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	<title>Aaron McGowan &#187; Policy &amp; Politics</title>
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		<title>GovCamp Toronto, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I am on my way to Toronto once again, this time not for meetings or any sort of hackathon, but instead for GovCamp Toronto. Not only will I be attending the day long conference, I will also be presenting/demo&#8217;ing Emitter.ca within the morning. Therefore, feel free to stop by and say Hi if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament and its accessibility to average Canadians</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/parliament-and-its-accessibility-to-average-canadians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week, I have spent a good chunk of my time watching videos of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, whether live streamed or recorded sessions from the House of Commons. There have been two sessions in particular that I have watched as there has been testimony by both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal Elections Act requires a reform, a topic of discussion this morning</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/municipal-election-act-requires-a-reform-a-topic-of-discussion-this-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Mayor Candidate debate which was aired by Rogers TV on Friday, a discussion started brewing within the Blogosphere and the Twitterverse. It has become evident this year, not only to myself but others within the London community, that the Municipal Elections Act requires reform. Due to the high number of low quality, wing-nut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From idiocy to seriousness, have the candidates made a joke out of the election?</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/from-idiocy-to-seriousness-have-the-candidates-made-a-joke-out-of-the-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/from-idiocy-to-seriousness-have-the-candidates-made-a-joke-out-of-the-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today on Rogers TV for London, Ontario, the Mayoral Candidate &#8216;Debate&#8217; was aired. I quickly turned on the PVR and recorded this one hour long debate. To say the least, it was a very interesting and extremely comical to hear some of the candidate&#8217;s responses and remarks regarding various questions asked for the panel. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Re: An open letter to London Transit Commission&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy & Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[London Transit Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, last week on Wednesday September 01, 2010, I mailed a letter to Councillor David Winninger at the London Transit Commission. Councillor Winninger is the Chair of the London Transit Commission along with the current Councillor of Ward 11 (which I currently reside). Today, I have received a response regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Webinars within a politician&#8217;s campaign platform?</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/webinars-within-a-politicians-campaign-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/webinars-within-a-politicians-campaign-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week there was a discussion in the Twitterverse around webinars and a local politician using the webinar concept as a component within his political campaign. I was immediately shocked when I read that there is an a webinar within the works for a future date and I know others are also. So what exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>So you want my vote? Well, you need to work harder for it!</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/so-you-want-my-vote-well-you-need-to-work-harder-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/policy-politics/so-you-want-my-vote-well-you-need-to-work-harder-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[London Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fast approaching are the upcoming elections which should be on everyone&#8217;s radar. Some already are very deeply immersed and know what is happening with many of the candidates and their campaigns but many others do not. The elections, I believe, are something that people should not just brush off, as they are very important not [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>One step closer to Open Data in London, Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/one-step-closer-to-open-data-in-london-ontario/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/one-step-closer-to-open-data-in-london-ontario/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open & Initiatives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I had the pleasure of joining the Mayor, Controllers, Councilors and other citizens at the City&#8217;s Board of Control meeting today. This was a special meeting as it directly affects me and what I am passionate about &#8211; Open Data. To say the least, Open Data here in London is one step closing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>City of London&#8217;s Open Data Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/city-of-londons-open-data-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/city-of-londons-open-data-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been a great day! One of the best in weeks if not months for myself. Earlier this evening, the City of London&#8217;s Open Data Initiative has been released. This initiative has been in the works for quite some time now and the credit goes to Elaine Gamble, Director of Corporate Communications of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ship has sailed. The business of pulling.</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/business/shit-has-changed-the-ship-has-sailed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/business/shit-has-changed-the-ship-has-sailed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open & Initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently there has been a lot of talk within London on the topic of Social Media from the traditional press publications. To me, I feel that these publishers are starting to feel threatened and afraid. Threatened by the transparency and use of social media. Afraid of how it is already and will affect their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Re: Twitter away, but are real voters&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-twitter-away-but-are-real-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-twitter-away-but-are-real-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in the morning on my way to the office I read an article in Joe Belanger&#8216;s column on the London Free Press website. The article titled Twitted away, but are real voters actually tweeting? back? not only grabbed my attention but also others here in the community as well. Jeff and Lindsay also [...]]]></description>
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