For immediate release
August 19, 2013
Ottawa – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, today launched online consultations inviting Canadians to share their views on the Government of Canada's progress to meet the first-year commitments in its Open Government Action Plan.
Canada's Open Government initiatives are intended to provide Canadians with more opportunities to learn about government and participate in the democratic process. Canada joined the international Open Government Partnership in 2012, and subsequently released Canada's Action Plan on Open Government. The Action Plan is a comprehensive strategy with 12 concrete commitments for advancing Open Government along three streams of activity: Open Data, Open Information and Open Dialogue.
The online consultation will be open for three weeks, from Monday, August 19 to Monday, September 9, 2013, on data.gc.ca. The results of this consultation will help develop the Government of Canada's Report on implementing the Action Plan's Year 1 commitments. This report will be published on data.gc.ca, and will be shared with our international partners in the Open Government Partnership.
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