Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. I wish that perhaps the chief information officer could direct people or the Department of Finance could direct departments. I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent here about digital government. Essentially, there are governments where all of your information is stored in one area, and you log on to fill out an income assistance form, and all of the government data that it is already holding populates the form automatically. Actually, some of those governments have policies that they can never ask you for a piece of information twice. They can never ask you what your birth date is on a second form, once you have given it and put it into a portal. I don't know how often I am helping constituents duplicate and fill out forms for seven different departments over seven different areas. Other governments have figured this out. They have figured out how to do this in eServices portals. I recognize it takes time and money to get it done, but the cost savings are immense to governments. The headaches are saved. My question for the Minister is: Is there a way to kick some of this eServices work up to the Cabinet table and give authority to kind of centralize this and really get it moving? Because I think there is nothing but opportunity here. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rylund Johnson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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