Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) indicated the government's commitments to significantly broaden the scope of the Lobbying Act to include registered communications with an expanded range of public servants. The decision to expand the definition of a Designated Public Office Holder under the Lobbying Act responds to recommendations by the House of … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) announced the government’s participation in a pilot Virtual Career Fair with the Institute on Governance. The Virtual Career Fair will be hosted on Monster.ca. Clement said he is pleased to announce the government’s participation in the Virtual Career Fair pilot project, which will assist employees impacted by … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) spoke to the St. John's Board of Trade about how the government is working with Canadians to ensure economic growth, job creation and sustainable prosperity in the years ahead. Clement said over the past 16 months, the government has found targeted and balanced savings measures that allow … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) reached out to leading innovators from Sault Ste. Marie, ON, to talk about leveraging vast stores of data being released by the government and using it to create high-value, user-friendly applications. In the last year, some 273,000 data sets from 21 departments and agencies have been released … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) issued a call-out to Winnipeg's business and tech community to help turn vast stores of government data into valuable, user-friendly applications that will spur innovation, boost growth and improve the lives of everyday Canadians. Clement was in Winnipeg to raise awareness and engage entrepreneurs and innovators about … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) announced the recent addition of more than 1,000 data sets to the Open Data Portal at www.data.gc.ca. Clement said the release of the additional datasets will help spur innovation and the information in the data sets provides Canadian entrepreneurs with business opportunities that will benefit them and … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) announced that the government has moved ahead with changes to recognize prior years of service of former members of the Canadian Forces who join the public service. Clement said the government is proud of the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) addressed the Saint John Board of Trade to discuss how the government is creating jobs, fostering economic growth, and cutting red tape. Clement said by focusing on the drivers of growth and job creation-innovation, investment, education, skills and communities, the new measures in Economic Action Plan 2012 … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) discussed creating jobs and growth and cutting red tape during an address to the Kitchener Rotary Club. Clement said by focusing on the drivers of growth and job creation-innovation, investment, education, skills and communities-the new measures in Economic Action Plan 2012 will solidify, strengthen and draw upon … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) explained how government initiatives are creating jobs, growth and red tape reduction, during an address to the Economic Club in Toronto. Clement said through the government's efforts to reduce overall spending, its refocusing government programs, making it easier for Canadians to deal with the government, and modernizing … Read more
