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Open Data – Vote & Submit

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A cross-post from my friend Tracey over at datalibre.ca

Access to public data is one of the most popular VOTE topics in the submissions on the Digital Economy Consultation site. Here are the VOTING submissions that ask for open data, open access and open government.

  1. Open Access to Canada’s Public Sector Information and Data is looking for some votes.
  2. Improved access to publicly-funded data associated with research data Require open access to results of research funded by the Canadian taxpayer
  3. Open Access to Canadian research
  4. National Archives Content Online
  5. Créer une licence « Creative Commons » du Canada
  6. Protect and enhance digital freedoms for education

There has also been some writing about the consultation:

Michael Geist: Opening Up Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy

David Eaves: Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy: Two quick actions you can take

Take a few minutes to login and vote! If you can, provide a comment about how access to data has improved or will improve your work.

The Rise of Digital Democracy

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Some new websites have popped up recently that allow Canadian citizens to better see what government is doing. Launched this past week, openparliament.ca is a website that. As it says on the About page of the site:

You can do great stuff with prosaic municipal data, and some cities, from Nanaimo to Toronto, are passing open data resolutions and starting to share information. Things are looking up. Communities are forming. But, unlike other countries, Canada doesn’t yet have a federal open data plan or culture. We can do better.

Also check out howdtheyvote.ca, a site that provides information on how your member of parliament has been voting, complete with “complete with voting history, dissension, attendance and speaking habits.”

There is an article in the Globe & Mail titled “If you won’t tell us about our MPs, we’ll do it for you” that summarizes some of these recent developments and provides the context for greater transparency and accountability from all levels of government.