Government Operations committee  Your question contains many parts. It has maybe been difficult to make data available because of the approach that has been used up until now, which has been more or less successful. Currently, data is released on a somewhat discretionary basis. There has maybe also been a lack

Government Operations committee  I would like to add something to what Mr. Deslauriers from Quebec City said. There is also an initiative where Canadian cities collaborate. Our group of Quebec cities is also a member of the Municipal Information Systems Association of Canada. This association brings together th

Government Operations committee  From the outset, I would say that it is fairly predictable that federal government data are not necessarily directly useful. After all, people are closer to services provided locally, that is, by municipalities or cities. Recreational services, garbage collection and public trans

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chitilian. I will continue by speaking to the points of interest which were submitted to us when we were invited to appear. In the invitation, it was suggested that we talk about the needs of users and about socio-economic benefits, if there were any, as well as t