I surfed my way over to the online version of the Atlas of Canada site today to check out the 40th General Election Reference Map. I wanted to know whose riding the Quebec town of Dolbeau-Mistassini is in. Tracking what riding is getting what money is an important datapoint for my own #ottawaspends database and, this morning, Denis Lebel, the minister responsible for federal economic development agency for Quebec, had just announced a $500,000 grant to pay for a feasibility study to see if the area could attract an aluminum smelter. Turns out that's Lebel's own riding.
But the Atlas of Canada, normally as an authoritative reference work as you can get, has Lebel's riding of Roberval-Lac Saint Jean coloured Bloc Quebecois-blue. And, when you click on the map for more information, you get the pop-up box (left) which also puts Lebel over on Gilles Duceppe's side of the House.
I have alerted the authorities at the Atlas' Web site and confident Lebel will shortly be back on the government benches.