There are times when credulousness becomes guilty and there are times where false pretense loses its ability to convince. The collaboration announced between the Institut de nouveau monde (INM) and Minalliance, to organize public "conversations" about the future of mining in Québec, is clearly one of these times.
public consultation
Why the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission should stop Bruce Power's radioactive shipments through our Great Lakes
| November 29, 2010![Living On Purpose](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/thumbnail/category_pictures/living100x100.jpg "Lynn Thompson is the host and producer of "Living on Purpose", a thoughtful, nourishing blend of ideas, conversation and music offered in a spirit of health and well-being. Guests are invited to share their insights and inspirations through how they embrace life's challenges and opportunities.")
Open media, open democracy
There was something different in the air this time. The room still screamed of bureaucracy: the decorative flags at the front of the room, the plain suits, the stenographers. But the July CRTC hearing on traffic management (a.k.a net neutrality) had a dynamism to it that seemed foreign to the walls that contained it. Normally a hearing like this would be reserved for so-called "stakeholders." This time around there was a buzz in the room, and that buzz was literally the twitter of public discussion that forced its way into a hearing.
