How does NFIS fit with “Connecting Canadians?
Canada On-Line (Infrastructure and Access for the 21st Century) gives Canadians access to a world-leading information technology infrastructure. Highlights of this initiative are: • Smart Communities. Already, 20 Canadian communities qualify as world-class “smart communities” because of their level of access to information technology. • Electronic Commerce is a vital factor in making Canada a location of choice for developing commercial electronic products and services. • Canadian Governments are On Line, offering single-window access to government services and information. • Promoting a Connected Canada to the World is consolidating a sustained electronic presence for Canada in the world. In this context, CGDI contributes to these goals by offering: • access to a world-leading infrastructure of geospatial data and content (Canadian Government On Line); • a tool for smart communities that lets them use geospatial data that helps them develop and grow (Smart Communities); • single-windo
