The Canadian Agendas Project

The Canadian Agendas Project includes a variety of datasets that highlight how the country’s political system shapes policymaking. It started originally as way to study legislative outputs, but the project has grown well beyond its initial objects and goals to embrace a wide set of other research questions and directions. The combination of British parliamentarism with federalism, which concentrates powers in the hands of the executives, is studied through Speeches from the Throne and intergovernmental meetings data. The responsiveness of the legislative branch to public opinion is analyzed through oral questions, legislative bills, and most important question data. Finally, the project also looks at the judiciary and Supreme Court decisions and leaves for appeal.