first up is david eaves from vancouver, camera. it will be talking about how the canadian government uses technology to create more access to government. after him, stacy donohue, an investment director. her foundation invests in technology to increase access to government were applied. and finally we will talk with ory okolloh. she uses her blog to increase access an awareness of politics in africa. first up, david eaves. what did you do in vancouver? >> open government is this idea that we can have better access to decision making, to information, and to the machinery of government. citizens are more informed and better able to impact decisions that influence their community and try to create services and help themselves, rather than just relying on government. >> how this technology help that? >> a lot of governments have always strived to be open, and right from the beginning there was this notion that we are going to print and share everything. in canada, there has been a strong history of trying to open up government as well.

. >> host: in a recent column, david eaves, you wrote -- you quoted john gilmour. the net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. what does that mean? this. >> guest: so, you know, when you are trying to access something on the internet, you know, and you're trying to block access from me to a site, one of the great things about the internet is because it's decentralized, there are usual multiple routes to get to a piece of information. so if one route's blocked, the internet will try to find other routes around that to get to it. so rather than seeing some sort of block as a this is the end-all, be-all, it treats it as a bug and tries to see can we get around this problem. i used that quote in a specific context because i'm interested in access to information in government. and one of the things that i see happening you look at things like freedom of information requests and you see they take, you know, not just days, but months to actually get the data you've asked for, the information you've asked for, and in a world of google where, you know, peop

first up is david eaves from vancouver candidate he is from the center of the study of democracy.you we talk about how the canadian government uses technology to create more access to government. after him, stacey donahue. she is there investment director and this foundation invest in technologies to increase access to government worldwide. and, finally, we will talk with attending pundit and she uses her blog and technology to increase access and awareness of politics in africa. first up, davies of canada. what do you do for the city of vancouver candidate? >> i advised the mayor and council around open government and open data. >> what is open government? >> it is this idea that would have better access to decision-making, to information, for the machinery of government and they will have access, citizens are more informed, are better able to influence decisions. and can actually self organize and tragic create services and help themselves rather than just relying on government. leverage your comment has done. >> how this technology help the? >> think a lot of governments have a

. >> in a recent column, david eaves, you wrote -- you quoted john gilmore. the net to interpret censorship as damage and routes around. what does that mean? >> so, when you were trying to access something on the internet, you're trying to block access for something to a site. one of the great things about internet because its decentralized there are usually multiple routes to get information so if one is blocked, the internet will try to find other routes around that to get to it, so redican seeing the block has some kind of this is the be all in all it is treated as a problem and to see if we can get around this problem. and i use that quote in every specific context because i'm interested in accessing information in government, and one of the things i see happening is you look at things like the fio, freedom of information request or in canada we call them access information. and you see they take not just days, but months to actually get the data that you asked for, the information you asked for, and in the world of google where, you know, people of my ge