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The Multi-stakeholder Forum (MSF) on Open Government supports ongoing dialogue between government and Canadian civil society on open government. Its mandate is to provide input and advice on the Government of Canada’s commitments on open government, identify new areas of focus, and build the open...

From February 10, 2018 to April 11, 2018, the Government of Canada invited comments from all stakeholders on potential areas for regulatory cooperation with the E.U. under the newly established Canada-E.U. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Regulatory Cooperation Forum. This consultation...

From November 25, 2017 to January 8, 2018, the Government of Canada invited stakeholders to share their views on how to address regulatory differences between the US and Canada through the Regulatory Cooperation Council. In particular, Canadians were invited to comment on issues to be considered...

The Open Government Guidebook was originally developed in 2018, through collaboration with working group members from over 25 Government of Canada (GC) departments. Through consultations with many of these departments from 2020 to 2021, this guide was updated to reflect the most recent...

Canada’s second Action Plan included the Directive on Open Government, which made it mandatory for federal government departments and agencies to maximize the release of data and information. This Plan also established commitments to collaborate with provinces, territories, and municipalities...

Canada’s first plan to the Open Government Partnership, after joining the OGP in 2011, set a direction for how Government manages and releases records and changed Canada’s open data portal, data.gc.ca, from a pilot into a permanent program. This Action Plan was structured along three streams of...

The Canada.ca theme and topic tree is a controlled vocabulary and information architecture scheme designed to provide access to the top tasks, government wide through Canada.ca.

From November 4 to December 4, 2017, the Government of Canada consulted Canadians on ideas for reconciling regulations across Canada where differences impose greater costs on businesses and industry, and affect labour mobility in Canada. This consultation was undertaken to support the federal...

This is the preliminary draft of the Open Government consultation plan for the 2020-22 National Action Plan. This document provides an overview of the approach the Open Government team plans to take for their upcoming consultations and includes the objectives, context, challenges, and proposed...

This document contains a draft end-of-term self-assessment on Canada’s performance on its commitments in the Third Biennial Plan to the Open Government Partnership 2016-2018. The Government of Canada is seeking your feedback on this report between September 18, 2018 and October 1, 2018. Please...