This week, Québec Ouvert launched a new campaign, “I Vote for Transparency” which will identify which municipal candidates support transparent government before the Quebec municipal elections in November. Quebéc Ouvert will survey every candidate to generate a transparency report card, which will then be made available to the public. Sign-up via email and mobile number to receive a […]
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On May 28th, the Province of Alberta launched their open data portal at data.alberta.ca. The portal is their first major open government initiative. The portal launched with over 280 data sets and allows for residents to request additional data sets. Four of Canada’s ten provinces now have open data portals or official initiatives, with hopefully the rest to […]
Last December, hundreds of people gathered at the Maison du développement durable for TransportationCamp Montreal 2011, an “unconference” dedicated to transportation questions organized by the Living Lab of Montreal. Given the popularity of last year’s associated open data hackathon, we’ve decided this year to organize HackTaVille, an independent hackathon two weeks before TranspoCamp. About HackTaVille HackTaVille will increase the scope of […]
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