IIRC any sport organization that gets funding from the Canadian government has to have a strategic plan in place. Personally I'm not disputing the value of a strategic plan. But SC's strategic plan (
https://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018-2022-Skate-Canada-Strategic-Plan.pdf) is not a good one.
A strategic plan has to identify what's going well and what isn't, and too much of the plan is back-patting about how great the previous one was. E.g. the results of surveys of stakeholders emphasize how many people agreed with the proposed vision and mission statements (see page 7), rather than going into the respondents who were neutral or dissatisfied, and why they felt that way. Also, strategic planning works better if respondents are surveyed
before developing these statements, to see what the statements should reflect or include. Asking respondents to assess only one draft statement can result in a "oh, what the hell, this is almost finished so nothing I say is going to make any difference now" attitude that would result in a "satisfied" response. Especially in an organization with a culture of "getting along by going along".
The plan is also really thin IMO on what the vision, mission, statements, "imperatives" and "foundational elements" actually mean in practice. There's benchmarks for measuring achievement, but there's not a lot about what resources are going to be put in place to support reaching those benchmarks.
For what it's worth, although 'skate for life' is promoted as a goal throughout the plan, there is
no mention of adult skating anywhere in the document, or any programs like those USFS uses to keep skaters in the sport (e.g. solo dance, Showcase, Theatre on Ice). The only change in that area, in this plan from the previous one, is a mention that synchro could be a way for skaters to stay active in the sport. But not every skater wants to do synchro. When almost half of SC's revenue comes from membership fees, one of its top strategic priorities should be to develop as many ways as possible to keep all skaters in the sport, for as long as those skaters want to participate.