A federal government report says the next steps to advance the Liberals’ digital infrastructure is to introduce a “Digital Identity Program.”
The announcement was revealed in a government report published Aug. 4 titled Canada’s Digital Ambition 2022, as first reported by True North.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for government services to be “accessible and flexible in the digital age,” the report said.
“The next step in making services more convenient to access is a federal Digital Identity Program, integrated with pre-existing provincial platforms,” it reads.
“Digital identity is the electronic equivalent of a recognized proof-of-identity document (for example, a driver’s license or passport) and confirms that ‘you are who you say you are’ in a digital context.”…