Capitalizing on Ottawa’s COVID-19 digital breakthrough: crucial next steps to build on the feds’ digital shift before next crisis

Parliamentarians and all Canadians must reaffirm the importance of the digital shift, and make a non-partisan effort to keep up pressuring the government to continue investing and moving ahead.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic on March 10, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KELLY HUTCHINSON

June 26, 2023

OTTAWA—The federal government’s urgent response to COVID-19 provided a long-needed dose of momentum to its plodding digital transformation. As the pandemic raged, advanced technologies kept public servants connected remotely, and allowed the government to sustain and exp...

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