The power of blogging is demonstrated by the start up www.change.org entitled the world’s platform for change. A site with over 50,00,000 people taking action by expressing their thoughts and opinions on various ideas. The site allows anyone to start a petition surrounding an issue in Canada and blog about the issue with others. This allows the petition to gather support and be recognised by authorities such as the Government of Canada.
This intriguing start up has recently proposed a petition to the Canadian Government to Incorporate Women on Canadian Bank Notes. The petition includes a history of canadian women on bills within in Canada, potential women to incorporate on bills and general ideas and thoughts on the proposal. The petition has already gathered over 25,000 supporters and provides a constructive medium for people to learn more about issues within Canada.
This is an incredible idea as it allows people across Canada to share ideas in a way that is both constructive and also can have an impact and result in real victories. This is a type of pressure group that illustrates the real opinions of the Canadian people and is an effective medium of communication between the government and canadians.