Bank Accountability Campaign 1994 to 2005

Bank Accountability Campaign 1994 to 2005

Advocating for stronger, more effectively enforced accountability measures for Canada's big banks and other financial institutions

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Action Alert

Democracy Watch has produced the following documents in its Bank Accountability Campaign
(in reverse chronological order)

Please also view the Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) website. The CCRC was organized and is coordinated by Democracy Watch and its partner organization, the Democracy Education Network. The CCRC was launched in December 1996, and since then Democracy Watch has done almost all of its bank accountability work in conjunction with the CCRC.

OPINION PIECE: Better Banks Needed, Not Bigger Banks (Ottawa Citizen (September 16, 2005), Halifax Chronicle-Herald (September 18, 2005), Montreal Gazette (September 19, 2005))
OP-ED: Liberals Inaction on Three Key Issues Reveals Their Lack of Concern About Government Accountability and Corporate Responsibility (Hill Times, August 15, 2005)
OP-ED: Many Changes Needed Before Canada Will be a Democracy (Hill Times (January 10, 2005) and Toronto Star (December 29, 2004))
RADIO INTERVIEW: Duff Conacher on CBC Radio's "The Current" re: need for effective corporate regulation and creation of citizen watchdog groups in Canada (December 21, 2004 - To listen to the interview, scroll down page this link takes you to and click on "Part 3" link (you will need Real Audio software to listen to the piece) the piece starts 9 minutes 24 seconds into Part 3 of the show and runs almost to the end of the show)
RADIO PIECE: Duff Conacher on CBC Radio's "The House" Calling for More Comprehensive, Effective Regulation of Investment Industry (December 11 , 2004 -- To listen to the piece, click on the "Dec. 11" link under the heading "2004" on the page this link takes you to (you will need Real Audio software to listen to the piece) the piece starts 27 minutes 37 seconds into the show, and ends 36 minutes 22 seconds into the show)
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls on Ontario Government to Help Establish Broad-Based Investor Rights Group (August 19, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Parties Promises Not Enough to Ensure Honest, Accountable Federal Government and Responsible Corporations, Report Card on Platforms Reveals (June 25, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Calls for Investigation into Bank Merger Meeting Between Finance Department and Morgan Stanley Canada (December 5, 2000)
NEWS RELEASE: Record Bank Donations Coincide with 1997 Bank Act Review (July 6, 1998)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch criticizes lack of Access for Consumer Groups and Minister Responsible for Bank Act Changes (February 17, 1997)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch calls on Industry Committee to Question Credit Card Profit Margin (February 11, 1997)
REPORT: On the Up and Up: Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry on Credit Card Interest Rates (February 1997)
MEDIA RELEASE: Democracy Watch calls on Government to Enact Bank Accountability Measures (December 5, 1996)
MEDIA RELEASE: Democracy Watch calls on Government to Enact Bank Accountability Measures (September 26, 1996)
REPORT: Brief to the Finance Committee: on the Department of Finance's Policy Paper "1997 Review of Financial Institutions Legislation: Proposals for Changes" (September 1996)
OP-ED: Banks need to be more accountable (January 1996)
OP-ED: Ottawa should make banks reveal more (September 1995)
OP-ED: Make the Banks and Insurers Tell Us More (August 1994)
REPORT: A Capital Idea: The Case for Reinvestment Requirements Accountability Mechanisms for Financial Institutions in Canada (April 1994)