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Open Government Campaign 2010
Democracy
Watch
released
the following documents in 2010 in
its Open Government Campaign
(newest to oldest)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Accountability
and
Democratic
Reform
Record
Gets
An
"F"
For
Breaking
Many
Promises
and
Practising
Politics
As
Usual
--
Another,
Stronger
Accountability
Act
Needed
To
Close
100
Remaining
Loopholes
and
Flaws
(December 17, 2010)
- TESTIMONY: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
loopholes
in
federal
good
government
laws
highlighted
by
West
Block
contracting
scandal (November 16,
2010 - NOTE: testimony starts at point 0955 of transcript and continues
through questions)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
good
government
watchdog
commissioners
lack
key
powers,
but
also
failing
to
do
their
jobs
properly
in
many
cases (Maclean's
magazine online, November
15, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists
use
science
of
influence
to
get
their
way
with
federal
MPs
and
senators
(Canada.com and 20 other Global TV and PostMedia outlets across Canada,
November 8, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed (Canada.com and
13 other CanWest News newspapers across Canada (including also
GlobalTV.ca), October 28, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed (CTV.ca and
680News.com (both publishing Canadian Press wire article), October 28,
2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of
More
Than
30
Groups
Calls
For
Stronger
Federal
Whistleblower
Protection
and
Stronger
Integrity
Commissioner (October 27, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Resignation
of
Cabinet
staffperson
and
Information
Commissioner's
investigation
only
symbols
of
how
federal
Conservatives
have
broken
their
open
government
promises (Hill Times,
October
11,
2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Whistleblower
Protection
System
Must
Be
Strengthened
To
Be
Effective
--
Similar
Changes
Needed
Across
Canada (October 7, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Lobbyists Have Nothing to Complain
About, and Federal Conservatives' Changes Will Not End Secret,
Unethical Lobbying (Hill Times,
October
4,
2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Increase
Disclosure
and
Ethics
Requirements,
But
Secret
and
Unethical
Lobbying
Will
Still
Be
Legal
Until
Other
Huge
Loopholes
Are
Closed
-- Similar Changes Needed Across Canada
(September 24, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Many changes needed to clean up Quebec
politics (Montreal Gazette,
National Post
and Canada.com, August 27, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
Changes
Will
Increase
Disclosure
and
Ethics
Requirements,
But
Secret
and
Unethical
Lobbying
Will
Still
Be
Legal
Until
Other
Huge
Loopholes
Are
Closed (August 5, 2010)
- RADIO PHONE-IN SHOW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
the
loopholes
and
flaws
in
Canada's
democracy (CBC Maritime Noon phone-in show (starts 20 min. into
show), July 15, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: New
Brunswick
Conservatives
promise
dozens
of
democratic
reforms,
but
details
needed (New Brunswick
Telegraph Journal, June 26, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption of governments will
continue to be easy (June 23, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General should not have compromised -- is legally required to audit
expenses of MPs
(and Senators) (Hill Times,
June
21,
2010)
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Federal
Conservatives broke their 2006 election promises on open government,
but opposition parties also to blame for ongoing government secrecy
(Globe and Mail, June 19,
2010, Hill Times, June 28,
2010)
- OP-ED: Oliphant
Commission and recent scandals show clear need for another Federal
Accountability Act (Rabble.ca, June 16, 2010, Hill Times, June 21, 2010,
TheMarkNews.com, June 23, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Auditor
General
should
not
compromise
--
is
legally
required
to
audit
all
public
money
spent
by
MPs/House
and
Senators/Senate (Toronto
Star, June 16, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant
Recommends
Closing
Only
4
of
More
Than
20
Loopholes
in
Ethics
Rules
For
Cabinet
Ministers
and
Senior
Government
Officials,
and
Correcting
14
of
More
Than
20
Flaws
in
Ethics
Enforcement
System
--
Commission
ignores
many
loopholes
that
allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical actions by others in
federal politics (May 31,
2010)
-- NOTE: Covered by 45 media outlets across Canada
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: MPs'
attendance
records
in
Parliament
kept
secret,
violating
the
public's
right
to
know
whether
they
are
doing
their
job (Canoe.ca and 7
other SunMedia newspapers across Canada, May 24, 2010)
- RADIO PHONE-IN SHOW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
the
loopholes
and
flaws
in
Canada's
democracy (CBC Maritime Noon phone-in show (starts 15 min. into
show), May 17, 2010)
- OP-ED: Weak ethics
rules and enforcement undermine everyone in Canadian politics (Hill Times, May 3, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy
Watch
highlights
loopholes
in
federal
laws
and
enforcement
that
continue
to
allow
for
secret,
unethical
lobbying
and
advising
by
former
politicians
and
government
officials (Hill
Times, April 26, 2010)
- PODCAST INTERVIEW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
interviewed
about
Democracy
Watch's
history
of
success (This Magazine,
April
26,
2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy
Watch
points
out
loopholes
in
federal
lobbying
disclosure
law
revealed
by
Rahim
Jaffer
affair (CTV.ca and 10 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article), April 23, 2010) --
To see related news
release, click here
- PODCAST INTERVIEW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
interviewed
on
flaws
and
loopholes
in
federal
government's
access-to-information
system (Full Comment
podcast, National Post, April
16, 2010)
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Federal
Conservatives broke their 2006 election promises on open government,
but opposition parties also to blame for ongoing government secrecy
(Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun and Vancouver Sun, April 15-17, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: New
Brunswick
coalition
switches
from
opposing
NB
Power
sale
deal
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms (Fredericton
Daily
Gleaner, April 9, 2010)
- NEW RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Applauds
Opposition
Parties
Actions
on
Disclosure
of
Afghan
Detainee
Documents,
Prorogation
and
MP
Mailings,
But
More
Effective
Measures
Needed (March 22, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: At
protest of thousands against NB Power deal on Saturday, Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher calls the deal a violation of key democratic
government principles (Saint John
Telegraph Journal, March 22, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
urges
New
Brunswickers
to
go
from
protesting
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
on
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
similar
bad
government
decisions (Fredericton
Daily
Gleaner, May 20,
2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees (CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog), March 5, 2010) -- To
see related National Post
blog posting, click
here
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
former
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees (CanadianPress.com wire article
also published by 23 other media outlets across Canada, March 5, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government
Far
From
Owning
the
Podium
on
Democracy
and
Government
Accountability -- Drops to 11th in Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
- YouTUBE VIDEO: Duff Conacher on how
to resolve the dispute over the disclosure of all documents about
Afghan detainees (StraightGoods.ca, March 1, 2010) -- To see related website article, click
here
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Conservative
Minister
of
Democratic
Reform
refuses
to
make
his
briefing
book
public (Winnipeg Free Press,
Canada.com
and
11
CanWest
News
Service
newspapers
across
Canada,
February
13,
2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on
Federal
Conservatives
and
Opposition
MPs
to
Refer
Afghan
Detainee
Document
and
Committee
Testimony
Disclosure
Issues
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
for
Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To
see related article in Le
Devoir (in French), click
here
- RADIO PIECE: Examination
of
the
federal
Conservatives'
democratic
reform
and
accountability
record
featuring
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher (CBC
Radio's The Current Part 3, February 4, 2010 or click here)
--
To see Democracy
Watch's
Report Card
on the Conservatives' record, click
here
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Ontario
judges
hold
unjustifiably
secret
training
session
on
trial
management
issues (Toronto Star,
February 4, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: As
Democracy
Watch
has
detailed
in
many
reports
over
the
past
16
years,
no
ruling
party,
nor
Parliament
overall,
has
done
enough
to
reduce
the
federal
government's
democratic
deficit (Lawrence Martin's column, Globe and Mail, January 28, 2010)
-- To see some of Democracy
Watch's recent reports, click
here
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