I would also point out that the agency has since updated its web site.

For example, Health Canada provided $50K in 2007/2008 to the Offord Centre for Child Studies to update its Canadian Autism Intervention Research Network (CAIRN) web site to support the development of updated material and the translation of its information into French.

(Return tabled) Question No. 88 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With respect to Internet applications: (a) is the government working towards the inclusion of rich Internet applications within its design and development with regard to its Web sites; (b) what is the government’s response to the American response to rich Internet applications made ten years ago; (c) is the government planning on adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard; (d) what is the monetary impact of the government’s present use of WCAG 1.0 standard knowing that software contractors have built WCAG 2.0 accessibility into their software; (e) have s ...[+++]oftware contractors requested that the government's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Committee relax or amend their CLF standards to allow for accessibility and, if so, can the government give details of the correspondence; (f) have software contractors required that the government pay extra because it must simplify their software in order to remove these accessibility features; (g) which federal department has the responsibility to ensure that all programs, services and technologies are accessible to people with disabilities and that they are available through the mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (h) is accessibility a mandatory requirement within information and communications procurements to ensure that blind Canadians have access to the same resources as all other Canadians and that they can access all of this through mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (i) how does the government of Canada inform blind Canadians about the availability of information to protect them from incidents of identity theft and fraud; (j) are the government's Web accessibility regulations up to date with today's Web technologies; (k) are Web developers in the government given the support they need to build accessible interactive Web sites, especially when building sites that offer essential ...

In a document called " Sponsorship Update,'' posted on the Public Works Web site and last updated September 3, Canadians are told that " recovery of funds has been initiated and holdbacks are in place'.

The Governance Web Site: [http ...]

That same day, March 27, when the site was updated, a complete page-by-page review of the site was undertaken by our web team to verify all content for accuracy, timeliness, accessibility, et cetera.