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Canada Votes 2008

Canadian federal election is called for October 14, 2008

Election 2008 Candidates list

List of Political Parties with candidates + Independent

Lists:

Database source: Elections Canada.

MP List: ParlInfo Election candidates for the general election held on 2008/10/14

Copyright Pledge: Michael Geist's blog

See also: Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration (Elections Canada) , Political Parties (this site)

Postal Code Lookup

Postal Code / Code postal:

Curious about how this form works? Please read the article on the PCFRF tools.

Want access to the Data? We can't offer it as it is not our to offer. It is considered proprietary information by the Government of Canada, and Statistics Canada charges extreme fees for this basic tool to participate in democracy ($2,500.00 for the first year, $500 for a years worth of updates after that). This site currently uses the API offered by the Make The Change site.

Please complain to your election candidates and MPs about this. We have a sample letter you can use for this purpose.

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Welcoming new MPs to a historically consistent Digital Copyright

After the Tuesday election I read how parliament didn't change much. A few parties lost seats, and some gained. When authoring a tool to automatically scrape a list of winning candidates I found something interesting. If I asked for the MP Information for a candidate who had not yet been an MP I got a blank page, making it easy to create a flag that lists the first time MPs. There are 66 rookie MPs (approximately 21%), and if you are a constituent of one of these MPs you may want to write to them and introduce them to historical consistent Digital Copyright.

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ITWorldCanada: Did copyright reform prevent a Conservative majority?

Rafael Ruffolo speculates for ComputerWorld Canada whether Bill C-61 and Copyright played a roll in the election.

Updated Election2008 candidates list shows elected MPs

I have updated the Election 2008 Candidates list to show the elected MPs, with two new lists: list of elected MPs, and list of rookie MPs. I do not know when the parliamentary information site will offer MP contact information, so don't know when that information will be updated.

The New Copyright MPs

Michael Geist reports that, "coming out of last night's election, 34 candidates who supported the copyright pledge during the campaign were elected - 11 Liberals and 23 New Democrats".

Why Fair Copyright advocates need to join Fair Vote Canada

The 2008 election results (as of tuesday @ 03:29) shows why Fair Copyright advocates need to join Fair Vote Canada to change the electoral system:

Party that took a progressive stance on copyright as a party:

  • The Green Party: 6,8% of the votes, 0% of the seats

Party that has an MP representing the party on copyright reform with a progressive stance:

  • NDP: 18,2% of the votes, 12% of the seats

Top 10 Ridings I will be watching election night

Here is a list of the top ridings I'll be watching this election night, and why. Click on the ridings to get more details, articles, etc.

Timmins--James Bay
Obvious place to start the list, with incumbent Charlie Angus of the New Democrats expected to keep his seat. He is the incumbent MP who best understands technology law issues, whether it be Copyright or Net Neutrality. He has also been very successful in educating and working within his caucus to enable the NDP to have some of the strongest candidates in this election.

Updated Election2008 candidates list shows Copyright Pledge

I have updated the Election 2008 Candidates list page to show which candidates took Michael Geist's Copyright Pledge.

Jack Layton on Net neutrality: P2P Power

An article on p2pnet features a YouTube video made by Jack Layton that was targeted to Canadians online.

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