Where’s the jobs discussion?
The accounts of the reckless behaviour of our senators, the allegations of corruption among the highest ranking officials in Quebec’s...
Weekly Roundup – January 31
It’s the last day of January! Our summit is less than a month away. We’ve had some interesting stories about...
Shared Services Canada takes next step in email consolidation
In August 2013, Shared Services Canada (SSC) posted a notice on Public Works stating that it was looking for a...
Behavioural science and Blueprint 2020
If you’ve read Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, you know that the idea of using behavioural economics to...
What’s in a word?
Last month I wrote about accountability for procurement. I like this definition of the term: “If you are accountable for...
Reinventing government and democracy for the Digital Age
The push for government cutbacks is running up against growing public expectations about what government should be and do. They...
CGE Summit: Change for the future
It should come as no surprise that citizens who suffered the most in the 2008 financial crisis have a diminished...
Royal Canadian Mint introduces MintChip
The Royal Canadian Mint has been busy developing a new digital currency system called MintChip, which is demonstrated at the...
The Council of Europe: Humanizing the Internet
At the end of November, the Council of Europe hosted the second World Democracy Forum, with this iteration examining digital...
Weekly Roundup – Jan. 17
It’s week’s end already! Did you miss any of our content this week? We’ve had a few stories either from...