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Last month, City of Vancouver in Canada passed a motion mandating Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source in their government. Vancouver is the first city to adopt this strategy in Canada. This is a pretty good move and a morally right one too. A democratic government that runs on taxpayers money cannot use proprietary software or standards. It is ethically wrong. Slowly, but steadily, people are realizing the importance of having an Open Government with Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source as the foundation.

The motion passed by the City of Vancouver clearly identifies this in their motion (more…)