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Note: Effective recordkeeping establishes an essential administrative and business foundation within government for decision making, policy development, and the delivery of programs and services to Canadians. It is an essential element in supporting ministerial and managerial accountability within Canada's democratic process.
Program activity 1.1: Government of Canada records of continuing value are important elements of a vibrant Canadian culture and heritage. Canada has been shaped profoundly by the work of its governments. Records such as treaties between the Crown and First Nations and documents that explain policies, programs and activities and their impacts on Canadians and communities give voice to the history of Canada and to events that have shaped the country we know today.
Program activity 1.2: Library and Archives Canada is the steward of an immense and priceless collection of documentary heritage. LAC helps to ensure a vibrant Canadian culture and heritage through its many actions to build that collection, ensure that it reflects the diversity of this country, cares for the collection and organizes it to ensure that Canadians and people around the world interested in the story of Canada can seek out what interests them.
Program activity 1.3: A key role for a public knowledge institution such as Library and Archives Canada is to make the documentary heritage it holds known and accessible for use by Canadians. By placing an increasing amount of the collection on the Internet, it becomes accessible to people no matter where they are. By developing programs that provide access not just to the collection but to tools and information to understand it better, Canadians and people interested in this country can learn more about Canada and come to better understand our heritage and culture.