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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...

Executive Summary The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) 2018 Stakeholder Forum was held December 4–5, 2018, in Washington, D.C. It was a successful 1.5-day event that brought together approximately 300 stakeholders and regulators. The event consisted of a plenary session...

The 2022–24 National Action Plan includes commitments and milestones to make the Government of Canada more open, transparent and accountable to those it serves. The government used feedback from the public to make sure that the plan reflects what matters most to the people of Canada. This plan...

Canada’s fourth plan includes 10 new commitments that continue to promote openness, transparency, and accountability in the Government of Canada. It was developed in consultation with more than 10,000 Canadians from coast to coast to coast who provided their ideas and suggestions through online...

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 releases a National Action Plan on Open Government every two years. Following standards set by the international Open Government Partnership, we develop and report on plans that formalize Canada’s commitment to open, accountable, and transparent government. This resource contains the...

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...

Canada’s third plan consists of 22 commitments, many of which focus on building the culture and capacity for Open Government. Canada’s approach in this Plan is structured within four priority areas: open by default; fiscal transparency; innovation, prosperity, and sustainable development; and...

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.

This document describes our department’s plan to complete activities and deliverables aligned to the requirements of the Directive on Open Government, in order to achieve full compliance by the October 2019 implementation deadline.

For many, the word 'mainframe' conjures images of antiquated technology employing large spools of magnetic tape for data storage and punch cards to execute commands in COBOL, the same programming language your uncle used. While this is no longer the mainframe's reality, given its reputation, it...

This guide has been designed to help countries that are part of the Open Government Partnership apply Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) to all open government commitments and to ensure that their commitments and their co-creation process are inclusive.

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...

Parliamentary Committee Appearance Binder for Jean-Yves Duclos, President of the Treasury Board, for the Committee of the Whole on March 24, 2020 - Special sitting of the House of Commons COVID-19: Government Response

Parliamentary Committee Appearance Binder for Jean-Yves Duclos, President of the Treasury Board, for the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on the Supplementary Estimates (B) 2019-2020 and Main Estimates 2020-2021

Transition Binder for the November 20, 2019 appointment of Joyce Murray, Minister of Digital Government

Transition Binder for the November 20, 2019 appointment of Jean-Yves Duclos as President of the Treasury Board