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• Nov 21, 2011 Introducing Political Traction
  Political Traction looks at the common threads in the conversation happening in Ottawa and across the country. Navigator is monitoring a variety of mediums 24 hours a day, seven days a week to aggregate data on what is being talked about, where it’s being talked about, and who is talking about it. Using a standardized methodology, we’ve created a point-based system to weigh conversation on public affairs topics, and build a weekly profile of what’s being said.
• Jun 17, 2011 Notes on a lack of scandal
  It takes a hardened individual not to pity poor Murphy, from whom the eponymous “fourth law of thermodynamics” takes its name. However, those of us that deal with crisis see the adage in practice on a surprisingly regular basis. Which brings me to a conundrum. Twitter. 

In Canada there are 413 parliamentarians (including the house [...]
• Jun 7, 2011 The reality of 21st century problems
  Account hacks are the unfortunate result of many people feeling that they simply have too many complex and high-security passwords to create and remember. At its most basic level this is an IT problem; information infrastructure becomes unsecured because there are encryption issues. However, it’s a problem that we almost all have a hand in. [...]
• May 24, 2011 Point Of Order, May 19th, 2011
  Jaime Watt discusses the cabinet shuffle, Liberal Party leadership, Arnold Schwarzenegger,and Jim Flaherty on this episode of Point of Order.