Canada in Your Pocket

Expected Release: Spring 2010

Coming soon, you will be able to have all of the members of the Canadian Parliament and their key staff right in your pocket.

CANADA will offer you all of the vital information you need to be an active and effective citizen. Canada (99¢) will offer contact, campaign and biographical information. Canada+ ($9.99) will add hard-to-find staff contact information and CanadaPro ($29.99) will keep you updated for one full year. Canadian Parliament for BlackBerry ($29.99) will keep you updated for one full year and adds access from any computer.

Search for the Senator or MP you want to contact and then call, email, or post feedback to their web forms. Visiting the Parliament Hill? Tap on any address and get directions using Google maps. Want to follow the money? Tap on campaign finance and get a list of top contributors, industries, and economic interests. Want to follow legislation? Visit the "More" section and search for the bills you want to track and see how much the each member raised for his or her most recent campaign.

The applications will include bookmarks you assign, legislation tracking, a special tab for new members of Parliament, a link to the Prime Minister's official website, a link to our Twitter feed and blog, polls on issues, user feedback, FAQ, and the ability to email us updates on members of the legislature.

Our goal is to maintain the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on Parliament. These applications are being produced in partnership with Canadians Ian Capstick of MediaLyte and Alice Funke of PunditsGuide.ca. We will also receive helpful updates from our users, which we check out to make sure they are correct.

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