Friday, June 5, 2009

alberta hansard 2.0.

The Spring session of the Alberta Legislature by the numbers:

Number of times Twitter was mentioned: 22
Number of times Facebook was mentioned: 25
Number of times Matt Mitchke was mentioned: 3
Number of times the words 'tough times' and 'tough economic times" appeared together: 95
Number of times the word 'deficit' was used: 239
Number of times the word 'accountability' was used: 326
Number of times the word 'transparency' was used: 206
Number of times 'Northumberland' was mentioned: 4
Number of times a certain former Soviet dictator was mentioned: 7
Number of times 'Stephen Harper' was mentioned: 6
Number of times the PC Caucus was described as the most 'diverse caucus' in Canada: 21

(We should all thank the wonderful people who do such a thorough job of recording Hansard each day the Assembly is in session.)
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    Which MLA's mentioned twitter and facebook? Or Stephen Harper? Duh he's federal.

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  2. davebertaJune 5, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    By my count, the two MLAs with the most Twitter and Facebook mentions were Calgary-Egmont MLA Jonothan Denis and Edmonton-Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman.

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  3. AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    I find it interesting that Northumberland was only mentioned 4 times.

    If you have the time, check out this blog post regarding Northumberland, Calder Bateman and some unecessary censorship.

    http://irisdias.blogspot.com/2009/04/not-my-alberta-blog.html

    Paul Shields

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  4. AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    Great list!

    Joseph Stalin did play an influential role in Alberta pre and post WWII when many Ukranians immigrated here. Stalin probably had a bigger influence on the face of Alberta than Stephen Harper has.

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  5. Travis ChaseJune 6, 2009 at 4:55 AM

    The phrase "Good Government" was not uttered once.

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  6. AnonymousJune 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Denis and Blakeman both seem to know that twitter has many uses, not just for positive fluffs.

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  7. Squee22June 7, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    sex got over 70 hits
    bully got over 40

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  8. Fear and Loathing in CalgaryJune 8, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    hermaphrodite got 6 hits

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  9. Scott FenwickJune 8, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    Hey Dave, you may be interested in this - the number of sitting days in provincial legislatures from 1987 to May 2009:

    http://www2.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/compilations/ProvinceTerritory/SittingDays.aspx?Language=E&Province=&Year=2009

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