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Our valued members, Today, we are relaunching GovStart Canada under a new name – DisGovr Canada. We have chosen to rename the organization to better reflect our mission: to help companies navigate the Canadian government ecosystem. Our initiative is a division of the Capital Hill Group, one of Canada’s leading public affairs firms. The Capital […]

Prince Edward Island rarely takes the spotlight, but many Canadian politicos were tuned into their provincial election last night. The Greens had been polling ahead, looking to secure a landmark victory as the first-ever Green government in North America. They came shy of the over-hyped expectations but performed incredibly, earning 8 seats and 31% of […]

Overview Released on April 11, 2019, SSC’s 2019-2020 departmental plan sets out priorities for the year and how the department plans to deliver on key projects and initiatives around five areas of responsibility: Email and Workplace Technology, Data Centres, Telecommunications, Cyber and IT Security, and Customer Relationship and Service Management. This document summarizes the main […]

Over the past year, the federal government has demonstrated a heightened interest in leveraging the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (MR), and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).  The government has publicly recognized the potential of these capabilities to serve as a “force multiplier” that enables the government to provide services faster, better and more […]

Last week the Québec government delivered their 2019-2020 budget, the first from the newly elected CAQ government. Overall, the provincial government is committing $709 million to innovation in the region. Here are the details on those investments:   Investing in Artificial Intelligence Québec, and Montréal in particular, has been a hotbed of artificial intelligence (AI) […]

How much does it cost to launch a new payroll processing system for federal employees? If you said $309 million, you were probably looking at original estimates for the new Phoenix pay system. If you said $1.2 billion, you would have answered what the federal government has spent so far. Estimates from within government have […]

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – the organization underneath new Treasury Board and Digital Services Minister Joyce Murray – sits in the driver seat of digital transformation happening across the federal government. Recognizing that Government of Canada’s need for a serious digital renewal – Canada has now slipped to 23rd in the UN’s global rankings […]

Today, the federal government tabled its 2019 budget. You can view the entire document here. Though extremely focused on Canadian workers, healthcare, gender equality, indigenous services, housing, broadband access and culture, there are some elements that we thought would be of interest to the Cyber and AI communities in Canada. Here are a couple of […]

Exploration. Imagination. Innovation. These are the pillars of the Canadian government’s new space strategy. On February 28, 2019, the federal government announced an investment of $1.9 billion over 24 years for the next generation of smart, AI-powered space robotics for the U.S.-led Lunar Gateway. The new strategy aims to leverage Canadian strengths like robotics, while […]