The Sask NDP’s convention is over and in just over a month, we’ll be having a federal election as well.
So moving from provincial to federal politics, here are a few interesting articles & sites I’ve come across:
- Three Hundred & Eight – a Canadian version of the popular US election forecasting site, Five Thirty Eight
- Globe & Mail’s 50 Ridings To Watch (though I’d say there’s definitely more than one race to watch in Saskatchewan!)
- Accidental Deliberations – the Regina Leader Post’s newest columnist is a long-time blogger covering politics from a progressive point of view.
- “Security and stability” – Harper channels Emperor Palpatine
- “It’s On Like Harper Kong” – MetaFilter weighs in on the upcoming Canadian election
- The CBC Federal Election Clearing House
- CBC Vote Compass – answer questions and find out who you should vote for (Shhh – don’t tell anyone but I got the Greens!)
- …and a master guide to the answers they’re using behind the scene to determine where you fit.
- Election Almanac – find candidates in any riding across the country
- How’d They Vote? – a resource to see your MP’s voting history
- PoliTwitter – all federal MP’s Twitter feeds gathered in one place along with content from other social media sites including Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and more. Especially cool as the site lets you sort by number of followers and various other criteria.
- The Harper Hit List of various individuals and organizations he’s fired, pressured or cutting funding to
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Jason, you’ve forgotten the single best clearing house for political information – Alice Funke’s http://www.punditsguide.ca/
Unlike the hack that runs Three Hundred and Eight, Alice actually has a clue about politics – and doesn’t skew her data to support her previous partisan affiliation.
Thanks for the clarification – I didn’t look through the site too closely but definitely liked the idea of having a version of the American site up here. I think it’s good practice to look at the information being provided by pretty much any site out there with a critical eye. (Except Greg’s – he can do no wrong! ;-))