The open data Web site is a good initiative. Now if they can just make it extend further so that open government becomes meaningful. The article quotes Tracey Lauriault of Carleton University on how open the Conservative government is:
“Not if you’re muzzling science, not if you’re cancelling the census, not if you’re practically closing and undermining your archive, not if you’re turning off monitoring stations, not if you’re not disclosing data related to projects like pipelines.”