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The 2025–29 National Action Plan includes commitments and milestones to make the Government of Canada more open, transparent and accountable to those it serves. The government used feedback from the public to make sure that the plan reflects what matters most to the people of Canada.

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C01.2.1 - Establish an enterprise-wide consultation platform.

Milestone: Establish a feedback loop using an enterprise-wide consultation platform to gather input from racialized communities on the methods the RCMP's Hate Crimes Task Force is recommending to provincial and municipal law enforcement.
Commitment: Inclusive and meaningful public participation
Lead Organization: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Deadline: By fall 2027
Status: Limited progress

C01.5.1 - Develop and advance infrastructure by, for example, building capacity, providing guidance and creating a digital prototype platform, to facilitate dialogue …

Milestone: Foster meaningful public engagement throughout the federal science ecosystem by reducing barriers to the integration and promotion of citizen-science methods across the Government of Canada
Commitment: Inclusive and meaningful public participation
Lead Organization: Public Services and Procurement Canada, Health Canada
Deadline: By end of 2029
Status: Limited progress

C01.6.1 - Development of a proposal detailing the design, framework and governance structure for a new external portal that will provide controlled, …

Milestone: Proactively address Indigenous organizations' data needs, when feasible, to improve efficiency and increase transparency
Commitment: Inclusive and meaningful public participation
Lead Organization: Indigenous Services Canada
Deadline: By March 2026
Status: Limited progress

C01.6.3 - Identification and prioritization of datasets that should be proactively shared.

Milestone: Proactively address Indigenous organizations' data needs, when feasible, to improve efficiency and increase transparency
Commitment: Inclusive and meaningful public participation
Lead Organization: Indigenous Services Canada
Deadline: By March 2027
Status: Limited progress

C01.7.2 - Encourage branches to consider whether the work they are doing will include opportunities to promote accountability and citizen engagement.

Milestone: Establish an internal working group at VAC to identify and act on opportunities to promote open government at VAC
Commitment: Inclusive and meaningful public participation
Lead Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada
Deadline: March 2029
Status: Limited progress

C02.2.1 - Prepare a draft paper that assesses progress to date, identifies domestic and international best practices, and lays out potential approaches …

Milestone: Improve the effectiveness of the Digital Citizen Initiative
Commitment: Protecting civic space and democracy in the digital era
Lead Organization: Canadian Heritage
Deadline: By April 2026
Status: Limited progress

C02.3.2 - Proactively remove access barriers to GC archival records and have 30% to 50% of the archival GC records held at …

Milestone: Increase Canadians' access to government information
Commitment: Protecting civic space and democracy in the digital era
Lead Organization: Library and Archives Canada
Deadline: By 2029
Status: Limited progress

C04.2.1 - Consult stakeholders on the essential content and desired outcomes of a foundational training or learning program for the federal public …

Milestone: Develop a targeted learning series on open data for use by federal public servants
Commitment: Designing inclusive government programs and services
Lead Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Deadline: By December 2026
Status: Limited progress

C04.3.1 - Number of hits on the National Justice Survey results

Milestone: Monitor Canadians' experiences with serious legal problems and enhance the Department of Justice Canada's understanding of effective responses using findings from the National Justice Survey and Serious Legal Problems in Canada Publish findings from the National Justice Survey and from Statistics Canada's Canadian Legal Problems Survey (CLPS), in user-friendly formats (for example, infographics or a simple dashboard). Use the National Justice Survey data to inform decision-making both by the Department of Justice Canada and by key external stakeholders.
Commitment: Designing inclusive government programs and services
Lead Organization: Department of Justice Canada
Deadline: Biannually until 2029
Status: Limited progress

C04.3.2 - Number of Justice Canada research publications and resources that use National Justice Survey data and are publicly available

Milestone: Monitor Canadians' experiences with serious legal problems and enhance the Department of Justice Canada's understanding of effective responses using findings from the National Justice Survey and Serious Legal Problems in Canada Publish findings from the National Justice Survey and from Statistics Canada's Canadian Legal Problems Survey (CLPS), in user-friendly formats (for example, infographics or a simple dashboard). Use the National Justice Survey data to inform decision-making both by the Department of Justice Canada and by key external stakeholders.
Commitment: Designing inclusive government programs and services
Lead Organization: Department of Justice Canada
Deadline: Biannually until 2029
Status: Limited progress