Hansard Watch
Free Comprehensive Database of Canadian Political Debates in Parliament - Powered by Gnowit
Hansard Watch is a freely available resource for you to carry out research on what politicians and party representatives have said about topics that you care about in the Canadian parliament.
Gnowit, Canada’s leading expert in the tracking and analysis of live parliamentary debates, bills and regulations, is providing this as a community service project to strengthen our democracy and make the parliamentary process more accessible,
The database provided covers parliamentary debates, committee discussions, and speaker-level insights easier to discover, search, and understand. It is built for policy professionals, public affairs teams, researchers, journalists, and anyone who needs fast, reliable access to parliamentary transcripts without barriers or paywalls.
Why Hansard Watch is Built as a Canadian Parliamentary Monitoring Necessity
Traditional parliamentary transcripts are published as lengthy PDFs, making it difficult to answer practical questions such as:
- Who said what about a specific policy?
- How has a minister’s position changed over time?
- Which party is actively debating a particular issue?
Hansard Watch, powered by Gnowit, was created to close this gap. It transforms official Hansard documents into a structured, searchable speaker database bringing clarity, speed, and transparency to parliamentary monitoring.
Although Gnowit’s most active power-users are Government relations firms, trade associations and the public affairs departments of corporation, we want to empower social-good focused non-profits, charities, independent researchers, journalists and concerned citizens to be more engaged politically, and HansardWatch is the vehicle we are contributing for this purpose.
Indeed, statistics show that 70% of non-profits have a mandate to lobby for their causes, but less than half have the capacity, resources or knowledge to do so. HansardWatch is essential to helping close this gap.
What is Hansard Watch and how it works - an Accessible Database to Canada’s Parliamentary Debates
Hansard Watch is a speaker-level Canadian parliamentary transcript database covering Hansards from:
- House of Commons debates
- Parliamentary committees
Whether you are a policy professional, researcher, journalist or belong to a public affairs team, you can:
- Search debates by topic or policy issue
- Filter by speaker, political party, session, or date range
- Identify trends, shifts in position, and recurring themes
- Access original Hansard documents for verification
It captures up to 10 years of parliamentary debates, attributes every statement to an individual speaker, and links each result back to the original Hansard source.
Hansard Watch is not just another transcript archive, it enables:
- Legislative monitoring without manual document review
- Faster policy monitoring and issue tracking
- Greater transparency in parliamentary debates
How Hansard Watch Enhances Your Canada Legislative Monitoring as a Policy Professional
Hansard Watch is powered by the same backend intelligence that supports Gnowit’s advanced platforms such as AI bill tracking, regulatory monitoring services, and parliamentary monitoring software.
While Hansard Watch is free and publicly accessible, serious professional who require need-to-know-first access to essential Government policy updates can benefit from Gnowit’s other flagship products, including:
- Immediate parliamentary video transcripts (rather than two weeks delays)
- Provincial monitoring
- Structed legislative bill & affected acts tracking
- Managed services for regulatory reporting and public affairs monitoring
For users who need deeper analysis, alerts, and advisory support, Gnowit provides scalable solutions beyond Hansard Watch.
Ideal choice for professionals from the following sectors:
- Government relations firm
- Public affairs professionals
- Policy analysts
- Researchers
- Media and communications teams
- Advocacy organizations and NGOs
- Journalists
- Students, and engaged citizens
Ready to Get Started? - Get Free Access to Canada’s First and Largest Hansard Archive
Hansard Watch is live and freely available, powered by Gnowit. You can create an account, explore parliamentary debates, and begin monitoring topics that matter to you, today.
Additionally, to discover how Gnowit supports even more advanced legislative and regulatory monitoring, contact us now!