Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) launched an online consultation on Open Government and invited Canadians to participate. The consultation will take place from December 6, 2011, to January 16, 2012, and can be accessed though the Open Government website. Participants can make their views known online, by email or by letter. A report on … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) announced the addition of more than 4,000 data sets to the Open Data Portal at www.data.gc.ca. These additional data sets come from several federal government organizations and include population and economy tables from Statistics Canada, import-export data from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and border wait times from Canada Border … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) encouraged federal public servants gathered at PSEngage to further collaborate and interact with their government, and other Canadians, through social media. Clement said internet-based tools are allowing public servants to be more productive by sharing information more effectively and efficiently than even a few years ago. Clement … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) tabled in the House of Commons the 2010–11 Departmental Performance Reports on behalf of 95 federal departments and agencies. Clement also tabled the eleventh edition of Canada’s Performance. This year, for the first time, Departmental Performance Reports and Canada’s Performance are being predominantly made available to members … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) announced the delivery of key elements under the Open Government initiative. One key element is the improvement to the licensing agreement in the Open Data portal pilot project that is expected to encourage widespread use of this data. Under the new license agreement, users can now access … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) tabled the 2011–12 Supplementary Estimates (B) in the House of Commons. Clement said these Supplementary Estimates reflect the government’s commitment to the responsible use of taxpayer dollars. The 2011–12 Supplementary Estimates (B) support the request for Parliament’s approval of $4.3 billion in expenditures in 68 organizations, including … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) delivered the opening keynote address to this year’s Government Technology Exhibition and Conference to discuss the modernization and streamlining of government services. Clement spoke about the creation of Shared Services Canada, which is expected to improve services to Canadians, make IT more secure and reliable, and save … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) delivered a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. regarding the Government of Canada’s commitment to eliminate the deficit and return to a balanced budget by 2014-15. Clement outlined to the audience, which included members of the Canada–U.S. Business Council, the Government of Canada’s … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) is undertaking meetings in Washington D.C. to hear and share best practices related to fiscal management and advancing Open Government. Clement will address members of the Canada – U.S. Business Council who share Canada's deep interest in carrying on mutually beneficial conversations. He will speak about the … Read more
Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) and chair of the Red Tape Reduction Commission Maxime Bernier (Beauce, QC) announced the Commission has taken another step toward cutting job-killing red tape with the release of the Commission’s What Was Heard Report. Bernier said the government is listening to small business owners and entrepreneurs to find … Read more
