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  • Canada: The public sector should lead by example with teleworking initiatives

    In this issue, columnist Dan Perley takes the Canadian government to task for doing little more than paying lip service to the goals of the Kyoto Accord. Rather than hiring Rick Mercer to star in TV commercials encouraging citizens to reduce their energy use, the government could do far more if it took a leadership role in encouraging teleworking, he argues.

  • Canada: Utility bills just a click away for Cochrane residents

    In an attempt to offer streamlined services to ratepayers, the Town of Cochrane has unveiled a new system for people to receive their town utility bills along with the town newsletter each month.

    "This is kind of two-fold," said Maureen Noble, corporate services manager for the Town of Cochrane.

  • Canada: Vancouver Island doctors, nurses first in B.C. to have instant access to patients' histories

    A state-of-the-art medical-information system is speeding up service and improving care for patients across Vancouver Island.

    Doctors and nurses on the Island are the first in B.C. to have the ability to instantly access a patient's medical history, including hospital visits and prescriptions, through an electronic health-records system that, after a year of being in use, is saving time and money, and improving care.

  • Canada: Vancouver named a top `smart' city

    Vancouver isn't just another pretty face.

    In fact the city has been short listed as one of the world's smartest cities by a New York-based think-tank that focuses on economic development in the broadband economy.

    The Intelligent Community Forum lauds the city's highly-skilled workforce, its burgeoning technology sector and broadband initiatives ranging from e-government in Victoria to wireless connectivity in the city.

  • Canada: Watchdog issues urgent call for electronic health records

    Family physicians routinely prescribe drugs under the wrong circumstances and overuse diagnostic imaging tests, serious problems the Health Council of Canada says must be repaired by introducing electronic health records across the country.

    The council, an independent body created by federal and provincial governments to monitor the health system, released a report Monday that warns family doctors are facing increasingly complex demands but often lack the proper guidance to make the best decisions for patients.

  • Canada: We need full e-health system

    It is abundantly clear that we are still counting too heavily on paper records for health care and our electronic systems are woefully inadequate or non-existent.

    Instead of an electronic system, we keep putting pen to paper and putting patients' lives at risk.

    Competent and well-trained health-care workers are essential, but so is complete, timely information. Something we don't have.

  • Canada: When GOL goes awry

    If Secure Channel can't live up to its name, the system needs serious help

    So much for Canada’s reputation as an e-government leader.

    An internal document that was published on Monday says Canada Revenue Agency has ordered a review of Secure Channel, the system used at the federal level to transact a variety of public services. According to the document, Secure Channel is riddled with bugs and has experienced a series of crashes, poorly timed upgrades and administration problems. It also revealed that the cost of Secure Channel is going way up – from $600,000 at the moment to an expected $1 billion by the end of the decade. Even the Canada Revenue Agency Review is to cost $100,000. For a country that has regular sat atop a worldwide Accenture survey of online public sector achievements, this is a portrait of everything e-government is not supposed to be – unreliable, inefficient and expensive.

  • Canada: Williams Lake: One stop shop

    A new business registration by a Williams Lake millwright shop was the 100,000th transaction for the OneStop Business Registry since the award-winning integrated e-government service went online in 2004, Finance Minister Carole Taylor announced recetly.

    "This milestone shows that many businesses - new and old - are going online and using OneStop to access important services," said Taylor.

  • Canada: Windsor-Essex transforms into 'smart community'

    The Windsor Essex Development Network has opened the Connecting Windsor-Essex community portal, which provides citizens one-window access to local information, resources and government services, designed to improve regional infrastructure and access to e-Government services.

  • Canada: Wired for a New World

    Canada is one of the most wired countries on Earth. Based on the percentage of the population with Internet access in their homes, Canada is fifth in the world. The United States is third, superceded only by Norway and Singapore, according to a Nua Internet Survey. Each year, the federal government of Canada invests $3 billion to $4 billion in information management and information technology (IM/IT). And like many countries, the Canadian government is vigorously pursuing a host of e-government objectives in tandem with initiatives to encourage e-commerce. Yet there are differences in the Canadian approach that are well worth noting. These differences first became apparent to Government Technology in covering the first international summit on government reinvention organized by Vice President Al Gore.

  • Canada: Workshop series promotes Ontario's e-health agenda

    The Information Technology Association of Canada will launch an ongoing "structured dialogue" between the Ontario government and IT industry in a bid bridge the gap between health care professionals and IT suppliers to better understand each other's needs and capabilities, officials said.

    Bernard Courtois, president and CEO of ITAC, says his organization, acting at the request of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, will serve as a facilitator in a series of discussions and workshops that will bring together the suppliers, ministry officials and health care providers.

  • Canada: Your medical chart, just a mouse click away

    Eight years from now every Canadian could have their health records online and some say that could save lives

    With the ease of online banking comes this Canadian first: patients perusing their X-rays, checking laboratory test results and discreetly obtaining a second medical opinion - all from the comforts of their home computers.

    Ontario's Privacy Commissioner even keeps her electronic health record, called MyChart, on a memory stick, a device the size of a pack of gum that neatly tucks into a pants pocket.

  • Canada:Agreement brings broadband access to rural schools and communities

    Access to broadband for thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador residents is closer to reality today, thanks to a commitment between the Government of Canada, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and private-sector partner, Persona Communications Corp. In a signed agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, each will contribute up to $5 million towards this initiative, along with Persona Communications Corp. who will contribute $19.9 million through their agreement with the Province. This funding will provide broadband access to 68 schools and 103 communities, located in the rural and remote regions of Newfoundland and Labrador.

  • Canada:Clinician eHealth Support Network: A peer-to-peer initiative launched

    Physicians, nurses and pharmacists from across Canada who are considering using e-health will soon benefit from the expertise of a network of colleagues, experienced in e-health, who will provide mentorship and help navigate barriers.

    Clinicians (physicians, nurses and pharmacists) from nine provinces came together on September 15 to launch the Clinician eHealth Support Network: A peer-to-peer initiative, a group of health care providers who will provide hands-on support to colleagues in their respective jurisdictions to help them address challenges and uncover the opportunities and efficiencies that are associated with e-health.

  • Canada:Ontario makes it easy to find info on Web

    Ontario has been named one of America's Most Digital Cities for 2006 by the Center for Digital Government, a Folsom-based research institute that studies the use of technology by state and local government.

    Ontario finished seventh among cities with populations between 125,000 and 249,999.

  • Canada's first 5G network expands to 26 cities in British Columbia

    Rogers is expanding Canada’s first and largest 5G network to 26 new cities and towns in British Columbia.

    On Tuesday, the telecommunications giant announced that including these markets, Rogers 5G network has launched in over 50 new cities and towns in the country and will reach a total of more than 60 markets by the end of 2020.

  • Canada's New Government provides $20.65M for wider broadband access to 43 northern communities

    Residents of 43 northern communities in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba can soon expect wider access to broadband service and its benefits thanks to a commitment from Canada's New Government to provide up to $20.65 million to purchase new satellite infrastructure.

    The announcement was made today by the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and Ms. Maggie Emudluk, Chairperson of the Kativik Regional Government, representing the Northern Indigenous Community Satellite Network (NICSN). The NICSN involves a partnership among three Organizations: the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in Quebec; the Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) in Manitoba; and the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Tribal Council (KOTC) in Ontario.

  • Canada's Prosperity will Suffer Without Federal Support for Digital Literacy

    Canada's leading digital literacy organization, Media Awareness Network (MNet), is sounding the alarm that Canada will continue to trail other countries in productivity and innovation unless a national plan for digital literacy is put in place.

    In its submission to the Government of Canada's consultation on the digital economy MNet asserts that there is a connection between Canada's declining performance in the digital economy and its failure to develop a national digital literacy strategy. The paper, Digital Literacy in Canada: From Inclusion to Transformation, calls on the federal government to take a leadership role in supporting solutions that will create citizens who know how to use digital technologies to their fullest and can think critically about digital content.

  • Canada's utility pole infrastructure to be upgraded to smart city green poles

    Nokia and Greener Acres Canada are collaborating on an intelligent infrastructure programme across Canada which will include the creation of smart city green poles from nearly 50,000 tons of recycled e-waste collected annually in Ontario.

    An estimated four million poles will power smart cities and broadband communications across the country.

  • Canada’s Area X.O Initiative Looks To Empower Cities’ Transition To A Net-Zero Future

    According to the International Energy Agency's latest report on smart cities, new technologies and increased connectivity are opening massive opportunities for city-level authorities to develop efficient, sustainable energy solutions that enable municipalities to accelerate their transition towards a clean, low-carbon future. Although cities generate more than 80% of the global GDP, they consume over two-thirds of the world's energy and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions, which will require leveraging digital solutions to drive a sustainable energy transition and reach net zero by 2050.

    However, as a recent article from the Harvard Business School illustrates, advancing the concept of smart cities can be challenging and expensive. But, through well-designed public-private partnerships (PPPs), a Deloitte report highlighted that private-sector incentives could be aligned with economic growth and net-zero goals set by local municipalities to unlock the value of technology and bring a critical mass of players together to spur sustainable economic development.

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