Our Progress on Open Government Commitments

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July 23, 2015

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We’ve posted the final Mid-term Self-assessment Report, including your feedback.

We’ve reached a significant point in the delivery of Open Government in Canada—it’s time to review our progress against Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2014-. But first, we’d like to provide some background.

In developing the 2014- Action Plan, we held online and in-person consultations with Canadians to develop twelve commitments—concrete actions that would make Canada’s government more transparent and accountable to citizens. These commitments were detailed in Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2014-, which we posted on open.canada.ca and submitted to the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

The OGP process sets standards and principles to guide countries toward more open, accountable, and responsive government. Part of the process is that government action plans are created, and later reviewed, in collaboration with citizens and civil society.

We’re now more than halfway through implementing Canada’s 2014- Action Plan. The draft Mid-term Self-assessment Report on progress so far will follow. Over the weeks that follow the release, you have the opportunity to make suggestions or comments online as we enter the home stretch of the 2014- Action Plan.

In order to be notified once the report is posted, sign up to receive open government emails.

We’re looking forward to sharing the draft with you and hearing your feedback.

The Open Government Team

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Submitted by Janet Bradley on December 30, 2015 - 3:06 PM

I am dealing with the Mb. Environment with severe contamination issues . They do not listen , there has never been any common sense in this matter whatsoever. The minister of environment trusts his officers opinion , that have come up with ridiculous opinions to get out of disclosing the problem . This behaviour needs to be uncovered for the benefited of we tax payers . You need more investigations . Thank you

Submitted by open-ouvert on December 30, 2015 - 9:42 PM

Thank you for your comment Janet, This comment system leads to the team responsible for transparency and accountability work in the Federal public service. We host datasets and records about many things, including national environmental data but we don't deal with provincial policies. Assuming you are referring Manitoba, our best suggestion would be for you to contact your local Member of Parliament regarding your concerns. Regards, The Open Government Team

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Submitted by Mohammadreza b… on December 08, 2015 - 1:21 AM

Since,my wife take my wife who is a Canadian citizens.about one year ago take my 7 year daughter with her and suppose to be back within 6 weeks,she never return left our 10 year old son in Iran without my case,despite was approved from immigration now no contact with me nor our son since I was in USA and Canada for almost 37 years and all my family living down there it is absolutely not fair especially for my 10 year old son why born and raised in Toronto been through sicaligilly suituvation and stay here,so I am asking for your support to help us that we can come back and start a new life.your sincerity Mohammadreza bangtavakoli.

Submitted by open-ouvert on December 08, 2015 - 9:01 PM

Apologies, we're not sure if we fully understand your situation. This comment functions leads to the team responsible for transparency and accountability work in the Government of Canada - it sounds like you may be better off starting with the Immigration section of Canada.ca [http://www.canada.ca], or contacting legal or law enforcement authorities where you're located.

Submitted by Anonymous on October 12, 2015 - 2:09 PM

Can someone tell me how many Canadians are active on open Canada ? See my original post for questions.

Submitted by open-ouvert on October 13, 2015 - 2:13 PM

Hi, sorry about missing the first comment. In the last year (Oct 12, 2014-Oct 12, 2015), open.canada.ca had 342,561 unique visitors, 80%+ from Canada. We also have numbers on traffic and downloads here: http://open.canada.ca/en/content/open-government-analytics. Given that it’s not required that commenters create an account, it may not be an ideal measure of participation. We get ~30-50 comments per month. During our consultation on our Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16, we got about 600. May I ask what you mean by personalized feedback? You can either reply back or email open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca. And as for a preferred method, you can use the Contact Us form [http://open.canada.ca/en/forms/contact-us] or the above email. However, if it’s a comment about a particular dataset or page, the comments section is ideal as others may have the same question. Thank you, Kent on behalf of the open government team

Submitted by Dilys Robertson on October 27, 2015 - 12:50 AM

You have to be joking!!! The recent election proved that canadians did not believe you either. Hopefully we no actually do have an open and transparent government - something Stephen Harper's government took enormous pains to prevent - only have to see how conservative candidates in the recent election behaved - dont attend any all candidates meetings where there might be questions from the floor; learn Harper;s script by heart and dont say anything else.

Submitted by Anonymous on September 13, 2015 - 5:16 PM

Could you share with us how many Canadians are registered on Open Canada and what percentage are active (At least one post, comment, etc in last 6 months)? Also, when logged in, could the feedback be personalized based on my account so that I do not have to restate my information needlessly? In the same line of though, is there a preferred method to communicate suggestions or to report problems specific to the Open Data site. I am often redirected to Services Canada which I don't think is very helpful.

Submitted by open-ouvert on October 28, 2015 - 3:29 PM

In the last year, open.canada.ca had 342,561 unique visitors, 80%+ from Canada. We also have metrics on traffic and downloads here: http://open.canada.ca/en/content/open-government-analytics. Given that it’s not required that commenters create an account, it may not be a good measure of participation. We get ~30-50 comments per month. During our consultation on our Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16, we got about 600. May I ask what you mean by personalized feedback? You can either reply back or email open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca. And as for a preferred method, you can use the Contact Us form [http://open.canada.ca/en/forms/contact-us] or the above email. However, if it’s a comment about a particular dataset or page, the comments section is ideal, as others may have the same question. Thank you, Kent on behalf of the open government team

Submitted by John on August 10, 2015 - 8:34 PM

When will it be possible to see what each department is doing to support the Government's Action Plan?

Submitted by open-ouvert on September 14, 2015 - 3:39 PM

Hi John, That information will be available in the Mid-Term Self-Assessment on Open Government Action Plan 2014-16 which we expect to release take later this year.

Submitted by Anonymous on September 13, 2015 - 5:19 PM

Was there a response to this question? I am also interested since this ties in neatly with my project to put in place a service that is likely to be one of your largest consumers.

Submitted by open-ouvert on September 14, 2015 - 3:38 PM

Hi there, Yes that information will be available in the Mid-Term Self-Assessment on Open Government Action Plan 2014-16 which we expect to release later this year. Thanks

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