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Funding programs available for anti-racism and multiculturalism
Service Canada offers bilingual services in in-person offices to support service delivery to minority official languages communities.
From November 2023 until January 2024, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) tested the use of generative Artificial Intelligence on a free, publicly available, open source tool called mPersona, based on the recommendation of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC). On January 22, 2024, a media request was received from LaPresse indicating that the FINTRAC CTO was also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Symaiotics Corporation, which owned the mPersona tool.
Service Canada is currently experiencing a seasonal peak with higher than forecasted passport applications resulting in an increase in line-ups for in-person service.
Canada's position on increasing cyber security threats internationally and their impact on Canadians as well as Canada's diplomatic relationships.
IRCC’s response to the persecution of Uyghur people in China.
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) will continue to provide sufficient office space to accommodate federal public service employees in its offices.
A department-wide Anti-Racism survey in November 2020 revealed that perceptions of the existence and nature of racism in the department varied significantly based on respondents’ racial and ethnic background, and that significant proportion of racialized employees consider racism to be a problem within the department.
What is the Government of Canada doing to support advances in clean technology and the adoption and commercialization of cleantech?
Canada is placed on the “Watch List” of the USTR Special 301 Report for 2024.