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Ottawa, June 18, 2013 – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, will launch the Government of Canada’s next generation Open Data Portal. After the launch, the Globe and Mail will host a Google Hangout with Minister Clement, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, open data experts and tech innovators about exciting new developments in open data.
Date:
June 18, 2013
Time/Place:
Launch
1:00 p.m.
XMG Studios
67 Yonge Street, Suite 1600 (@ King St)
Toronto, Ontario
Google Hangout
2:00 to 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Take part in the interactive, live-streaming discussion at the Open Data Portal data.gc.ca
To send a question to the Google Hangout, tweet using #DataGC and/or #OpenData
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Office of the President of the Treasury Board
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