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The "Directory of Canadian Political Twits" attempts to track Twitter resources for those interested in Canadian federal politics. This page lists hashtags related to Parliament Hill activity, such as House of Commons committees. This page no longer lists Twitter accounts for individual government departments or agencies. That resource is now available through a "Twitter list" I curate. If you think I'm missing something, please send it along. My contact info is always here.


Conservatives | NDP | Liberals | Other MPs | Media | Hashtags
Organization/subject Description Hashtag
42nd General Election Canada's 42nd General Election was held on October 19, 2015. The Liberal Party of Canada won a majority. This hashtag could also refer to any by-elections to the 42nd Parliament. #elxn42
43nd General Election Canada's 43nd General Election Will be held in October, 2019. This tag is for tweets related to that election, nomination meetings, financing, and anything else related to that election. This hashtag could also refer to any by-elections to the 43r d Parliament. #elxn43
Aboriginal Affairs Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Note: During the 42nd Parliament, this committee was re-named the "Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development" (INAN)
#AANO
Aboriginal Peoples Senate of Canada. Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Chair: Sen. Lillian Eva Dyck #APPA
Access to Information and Ethics Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Chair: Blaine Calkins (CPC) #ETHI
Agriculture Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) Chair: Pat Finnigan (LPC) #AGRI
Agriculture and Forestry Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Chair: Sen. Ghislain Maltais #AGFO
Auditor General of Canada Official account of the Auditor General of Canada. The current incumbent is Michael Ferguson. OAG_BVG
Banking, Trade and Commerce Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Chair: Sen. David Tkachuk (CPC) #BANC
Bills and legislation Bills introduced in the House of Commons are number C-1, C-2, C-3 and so on. Bills introduced in the Senate are S-1, S-2, S-3 and so on. A hashtag of #C45 refers to Bill C-45. #s3 would refer to Senate Bill S-3. Learn more about each Bill at the Library of Parliament LEGISInfo site. #[C or S][Bill Number]
Bloc Québecois Tweets about the Bloc Québecois political party #BQ
Budgets, Federal Tweets about the Canadian Federal Budget as well as about related budget documents such as the main estimates, and supplementary estimates take the form #BDGT[Year in which budget was tabled]. So the budget presented in 2017 will be #BDGT17. #BDGT17
Canadian Heritage House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Chair: Hedy Fry (LPC) #CHPC
Canadian Politics All purpose hashtag for Canadian politics #cdnpoli
Citizenship and Immigration House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Chair: Borys Wrzesnewskyj (LPC) #CIMM
Conflict of Interest for Senators Senate Standing Committee on Conflict of Interest for Senators Chair: #CONF
Conservative Party of Canada Tweets concerning the party, its members, activities, etc. #CPC
Electoral Reform House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform (ERRE) but can also serve as a general purpose hashtag for the subject of electoral reform. Chair: #ERRE
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Chair: Sen. Richard Neufeld (CPC) #ENEV
Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI): Chair: Deb Schulte (LPC) #ENVI
Finance House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Chair: Wayne Easter (LPC) #FINA
Fisheries and Oceans House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Chair: Scott Simms (LPC) #FOPO
Fisheries and Oceans Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Chair: Sen Fabian Manning (CPC) #POFO
Foreign Affairs Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) Chair: Bob Nault (LPC) #FAAE
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Chair: Raynell Andreychuk (CPC) #AEFA
Government Operations and Estimates House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) Chair: Tom Lukiwski (CPC) #OGGO
Green Party of Canada Tweets for Greens in Canada #GPC
Health House of Commons Standing Committee on Health(HESA) Chair: Bill Casey (LPC) #HESA
House of Commons Canada's House of Commons. Twits about Question Period, debates, bills introduced -- anything going in the lower chamber. #HOC
Human Resources House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) Chair: Bryan May (LPC) #HUMA
Human Rights Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Chair: Sen Jim Munson (Senate Liberal) #RIDR
Indigenous Affairs Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs Chair: MaryAnn Mihychuk (LPC)
Note: Prior to the 42nd Parliament, this committee was styled as the "Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development" (AANO)
#INAN
Industry The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). Chair: Dan Ruimy (LPC) #INDU
Internal Economy, Budget, and Administration Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budget, and Administration. Chair: Leo Housakos (CPC) #CIBA
International Trade The House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade. For tweets about anything have to do with this committee, its meetings, studies, reports, etc. Chair: Mark Eyking (LPC) #CIIT
Justice and Human Rights House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Chair: Anthony Housefather (LPC) #JUST
LEADERSHIP RACES When federal or politial parties have leadership races, an emerging hashtag convention for discussion about that race appears to be: Use the party hashtag in upper case with the suffix 'ldr' in lower-case. So, a Liberal Party of Canada leadership race would be #LPCldr and a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership race would be #PCPOldr. For an interim leadership race, put a lower case 'i' in front of the tag. #[Party tag]ldr
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Chair: Sen Bob Runciman (CPC) #LCJC
Liberal Party Tweets referring to the Liberal Party of Canada, to Liberals, or things about the Liberals #LPC
National Defence House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence Chair: Stephen Fuhr (LPC) #NDDN
National Finance Senate Standing Committee on National Finance Chair: Sen. Larry Smith #NFFN
National Security and Defence Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence Chair: Sen. Daniel Lang (CPC) #SECD
Natural Resources House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR) Chair: James Maloney (LPC) #RNNR
NDP Hashtag for all things related to Canada's NDP -- both federally and provincially. #NDP
Official Languages House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG) Chair: Denis Paradis (LPC) #LANG
Official Languages Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages (OLLO) Chair: Sen Claudette Tardif (Senate Liberal) #OLLO
Official Languages Commissioner Official account of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. OCOLCanada
OttawaSpends The federal government's spending announcements, spending plans, spending intentions. Started up by David Akin to track any announcements of federal spending and trends. Follow @ottawaspends to get David Akin's tweets to this hashtag. Akin explains his @ottawpends syntax and rationale here. #ottawaspends
PARTY CONVENTIONS Hashtags for political conventions are often hotly debated as parties and their partisans insist on using one which helps in marketing the event and one which, in many cases, might have to be bilingual, while political journalists and others seek brevity and clarity in whatever language they work in. As a result, someone interested in following party convention conversation on Twitter may have to follow multiple tags. My preference is the party tag and the year in which the event is taking place. So a Green Party Convention taking place in 2016 would be #GPC16. Short. To the point. Unique to the event. #[PartyTag][Year]
Pay Equity House of Commons Special Committee on Pay Equity (ESPE) Chair: Anita Vandenbeld (LPC) #ESPE
Procedure and House Affairs House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) Chair: Larry Bagnell (LPC) #PROC
Public Accounts House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) Chair: Kevin Sorenson (CPC) #PACP
Public Safety House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) Chair: Rob Oliphant (LPC) #SECU
Question Period Oral Question Period, a 45-minute session in the House of Commons beginning at 2:15 pm Monday to Thursday at 11:15 a.m. on Fridays when the House is sitting. #QP
Rules, Procedures, and Rights of Parliament Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures, the Rights of Parliament Chair: Sen. Joan Fraser #RPRD
Senate of Canada News and information about Canada's Upper Chamber. #SenCA
Standing Order 31 The 15-minute period ahead of every Question Period in the House of Commons (See entry above) reserved for Statements by Members, pursuant to Standing Order 31 #SO31
Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Chair: Sen Kelvin K. Ogilvie (CPC) #SOCI
Speech from the Throne Delivered by the Governor General in the Senate, the Speech from the Throne is read at the beginning of each Parliamentary Session and lays out the government's broad agenda. #SFTT
Status of Women House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Chair: Marilyn Gladu (CPC) #FEWO
Transportation and Communications Senate Standing Commitee on Transport and Communications. Chair: Sen Dennis Dawson (Senate Liberal) #TRCM
Transportation, Infrastructure The House of Commons Standing Commitee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Chair: Judy Sgro (LPC) #TRAN
Veterans Affairs The House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Chair: Neil Ellis (LPC) #ACVA