National Action Plan on Open Government Commitment

The Open Government Strategy has reached completion and is now published on Canada.ca. It builds on Canada’s commitment to an open and transparent government and important work already underway across the federal public service to combat misinformation and disinformation, strengthen the resilience of democratic institutions, and support social cohesion across Canada.   The transparency strategy includes a robust open data pillar through three key initiatives:

•Transparency: The government makes available relevant information on policies, programs, services and decisions in a complete, accurate and timely manner – while protecting privacy, security and confidentiality – so the public can access, understand and monitor the activities and decisions of government. In short, the public has ready access to information they want and need.
•Accountability: The public can exercise its right to hold the government to account for its activities, performance and decisions through timely access to information. In other words, the public should be able to see and to question how their government is being managed.
•Participation: The public can influence the activities and decisions of the government through meaningful and targeted consultation and engagement. That is, the public should find it easy to be involved and participate in government decisions and initiatives.

Additionally, significant efforts are under way across the Government to be more open, including:
• ongoing implementation and optimization of open data and open science initiatives and tools
• addressing misinformation and disinformation
• protecting civic space

There are three strategic initiatives in the pillar and supporting commitments are intended to foster a culture of openness, and reinforcing public trust in government and democratic institution.

https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/transparency/government-canada-trust-and-transparency-strategy.html

Essential elements of the open data pillar have been identified and a draft has been developed. Consultations are underway.

Work is at early stages and not publicly available.

Essential elements of the open data pillar have been identified and a draft has been developed. Consultations are underway.

Essential elements of the open data pillar have been identified and a draft has been developed. Consultations are underway.

Essential elements of the open data pillar have been identified and a draft has been developed. Consultations are due to begin next quarter.

Research and planning are underway to support the development of the Open Government Strategy which will include an open data pillar.