Canadian Government Executive - Volume 24 - Issue 02

March/April 2018 // Canadian Government Executive / 3 Features 10 Interview with Annette Antoniak, Chief Administrative Officer, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta By George Ross 14 Stepping up to the Smart Cities Challenge By Dave Trafford 18 Five Touchstones for Canadian Governments Making Infrastructure Decisions By Michael Fenn 22 Innovation Comes in All Sizes: The Elements of an Innovative Culture for any Municipality By Kelley Coulter 24 Transforming a Culture to Transform a City By Michael Kolm 26 Interview with Janice Fukakusa, Chair of Canada Infrastructure Bank By George Ross 28 Better Service to Canadians, the Mindset of Government By Marcello Sukhdeo 32 Digital Government is About Enabling, Empowering, and Serving People Speech by The Honourable Scott Brison, at TechGov 2018 34 Innovate in the Two Official Languages, Make it Fully Accessible and Secure Speech by Michael Wernick, at TechGov 2018 36 Megatrends and Canada’s Infrastructure Decisions By Michael Fenn 38 Smart Technology for Social Equity By Halifax Regional Municipality Departments 8 GAME CHANGERS Lisa Witter, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Apolitical and Robyn Scott, Co-Founder and CEO, Apolitical By CGE Staff 16 EYE CUES Multi-modal Urban Mobility By Peter Stoyko 20 EXECUTIVE BRIEF Smart Cities By Alison Taylor 30 DASHBOARD TechGov 2018 By Marcello Sukhdeo 40 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Enlisting Volunteers By John Wilkins 41 GOVERNING DIGITALLY Smarter Communities Need Shared Solutions By Jeffrey Roy 42 THE LEADER’S BOOKSHELF Athena Rising by Brad Johnson and David Smith By Harvey Schachter 44 READINGS BRIEF The Up, Down and Out of Leadership By Andrew Graham 46 THE LAST WORD Will the Ontario PCS be Able to Literally Keep it Together? By Lori Turnbull 38 Smart Technology for Social Equity CGE online: Letters We welcome feedback on articles and story ideas. Email george@promotivemedia.ca. About the Cover A view from above of the City of Toronto. It’s in the Archives Missed an issue? Misplaced an article? Visit www.canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca for a full archive of past CGE issues, as well as online extras from our many contributors.