E-government has been an important initiative of many countries for several years. In Canada, the Government Online (GOL) initiative has been a successful effort of which the government is justly proud. However, Canada is falling badly behind in one important area, and this is shown most recently by the recent announcements of Chairman Cox of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He has been pushing the use of XBRL for filing corporate reports, and this will make a big difference to the online initiatives of that government. Similar initiatives are happening arond the world. But not in Canada. Why is this? Eventually, we'll have to step up and be a part of the new world. E-Proxies to Debut in 2007 - Technology - CFO.com