Category: A functional city

Campaign Finance Reform

Just moved the following motion at Council which was approved unanimously (the controversial discussion will come in late February when the report comes back): That Admin provide an information report to Council on: recent bylaw changes in Calgary to disclosure and campaign finance rules coming into effect for the 2010 election (including voluntary commitments) and… Read More

Inquiry: Open Data

Today I submitted the following formal inquiry to city administration. It will likely come back to Council’s Executive Committee early next year. Mack Male and others connected to Change Camp and Bar/Demo Camp have been advocating for this and I’ve been reading about other Canadian projects, like Vancouver’s. In local, national and sub-national governments around… Read More