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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 8: The Plan Development Agreement’s digital governance framework; Sidewalk Labs’ Digital Governance Proposals for DSAP Consultations

Posted on July 23, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and relevant documents available here Last year I decided it would be fun to read Stephen King’s entire Dark Tower series for the first time. King and Dark Tower fans know that … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 6: Comparing the July 2018 Plan Development Agreement and the original 2017 Framework Agreement

Posted on July 22, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries available here Previously, on MIDP Theatre… This is the sixth entry in our ongoing “urban development thriller,” so it might be time for a recap. When we last tuned into the ongoing … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan: Guest post: An analysis of all the new public agencies proposed in the MIDP

Posted on July 21, 2019 by bhaggart

I won’t start posting about the actual MIDP for a couple of days (so much background reading…), but to whet your appetite, please enjoy this comprehensive guest post from Dr. Natasha Tusikov of York University. – bh Previous Master Innovation … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Bonus entry 3: What responsible public consultations look like, and why the Quayside consultations are not that

Posted on July 20, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries available here As a former federal parliamentary committee staffer, who has helped organize my fair share of consultations and who has written many reports on said consultations, it’s been professionally painful witnessing … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 5: Enter the gondola! Every Sidewalk Labs promise to Toronto in its Project Vision document, and the one thing they won’t do

Posted on July 19, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries available here The fun thing about vision statements, particularly those written by tech companies, is that they’re not necessarily constrained by reality. Think Elon Musk’s Hyperloop vision. As Jalopnik’s Aaron Gordon noted, … Continue reading →

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