| tag | name | description | pop | last used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #cdnpoli | Generic Canadian Politics | 7628 | 18 minutes ago | |
| #roft | Right Of Twitter | A discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially. | 3222 | 18 minutes ago |
| #lpc | Liberal Party of Canada | 1256 | 49 minutes ago | |
| #canpoli | Canadian Politics | Same purpose as #cdnpoli, generic or non-partisan political Twitter | 890 | 3 hours ago |
| #ndp | NDP | New Democratic Party of Canada discussion, mostly federal but also used by provincial NDP'ers | 831 | Aug 09 1:52 am |
| #gpc | Green Party of Canada | general Green party discussions | 406 | 2 hours ago |
| #hoc | House of Commons | Canada's House of Commons. Twits about Question Period, debates, bills introduced -- anything going in the lower chamber. | 369 | 8 hours ago |
| #cdnleft | Canadian Political Left | Canadian progressive discussion on twitter. In response to #roft this is "Left of Twitter". | 173 | 13 hours ago |
| #cpac | Cable Public Affairs Channel | discuss programming on Canada's CPAC TV channel | 152 | 1 hour ago |
| #ottawaspends | Economic Stimulus Plan | The federal government's spending announcements, spending plans, spending intentions. Started up by David Akin to track any announcements of federal spending and trends. | 73 | Wed 12:11 pm |
| #changecamp | ChangeCamp | discuss participatory governance in a web-enabled world | 64 | Thu 8:16 pm |
| #can150 | Canada 150 | From March 26-28, some of Canada's leading thinkers and doers will meet in Montreal to grapple with the big issues facing our country | 61 | 2 hours ago |
| #fairvote | Electoral Reform | catch all for electoral reform, strategic voting, vote swapping etc | 40 | 13 hours ago |
| #pmharper | PMHarper | A collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject. | 39 | 18 minutes ago |
| #elxn41 | 41st General Election | Discuss the next Canadian federal election, whenever it might be. This tag is for discussion related to nominations, financing, and election information. | 31 | 4 hours ago |
| #prorogue | Harper's Proroguing of the parliament | 20 | Thu 5:46 pm | |
| #layton | Jack Layton | tweets about the new democrats leader | 14 | 9 hours ago |
| #rcmp | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 14 | 5 hours ago | |
| #listeria | Listeriosis crisis | 14 | Thu 7:12 am | |
| #ctvpp | CTV's Power Play with Tom Clark | discussion of the topics of the day on CTV's political show "Power Play" hosted by Tom Clark | 13 | 8 hours ago |
| #ignatieff | Michael Ignatieff | tweets about the liberal leader | 4 | Wed 6:31 pm |
| #oli | Oliphant Commission | Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. | 4 | 17 hours ago |
| #pttory | Canadian Conservatives | 3 | Mon 2:27 pm | |
| #CBCPolitics | CBC Politics | 3 | 8 hours ago | |
| #CINDU | Committee on Industry | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). | 2 | |
| #tousensemble | Tous Ensemble | Used by Federal Liberals Mostly "All Together" | 2 | Mar 13 9:33 am |
| #ppoc | Pirate Party of Canada | 2 | Tue 4:02 am | |
| #van09 | Liberal Convention 2009 | tweets about the Liberal Biennial Convention 2009 in Vancouver | 1 | Jan 13 7:57 pm |
| #ptlib | Canadian Liberals | 1 | Mar 03 4:22 pm | |
| #ptndp | Canadian New Democrats | 1 | Wed 9:48 pm | |
| #ptgreen | Canadian Greens | 1 | Jan 27 8:02 am | |
| #ptbloc | Canadian Bloc Quebecois | 1 | Dec 15 9:56 am | |
| #harperfacts | Harper "Facts" | Facts about Harper, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. | 1 | Jul 30 9:50 pm |
| #Iggyfacts | Ignatieff "Facts" | Facts about Michael Ignatieff, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. | 1 | Jul 28 11:07 am |
| #hfx09 | New Democrat Federal Convention | NDP 2009 Convention in Halifax | 1 | Nov 03 2:03 pm |
| #libcaucus | Liberal Caucus Retreat | The summer caucus retreat begins this Monday, August 31, and continues until Wednesday, September 2, in Sudbury, Ontario. | 1 | Oct 27 12:00 pm |
| #cdnsen | Canadian Senate | discuss topics related to the Canadian senate | 1 | Mon 9:42 am |
| #byelxn | By-election Twitter | discuss federal By-elections, By-election and candidate news | 1 | Nov 20 5:54 am |
| #CBCQotD | CBC Question of the Day | CBC Power & Politics: Question of the Day by political blogger Kady O'Malley | 1 | Tue 2:54 pm |
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| tag | name | description |
|---|---|---|
| #canevents | Canadian National Events |
