The Government of Canada is committed to building a stronger, more cooperative federation in which all levels of government work together to promote core values, linguistic duality and ethnic diversity, art, culture, and active citizenship while enhancing the health, safety and standard of living of its citizens. Canada's social prosperity is directly influenced by the vitality of its communities and the participation of its citizens. In a country as diverse socially, geographically and economically as Canada, the federal government plays an important role in enabling this vitality.