Recently, the Federal Identity Program Policy has not been applied properly. I have here a number of newspaper articles that mention how the current government changes the word “Canada”. My colleague also talked about that earlier.
I would remind my colleagues that the Federal Identity Program Policy governs the use of three official corporate symbols. Those are Canadian coats of arms—in other words, Canadian logos such as the House of Commons logo—the flag symbol and the “Canada” wordmark. Under that policy, the terms “Government of Canada” or “Canadian government” must appear in all government communications. Those are the titles that must be used.
Unfortunately, the newspapers have been reporting something different for a while now. Public servants in certain departments said they were ordered to use the term “Harper government” instead of the “Government of Canada”.
How is it that the government corporate identity is being misused, misrepresented and altered when its use is an integral part of the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada? How can that happen? Please explain that to me.