These guides are designed to point you to library resources (i.e. books, articles, and statistical sources) and quality websites for your research.
Canada's Privy Council Office is one of our most important central agencies. You can discover how the Privy Council Office describes its own role in government and learn about the background of the present Clerk to the Privy Council.
Compare the views presented by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Council on Social Development with the corporate pressure group the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. While at the CCCO site, search for material on the North American Free Trade Agreement such as a supportive view of the impact of NAFTA Chapter 11.
Compare the views presented by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Council on Social Development with the perspectives of the neo-conservative Fraser Institute.
Explore some of the debate about free trade and international investment agreements by visiting the Council of Canadians, which is critical of the social and political impact of globalization.
Find out directly from Canada's four main political parties what they say about themselves. Learn more about their general political orientations and their current leadership.
Find out directly from Canada's four main political parties what they say about themselves. Learn more about their general political orientations and their current leadership.
Find out directly from Canada's four main political parties what they say about themselves. Learn more about their general political orientations and their current leadership.
Find out directly from Canada's four main political parties what they say about themselves. Learn more about their general political orientations and their current leadership. Notice that the website for the Bloc Quebecois is available in French only.
Like the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Council on Social Development is also critical of the social and political impact of globalization.
Publisher Thompson Nelson supports the Parameters of Power textbook with a range of online student resources such as Canadian Politics on the Web, Politics in the News, and Internet Search Tools, which includes specialized search tools that you may find helpful in your study of Canadian political science.
The fully searchable site of the Canadian Encyclopedia, originally developed and published by Mel Hurtig, is probably the most useful and important general resources for Canada's history and politics to be found on the Web.
The website of Canada's Parliament covers both the House of Commons and the Senate. It is fully searchable, and you can download the classic brief outline of our government system by the late Senator Eugene Forsey, which is important reading for any student of Canada's government.
The website of Library and Archives Canada (formerly known as the National Library of Canada) is a rich resource for students of politics. It includes biographies of important politicians such as all of our Prime Ministers.
This site is provided by the Centre for Research in Public Law at the University of Montreal. It contains full texts of all judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1983 to the present. Use the sophisticated search engine on the home page to find judgments in constitutional matters, aboriginal rights, or other Charter-based matters that interest you.
This website contains all you want to know about elections past and present. Visit the site to discover which provinces have the highest and lowest voter participation or to find out how support for Canadaâs political parties is distributed across regions.