ESDC’s Data Strategy has been designed to build capabilities to generate strategic insights, increase opportunities for collaboration and to enable improvements and efficiencies in program, service delivery and internal operations. Through its implementation, the Department aims to provide people with easy, secure, and authorized access to quality data in a way that protects privacy and delivers value for Canadians. The Strategy is built on six foundations for improved client service and policy: access, analytics, data governance and stewardship, data management, enablement, and people. Foundations investments include among others:  Master data management (MDM) expansion;  Purchase and installation of ESDC Data Catalogue;  Procurement of SAS (VA);  Data Visualization for Business Solutions; and,  Implementation of and analytics platform and Big Data Appliance.