| Demonstrate Sponsorship and Support
at the top. |
| Responsibility for plain
language within the GNWT is clear. |
1. Place responsibility
to promote, monitor and evaluate plain language use within the
Executive. |
Year 1 and ongoing |
1. Centralized responsibility
ensures government-wide use accountability.
2. Plain language is seen as a government priority.
3. Corporate Communications Protocol mandate is clear.
4. The Interdepartmental Literacy Committee advises Executive
instead of Department of Education, Culture and Communications. |
| Leaders model clear writing
and recognize it in the writing of others |
2. Make two-day plain
language training mandatory for all MLAs and senior managers. |
Year 1 and ongoing |
1. Communications from
the office of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers
and Directors use plain language writing and design.
2. Changes to documents reviewed by Ministers, their staff, and
senior managers use plain language. |
| Long term training plan
for plain language is in place. |
3. Corporate Communications
and Protocol and Corporate Human Resource Services collaborate
on plain language training plan. |
Year 1 and ongoing |
1. Plain language training
is priority learning for all GNWT employees.
2. Cost-effective and professional plain language training plan
is approved and funded. |