Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Comparing London and Toronto

Here is an example of how Toronto serves its public in a slightly better fashion. Below is a link to the Agenda for the February 1st meeting of the Executive Committee. Within that document you will find hyperlinks to the various reports - in clear typeset.

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/ex/agendas/2010-02-01-ex40-ar.htm

Below is a link to the webpage where a London City Council Agenda is posted. You must download the pdf to see an unreadable document.

http://london.ca/d.aspx?s=/meetings/Council%20Agendas/2009-12-14%20Agenda/MeetingPackages.htm


This is the first thing that should be addressed to ensure an open and transparent government.

Toronto takes a lot of heat for having an expensive local government. But these are the small things that make it so.

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