Participation is completely non partisan and voluntary.
Jason Diceman brought the UK Publicwhip project to our attention. David Mason configured and adapted the source code and is providing hosting. Stefan W wrote Python scripts to parse the Canadian Web data into XML, which through a final transformation is compatible with the UK XML.
A number of other people, including designers, programmers, usability people, content experts, have also stepped forward and will participate when the site is further developed.