News in the Globe and Mail
Mark Weiler
Lots in the news today
"Unbeknownst to most Canadians, some interesting experiments in democracy are taking place in the shadows of the Internet. Across the country, a generation of democratic activists who know how to create webpages and write computer code are pushing to make government more open, accessible and transparent."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/if-you-wont-tell-us-about-our-mps-well-do-it-for-you/article1532700/
(Three cheers for Michael Mulley who launched openparliament.ca)
And...
"Canada's access to information laws are on the verge of becoming completely meaningless due to chronic delays and foot dragging, a new report warns.
Released today by interim Access to Information Commissionier Suzanne Legault, the report says growing delays are eroding Canadians’ right to obtain documents from their government.
"This right is at risk of being totally obliterated because delays threaten to render the entire access regime irrelevant in our current information economy," Ms. Legault writes
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/delays-leave-access-to-information-rights-totally-obliterated/article1532749/
Mark Weiler