The House: Further reading
By Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 6 Comments
For their assistance when I was putting together last week’s piece on the House—and for the indispensable sites they respectively maintain—I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Michael Mulley of openparliament.ca and Cory Horner of howdtheyvote.ca. I also must thank Ned Franks, both for his writing on Parliament and omnibus legislation and his perspective.
Those seeking perspective and data, should start with Parliament’s own tallies of private members’ bills passed, legislation adopted and sitting days.
Beyond those, there are several other texts that proved helpful. Continue…
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What happened and why (II)
By Aaron Wherry - Friday, June 11, 2010 at 1:45 PM - 16 Comments
Some more numbers from the Canadian Election Study’s 2008 surveys, this time on party feelings and allegiances.
In federal politics, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Liberal 23.8%
Conservative 23.0%
NDP 9.6%Is there any Federal political party that is just too extreme for you?
Liberal 4.1%
Conservative 16.1%
NDP 7.7%
