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I built a searchable database that lets you explore lobbying contacts, political donations, and sponsored travel for Canadian politicians
I’ve been working on a small transparency project over the last few weeks and finally got it finished.
Basically I wanted a way to see connections between politicians, lobbying groups, donations, and sponsored travel all in one place. The information already exists publicly, but it’s spread across a bunch of different government sites and reports and isn’t very easy to explore.
So I put together a searchable database that pulls that information together.
Right now the site tracks things like:
• lobbying contacts
• political donations
• sponsored travel
• organizations connected to politicians
• transparency scores
Currently the database includes:
• 200+ politicians
• hundreds of lobbying contacts
• $500k+ in donations
• sponsored travel disclosures
All the data comes from public government sources.
Would love feedback if anyone has ideas for improvements or other datasets I could integrate.
#entertainment
I’ve been working on a small transparency project over the last few weeks and finally got it finished.
Basically I wanted a way to see connections between politicians, lobbying groups, donations, and sponsored travel all in one place. The information already exists publicly, but it’s spread across a bunch of different government sites and reports and isn’t very easy to explore.
So I put together a searchable database that pulls that information together.
Right now the site tracks things like:
• lobbying contacts
• political donations
• sponsored travel
• organizations connected to politicians
• transparency scores
Currently the database includes:
• 200+ politicians
• hundreds of lobbying contacts
• $500k+ in donations
• sponsored travel disclosures
All the data comes from public government sources.
Would love feedback if anyone has ideas for improvements or other datasets I could integrate.
#entertainment
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