Facebook Application Politics in Canada by Shawn Peterson

FACEBOOK APPLICATION to raise your voice in Politics....but in Canada!!

Today on this facebook blog, we will review a new facebook application called "Politics in Canada. And because of the topic, and because I AM NOT FROM CANADA, I asked my good friend Dan from Toronto to do this review for me.

Good luck my friend, Now it's your time to shine!!!

The application called Politics in Canada was developed by Shawn Peterson Consulting, that is company focused on developing web-based applications for the political sector.





Writing as a young Canadian(YEs!! that's Dan my good friend), I could engage in intelligent discussion about hockey for hours but when it comes to politics I must confess that my knowledge is somewhat scarce.

This interesting facebook application is intended to raise awareness among people in hopes that they will get more involved in the political process, especially the young public that spends so many hours on Facebook.

So once you install this facebook app, you can choose which political party you support as well as invite your friends to do the same as a way to raise your voice and involvement. So now maybe after reading a little bit more and getting more in touch with the actual reality of the politics in Canada, you have a new topic to engage in some intelligent conversation with that cute someone you've been checking in on, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE IN CANADA - otherwise do not bring up that topic!!! LOL.

So getting back to the application, curious about which party has the most support in the Yukon or Saskatchewan? Not to worry. This facebook application allows you to see trends in support for all provinces or if you want the country as a whole.


This nifty application is quick and easy to use. It has a nice interface with guiding tabs that allows the user to easily perform all the desired actions. Unfortunately, descriptions of parties, and their policies are net yet available. These would be very helpful in helping rookie users decide which party they should consider supporting. The party tab does have links to their website and wikipedia entry and in some cases facebook-group page which is somewhat helpful.

A message board would be a good addition to the facebook application so that members could discuss and obtain even more information with regards to what is going on with politics and specific parties. Lastly it would be nice to know something about the politicians that make up the parties both regionally and nationally. As the application grows, and gathers more members, it has potential to seriously influence the way todays youth vote, and thus the outcome of future elections.

The application is an excellent idea and at the same time has a lot of room to grow and improve.

My current grade would have to be a 3.0 out of 5. A great idea for the true north strong and free that should be expanded as it grows larger and larger.

PS: This is me Daniel (not Canadian). Can somebody tell me why you did not mention at all that there is a party fighting to legalize pot!!! What's wrong with the Canadians!!!!

Thank you very vey much my Friend!!

Cheers.