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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, as well as Twitter accounts for federal government organizations and other organizations closely tied to official Ottawa. If you think I'm missing something, please send it along. |
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| Organization/subject | Description | Hashtag |
|---|---|---|
| 41st General Election | Canada's 41st General Election was held on May 2, 2010. The Conservative Party of Canada won a majority. | #elxn41 |
| 42nd General Election | Canada's 42nd General Election Will be held in October, 2015. This tag is for tweets related to that election, nomination meetings, financing, and anything else related to that election | #elxn42 |
| Aboriginal Affairs | Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Chair: | #AANO |
| Aboriginal Peoples | Canada House of Commons Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Chair: Sen. Gerry St. Germain (CPC) | #APPA |
| Access to Information and Ethics | Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Chair: Nathan Cullen (NDP - BC) | #ETHI |
| Afghanistan | Canada House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan (AFGH) | #AFGH |
| Agriculture | Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) Chair: Larry Miller (CPC) | #AGRI |
| Agriculture and Forestry | Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Chair: Sen Percy Mockler (CPC) | #AGFO |
| Assembly of First Nations | The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is the national organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada. | AFN_Updates |
| Bank of Canada | Bank of Canada | BankOfCanada |
| Banking, Trade and Commerce | Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (AGRI) Chair: Sen. Michael Meighen (CPC) | #BANC |
| British High Commission | Tweets about the work of the British High Commission in Canada | UKinCanada |
| Budgets, Federal - 2011 | Tweets about the 2011 Canadian Federal Budget as well as about related budget documents such as the main estimates, supplementary estimates and the quarterly reports demanded by the Liberal Opposition. | #BDGT11 |
| Canada Agricultural Museum | "We're staffers from the Canada Agriculture Museum keeping you informed on what's up at the Museum!" | @AgMuseum |
| Canada Aviation and Space Museum | Canada's national aeronautical museum. | @avspacemuseum |
| Canada Science and Technology Museum | "Discover some of the most important scientific and technological objects in Canada." | @SciTechMuseum |
| Canadian Alliance of Student Associations | The daily musings of the home office staff for a post-secondary education lobby group. | @casadaily |
| Canadian Conference of the Arts | The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is the national forum for the arts and cultural community in Canada. | |
| Canadian Council of Chief Executives | The CCCE is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization composed of the CEOs of Canada's leading enterprises. | CdnCEOCouncil |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Canadian Food Inspection Agency | CFIA_Food |
| Canadian Heritage | House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Chair: Rob Moore (CPC) | #CHCP |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Parliamentary Affairs Twitter feed/Fil Twitter des affaires parl des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) | CIHR_IRSC_Parl |
| Canadian International Development Agency | Departmental tweet feed from CIDA. | CIDA_CA |
| Canadian Labour Congress | News & views from the Communications shop at the Canadian Labour Congress. | CanadianLabour |
| Canadian Left | For discussion, comments, pointers for those interested in the Canadian left. This tag is for left politics from the national perspective. There may be other tags, such as #TOleft for other those active on the left in other regions and jurisdictions. | #cdnleft |
| Canadian Politics | All purpose hashtag for Canadian politics | #cdnpoli |
| Canadian Race Relations Foundation | Canadian Race Relations Foundation | CRRF |
| CBC Radio: The House | Weekly politicial affairs show from CBC Radio. Host: Kathleen Petty | CBCTheHouse |
| Canadian Press - Ottawa Bureau | Breaking Canadian political news from the Ottawa Bureau of The Canadian Press | CdnPress_Ott |
| Canadian War Museum | Tweets generated by staff at the Canadian War Museum | |
| Citizenship and Immigration | House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Chair: | #CIMM |
| Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Departmental tweet feed from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. | CitImmCanada |
| Conflict of Interest for Senators | Senate Standing Committee on Conflict of Interest for Senators Chair: | #CONF |
| Copyright consultations | The tweet feed for the federal government's copyright consultations. | copyrightcanada |
| Economic Stimulus Plan | 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 |
| Embassy Magazine | Embassy is Canada's Foreign Policy, Trade, Development, Defence, Immigration, Public Safety, International Politics Newspaper. | |
| Energy, Environment and Natural Resources | Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Chair: Sen. David Angus (CPC) | #ENEV |
| Environment and Sustainable Development | Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI): Chair: Mark Warawa (CPC) | #ENVI |
| Environment Canada | Environment Canada news and information | environmentca |
| Federal Bridge Corp. Ltd. | Federal Bridge Corp. Ltd. | FBCL_SPFL |
| Finance | House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Chair: James Rajotte (CPC) | #FINA |
| Finance, Department of | The federal department of Finance official Twitter feed | financecanada |
| Fisheries and Oceans | House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Chair: Rodney Weston (CPC) | #FOPO |
| Fisheries and Oceans | Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Chair: Sen Fabian Manning (CPC) | #POFO |
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Department of Fisheries and Oceans departmental account | DFO_MPO |
| Foreign Affairs | Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) Chair: Dean Allison (CPC) | #FAAE |
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Chair: Raynell Andreychuk (CPC) | #AEFA |
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade | DFAIT departmental account | DFAIT_MAECI |
| France | L'ambassade de France au Canada est la représentation diplomatique de la République française au Canada. | franceaucanada |
| Government Operations and Estimates | House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) Chair: Pat Martin (NDP - MB) | #OGGO |
| Green Party of Canada | Tweets for Greens in Canada | #gpc |
| Health | House of Commons Standing Committee on Health(HESA) Chair: Joy Smith (CPC) | #HESA |
| Health Canada | Appears to be alerts and press releases issued by Health Canada though the Twitter profile page contains no information to that effect. | HealthCanadaGC |
| 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: Ed Komarnicki (CPC) | #HUMA |
| Human Rights | Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Chair: Sen @SenJaffer (LPC) | #RIDR |
| Indian And Northern Affairs Canada | Departmental account for Indian and Northern Affairs Canda | INAC_AINC |
| Committee on Industry | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). Chair: David Sweet (CPC) | #INDU |
| Internal Economy, Budget, and Administration | Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budget, and Administration. Chair: Sen David Tkachuk (CPC) | #CIBA |
| Committee on 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: | #CIIT |
| Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami | ITK is the national organization representing Inuit in Canada. | ITK_CanadaInuit |
| iPolitics | Website for Canadian politics. | iPoliticsCA |
| Israel | The Embassy of Israel in Canada | |
| Committee on Justice and Human Rights | House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Chair: Dave McKenzie | #JUST |
| Legal and Constitutional Affairs | Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Chair: Sen John Wallace (CPC) | #LCJC |
| Liberal Party | Tweets from the Liberal Party of Canada | liberal_party #lpc |
| Liberal Party 2012 Biennial Convention | Tweets connected tothe 2012 Liberal biennial convention to be held in Ottawa, Jan. 13-15, 2012. | Official Party hashtag:#ott12 A popular non-official alternative: #LPC12 |
| National Arts Centre | The NAC is the only multidisciplinary, bilingual performing arts centre in North America. JC = Jen Covert eMarketing Officer, KR = Kevin Ryan Technical Director | CanadasNAC |
| Committee on National Defence | House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence Chair: James Bezan | #NDDN |
| National Finance | Senate Standing Committee on National Finance Chair: Sen. Joseph Day (LPC) | #NFFN |
| National Security and Defence | Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence Chair: Sen. Pamela Wallin (CPC) | #SECD |
| Natural Resources | House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR) Chair: Leon Benoit (CPC) | #RNNR |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | The official Twitter account for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. | nserc_canada |
| NDP | Hashtag for all things related to Canada's NDP -- both federally and provincially. | #ndp |
| NDP 2011 Convention | Hashtags related to the NDP Convention in Vancouver from June 17-19, 2011. | #ndp11 or #vancon11 |
| NDP Leadership Race and Debates | Hashtag for the 2011-2012 NDP Leadership Race and associated debates | #NDPLdr and #NDPdb8 |
| Official Languages | House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG) Chair: Michael Chong (CPC) | #LANG |
| Official Languages | Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages (OLLO) Chair: Sen Maria Chaput (LPC) | #OLLO |
| #PMHarper | A collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject. | #pmharper or #PMSH |
| Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of | Tweets generated by staff at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. | PrivacyPrivee |
| Procedure and House Affairs | House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) Chair: Joe Preston (CPC) | #PROC |
| Public Accounts | House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) Chair: David Christopherson (NDP) | #PACP |
| Public Safety | House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) Chair: Kevin Sorenson (CPC) | #SECU |
| Right Of Twitter | A discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially. A creation of Blogging Tories founder Stephen Taylor. | #roft |
| Rules, Procedures, and Rights of Parliament | Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures, the Rights of ParliamentChair: Sen. David Smith (LPC) | #RPRD |
| Senate of Canada | News and information from Canada’s Upper Chamber. This news feed is produced by the Senate Communications team. | @SenateCA |
| Social Affairs, Science, and Technology | Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Chair: Sen Kelvin K. Ogilvie (CPC) | #SOCI |
| Speaker of the House of Commons, Election | Discussion about and reporting on the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons. See the Parliamentary Web site for information on the Speaker's role and the method by which the Speaker is elected. | #SPKRELXN |
| 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: Nikki Ashton (NDP) | #FEWO |
| Sun Media/QMI Agency | Group feed from members of Sun Media's Parliamentary Bureau. | eyeonthehill |
| Sustainable Development Technology Canada | SDTC | SDTC_TDDC |
| Telefilm Canada | Corporate account for Telefilm Canada | Telefilm_Canada |
| Transportation and Communications | Senate Standing Commitee on Transport and Communications. Chair: Sen Dennis Dawson (LPC) | #TRCM |
| Transportation, Infrastructure | The House of Commons Standing Commitee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Chair: Merv Tweed (CPC) | #TRAN |
| United States Embassy in Ottawa | U.S. Embassy staff generate a helpful and content-rich tweetfeed | |
| Veterans Affairs | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Chair: Greg Kerr (CPC) | #ACVA |
| Young Liberals of Canada | Tweets from YLC/JLC | ylc_jlc |