Ministerial profile updates fall 2021

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Swearing-in day - centralized process

All Ministerial profiles will be updated on swearing-in day.

As requested by TBS and PCO, Principal publisher will:

• update all ministerial profiles in a centralized location
• use the updated template, but only include bios and photos
• source pre-approved bio copy from pm.gc.ca
• reuse existing photos where possible; source new photos from PCO

Full Ministerial profile template

On swearing-in day, Ministerial profiles will look like this:

Ministerial profile

Swearing-in day - what institutions need to do

Do’s

• Wait for PP to notify institutions when new Ministerial profiles are live
• Update links from your institutional landing page (ILP) and any other pages to point to new Ministerial profile in AEM

Don’ts

• Duplicate centralized Ministerial profiles under your own ILPs
• Ask for new links prior to swearing-in day

After swearing-in day - other mandatory elements

Principal publisher will add the following as they become available:

• riding links from www.parl.gc.ca
• mandate letter links from pm.gc.ca

Institutions to provide PP with the following as applicable:

• Ministerial contact information
• Briefing books or transition binder links
• Ministerial appointment calendar links
• Use the PP request form

After Swearing-in day - other updates and optional elements

If further updates are required, use PP request form for:

• any updates to links, photos or contact info
• any optional additions below the mandatory parts of the template

Parliamentary secretaries

We will follow the same process whenever they are announced!

• PP will create basic profiles with bios, photos, links to Ministers
• Institutions to provide contact info and other optional elements as needed, using PP request form

Do

• Link to centralized profiles from your ILPs

Don’t

• Duplicate this content under your ILPs