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Government
Ethics
Campaign
2010
Democracy
Watch
released
the following documents in 2010 in
its Government Ethics Campaign
(newest
to
oldest)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Three
federal
government
ethics
watchdogs
acting
like
lapdogs (Globe
and Mail, December 28, 2010)
- 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)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Conservatives
appoint
new,
interim
whistleblower
protection
commissioner
to
review
backlog
of
complaints
not
reviewed
properly
by
former
commissioner (Globe and
Mail, December 14, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: As
International Anti-Corruption Day Passes By, Canadian Governments
Continue to Fail to Fulfill UN
Convention Against Corruption Requirements and Other
International Standards -- Federal
Conservatives
Have
Still
Not
Responded
to
May
2010
Oliphant
Commission
Report
Recommendations
(December 9, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Tobacco
companies
lobbied
in
secretive,
successful
campaign
to
stop
new
health
warning
label
requirements
on
packages (CBC.ca, December 9, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Confirms
Conflict
of Interest Act Does Not Apply to 99% of Decisions and Actions
of Cabinet Ministers, Their Staff and Appointees (December 3, 2010)
-- To see Canadian Press article at Ipolitics.ca, click
here
- 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)
- OP-ED: Nigel
Wright's PMO position only possible because of huge loophole in federal
ethics rules (TheMarkNews.com, November 5, 2010, rabble.ca,
November 9, 2010, and Hill Times,
November
15,
2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics
Commissioner must investigate MPs who broke rules by renting Ottawa
housing from their relatives (Halifax
Chronicle
Herald, November 3, 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)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
program
that
brings
business
executives
into
government
full
of
conflicts
of
interest (CBC.ca, October 22, 2010) -- To see related
CBC.ca article, click
here, and to hear related piece on CBC Radio's "The House" click
here (piece begins at 16 min. mark, and ends at 26 min. mark)
- NEWS RELEASE: MPs
Have Cause to Fire Federal Ethics Commissioner (October 15, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Citizen
advocacy
group
on
broadcasting
issues
not
registered
as
federal
lobbyist,
raising
questions
about
enforcement
of
Lobbying
Act (Canoe.ca and 6
Sunmedia newspapers across Canada, October 13, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Upcoming
appointment of Onex Corporation executive Nigel Wright as Prime
Minister's Chief of Staff raises serious questions concerning
compliance with federal ethics rules (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)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Conservatives' Changes
Will Not End Secret, Unethical Lobbying (Hill Times, September 27, 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: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd Continues Error-Filled and
Negligent Record of Her Predecessors (Hill Times, September 20, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE and TV PIECE: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments (CBC.ca and CBC TV's The
National, September 8, 2010 and also September
9, 2010) -- To see
details, click here and click here
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
(CTV.ca and 25 other media outlets (all publishing CanadianPress.com
wire article), September 7, 2010) -- To
see details, click here
- 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: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules
allow
MPs
and
Senators
to
keep
active
business
and
financial
interests (Canada.com and National
Post "Full Comment" blog,
July 14, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
will
investigate
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
action
in
relation
to
former
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer --
Commissioner should be investigating many other Conservative government
representatives (CTV.ca and 16 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing a CanadianPress.com wire article), July 6, 2010)
- OP-ED: Parliament
has problems, but not the problems many commentators claim it has (Hill
Times, July 5, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Conservatives continue patronage and crony appointments, and to break
promise to establish Public Appointments Commission (Hill Times, July 5, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Loopholes
in
federal
ethics
rules
allow
MPs
to
have
other
jobs
and
businesses,
and
to
lobby
for
them (CTV.ca and 36 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article, July 5, 2010) --
To see a related news
release, click here
- 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)
- 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)
- NEWS RELEASE: Dangerously
Unethical
Loopholes
in
MP
Ethics
Rules
Mean
They
Can
Lobby
For
Themselves,
Family
Members
and
Anyone
They
Choose (June 14, 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: New
Brunswick
Liberals
again
promise,
and
Conservatives
promise
for
first
time,
to
require
disclosure
of
provincial
lobbying (New
Brunswick Telegraph-Journal,
May 27, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Would
Challenge
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner's
Error-Filled
Ruling
on
Lisa
Raitt
Fundraiser
in
Court,
But
Such
Court
Challenges
are
Illegal
--
Group Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws (May 17, 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)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Liberal and Conservative
proposed changes won't make secret, unethical lobbying illegal (Hill Times, May 17, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Liberal and Conservative
proposed changes won't make secret, unethical lobbying illegal (Hill Times, May 10, 2010)
- NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Files
Complaints
With
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
About
Possible
Preferential
Treatment
of
Rahim
Jaffer
by
Conservative
Government
Representatives (May 6, 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
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: MPs grill
federal Ethics Commissioner about Helena Guergis affair (Halifax Chronicle Herald, April 23,
2010)
- RADIO INTERVIEW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
points
out
loopholes
and
flaws
in
federal
ethics
and
lobbying
rules
and
enforcement
system
highlighted
by
the
Helena
Guergis/Rahim
Jaffer
situation,
some
of
which
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
admits
exist (CBC Radio's The Current
(Part 1), April 15, 2010) -- To see related
Democracy
Watch
news
release, click
here, and to see related
CBC.ca article, click
here
- NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight
How
Federal
Ethics
and
Lobbying
Commissioners
Continue
to
Fail
to
Enforce
Laws
Effectively
--
Commons committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson creates secret process to hide Cabinet
ministers' conflicts of interest, raising questions about compliance
with the Conflict of Interest Act
(Halifax Chronicle Herald,
April 13, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Loopholes
allow
for
secret,
unethical
federal
lobbying,
mainly
by
corporations
(StraightGoods.ca, April 13, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson and federal
Conservative Cabinet Minister Gail Shea fail to ensure declaration of
recusal is in Shea's public file to alert public to conflict of interest
(Halifax Chronicle Herald,
April 12, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former
federal
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer
faces
allegations
of
influence-peddling,
failing
to
register
as
a
lobbyist,
allegations
he
denies (Globe and Mail,
April 9, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: New
Brunswick
coalition
switches
from
opposing
NB
Power
sale
deal
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms (Fredericton
Daily
Gleaner, April 9, 2010)
- TV NEWS PIECE: Former
Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer and his spouse, Conservative Cabinet
minister Helena Guergis, face allegations of improper activities,
allegations they deny (CBC TV's The National, April 8, 2010)
- TV INTERVIEW: Democracy
Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher on allegations concerning former
Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer and his spouse, Conservative Cabinet
minister Helena Guergis (CBC News Network's Power and Politics
show, April 8, 2010 -- Interview begins at 11-minute mark and ends at
17-minute mark of the show)
- NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner
of
Lobbying
Fails
in
Past
Year
to
Rule
on
Five
Longstanding
Ethics
Complaints
-
Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010) -- To see
Canoe.ca article about the release, click
here
- 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: At
protest
of
New
Brunswickers
against
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
company,
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
as
keynote
speaker
raises
questions
about
ethics
of
deal,
and
urges
voters
to
push
for
key
democratic
reforms
to
stop
similar
future
bad
government
decisions (CBC.ca, March 20, 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: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
the
ethics
of
lobbying
federal
Canadian
politicians
and Part
2 of the Interview (Duff Conacher speaks at the 4:35 minute mark of
Part 2) and Part 3 of the
Interview (Duff Conacher speaks from the 2:35 minute mark to the
5:35 minute mark of Part 3) (StraightGoods.ca, February 24, 2010)
- 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: 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
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
protects
Cabinet
ministers
with
flawed
ethics
ruling,
this
time
approving
of
them
handing
out
government
cheques
labelled
with
Conservative
Party
logo
(Canada.com and 5 CanWest News Service newspapers across Canada,
January 14, 2010)
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