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But there is still incredible un- gagement, gives tips on how to engage politicians tapped potential for using digital tools to connect effectively online, describes what to watch out for Canadians, civil society organizations, and interest (including advice for how to deal with trolls), and groups with elected representatives, and to foster suggests tools to help you get started. [...] Repeated // To get your Personal // Political staff representative’s immediate and politicians quickly notice attention, the more messages the difference between a and notifications, the better. [...] Platform-appropriate // Linked to hashtags and Different digital platforms other stakeholders // If are suited to different pur- you are shedding light on an poses, and it is important to important community issue match the platform with the kind of engage- or an overlooked subject, don’t hesitate to ment you want to foster. [...] They may wish to do more somewhere central on all of their online plat- targeted outreach, interpret online activity to forms, and to link to the platforms’ own policies. [...] Better yet, involve politicians from the beginning and ask them to take part in the deliberations, and see if they are willing to present the results to a legislative committee, minister or department head, or use them to propose a bill or private members’ statement.