories of First Nations communities.

“Everyone Has a Role”

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Opportunities for (Public Health)

• “Why????” – examination of the contribution of social determinants (of health? of economy? of immigration? of entrepreneurism? of success?)

• Specific focus on urban/rural disparity

• Data data data data data• Prevention as cure (broadly and economy-focused)

• Healthy communities as attractant

• Health care system as attractant

• Health care system “right-sizing”

Our biggest opportunity will be to lead by example.

Engage with complexity.

Disengage from xenophobia.Be clear about effect size.

Little bird, little bird…what do you see?

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