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Recent political developments in Canada have taken us all by surprise and left many of us confused and disillusioned, but also super-engaged. This a tremendous opportunity and a moment for real dialogue among Canadians about our politics, our democracy and our individual citizenship.
Many of us are watching with rapt attention what’s going on in the transition to an Obama administration in the United States. I’ve been amazed at how the technologies of participation are being married to the philosophy of transparency in very real and exciting ways. An administration-in-waiting that blogs with open commenting! And offers a Seat at the Table for open policy conversations and submission of documents!
Inspired by these developments and the work of Laurence Lessig and Joe Trippi with Change-Congress.org and Open-Government.us, I registered the domain ChangeGov.ca, with an eye to it being a place for a new conversation for a multi- and non-partisan movement of Canadians interested in changing our institutions of government to reflect our times. I don’t know what this might become, but I’m inviting people interested in democratic renewal and the principles of politics embedded in the philosophy of the open web to join and open the conversation.
Leave a comment on this post, or join the conversation on Twitter by using the tag: #ChangeGovCA. You can follow the conversation at search.twitter.com or using the awesome search pane on the powerful TweetDeck twitter app.
This is my contribution!
Mark, you know that twitter fountain on the #hohoto site? It would compliment this post beautifully.
Broadband is Key to Obama’s Recovery Plan… From Obama’s Dec 6 public address; “It is unacceptible that the United States ranks 15th in the world for broadband adoption.”
Well, according to the OECD’s stats on June 07-08 broadband penetration internationally, the USA ranks #12 and well, Canada is just 1 ahead, sitting at 11th place.
Ref: OECD
Great idea, Mark. I just wrote my MP a few days ago regarding the whole Liberal leadership scramble and referenced Obama’s change.gov initiative. Hopefully the political parties as well as the governments at all levels will begin to grasp the power of some of the new tools we have at our disposal to really energize our political process and our government institutions.
Mark – great leadership on this thanks! Here’s my post calling for everyone to step up and revive democracy in Canada.
http://igniter.com/post335
We’ve got some of the best web and creative communities in the world and I think we have the chance to change the political culture and #ChangeGovCA
A good first step. We, the people ( so to speak ) are certainly energized and looking for ways to make real, positive, changes.
I’ll be watching #ChangeGovCA for sure!
Ok, here’s a tangible idea: a 1-day “ChangeCamp” unconference on Gov2.0, open access, participation, transparency, parliamentary democracy and reform and including a design slam and sprint for ChangeGov.ca as a community-run space where these ideas can continue to develop in the open.
Who’s interested?
Interested? Of course! When & Where?
[...] are therefore futile – If you were personally transformed, would you need to measure the change? If your nation were transformed, would you need to see the numbers first? The outcome will be shared by all, palpable, sensed, [...]
I discovered your website accidentally and wish to thank you for this intiative. As someone who had been very active in politics at every level; it pains me to see how little we engage our government when our lives ar so influenced by their decisions. I give keynote speeches, seminars and do research on inclusivity and leadership engagement and would love to learn more about your organization.