Industry Canada: 2010 Consultation on the Digital Economy

Digital Agenda: A Plan for Canada's Digital Society

As part of its intention to help Canada regain its leadership position in the global digital economy, the government recently concluded a public consultation [1] process which sought submissions from all sectors of the public on who to achieve this objective.

CIPPIC provided two input streams into the Government's consultaiton process. First, we helped develop and endorsed a consensus subimssion [2] convened by Andrew Clement and Karen Louise Smith of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information. In addition, CIPPIC's 2010 summer interns put together a comprehensive submission [3] that set out 36 recommendations. In this submission, CIPPIC calls on the government to encourage the creation of a digital environment that will be better for all Canadians and will serve as a model for other jurisdictions. CIPPIC offers recommendations on issues such as privacy, online file-sharing, and on quality and access to communications that will help the government achieve this objective.

CIPPIC Submissions:

• CIPPIC, "Digital Agenda: A Plan for Canada's Digital Society [4]", July 14, 2010
• A. Clement & K.L. Smith, conveners, "Consensus Submission: Digital Economy Strategy for Canada [2]", July 9, 2010, University of Toronto

Other Resources

• Government of Canada, "Consultation Paper: Improving Canada's Digital Advantage [5]", 2010
• Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, "Plan for a Digital Canada [6]", June 2010
• U.K., Departments of Business Innovation & Skills and Culture, Media & Sport, "Digital Britain: Final Report [7]", June 2009
• Government of Canada, "The Digital Economy in Canada [1]"