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2 votes
The new MPs should all be up now
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Add Twitter feed to Ben Lobb profile
Not sure if thise is the right place to suggest, but I noticed that Ben Lobb's profile(http://openparliament.ca/politicians/ben-lobb/) doesn't link to his Twitter feed: (https://twitter.com/BenLobbMP) and thought that might be a good data set to have.
Great site by the way!
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To make printing easier, automatically expand all comments when in single page view
First off, I need to say how much I appreciate the hard work that goes into creating such a useful and important site! It has made my research so much easier.
Right now if I want to print the entire transcript of a meeting, I have to click "View this document on a single page" and then manually scroll through and click "more" for each comment that exceeds the set word limit. It would be very helpful if the single page view automatically expanded all comments, or, alternatively, if there was a "printer-friendly" button that did the same thing.
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1 voteGood point! Comments should now expand automatically when you’re printing a page.
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An e-mail address for Ryan Cleary MP NDP would be nice.
An e-mail address for Ryan Cleary MP.NDP would be useful. Easy tell he is elected to Ottawa, no way to reach him by E-mail.
Regards, DM1 voteThere’s now a Contact link, with an e-mail address, on MP pages.
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1 vote
There’s now a Contact link, with an e-mail address, on MP pages.
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More information on votes by MP
My MP vote shows something like
"Voted Nay on Vote #86 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass"
But it's hard to know what the context is or what the "Bill" is exactly1 voteThat vote should now display the bill: http://openparliament.ca/bills/votes/975/
The issue here is one that actually crops up often and is a bit tricky: those votes were originally posted on Parliament’s site without related-bill information. The missing info was later added, but only after openparliament had already pulled the data.
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Include standing committees of House and Senate
While a Parliament minutes are valuable for seeing what the big picture is, the heaviest debate, as well as testimony from non-Parliamentary actors happens in the Standing Committees.
64 votesThis is a done — the interface isn’t finished, but it’s good enough to use — along with a shiny new search engine that supports committees.
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Display a permalink for each statement
Sometimes MPs say something that I want to link to. It would be great if there was a permalink displayed by the statement.
10 votesDone! Sharing buttons should now show up for each statement.
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From the MP pages, link to their wikipedia biography
There is a page for each MP. It should link to their wikipedia entry right below the existing links to their site and their page on the official Parliament web site.
7 votesThere are now Wikipedia links on the pages of all current MPs.
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28 votes
Each MP page now includes a search box for that MP’s speeches in debates and committees.
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19 votes
Take a look at the new API by clicking the Developers link at the bottom of any page. Comments/suggestions welcome!
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16 votes
This is done. If you go to the main bills page — click Bills at the top of any page — you should see the RSS-feed logo (usually an orange radio-wave box) in your browser’s navigation bar. Click it to subscribe to a feed of new bills.
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