Also mentioned in that link is Shared Services Canada, which appears to be a division that's tasked with bringing the various departments' IT infrastructures un

Also mentioned in that link is Shared Services Canada, which appears to be a division that's tasked with bringing the various departments' IT infrastructures under a single umbrella. From their website (http://www.ssc-spc.gc.ca/index-eng.html http://www.ssc-spc.gc.ca/index-eng.html): "Shared Services Canada was created on August 4, 2011 to fundamentally transform how the Government manages its information technology (IT) infrastructure. Its mandate for the provision of enterprise-wide IT-infrastructure services represents better value for money and a more reliable IT infrastructure to support modern government operations."