·eGovernment by 2015: 50% of citizens using eGovernment, with more than half of them returning filled in forms (Baseline: In 2009, 38% of individuals aged 16-74 had used eGovernment services in the last 12 months, and 47% of them used eGovernment services for sending filled forms.)

(Return tabled) Question No. 206 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With respect to Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program entitlement, the appeals process and exclusion from entitlement to other federal agricultural programs: (a) are appellants entitled to know what recommendations are made by the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee and, if so, how is a copy of the recommendations obtained by the appellant; (b) are appellants entitled to know on what grounds the Intermediate Appeals Sub-Committee rejects recommendations of the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee and, if so, how is a copy of the recommendations obtained by the appellant; (c) has the CAIS administration ...[+++] ever issued rejection letters to an appellant before or after soliciting the involvement of an appeals committee and, if so, how is a copy of the motion or other directive permitting this obtained by the appellant; (d) who is responsible for forwarding recommendations made by the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee to the next level of appeal; (e) are there any legitimate grounds upon which the National CAIS Committee (NCC) administration is allowed to refuse an appellant the full extent of an appeal by neglecting to forward the recommendations of the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee to the next level of appeal; (f) does the appeal process deal with appeals on a case by case basis or can the NCC administration short-circuit the appeals process based on a judgment that an appellant's complaint is just like the one that may have preceded it; (g) are there guidelines established that would give an appellant a reasonable expectation of the time it should take to address an appeal at all the various levels and, if so, what are the guidelines that govern a reasonable expectation; (h) is the appellant justified in expecting that the decisions made by appeals committees will be communicated to the appellant; (i) what are the circumstances under which it would be accepta ...

the growing interest in eParticipation and the impact of ICT on activities in the political sphere and welcomes its inclusion in the i2010 eGovernment Action Plan; the importance of innovation as an essential part of eGovernment and the significant contribution of the public sector in achieving the overall Lisbon goals; the important role efficient and seamless eGovernment services play in improving the competitiveness of European economies; the need to formulate requirements and identify opportunities to stimulate innovation and lead markets through eGovernment solutions; the necessity to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public administrations by promot ...[+++]ing innovative services and processes aiming at reducing administrative burden on citizens and businesses; that high-impact eGovernment services have the potential to facilitate the exercise of the four internal market freedoms, to ensure better quality of life and inclusion and to enable greater participation of European citizens in the decision-making process at European, national, regional and local levels; the need to safeguard through the promotion of open standards, open specifications, open interfaces and interoperable solutions that eGovernment solutions at the national level do not lead to new barriers in the internal market.

participate actively in the process of the implementation of the eGovernment policy agenda by considering public-private partnerships in promoting the development of eGovernment solutions, so that eGovernment solutions should not necessarily be limited to public sector bodies; actively contribute to the development of shared roadmaps and put building blocks in place; support the delivery of more inclusive services through innovative policy design and more effective delivery across all sectors; structure the involvement of SMEs, which are essential partners in the deployment at the local level, and of civil society, particularly concerning eParticipation; report on the significant progress made by industry in the ...[+++]realisation of the objectives of the eGovernment i2010 Action Plan".

eGovernment: eGovernment seeks to use information and communications technologies to improve the quality and accessibility of public services.

' Motion No. 42 That Bill C-44, in Clause 24, be amended by (a) replacing lines 38 to 44 on page 15 with the following: ``(2) The power of a port authority to operate a port is limited to the power to engage in (a) port activities related to shipping, navigation, transportation of passengers and goods, handling of goods and storage of goods, to the extent that those activities are specified in the letters patent; and (b) other activities that are deemed in the letters patent to be necessary to support port operations (2.1) The activities that a port authority may engage in under paragraph (2)(b) may be carried on by the port authority d ...[+++]irectly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority. The port authority and the subsidiary are not agents of Her Majesty in right of Canada for the purpose of engaging in those activities'.