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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...

Detailed results from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment for the ATIP Online Request Service. What is the Algorithmic Impact Assessment? The AIA is a questionnaire designed to help users assess and mitigate the risks associated with deploying an automated decision system. The AIA also helps...

Detailed results from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) for the Knockri pilot project. The goal of the proposed pilot project is to reduce the time and cost associated with conducting interviews, resolve potential issues with rater bias, and maintain a high degree of structure and rigor in...

Consolidated information on Crown corporation documents tabled in Parliament, including deadlines and tabling dates for corporate plan summaries, budget summaries and annual reports, pursuant to section 151 of the Financial Administration Act.

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...

This is a three-year accessibility plan, co-developped with employees with disabilities, which identifies barriers to accessibility and inclusion in the TBS workplace in eight priority areas and details initiatives aimed at removing them. The eight priority areas are: 1. design and delivery of...

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.

The Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) is a mandatory risk assessment tool intended to support the Treasury Board’s Directive on Automated Decision-Making. The tool is a questionnaire that determines the impact level of an automated decision-system. It is composed of risk and mitigation...

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.