This weekend's Globe and Mail featured an article Toronto's new commitment to open data.  'Toronto 2.0: Data Sharing Source'describes the city's enthusiastic participation in ChangeCamp last Saturday, including Toronto's plan to open up city information, starting with a data set that's close to many Canadian hearts:

The city is hoping to apply this same approach across the board, redesigning its website to put public data back into the public realm. (Among the first up: GPS data from snowplows, so you can tell exactly when they'll, er, snow in your driveway, and plan accordingly.) Much of the impetus is coming from within the mayor's office.

"When you open up the data, there's no limit to what people can do," said Mayor David Miller this week. "It engages the imagination of citizens in building the city.

Well said.