Wikipedia:WikiProject Governments of Canada

This WikiProject is about the structure of the Government of Canada. For political parties and politicians, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada.

Governments of Canada articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
FA		1	3			4
FL	2	12	3			17
GA		1	7	3		11
B	5	31	88	23	1	148
C	6	41	92	66		205
Start	1	58	818	534		1,411
Stub		7	596	624		1,227
List	1	20	185	125	1	332
Category					145	145
Disambig					6	6
File					11	11
Project					5	5
Redirect				1	231	232
Template					109	109
NA			1		3	4
Other					1	1
Assessed	15	171	1,793	1,376	513	3,868
Total	15	171	1,793	1,376	513	3,868
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 15,703			Ω = 5.22

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the Governments of Canada with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To add a page to this project, add the {{WikiProject Canada|cangov=Yes}} template to the talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the project member page.

Assessment

Here is a list of suggested ratings using immigration as an example:

• Importance
  • Top: Government of Canada
  • High: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  • Mid: Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada) ; Canada Border Services Agency
  • Low: Border Services Officer
• Excluded:
  • Monte Solberg (the current Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada). He would be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada.
  • Canada-Quebec Accord on immigration. It would be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian law.

Standardizations

Governments and Ministries

• Articles of the format 28th Canadian Ministry are about the membership of the ministry and cabinet. It should have a list of all people who were a member of the ministry at any point during it. It should also discuss any controversies about the membership list and interesting facts about the membership (for example, it had many Westerners, it had the first woman, etcetera).
• Articles of the format Premiership of Stephen Harper should be about the policies of the government and its place within Canadian history. Only split into child articles like Foreign policy of the Harper government if the one article would be too long.
• Articles of the format Stephen Harper should be mostly biographical, though clearly there will be some policy discussion.

Party colours

The colours used in tables to identify each political party are decided in accociation with WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada and are discussed here. The full colour list can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada/list of parties. Templates containing party colours can be found at {{Canadian party colour}}. To start a new line in a table with the party colour, use {{Canadian party colour|Jur|Party|row}}, where Jur is the jurisdiction (formatted in two-letter postal abbreviations). Note that all names of the historical Conservative Party and Progressive Conservative Party share the same colour, but the modern Conservative party has its own.

First ministers lists

There is a drive to make all of the lists of Canadian premiers match the format used in the list of Prime Ministers of Canada and list of Ontario Premiers. See /first ministers lists to track the progress.

Parliaments and Ministries

See /Parliaments to discuss the layout of all of the pages in the series 1st Canadian Parliament through 39th Canadian Parliament and 1st Canadian Ministry through 28th Canadian Ministry.

Canadian federal election, 2006

Some members are working to cross-reference alphabetical lists of MPs (List of Members of the Canadian House of Commons - A, List of Members of the Canadian House of Commons - B, etc.) against Canadian federal election, 2006 to ensure that all MPs elected for the first time in the current Parliament are listed; also against the various MP categories to ensure that the lists contain no redlinks to MPs who do already have articles at different titles.

Infoboxes

{{Infobox Election}} should be added to all federal, provincial and partisan territorial elections (i.e. Yukon from 1978 on). However, the template organization isn't easily adaptable to non-partisan elections such as those in NWT, Nunavut or pre-1978 Yukon. Current status is as follows:

• Federal: 1984 to present done; 1867 to 1980 still require box.
• Saskatchewan: only 2007 done.

A test page is available at User:Bearcat/Canadian elections templates, and you can also ask Bearcat for further assistance if needed.

For provincial or territorial elections, just input the province or territory name in the "country" field. This works fine with no further adjustments required.

Active members

Note: Members are also encouraged to participate in other workgroups of WikiProject Canada that might interest you.

1. AlfredRennie (talk · contribs) Interested in Asian-Canadian history, but happy to help with any historic research.
2. Arctic.gnome (talk · contribs)
3. ArmosNights (talk · contribs)
4. Bearcat (talk · contribs)
5. Genius101 Wizard (talk · contribs) Gonna try to help a bit
6. Graham11 (talk · contribs)
7. JulieSpaulding (talk · contribs) - Already updated some of the most recent district results.
8. The Fwanksta (talk · contribs) Canadian politics student, hopefully will be able to help with things here and there.
9. RoyalObserver (talk · contribs) Interested in Ontario, Toronto and Federal politics, as well as topics related to the Canadian Armed Forces. Willing to help wherever.
10. Sethpt (talk · contribs)
11. UIExpert (talk · contribs) Interested in Employment Insurance, Federal Transfer to Provinces and Equalization
12. WanukeX (talk · contribs)

Achievements

Featured articles Canadian House of Commons Canadian federal election, 1993 Parliament of Canada Senate of Canada Featured topics Canadian election timelines Good Articles to be added

Featured lists Canadian federal election results since 1867 List of Alberta general elections List of Alberta premiers List of British Columbia general elections List of Canadian federal parliaments List of Canadian Leaders of the Opposition List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada List of Manitoba general elections List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections List of Northwest Territories general elections List of New Brunswick general elections (post-Confederation) List of Nova Scotia general elections (post-Confederation) List of Ontario general elections List of Ontario premiers List of Prime Ministers of Canada List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation) List of Quebec general elections List of Quebec premiers List of Saskatchewan general elections List of Saskatchewan premiers List of Yukon general elections Timeline of Canadian elections

Resources

Main article: Bibliography of Canada

Government

• Bourinot, John George; Thomas Barnard Flint (2008), Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada (4th ed.), ISBN 9781584778813
• Coucill, Irma (2005). Canada's Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation. Pembroke Publishers. ISBN 1551381850.
• Dawson, R. MacGregor; Dawson, WF (1989). Norman Ward (ed.). Democratic Government in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802067034. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
• Edwin, Joseph; Crawford Munro (1889), The Constitution of Canada (Full text), Cambridge University Press
• Stevenson, Garth (2004). Unfulfilled union: Canadian federalism and national unity (4th ed.). McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2744-3.
• Johnson, David (2006), Thinking government: public sector management in Canada (2nd ed.), Broadview Press, ISBN 1551117797
• Hale, Geoffrey; Geoffrey E. Hale (2006), Uneasy partnership: the politics of business and government in Canada, Broadview Press, ISBN 9781551115047
• Malcolmson, Patrick; Richard Myers (2009), The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada (4th ed.), University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9781442600478
• Morton, Frederick Lee (2002), Law, politics, and the judicial process in Canada, Frederick Lee, ISBN 1552380467
• Roy, Jeffrey (2006), E-government in Canada: transformation for the digital age, University of Ottawa Press, ISBN 9780776606170
• Roy, Jeffrey (2007), Business and government in Canada, University of Ottawa Press, ISBN 9780776606583
• Stevenson, Garth (2004). Unfulfilled union: Canadian federalism and national unity (4th ed.). McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773527443.

Politics

• Bickerton, James (2009), Canadian Politics, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9781442601215
• Courtney, John C; David E. Smith (2010), The Oxford handbook of Canadian politics, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195335354
• Clément, Dominique (2009), Canada's Rights Revolution: Social Movements and Social Change, 1937-82, Univ of British Columbia Press, ISBN 9780774814805
• Hale, Geoffrey E (2002), The politics of taxation in Canada, Broadview Press, ISBN 1551113007
• Hill, Tony L (2002), Canadian politics, riding by riding, Prospect Park Press, ISBN 0972343601
• Lightbody, James (2006), City politics, Canada, Broadview Press, ISBN 1551117533
• Macdonald, Douglas (2007), Business and environmental politics in Canada, Broadview Press, ISBN 9781551112770
• Morton, Frederick Lee (2002), Law, politics, and the judicial process in Canada, Frederick Lee, ISBN 1552380467
• Newman, Stephen L (2004), Constitutional politics in Canada and the United States, State University of New York Press, ISBN 0791459373
• Patten, Steve (2006), The Chrétien legacy: politics and public policy in Canada, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0773530959
• Trimble, Linda; Jane Arscott (2008), Still Counting: Women in Politics Across Canada, Univ of Toronto Press, ISBN 9781442600546
• Wiseman, Nelson (2007), In search of Canadian political culture, niv of British Columbia Prres, ISBN 9780774813884
  • Katherine Fierlbeck, Political Thought in Canada: An Intellectual History, Broadview Press, 2006
  • Ian McKay, Rebels, Reds, Radicals: Rethinking Canada's Left History, Between the Lines, 2006

Monarchy

• Bousfield, Arthur; Toffoli, Gary (2002). Fifty Years the Queen. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-360-8.
• Bousfield, Arthur; Toffoli, Gary (1991). Royal Observations: Canadians and Royalty. Hamilton: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1550020765.
• Coates, Colin (2006). Majesty In Canada: Essays On The Role of Royalty. Hamilton: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1550025864.
• Nock, David (2006). With good intentions : Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal relations in colonial Canada. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 9780774811385.
• Vaughan, Frederick (2004). Canadian Federalist Experiment: From Defiant Monarchy to Reluctant Republic. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773525378.

Related projects

WikiProject Canada

Provinces/territories

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland & Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Canadian Territories

Communities

• Communities
  • Montreal
  • Okanagan
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver
  • SK communities

Topics

• Education in Canada
• Canada roads
• Canada streets
• Canadian sport
  • Canadian football
• Geography of Canada
• History of Canada

Politics

• Government
  • Electoral districts
  • Political parties and politicians
  • Canadian law

Entertainment

• Canadian music
• Canadian television
  • Degrassi

Tasks forces & work groups

• Canadian animation
• Canadian cinema
• Canadian comics/cartooning
• Canadian military history
• Volcanism of Canada

Notice boards

• Canada
• Quebec

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.