http://redliberals.ca Red Liberal Web Log Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:51:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are the things to fear: Eliminating the long form census is a systemic step towards making decisions with less information. It is a decision that supports ignorance over knowledge. Fear this decision because it is subtle yet far reaching. This is a perfect example of Harper's use of populist sentiment (I.e. we ... http://redliberals.ca/2010/07/26/what-to-fear-re-harpers-long-form-revision-of-canada/ Michael Ignatieff should give Bob Rae a mission:  win Toronto-Danforth. Stay at home.  No national critic's role.  Go hand to hand and share the infectious passion that made you a Liberal where it is needed most. Raise money.  BBQs & coffee parties.  Play the piano.  Do what it takes and get it ... http://redliberals.ca/2010/06/15/jack-layton-vs-bob-rae-the-battle-we-deserve/ I recent met Joseph Cariati and I think his new blog at the intersection of politics and sports is going to be a home run.  See what I did there? Check it out ... Are you excited about the 2010 Olympic Games being held in Vancouver, but you can't make it out ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/12/08/introducing-project-communicate/ I am east coast connected (President, Class of '90, MSVU) and East Coast Connected and I would like to take this opportunity to voice my support for Chris Crowell's nomination in Halifax. The only time that I have met Chris was while he was networking at a Rotman event, working the ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/08/05/statement-of-support-for-chris-crowell/ To make a long story short comments on the site were broken for a time due to human error. If you have made comments in the past and they are not posted on the site, our apologies. Please, please, please post them again. We assure you that no attempt was being made ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/07/24/apologies-about-comments/ Mark Kuznicki and fellow ChangeCampers .... thank you for such an admirable amount of work and investment of personal time. The ChangeCamp: Next post up at www.changecamp.ca is a jumping off point for the rest of this post. A few thoughts come to mind ... I agree that the big, hairy, audacious goal ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/07/24/changecamp-next/ In Vancouver this weekend at our Biennial Convention, the Liberal Party of Canada will most likely adopt a Weighted, One Member, One Vote system for electing our future leaders of the Party. It will be disappointing if the motion does not pass on many levels. Since 2004, when broadband connectivity overtook slower ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/05/01/symbolic-move-towards-open-government-now-lets-get-on-with-it/ Peter Jones is founder of Redesign Research, and spends time in both the US and Toronto. He’s a visiting scholar at U of T, a senior fellow of OCAD’s Strategic Innovation Lab, and has figured out the secret to making these commitments work: time travel. See Peter’s blog at Design ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/01/31/who-gets-to-define-citizen-participation/ First, thanks again to Rahaf for turning us on to ChangeCamp, it has been amazing to be part of this group from the first meeting on December 31st through Saturday's frenetic day at MaRs. Let's open this post with a little announcement ... our experiment here at www.redliberals.ca is being extended.  ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/01/26/changecamp-reflections-more-to-come/ MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT:      Transparency and Open Government My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.  We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and ... http://redliberals.ca/2009/01/23/barak-obamas-presidential-memorandum-on-transparency-open-government/