New Media and the Election

With the election around the corner - I thought I'd try to find some good places to get information - here is what I came up with - I'm sure there are tons more - but it's a start.

Election Information – start with Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Canada

Here you will find annotated links to literally hundreds of sites on the Internet that can help you with your research on Canadian politics and government.
http://polisci.nelson.com/canpol.html

Politics Watch - http://www.politicswatch.com/index2.html

Contact your government - http://www.canada.gc.ca/directories-repertoires/direct-eng.html

Collections Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/caninfo/ep032.htm

Journalism.net http://www.journalismnet.com/canada/politics.htm

Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1

The CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/

Globe and Mail Politics: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics (interactive - follow the leaders map – excellent articles on New Media and Politics.

Want to know about Politics and blogging – you could start here – Canada’s top 25 political blogs – based on Google Page Rank + Alexa Rank and some other rules.
http://rjjago.wordpress.com/canadas-top-25-blogs/

Langley Politics - http://langleypolitics.com/

How’d they vote - http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/ Ever wondered how your member of parliament has been voting? This site makes it easy for you to find out!

http://www.mynameiskate.ca/2008/09/canadian-politi.html - excellent blog entry on which political parties are using what New Media such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.

http://www.mynameiskate.ca/social-media-canada-politics.html - excellent blog listing of who is using what social media tools.

Check out YouTube’s selection of political videos.

Plug political videos

http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=med&document=index&dir=video&lang=e&textonly=false

Elections Canada has produced video footage showing various aspects of the agency's preparations for a federal election or by-election.

http://www.elections.ca/home.asp?textonly=false

The Voter Information Service provides information on your electoral district and member of Parliament. Select one of the options below to find your electoral district.

http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/FindED.aspx?L=e

Canadian Politics – Wiki
http://canadian-politics.com/CPWiki/tiki-index.php