LibGuides: POLI 458/533 The Environmental Politics of Chains and Networks: Governments

Government of Canada

Government of Canada Official Website
Official website of the Government of Canada. Links to the Prime Minister's office, federal departments, agencies and services.
Completed Access to Information requests (Canada)
Legislative Summaries / Library of Parliament
Legislative summaries prepared by the Library of Parliament Research Branch. Discuss proposed legislation in current and historical context. This site includes 1997 to 2003, for current summaries see LEGISINFO.

CANLII Current, up to date, authoritative source of Canadian cases, statutes and regulations, from the federal governemnt of Canada , the provinces and territories. Browse by federal, provincial, or territorial.
LEGISinfo LEGISinfo is an essential research tool for finding information on legislation before Canadian Parliament. This tool provides electronic access to a wide range of information about each bill. LEGISinfo is a collaborative effort of the Senate, the House of Commons and the Library of Parliament.
Canadian Public Policy Collection Primary research and opinion publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.
GALLOP (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal) Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOPP), maintained by The Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC), provides access to full text and/or citations to electronic legislative and government publications held in libraries of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada.

Internet Archive Way Back Machine
Browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter
National Energy Board
Transport Canada
Air, Marine, Rail, and Road safety in Canada.

Government of BC

GALLOP (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal) Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOPP), maintained by The Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC), provides access to full text and/or citations to electronic legislative and government publications held in libraries of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada.

Government of Brtish Columbia Official Website
Official website of the Government of British Columbia. Links to the Premier's office, ministry's, , agencies and services.
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
START at "Documents and Proceedings". Hansard (Debates), Votes and Proceedings, Bills, and Legislative committee business for British Columbia Legislative Assembly from the 35th Parliament, 1st session (1992) to the present. Print holdings from 1858 to the present held in the Main Library.
Government of British Columbia Open Information Catalogue
Includes FOI requests released.
Legislative Library of British Columbia Catalogue
The core collection consists of political science, parliamentary procedure, law, public administration, economics and Canadian history. There is also a significant collection of British Columbia government publications and extensive holdings of Canadian federal and provincial publications.
B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range Library Catalogue
Technical information for the Ministry of Forests and Range and the Ministry of the Environment.

Online books and government documents

Canadian Health Research Collection This is a collection of monograph publications from Canadian research institutes, government agencies and university centres working in the area of health and medical research.
Canadian Public Policy Collection Primary research and opinion publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.
Canadian Reference Centre Provides full text for leading Canadian magazines, newspapers and newswires. In addition, this database provides full text for leading Canadian reference books including Canadian Global Almanac, Canadian Oxford Dictionary - 2nd edition, Gage Canadian Thesaurus, and many more.
Canadian Research Index Indexes publications and research literature issued by all levels of government in Canada, as well as publications of institutions receiving research grants.
Government of Canada Publications The access point to locate publications authored by Government of Canada departments. These publications encompass both print and electronic documents. The database includes over 275,000 titles , of which (130,000 are freely accessible epublications. The catalogue lists newly published and previously published works. Find annual reports, commissions of inquiry, regulatory information, policy papers and statistics.
Canadian Government Information PLN Web Archive
A permanent web archive of Government of Canada websites and of publications listed in the Government of Canada Publications Catalogue. Two collections: Government of Canada Publications and
Government of Canada Websites
Government of Canada Web Archive
Government of Canada Web Archive Contains Canadian content
Library and Archives Canada began to harvest the web domain of the Federal Government of Canada starting in December 2005. As resources permit, this harvesting activity will be undertaken on a semi-annual basis. The website data which is harvested is stored in the Government of Canada Web Archive (GC WA). Client access to the content of the GC WA is provided through searching by keyword, by department name, and by URL

Library of Parliament (Canada) Research Publications
The Library of Parliament offers a wide range of research publications that provide analysis to parliamentarians, parliamentary committees and parliamentary associations on current and emerging key issues, legislation and major public policy topics. The publications provide non-partisan, reliable and timely information on subjects that are relevant to parliamentary and constituency work. Source: website
Statistics Canada Analytical Studies Statistics Canada is a world leader in research and published studies and research papers covering a wide range of topics dedicated to helping Canadians know more about their social, commercial, financial and economic situation.

Budgets

Federal Budget 2016
1968 - 2016.
BC Budgets
Budget documents from 1995 to the present.
Service Plans from 2002, Annual Service Plan Reports from 2001.Also in print, McPherson Library call number HJ13 B5
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Estimates are intended spending, authorized in the Legislative Assembly. Spending is sorted by "ministry votes" i.e. votes by program area. Each vote is debated independently in the Legislative Assembly, and so linked to Hansard.
Public Accounts are Actual spending,
IMF Commodity Prices
International Monetary Fund

GDF Online: Global Development Finance Focuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies (data from Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases). Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2013, for most reporting countries, and pipeline data for scheduled debt service payments on existing commitments to 2022.

Use also the sources listed under International Government Organizations

Statistics

Who eats what : identifying international food consumption trends. by Euromonitor International
Call Number: McPherson Library Reference HD9000.4 W46
ISBN: 9781842645390
Publication Date: 2011
2011 edition

United Nations Statistical Database Database of the United Nations Statistics Division. Includes statistics about economics, demographics, environment & energy, gender, and more.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNctadStat) The United Nations' focal point for the integrated treatment of trade and development and the interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. UNCTAD compiles, validates and processes a wide range of data collected from national and international sources. Most of the time series cover long periods, with some dating back to 1948, for almost all economies of the world.
United Nations Comtrade The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries or areas. It concerns annual trade data from 1962 to the most recent year. UN Comtrade is considered the most comprehensive trade database available with more than 1 billion records.

POLI 458/533 The Environmental Politics of Chains and Networks

First Nations

The World

Government of Canada

Government of BC

Online books and government documents

Budgets

Statistics