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• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

• Canada Gazette

  "The Canada Gazette is the "official newspaper" of the Government of Canada. It has been published regularly by the Queen's Printer since 1841. In it are published new statutes and regulations, proposed regulations, decisions of administrative boards and an assortment of government notices. Private sector notices which are required by statute to be published so as to inform to the public also appear in the Canada Gazette."

   

   

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Canada

• Elections Canada

Site of the organization in charge of the control of the elections and the referendums in Canada.

• Government of Canada - Principal Web Site

• Political parties of Canada

  • Bloc Quebecois

  • Conservative Party

  • Liberal Party

  • New Democratic Party

• Affaires municipales et regions (Ministère) - Québec

• Directeur Général des Elections du Québec

Information about the elections and about the role of the Directeur Général.

• Government of Quebec - Official Web Site

• National Assembly of Quebec

• QuebecPolitique.com

Political system of Quebec, the parties, compilations of data on the polls, the referendums and a selection of articles on the discussed political stakes.

• Relations Internationales (Ministère) - Québec

 The Web site includes the map of Quebec abroad as well as the management of the ministry for the international relations.

• Amnesty International Canada

Official Web Site

• Central Intelligence Agency / The World Factbook

Country profiles, flags of the world and interesting lists of data. The online Factbook is updated periodically throughout the year.

• Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation

"The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick is the largest academic centre in Europe dealing with this subject area. CSGR research provides a venue for new thinking on the relationship between the global and regional dimensions of political economy around, and hopefully ahead of, the contemporary policy debate."

• Country Reports

• Courrier International

  Summary of the principal daily newspapers of the week. The site includes the contents of current issue as well as a selection of articles.

   

• Economist.com

  The free version includes a summary of the current issue as well as a selection of articles. Economist.com is the premier online source for the analysis of world business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology, as well as overviews of cultural trends and regular industry, business and country surveys.

   

• FIRST

"Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The integrated database system contains clearly documented information from research institutes around the world."

• Le Monde Diplomatique

Whereas the English version online is paying, the French version gives a free access to the articles of this monthly periodic recognized in the field of the actuality and social sciences. Search available by country, date or subject.

• National Parliaments in the world

Directory created by Washington University in St. Louis. It gathers the Web sites of National Parliaments all around the world.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Official Web Site

• Political Risk Services Group - Country Reports

"The PRS Group provides Country Reports for 100 countries. Each report expertly assesses potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. PRS' Country Reports are the only source for risk forecasts and analysis based on the Political Risk" The information must be purchased but a free example of current sample report is available online.

• United Nations

Official Web Site

• U.S. Department of State - Background notes

Authoritative pamphlets about various countries and territories.

• The World Bank - Countries & Regions

Search by regions or countries. For each country or region, different topics are cover (anticorruption, avian flu...) and a country brief is presented. If the country has a Development Plan or a World Bank Strategy, it's available.