Party Leaders on YouTube from April 6 to April 13, 2007

Highlights of last week

Olivia Chow’s Pet Project Takes Off, Green Party Candidate Raises the Bar, Quebec Political Videos Push Satire

• Olivia Chow’s own YouTube Video, uploaded in concert with a press release supporting her call for pet food regulation, topped the most viewed videos of the week. The video was viewed just over 1500 times last week after media reported the video on April 6.
• The Green Party candidate in Peterborough released some of the most polished campaign style videos this week. The videos – highlighted on the party website -- provide early indications of the party’s communication and campaign strategy. Unlike the other national parties, the Greens are highlighting blog content on their website in order to communicate a more grassroots style campaign. The Greens are the only party that restricts information flow from their official website (via the popular RSS web format) to selected “Green” bloggers. Total viewers for “Elizabeth May” tagged videos, however, remain much lower than the other federal leaders.
• The Prime Minster’s speech at Vimy Ridge topped his videos on YouTube this past week (998 views).
• Liberal video-bloggers continue to post critical videos of Harper. The most recent video to crack the top five ranking received 570 views for the last week. Find the video here.
• Gilles Duceppe tagged videos continue to provoke the most laughs of all YouTube political videos in Canada. A Quebec blogger’s long, relatively dry interview, was recently re-edited into a Monty Python inspired treatment of Ducceppe.

Party Leaders on YouTube from April 6 to April 13, 2007

Stephen Harper

Stephane Dion

Gilles Duceppe

Jack Layton

Elizabeth May