p2pnet - rss feed: Canada 2008 elections: useful links
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Steve Clift runs Democracies Online — DoWire — a, “primary source for what’s important and happening with the convergence of democracy and the Internet around the world”.
Launched in January 1998, “DoWire connects over 2750 experts, practitioners, journalists, and citizens across 80 countries,” he says.
So it’s no surprise to find a list of urls for people paying attention to the upcoming 2008 Canadian elections on DoWire.
There are, after all, no borders in Cyberspace and what interests someone somewhere will interest someone else somewhere else.
In a p2pnet post, “The Net makes the difference,” I said, going on »»»
Online People2People Power is where it’s at.
At the end of the last century, Chaos Theory was all the rage, epitomised by the Butterfly Effect, a, “phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory,” explains the Wikipedia in a post accompanied by the illustration on the right.
“Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system,” it says. “So this is sometimes presented as esoteric behavior, but can be exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position.”
Another way of putting it might be: when a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world, the accumulating repercussions might be dramatically felt on the other side.
What does that have to do with P2P? For butterflies, read you and I and thanks to the Net, we’re now flapping our wings in unison, a reality that’s having a marked effect on the Powers that Used To Be, politics, and just about everything else.
Clift has already organised a similar list for the recent UK elections.
If you know of a site you think should be here, please let us know.
Cheers! And thanks, Steve. Excellent job.
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Live Election Results, Alert
- Elections Canada
- Canada Elections United Polling Nationwide
Major Media
- CBC - Canada Votes 2008
- CNEWS.ca - Canada Votes
- Globe and Mail - Decision 2008
- CTV - Election 2008
Unique Sites
- Canadian Federal Election
- Pundits’ Guide to Canadian Federal Elections
- 2008 Quebec Election Predictor
- Election Predictor
- Election Prediction Project
- Professor Antweiler’s Voter Migration Matrix Election Forecaster
- UBC Election Stock Market
- TrendLines Seat Predictions Graph 2007 Federal & Provincial Elections (presently updated daily for Ontario & Nfld); Russian Presidency Election 2008 & UK 2010 Election Seat Projections updated monthly.
- OpenPolitics.Ca
- Elect-o-pinion.ca - Twitter + Elections
- DemocraticSPACE.com - Strategic voting “guide”
- Pair Vote - Vote Swapping
- Nodice.ca - Polls and Election Information
- Confederation - Aggregating Candidates Blogs
Government election related sites
- Elections Canada
Blogs about the elections
- p2pnet - Day-by-day reports with NDP focus
- rabble.ca’s election coverage
- David Akin’s On the Hill
- Warren Kinsella
- Blogs Canada E-Group
- Stephen Taylor
- Blogging Tories Blogroll
- Liblogs - Directory of Liberal blogs
- Blogging Dippers - NDP Bloggers
- Progressive Bloggers Blogroll
- Blogging Alliance of Non-Partisan Canadians
- More Canadian political blogs
- Politics and Living in the World
- Mike Watkins - Campaign site reviews and political commentary
- Tyee’s coverage of the Canadian Election
- Bourque Newswatch
- Decision Canada 2008 - Just a Stub
Blogging candidates / parties
Blogging Candidates/Parties
Only candidate who sites are updated most days.
Allow public comments.
- Garth Turner - Liberal Party of Canada Candidate for Halton
- Michael Byers - NDP candidate for Vancouver Centre
Without public comments.
- Carolyn Bennett - Liberal
- Micheal Ignatieff
This website features an open policy discussion forum where supporters and potential supporters can share ideas. Individuals may submit policy ideas 1000 words or less to be considered for feature on the website in a prominent place. An open bulletin board discussion amongst users is ongoing on numerous topic areas. Login is neccessary but no contact info is required.
Best individual candidate websites
Best Individual Candidate Websites
- Tom King - NDP - Guelph
Satire and Humour
- The Hammer: Canadian Satire, Humour and Hard-Hitting News
- Rick Mercer’s Blog
Online Forums and Discussions
- PEIinfo.ca’s Federal Election Talk
- Digital Copyright Canada forum (Copyright, Lawful Access, Patents and other Technology Law)
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) (Election 2005 link soon)
- Rabble Election Forum
Political Parties
- Bloc Quebecois
- Christian Heritage Party
- Communist Party of Canada
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Green Party of Canada
- Liberal Party of Canada
- New Democratic Party of Canada
Election Starting Points
- Open Directory - via Google
- Canadian federal election, 2008
- Nodice Elections
- Politics Watch
- Planet Vote
- About.com Canadian Federal Elections
- Yahoo
Unsorted
- Democracy Watch’s Election Guide
- Fair Vote Canada
- Make Poverty History
- Vote for Climate
- Vote for Environment
- Vote for Environment 2008
- De Smog Blog Election Focus - http://desmogblog.com
- Anything but Conservative
- Avaaz Campaigns
- I Believe in Open - a project of http://visiblegovernment.ca/
- Wack the PM
- Visual Essay
- Gov Tweets
- Our Parliament - Voting Records of MP’s
- Net Prime Minister
- Apathy is Boring
Los Angeles Times - , September , 2008
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October 6th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Nice list, very nice list. Put a lot of work into it. I’d keep only links to preserve internet and anything that’s helps humanity.
Now let’s get to solving the real problems here in Canada and the whole world as well.
Government is here to protect the people and interests of people, not filthy rich abusive bankers and their Monetary Fund!
Must watch - Zeitgeist: Addendum – how we are totally controlled by bankers who only care about enslaving everyone on Earth and how to fix it. It explains how to survive it as well.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912&ei=GanpSNbAJaGI-gG5vpifAg&q=+Zeitgeist%3A+Addendum&hl=en
Or for higher quality video see http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Zeitgeist+Addendum
Please visit and study http://www.thinkfree.ca/ for more on your real rights.
Canada must be in top 3 on OECD list: http://www.oecd.org
Every Canadian interested in bettering their future must watch WHO killed CANADA?’ [and still is] - A 2008 Election Primer - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8632069635967998175
We are Canadians, WE CAN DO THIS!
“The question is not how much will it cost but do we have the resources?” The answer is definitely YES.
We have the resources to create the best life for everyone. Every single human being on earth and preserve the earth in it’s fullest.
Now this is the real solution
Enjoy