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Re: LegisInfo: Where'd the RSS go?

Posted by Cory Horner on Jan 06, 2009; 8:18pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/LegisInfo-Where-d-the-RSS-go-tp1481p1482.html

On 6-Jan-09, at 11:53 AM, Jennifer Bell wrote:

> I remember that LegisInfo, the official site for parliamentary bills:
>
> http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E
>
> used to be covered with little orange XML buttons for RSS feeds.  
> The buttons have now disappeared, though you can still see reference  
> to them in the site help:
>
> http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&List=rss
>
> Does anyone have any information on this?  I'm annoyed as I was just  
> putting together a blog post on Canadian political APIs, and it's  
> sad that one might have gone away.
>
> I've been clicking on the site for ages, and can't find the feeds,  
> if they're still there.

The buttons are gone, but this is typical behaviour when a session  
ends and is no longer updated.

You can always craft your own url to access previous sessions:

http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/RSSFeeds.asp?parlNumber=40&session=1&chamber=C&billNumber=2&billLetter=&language=E

Cheers,
Cory.