Session 1 IT Development Services

1. www.strategis.gc.ca/corporations
CORPORATIONS CANADA
IT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

2. 2
Focus on IT Services
• Paperless Environment
• Latest IT developments
• Modernization of IT application systems
• Looking ahead to the future

3. 3
A Paperless Environment
• Corporations Canada has been a model
for all Federal departments in leveraging
the Web
• In 1999, Corporations Canada launched
eCommerce to provide superior online
filing services for clients

4. 4
A Paperless Environment
(cont’d)
• At the same time, Corporations Canada
has implemented an IT application system
(EBE) supporting workflow, imaging and
scanning processes
• A Federal Corporations Search tool is also
available online to allow clients to search
for corporate information

5. 5
Latest IT Developments
• Ability for clients to save and retrieve their
online information prior to submitting the
form
• Modernization of Forms for filing Articles of
Incorporation (Forms 1, 2, 3, 6) and
Annual Returns (Form 22)
• Ability for online clients to format and
attach documents, such as annexes

6. 6
Latest IT Developments
(Cont’d)
• Sending reminder notices to clients
electronically
• Changes to the annual return filing date
• Automatic Dissolution process after 2
years of non-filing of an annual return

7. 7
Modernization of IT
Applications Systems
• Web technologies have evolved since we
went online nearly seven (7) years ago
• A modernization of the existing application
systems is being undertaken

8. 8
Modernization of IT
Applications Systems (cont’d)
• Continue to provide to clients the best
possible services, by improving service
delivery, identifying new service
opportunities, measuring service
satisfaction
• Reconciliation of the financial system with
the Corporations Canada application
system
• Improved security features

9. 9
Modernization of IT
Applications Systems (cont’d)
• Better workflow and imaging processes
• Easier reporting mechanisms

10. 10
Looking ahead to
the Future
• In a better situation to respond to future
needs in the coming years
• IT governed by business requirements

11. 11
The Necessity of
Partnerships
• Provincial Partnerships
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for BN
• Intermediaries
• NUANS (Newly Upgraded Automated
Name Search)
• PWGSC (RGBB)

12. 12
Conclusion
• There is no « The End » to this story.
• What we say « goes » today, will probably
be laughed at tomorrow.
• Be guided by your business requirements.