Gomery Commission's Second Report
Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their
Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (Democracy Watch news release,
February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February
2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click
here
Overview
of Gomery Commission's 2nd Report (by staff of the Library of Parliament)
Conservatives' pledge to close most
loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some
key loopholes (Democracy Watch op-ed published in the Winnipeg Free
Press, January 28, 2006) -- To see also the article in the Hill
Times (January 30, 2006), which quotes part of the opinion piece, click
here
Federal Conservative Party Has Best
Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not
Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps.
. . (Democracy Watch's FEderal Election 2006 Report Card on the Government
Accountability Platforms, January 18, 2006) -- See also WEBSITE ARTICLE
on CTV.ca's website about this news release by clicking
here and WEBSITE ARTICLE on Canoe.ca website about this news release
by clicking
here
Conservatives' Ethics Accountability
Pledges Much Better Than Other Parties, But Still Have Key Gaps (Democracy
Watch news release, November 4, 2005)
Gomery's Second Report, Parties Now
and in Election, Must Clean Up System to Prevent Future Scandals (Democracy
Watch news release, November 3, 2005)
Paul Martin and Almost All Liberal
Ministers, MPs, Staff, Appointees Responsible for Adscam -- Broke Integrity
Promises, Should Not Be Trusted Now (Democracy Watch news release,
November 2, 2005)
Federal
Adscam sponsorship program scandal is a symptom of how the government accountbaility
system is the scandal (Maclean's magazine article, October 31,
2005 edition)
Federal Liberals' Lobbying Scandal
is 11 Years Old (Democracy Watch op-ed published in the Hill Times,
October 24, 2005)
NDP's "Ethics" Package Fails to Address
Many Key Ethics Gaps in Federal Government (Democracy Watch news release,
October 15, 2005)
Will Parties Work Together to Clean-Up
the Federal Government? (Democracy Watch news release, April 28, 2005)
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher's "The System is the Scandal" Op-Ed on Reaction to the Gomery
Commission (published in the Toronto Star on April 14, 2005,
the Calgary Herald on April 17, 2005, and the Moncton Times Transcript
on April 27, 2005)
In TV Appearances, Prime Minister
and Opposition Party Leaders Try to Mislead Canadians (Letter-to-the-editor,Hill
Times, May 2, 2005)
Federal Ethics Commissioner Continues
Completely Ineffective Enforcement of Cabinet Ethics Rules (Op-ed published
in the Hill Times, April 25, 2005)
Enforcer of Lobbyists Code of
Conduct Still Lacks Needed Independence and Resources (Letter-to-the-editor,Hill
Times, March 28, 2005)
Democracy
Watch Needs Support in its Push to Clean-up the Federal Government
(Toronto Star (Linda McQuaig column) April 17, 2005)
Democracy
Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher's "Commentary" on CBC Radio (April
7, 2005 - Link takes you to CBC webpage where you can either read the Commentary
piece or listen to it using Real Audio computer program)
Democracy
Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher interviewed on Radio Canada International
(April 12, 2005 - Link takes you to Radio Canada International (RCI) webpage
where you will see news piece entitled "Politics and Corruption" -- at
the bottom of the page you will see links to listen to, or download,
the news piece with Windows Media Player computer program)
Duff
Conacher, Coordonnateur du Démocratie en surveillance, sur Radio
Canada International (12 avril 2005 - Il y a un lien d'Internet sur
ce page web RCI pour entendre l'émission avec le programme machine
"Windows Media Player")
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