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In response to stakeholders and businesses, Canada needs to improve its regulatory system.
In June 2019, the Government of Canada announced that it finalized a joint agreement with bargaining agents, with the exception of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), to compensate current and former employees who may have been impacted by the Phoenix pay system.
The Quebec Coroner’s Office issued a report in October 2019 relating to the death in 2017 of a former public servant, Linda Deschâtelets. The report made two recommendations for the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS):
1. that each federal institution apply the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace; and
2. that TBS work with unions to ensure employees’ pay-related issues are quickly resolved to improve workplace wellbeing and eliminate psychological stress.
TBS is reviewing the coroner's recommendations.
The Prime Minister announced the appointment of a Minister for Digital Government.
The Government of Canada is exploring opportunities to responsibly use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve services for Canadians.
The Government of Canada is exploring opportunities to responsibly use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve services for Canadians. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) in collaboration with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) have developed a list of prequalified AI vendors to facilitate agile adoption of the technology across the Government of Canada.
The Government of Canada has accepted the 2020 chairmanship of the Digital Nations
What is the Policy on Service and Digital and how is it enabling digital government?
Will the Department of Justice provide additional funding to the provinces experiencing increased immigration and refugee legal aid demand beyond 2019–20?
Québec’s Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State, came into force on June 16, 2019. It prohibits public officials in positions of authority from wearing a religious symbol at work and requires public services to be provided and received with the face uncovered. Bill 21 also includes a declaration that it shall operate notwithstanding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.