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Taking the Accessibility Strategy North, West, and Back Again
By Yazmine Laroche in category Accessibility on August 1, 2019
Summer has finally arrived, and with it comes heat, sunshine, and a flurry of OPSA-related events. To my absolute delight, on June 21st, Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, received royal assent in a ceremony that I had the privilege to attend. And did you know the ceremony involves no signing of documents by the Governor General? Royal assent is given with a simple nod of the head. But what a…
Security in 2019: Launch of a renewed Policy on Government Security
By Rita Whittle in category Other on July 2, 2019
By Rita Whittle, Executive Director, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Security has come a long way since the Government of Canada (GC) implemented its first security requirements in 1948. Back then, security at the office meant locking up your cabinets and the door to your office. Since then, the security environment has evolved significantly and with it, our daily lives at home and at work…
The Accessibility Strategy – Taking it Global
By Yazmine Laroche in category Accessibility on July 2, 2019
I recently had the pleasure of being part of the Canadian delegation, led by the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, at the United Nations Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CoSP) in New York City. It’s always an honour to represent Canada at the United Nations. Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, recently received royal assent, and a new…
A Generational Change to Canada’s Access to Information Law
By The Honourable Joyce Murray in category Other on June 21, 2019
President of the Treasury Board: If you’re among those who have been paying attention, you will know that the biggest improvement to Canada’s Access to Information Act in a generation has just received royal assent! Bill C-58, an Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, is now law. Its passage brings into force the most…
Next Steps for NextGen
By The Honourable Joyce Murray in category Next Gen HR and Pay on June 17, 2019
President of the Treasury Board As part of our ongoing work to explore a future HR and pay solution for the government, I wanted to update you on the important progress we’ve made. After months of work, our team has reached a key milestone and has named the vendors who will be part of our qualified list. The 3 vendors who have been identified as possible partners in the development of a NextGen…
Launching the Accessibility Strategy – What’s Next?
By Yazmine Laroche in category Accessibility on June 7, 2019
What a week it was! The Government of Canada’s work to become the most accessible and inclusive workplace in the world was recognized and celebrated in a series of events with which I was thrilled to be involved. Sunday, May 26 marked the beginning of National AccessAbility Week 2019. So on Monday, May 27, the timing was perfect to celebrate the launch of Nothing Without Us: An Accessibility…
Securing the future of talent mobility in the Government of Canada
By Alex Benay in category Digital on May 30, 2019
It’s an exciting time for digital government in Canada. While we’re still in the early stretch of 2019, we have continued to advance the digital government agenda including, releasing the Directive on Automated Decision Making and more recently, hosting the Open Government Partnership Summit, to explore how digital technologies have reduced barriers and offered government’s new opportunities to…
Launch of the Accessibility strategy for the Public Service
By Yazmine Laroche in category Accessibility on May 27, 2019
I am so pleased to share my first blog post with you, and hope that you will be just as excited as I am about the Government of Canada’s work on accessibility and inclusion! With National AccessAbility Awareness Week beginning on Sunday, May 26, this is a wonderful opportunity for us to launch Nothing Without Us: An Accessibility Strategy for the Public Service of Canada in a special showcase…
One Year In: Multi-Stakeholder Forum explores new terrain
By Laura Wesley in category Other on May 2, 2019
It’s been 1 year since Canada launched the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Open Government. As part of this group since its inception, I have been both participant and observer to the fascinating new terrain that we are exploring. Our formal 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 government…
We’re committed to pursuing the Next Generation HR and Pay Solution
By The Honourable Joyce Murray in category Next Gen HR and Pay on April 8, 2019
In my new role as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government, one of the most important and exciting projects I’m responsible for is the design of a new process for developing the Government of Canada’s Next Generation HR and Pay solution. My counterpart, Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, continues to lead efforts to stabilize and…
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