Government Ethics Campaign 2005

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Government Ethics Campaign - 2005

Democracy Watch released the following documents in 2005 in its Government Ethics Campaign
(in reverse chronological order):

WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists Working For Parties and Candidates Violating Federal Ethics Rules (Toronto Star, December 28, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Political Party Leaders Practise Politics As Usual, Increasing Voter Cynicism (National Post, December 28, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives Only Party Making Comprehensive Government Accountability/Democratic Reform Pledges So Far in Election, NDP Better Than Liberals, Bloc or Greens (December 22, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE AND VIDEO: Liberal Party abuses taxpayers money by telling campaign workers to go back to work for the government during holiday week so that the Liberals do not have to pay them for the low-activity election campaign week, and PoliticsWatch.com December 12, 2005 article re: Lobbyists Helping Parties and Candidates in Federal Election Are Likely Violating Ethics Rules (December 21, 2005, CTV Newsnet ("Countdown with Mike Duffy Live" show) - Click here to read the CTV article, and on the lower right-hand side of the page this link takes you will see a link to the video of the CTV interview)
NEWS RELEASE: Unbelievable Federal Party Leaders Continue to Mislead Voters in English Debates -- Fail to Pledge "I Will Resign if I Break My Promises" and Fail to Pledge to Pass "Honesty-in-Politics" Law (December 19, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: After Missing Opportunity Last Night, Will Any Federal Pary Leader Take the Key Step Needed to Gain Voters' Trust Tonight By Pledging “I will resign if I break my promises” and Pledging to Pass an "Honesty-in-Politics" Law (December 16, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ontario Government Takes a Few, Loophole-Filled Steps Toward Democratic Reforms, But Much More Needs to be Done (December 14, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Political Parties Need to Make Honesty, Accountability Pledges to Win Trust of Voters (Edmonton Sun, December 13, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists Helping Parties and Candidates in Federal Election Are Likely Violating Ethics Rules (PoliticsWatch.com, December 12, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls on Media to Ask Federal Party Leaders “If You Break Your Promises, Will You Resign?” and Calls for Effective "Honesty-in-Politics" Law (December 1, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Past Lobbying Regulation System Failed to Catch Illegal Lobbying and System is Still Fatally Flawed -- Conservatives Propose Most Effective Clean-Up Plan (November 28, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Liberals' Pledges to Strengthen Lobbying Law Would Fail to End Secret, Unethical Lobbying (PoliticsWatch.com, November 24, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Pass Bill C-11, All Federal Parties Should Match Conservatives' Pledge to Strengthen Whistleblower Protection System After Election (November 17, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives' Proposals Need to Be Implemented to End Secretive, Unethical Lobbying (Hill Times, November 14, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Liberals Delay and Deceive on Democratic Reforms (November 10, 2005)
WEBSITE EDITORIAL: Federal Conservatives' Propose Good Plan to Clean Up Federal Government, Honesty in Politics Law One of Few Key Gaps (Montreal Gazette, November 8, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: All Canadian Governments Need Effective Whistleblower Protection Laws (CBC Radio Calgary, November 7, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Liberals' Response to Conservatives' Ethics Accountability Package is Dishonest, Hypocritical and Unethical (Globe and Mail, November 5, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' Ethics Accountability Pledges Much Better Than Other Parties, But Still Have Key Gaps (November 4, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Gomery's Second Report, Parties Now and in Election, Must Clean Up System to Prevent Future Scandals (November 3, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Paul Martin and Almost All Liberal Ministers, MPs, Staff, Appointees Responsible for Adscam -- Broke Integrity Promises, Should Not Be Trusted Now (November 2, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Adscam sponsorship program scandal is a symptom of how the government accountbaility system is the scandal (Maclean's magazine, October 31, 2005 edition)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Still Using Prime Minister's Office Service, Raising Questions of Violations of Federal Ethics Rules (Globe and Mail, October 26, 2005)
OP-ED: Federal Liberals' Lobbying Scandal is 11 Years Old (Hill Times, October 24, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Industry Minister Incorrect About Time Limit on Enforcing Lobbying Law -- Crown Prosecutors Must Test Limit By Charging Lobbyists Violating the Law, Registrar Must Enforce Lobbyists' Code of Conduct (October 18, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Lobbyists Registrar Begins Much-Delayed Investigations Into Democracy Watch's Eight Ethics Complaints (Globe and Mail, October 18, 2005 -- to see all the details about the history of Democracy Watch's ethics complaints, go to: Link to Ethics Court Cases and Ethics Complaints Summary Page)
NEWS RELEASE: Dingwall and TPC Mess Could Have Been Avoided if Former Ethics Counsellor and Lobbyist Registrar Had Done Their Jobs Properly (October 17, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: NDP's "Ethics" Package Fails to Address Many Key Ethics Gaps in Federal Government (October 15, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Registrar of Lobbyists Who Failed to Catch Former Liberal Cabinet Minister David Dingwall's Lobbying Violations is Now Senior Advisor to Ethics Commissioner For MPs (Canadian Press (CP) wire story on Canoe.ca website, October 14, 2005)
OP-ED: Lobbying Laws Endanger the Public - Allow for Secret, Unethical Lobbying (Globe and Mail, October 12, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists Who Become MPs Should Be Banned from Having Power Over Their Lobbying Issues for Two Years (Ottawa Citizen, October 12, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Industry Minister Admits Democracy Watch is Correct, Lobbyist Regulation System is Completely Ineffective (Ottawa Citizen, October 11, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Files Court Challenge of Federal Ethics Commissioner, Registrar of Lobbyists (September 29, 2005) -- (Ethics Court Case 2005 Application (September 20, 2005))
WEBSITE EDITORIAL: Democracy Watch Should Be Celebrated by Canadians (Vancouver Province, September 11, 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)
NEWS RELEASE: Prime Minister Shouldn't Add to Unethical Senate, Switching MPs Should Resign Their Seats (August 9, 2005)
OP-ED: Bill C-15 Passes, But Federal Lobbyists Registration Act Still Has Loopholes, Enforcement Still Lacks Independence (Hill Times, July 4, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against for Ethics Commissioner, Calls for Resignation (Globe and Mail.com, July 29, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Files Ethics Complaint Against Ethics Commissioner, Calls for Resignation (June 29, 2005)
RADIO PIECE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro Lacks Expertise, and is Biased Against Fulfilling His Legal Duties Properly (June 25, 2005 - To listen to the piece, scroll down on the page this link takes you to and click on the link to the June 25, 2005 show -- the piece starts 12 minutes, 40 seconds into the show, and ends 20 minutes, 50 seconds into the show)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Bill C-11 Needs to Be Strengthened or It Won't Protect Whistleblowers Effectively (CTV National News, June 24, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Grilled at Illegal Committee Hearing (National Post, June 24, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ethics Commissioner Again Ignores Rules in Grewal Ruling, Testifies at Illegal House Committee Hearing (June 23, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Admits Mistakes in Investigation into Sgro Affair (940 News Radio Montreal (based on CP wire story), June 23, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch's Research and Advocacy Leads Opposition Parties to Call for Ethics Commissioner's Resignation (Maclean's magazine (based on CP wire story), June 22, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ethics Commissioner Ruling on Sgro Affair Biased, Flawed -- Avoids Many Key Issues (June 21, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch's Research and Advocacy Leads Opposition Parties to Call for Ethics Commissioner's Resignation (National Post (based on CP wire story), June 18, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ethics Commissioner Must Rule on PMO Staffer, Fails To Fulfill Legal Duties By Refusing To Do So (June 7, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Rule On Deal Making by Prime Minister, MPs and PMO Staffer (May 20, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ethics Commissioner Process Biased, Flawed -- Impartial Inquiry Needed into Sgro Affair (May 10, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch Calls for Investigations of Everyone Connected to Sponsorship Scandal (Moncton Times & Transcript, May 6, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Will Parties Work Together to Clean-Up the Federal Government? (April 28, 2005)
OP-ED: Federal Ethics Commissioner Continues Completely Ineffective Enforcement of Cabinet Ethics Rules (Hill Times, April 25, 2005)
OP-EDS, COMMENTARY, NEWS RELEASE, INTERVIEW, COLUMN: Democracy Watch on the Gomery Commission Inquiry and Reforms Needed to Clean-Up the Federal Governmen t (April 7-May 2, 2005)
RADIO COMMENTARY: Duff Conacher's "Commentary" on the Need to Close All Loopholes in the Federal Government's Political Donations, Ethics and Spending Systems (CBC Radio, April 7, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Prime Minister Paul Martin Sells Access to Himself for $5,000 Per Person at Liberal Party Fundraising House Party (Globe and Mail, March 31, 2005)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Enforcer of Lobbyists Code of Conduct Still Lacks Needed Independence and Resources (Hill Times, March 28, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Undemocratic, Unethical Appointments to Undemocratic, Unethical Senate (March 24, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Ontario Government's Proposed Political Donation Changes Too Little, Too Late (March 9, 2005)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls on PM to Clean Up His Undemocratic, Unethical So-called "Free" Vote System (February 28, 2005)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Bill C-11 Not Strong Enough to Ensure Protection of Whistleblowers (Hour.ca magazine, February 3, 2005)

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