OpenParliament (CA)
live GovernmentLegislatureCivic-tech mirror of the Parliament of Canada — Hansard debates, bills, votes, MPs, committee meetings. Keyless.
8 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
search_debates
required: query Hansard contributions.
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string — date_from opt string — date_to opt string — politician opt string — party opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
list_bills Bills.
Parameters
Name Type Description
session opt string — sponsor opt string — status opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
get_bill
required: session, number Bill detail.
Parameters
Name Type Description
session req string — number req string — Try it
Response
list_votes Recorded votes.
Parameters
Name Type Description
session opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
list_politicians Current + historic MPs.
Parameters
Name Type Description
current opt boolean — party opt string — province opt string — name opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
get_politician
required: slug Politician profile.
Parameters
Name Type Description
slug req string — Try it
Response
list_committees House committees.
Parameters
Name Type Description
session opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
list_committee_meetings Committee meetings.
Parameters
Name Type Description
committee_slug opt string — date_from opt string — date_to opt string — limit opt number — Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_debates","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_debates", {"query":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("civic-tech mirror of the parliament of canada — hansard debates, bills, votes, mps, committee meetings");