The Canada Site consists of BusinessGateway.ca, a Canadians Portal and a non-Canadians Portal to stream people towards the information and services they need. BusinessGateway.ca was developed in partnership between Industry Canada and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Human Resources Development Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Public Works and Government Services Canada and Statistics Canada. The government is responding to growing demand for electronic services and Canadians will be better served in more ways as a result. The vision ensures that Canadians can still get access by telephone, in person visits and through hard copy documents. The Speech from the Throne reaffirmed the Government of Canada's commitment to becoming the most electronically connected government in the world by 2004.
Many major services are already on-line and undergoing continual service improvement.
GOL will make it easier for Canadians to find what they need through one-stop access points with content organized by themes. The benefits to Canadians are better service, better government and stimulation of e-commerce. The Government of Canada recognized that Canadian businesses were forced to visit an array of federal web sites in order to access necessary information and services on a wide variety of subjects. Because the material was not integrated, the client had to spend an inordinate amount of time searching for the information. BusinessGateway.ca is a web site designed to provide easy access to relevant, frequently used services and information offered by the Government of Canada.