On the day of the Obama Inauguration, it is worth taking four minutes to watch this video on the transition team focusing on technology, innovation, and government. The new president has advisors promoting the public domain, access to government information, mashups, and the experimentation with technology. While many Canadians lament the absence of an Obama-like leader, perhaps an even bigger shortcoming is the absence of a policy process that would allow for this kind of activity in Canada.
Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act 
Tweets Are Not Enough: Why Combatting Relentless Antisemitism in Canada Requires Real Leadership and Action
Michael Geist
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ChangeCamp Toronto: Saturday, January 24th, MaRS Centre, Toronto,
maybe some good ideas and action would come out of the following event happening in toronto on 24 jan’09. it’s called ‘ChangeCamp’ which is “a participatory and web-enabled face-to-face event that brings together citizens, policy-makers, technologists, design-thinkers, change agents and media creators to answer one question: “How do we re-imagine government and governance in the age of participation?—
http://changecamp.ca/