Open Gov in Canada: Now It's Political

While I agree that open data and open government shouldn't be a partisan issue, it may very well become one (note the collision of the #opengov, #cdnpoli and #lpc hashtags in the tweet below):

#Opengov in action: read the #LPC initiative: http://bit.ly/aIY4Nx. Ask @m_ignatieff a question on any topic: http://bit.ly/b6x4Uh #cdnpoliless than a minute ago via web jordanowens
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My question is what does this mean for those of us that have been engaged in this conversation online for some time now?

I think it is an incredibly important question.

Its also one I don't have an answer for.