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Political News Resources
For Canadian political news coverage. Also try the newspaper databases linked on this page, in the middle column.
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Hill Times and EmbassyWeekly Ottawa-based newspaper. Covers federal government and federal politics. An important source for political news, public policy briefings, feature stories, surveys, opinion columns and political analysis. Embassy covers foreign relations and international affairs.
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Politics - CBCRead the latest political news from the CBC
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The House - CBCCBC Federal political affairs program
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Politics - CTV NewsFor the latest political news from CTV
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Politics - Global NewsFor the latest political news from Global News.
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CCPA Behind the NumbersFrom the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Behind the Numbers delivers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect Canadians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
News and Polls
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Ipsos News & PollsFor polls on the Canadian politics and society
Political Parties
Links to Canadian political party websites
NL News
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City of St. John'sNews releases from the City of St. John's
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Government of NL NewsNews releases from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Provincial OutlookRBC Reports on the economic outlook across Canada
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More on NL Politics (CNS)More on Provincial and local politics from the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Overview of Canada--Europa World Plus
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Canada, as seen by Europa World PlusEuropa World Plus is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
Economist Intelligence Unit
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EIU.comIncludes Country Reports and Views Wire, from the Economist.
Find articles using Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Article search: CBCA Complete
OneSearch
Newspaper Databases
If you are searching for a database of international newspapers, try Factiva. If you are looking for newspapers from Atlantic Canada including Newfoundland and Labrador, use Eureka.
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Newspaper DatabasesFor a complete list of subscription databases at Memorial
Federal Government Documents Online
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Provincial and Territorial GovernmentsLinks to all Provincial and Territorial government websites -- see "Information on Provinces and Territories" tab
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Links to Canadian Government InformationLinks to the Federal Government, Parliament, Legislation and Legal Resources, and more
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Canadian Parliamentary PublicationsLinks to Federal Government Committee Reports, Debates, Bills, Acts and Statutes, and more
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Historica Canada-PoliticsA guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century.
Find background information on your topic.
Some of the sources listed below are online, and others in print. Browse JL in the Reference area on the 2nd floor of the library to find more reference books about Canadian Politics.
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Oxford Handbook of Canadian PoliticsPrint editon JL 15 O94 2010
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SAGE KnowledgePolitics -online encyclopedias
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Credo Reference570 reference titles - Covers a broad range of subjects from 79 of the world's best reference publishers.
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International Studies EncyclopediaThis Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive source of its kind in the area of International Studies and International Relations. It is available in a paper version and an online version (see next link).
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Reference UniverseContains over 35 million data elements to over 45,000 specialized reference works.
Canadian Federal Elections
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Elections CanadaFor questions about the Federal election
Voter information, find a riding, and more
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FAQ for ElectionsFor information about registration, voting, voter ID and more
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Find your Electoral DistrictFor locating any riding in the country
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Find a Riding - CBCSearch the interactive map for any riding. Also included a map of the 2011 election results
Canadian Election results (1867-present)
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Elections 1867-presentFrom Parlinfo. A resource of information and data on the important events and people that shaped Parliament from 1867 to the present.
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History of Federal Ridings since 1867For the history of every riding in Canada
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Canadian Elections - Andrew Heard (SFU)Election statistics from 1867- the present. Created by Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University
Data and Statistics
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Canadian StatisticsCanadian Census, National Household surveys, Socio-economic data and more.
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Opinion PollsPolling surveys from Ipsos, Gallup and more
Conference Board Research
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Conference Board of Canada e-LibraryAccess to research reports, case studies, detailed findings, periodicals, conference presentations, and other publications researched and published by the Conference Board of Canada.
Policy Making In Canada
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Canadian Government Policy CycleA detailed summary of the Federal Government policy cycle. From MacOdrum Library, Carleton.
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Compendium of ProcedureThe Compendium is a collection of articles on specialized procedural topics in the House of Commons. It is designed to help those who need to better understand the workings of the House of Commons and its committees.
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The Policy Cycle-Government of NLA graphic that depicts the general order of stages in which policy development and implementation occurs.
How Bills Become Law
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How a Bill becomes a LawA step-by-step guide outlining the Federal legislative process. From McGill University Library.
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Guide to Making Federal Acts and RegulationsThe Guide describes the steps to be followed to transform policy into Federal Acts and regulations, which are forms of written law generally referred to as "legislation." It also outlines the roles of the participants in this process.
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Political Science at MUN
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Mapping PoliticsMapping Politics is an annual peer-reviewed journal produced by students in the Political Science department at Memorial University.
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