Auditor General’s recommendations for Shared Services Canada
Shared Services Canada agreed to all the AG’s recommendations and has pledged to review and work on these highlighted issues. Shared Services Canada should develop an overall service strategy that articulates how it will meet the needs of partners’ legacy infrastructure and transformed services. Shared Services Canada should continue to develop a comprehensive service catalogue that […]
A primer on House committees, members, agendas
As of now, almost all House committees have elected their chairs but just 16 per cent, or four of the 25 committees are chaired by women, and 40 per cent, or 10 of 25 of committee chairs are rookies. According to The Hill Times review of committee makeups, male and veteran MPs are still dominating the […]
Status of Government Business, Week Ahead Feb. 16-19
House of Commons C-2, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (second reading) C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act (second reading) C-5, An Act to repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the […]
The 33 Ridings With More Than 50 Per Cent Visible Minority Population
Riding Name Province MP Name Visible Minority Population % Scarborough North Ontario Liberal MP Shaun Chen 90.1% Brampton East Ontario Liberal MP Raj Grewal 87.6% Markham-Thornhill Ontario Liberal MP John McCallum 82% Vancouver South British Columbia Liberal MP Harjit Sajjan 79.2% Scarborough-Agincourt Ontario Liberal MP Arnold Chan 79% Markham-Unionville Ontario Conservative MP Bob Saroya 78.8% […]
Conference Board of Canada’s 2015 report card on innovation
Innovation Indicators- Canada Grade Scientific articles B New firm density B Public R&D spending B Top-cited papers index B Ease of entrepreneurship index B Government online services index B Knowledge-intensive services C Export market share: aerospace C ICT investment D Patents by population D Patents index D Venture capital D High- and medium-high-technology manufacturing D […]
Auditor General’s recommendations for Shared Services Canada
The Auditor General released his 2015 Fall Reports on Feb. 2. One of the eight reports included Shared Services Canada’s progress on its Email Transformation Initiative to improve IT services and security and generate savings. The AG’s office also examined how TBS assisted and provided governance and leadership on the strategic vision for SSC and […]
Summary of Expenditures By Committee April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015
Committee Witnesses Total Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AANO) $14,255 $74,372 Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) $12,648 $19,707 Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) $8,886 $35,058 Canadian Heritage (CHPC) $22,052 $30,131 Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) $31,427 $36,974 Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) $9,789 $19,163 Finance (FINA) $68,471 $91,281 Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) $14,370 $16,438 Foreign […]
Government institutions in December communication reports
Government institution December 2014 December 2015 change House of Commons 268 182 -32.1% Global Affairs Canada 65 82 26.2% Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 80 56 -30.0% Finance Canada 51 36 -29.4% Natural Resources Canada 48 35 -27.1% Transport Canada 38 27 -28.9% Environment and Climate Change Canada 15 25 66.7% Agriculture […]
Ad Hoc Cabinet Subcommittee on Refugees
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum announced the creation of a new ad hoc Cabinet subcommittee on refugees on Nov. 9 to help deliver on the government’s commitments to help Syrian refugees. The nine-member committee includes: Health Minister Jane Philpott (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.), Chair Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), Vice-Chair Public Safety Minister Ralph […]
Schedule for the Government’s Email Transformation Initiative as of July 30, 2015:
Wave One: As of Nov. 20, 2015, 21 departments, or 104,866 mailboxes have been switched to the new your.email@canada.ca system. These 21 departments now already using the new system includes, among others: -Shared Services Canada -Finance Canada -Statistics Canada -Public Safety Canada -National Research Council Canada -Environment and Climate Change Canada -Indigenous and Northern Affairs […]
