Government Ethics Campaign 2011

Government Ethics Campaign 2011

Democracy Watch released the following documents in 2011 in its Government Ethics Campaign
(newest to oldest)

WEBSITE ARTICLE: Situation with Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Nigel Wright highlights major loopholes in the Conflict of Interest Act that need to be closed (Macleans Magazine, GlobalNews.ca and 11 other media outlets across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article), August 29, 2012)
OP-ED: Nigel Wright's meetings wrong, but legal (and that is the problem) (Rabble.ca, August 29, 2012) -- To see related Rabble.ca piece, click here.
TV PIECE: Nigel Wright's meetings wrong, but legal (and that is the problem) (Global National, August 28, 2012)
TV PIECE: Senator Fairbairn's unfortunate situation impossible to stop no matter what systemic change is made (CTV News, August 28, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson ignores evidence and rules in refusing to investigate Conservative MP Paul Calandra (Globe and Mail, August 17, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: If Quebec politicians are serious about fighting corruption they must target Bill 48 and close major loopholes that allow politicians to be unethical (Montreal Gazette, August 15, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Provincial parties must make promises to close all loophopes in good government laws and follow through to earn the trust of voters and increase voter turnout (Montreal Gazette, August 14, 2012)
Canada.com re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Public has clear right to know what political staffers are doing and what power they have (August 6, 2012) To see related Canada.com piece, click here
The Epoch Times re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Public has clear right to know what political staffers are doing and what power they have (August 6, 2012) To see related Epoch Times piece, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Conservative staffer Bruce Carson not charged under Lobbying Act because of loopholes that need to be closed (The Hill Timest, August 6, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Hopefully Prime Minister Stephen Harper will sometime soon start upholding his Accountability Guide rules, given that he has ignored them so far in situations involving many of his Cabinet ministers and senior government officials. (The Hill Times, August 6, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives fail to initiate Conflict of Interest Act review by legally required deadline -- Democracy Watch leads push for review and to close huge loopholes in Act and strengthen enforcement because all parties have ignored problems for decades (The Hill Times, July 31, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Elections Canada needs new powers to clean up election system, and has an enforcement problem (The Hill Times, July 30, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Conservative Party response to Carson charges deeply hypocritical, federal ethics rules must be applied equally to all (Huffington Post, July 30, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: MP Paul Calandra's fundraising events violate Prime Minister Harper's own rules, and raise serious questions about violations of federal ethics and lobbying laws (The Hill Times, July 30, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Prime Minister's Office ignores own rules in defending Conservative MP Paul Calandara in fundraising controversy (The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffers Survey should include the ‘most ethical’ too -- and huge loopholes in federal ethics rules must be closed, and enforcement strengthened (The Hill Times, July 23, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Elections bodies should acknowledge weakness in systems, not ignore it (The Hill Times, July 23, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson ignores evidence and rules in ruling on Conservative Cabinet Minister Tony Clement (iPolitics and The Tyee, July 19, 2012)
TV PIECE: Senate Ethics Officer required to seek approval of senators prior to investigation into potential wrongdoing, must be made an independent watchdog with power to investigate and levy high fines (CBC News, June 7, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: House Committee recommends some key changes to strengthen federal Lobbying Act and enforcement system, but fails to address huge loopholes that allow secret, unethical lobbying of the federal government (May 17, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Green Party MP May re-files Democracy Watch complaint about Conservatives' unethical relations with Rahim Jaffer (iPolitics.ca, May 7, 2012) To see more information about original complaint, go to: this page
NEWS RELEASE: Albertans should not be surprised at low voter turnout in provincial election: Voting system, failure of Elections Alberta to inform voters of right to decline their ballot likely reasons for turnout (April 25, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives' Open Government Action Plan fails to fulfill Open Government Partnership (OGP) membership requirements -- fails to commit to strengthening access-to-information, ethics, lobbying, political finance, financial administration, public consultation and whistleblower protection laws and enforcement (April 17, 2012) -- To see related Canadian Press wire article, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives' Open Government Partnership Action Plan is only an open data plan, not a plan for open, ethical government (GlobalNews.ca and 18 other media outlets (all publishing Canadian Press wire article), April 12, 2012) -- To see related news release, click here
OP-ED: Fighter jet spending scandal yet another example of why good government watchdogs must disclose identity of wrongdoers and be given power to penalize them (HuffingtonPost.ca and Rabble.ca, April 4, 2012)
TV INTERVIEW: Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher on why Conservative Cabinet minister Christian Paradis should be kicked out of Cabinet, and changes needed to federal ethics rules and enforcement (CTV's Power Play show, March 27, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Ethics Commissioner's ruling that Conservative Cabinet minister Christian Paradis broke federal ethics law is a step forward, but delayed ruling and failure of Prime Minister Harper to punish Paradis are among fatal flaws in system (Canada.com, March 22, 2012) -- To see related interview with Ethics Commissioner on CBC's Power and Politics, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Alberta Conservatives break promise, so far, to pass whistleblower protection law (Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal, March 19, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lots of corporate lobbyists lobbying on federal budget, but loopholes mean secret, unethical lobbying is still legal (Canada.com and 4 other PostMedia News newspapers across Canada, March 9, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Integrity Commissioner finally finds a government employee guilty based on whistleblower report, but fails to identify the wrongdoer (CTV.ca, GlobalNews.ca, HuffingtonPost.ca and 21 other media outlets across Canada, March 8, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal whistleblower agency’s first report of wrongdoing is a small step forward -- misconduct was exposed but those responsible seem to have had a soft landing (March 8, 2012)
OP-ED: Spending scandal, and many other recent scandals, show clear need for Real Federal Accountability Act to clean up Canadian government (Hill Times, February 20, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: More than 85 secret, unethical lobbying situations possible since 2004 -- Commissioner of Lobbying must disclose secret rulings, and find wrongdoing lobbyists guilty of violating Lobbyists' Code (February 13, 2012) -- To see related CTV.ca news article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: House Committee must recommend that federal Lobbying Act and enforcement system be changed in 10 key ways to finally end secret, unethical lobbying of the federal government (February 9, 2012)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: If MPs were covered by Access to Information Act, their unethical spending on party activities would be revealed (HuffingtonPost.ca, January 30, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: Groups urge Senate to question whistleblower watchdog Mario Dion, and to end 5-year muzzling of civil society (January 30, 2012) -- To see related iPolitics.ca article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Five years after requirements became law, has Treasury Board ensured that all federal government institutions provide legally-required whistleblower protection? (January 26, 2012)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: If Auditor General had audited MPs as she should have, Duceppe situation would have been cleared up years ago (Globe and Mail, January 25, 2012; Hill Times, January 30, 2012)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives must commit to strengthening access-to-information, ethics, lobbying, political finance, financial administration, public consultation and whistleblower protection laws and enforcement to fulfill their international Open Government Partnership (OGP) membership requirements (January 17, 2012)WEBSITE ARTICLE: Senate ethics rules and enforcement are a bad joke -- weak and full of loopholes (Globe and Mail, December 31, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: New federal Integrity Commissioner misleads on CBC TV about his past statement that applying for job while in Interim Commissioner position created conflict for him (December 22, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Alberta Premier refuses to disclose details of Conservative Party payments to her -- loopholes in laws that allow for secrecy must be closed (Calgary Herald and 2 other PostMedia newspapers, December 22, 2011)
TV INTERVIEW: New Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion misleads about past statements about ethics of applying for job, and tries to excuse his very questionable record (CBC's Power and Politics show, December 21, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner finally acknowledges one huge loophole in Conflict of Interest Act and ethics rules, but still fails to acknowledge other loopholes (CBC.ca, December 21, 2011) -- To see related op-ed, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Parliament watchdogs (except Ethics Commissioner) echo Democracy Watch's call for more accountability for the watchdogs (Ottawa Citizen, December 20-21, 2011) -- To see related article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Groups silenced, former integrity officer ignored as whistleblower watchdog appointment is rammed through committee -- Groups call on opposition MPs and Conservative MPs with integrity to vote against appointment in House vote (December 14, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Groups call for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s plan to appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog (December 13, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Commissioner of Lobbying calls for power to fine illegal lobbyists, but loopholes in law need to be closed to make law effective (Globe and Mail, December 13, 2011) -- Also, to see iPolitics.ca article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Gets An "F" For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As Usual (December 12, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Huge loopholes in federal Lobbying Act mean that lobbyists continue to be let off when they lobby in secret without registering, even if they are found guilty of violating the Lobbyists' Code (Toronto Star, December 12, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: As International Anti-Corruption Day again passes by, Canadian governments continue to fail to fulfill UN Convention Against Corruption requirements and other international good government standards (December 9, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by government from transparency and accountability promises -- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure, through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee before Conservatives ram appointment through (December 8, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here -- To see related Globe and Mail article, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives break all of their international Open Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult with Canadians about their draft action plan before meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: As usual, lapdog federal Ethics Commissioner ignores ethics issues and rubberstamps Conservatives' actions as ethical (Hill Times, November 16, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Event on Parliament Hill organized by federal Conservative Cabinet ministers and involving lobbyists violates federal ethics rules and allows for secret lobbying (Hill Times, November 16, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservative Cabinet ministers Tony Clement, Peter Van Loan, Lisa Raitt and Conservative MPs and senators help private club with event, raising serious questions about ethics rule violations (Hill Times, November 15, 2011)
OP-ED: If GRIC's proposals are implemented, secret lobbying will still be legal, and even more unethical lobbying will be legal (Hill Times, November 7, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Changing voting system, requiring honesty in politics and accountability are best ways to increase voter turnout, not electronic voting (CBC.ca and three other media outlets (all publishing Canadian Press wire article), November 9, 2011) -- To see related news release, click here
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Commissioner of Lobbying finally issues rulings after 10 years of delay, but enforcement is still very weak, and lobbying law still has huge loopholes (Epoch Times, November 4, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Ten years after Democracy Watch files complaint, federal Commissioner of Lobbying finally finds former Jean Chrétien aide Réné Fugère guilty of violating federal lobbying rules, along with four other lobbyists (Globe and Mail, November 2, 2011) -- To see comment on article by Democracy Watch Founding Director Duff Conacher, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal lobbying association's proposals would leave loopholes that allow for secret lobbying, and make even more unethical lobbying legal (Hill Times, October 31, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives' bill will leave open loopholes that allow for unlimited loans, and secret unlimited donations to nomination and party leadership race candidates (Canada.com and Edmonton Journal, October 31, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives may weaken public servant ethics rules in same way Cabinet, MP and senator rules have huge loophole (Hill Times, October 17, 2011)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Huge loopholes in federal lobbying law must be closed to end secret, unethical lobbying (Hill Times, October 17, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt's 2009 fundraising event resulted in ruling that two lobbyists violated ethics rules by helping with event, now Minister Raitt again faces allegations of unethical relationship with lobbyists (Canoe.ca and 7 other SunMedia newspapers across Canada, October 14, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Taiwan admits it uses sponsored travel as way of influencing Canadian MPs (Embassy magazine, October 12, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here
RADIO INTERVIEW: Founding Director Duff Conacher on why no one should be surprised that voter turnout was lower in the Ontario provincial election (CBC Radio Toronto's Here and Now show, October 7, 2011)
OP-ED: Federal lobbying law has huge loopholes that allow for secret, unethical lobbying (Hill Times, October 3, 2011) -- To see related article in the Hill Times, click here
NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives D- best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Ontario Parties' Good Government Platforms -- Conservatives receive an E, NDP an F and Liberals an Incomplete (September 30, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: MPs' and Senators' ethics codes have huge loophole that allow them to vote on changes that affect their financial interests, must be closed (Hill Times, August 22, 2011)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson finally issues a good ruling, but still has a negligently weak record (Hill Times, July 25, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson and Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd both as toothless and weak as former disgraced Integrity Commissioner Christiane Ouimet (Globe and Mail (Lawrence Martin's column), July 19, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has failed so far to examine all conflicts of interest in federal Conservatives' Guergis-Jaffer affair, and many other questionable situations (Canada.com and Ottawa Citizen, July 15-16, 2011) -- To see related news release, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson finds former Conservative MP Helena Guergis guilty of violating federal ethics rules, but continues to fail to investigate and rule on many other cases properly (Toronto Star, July 14-15, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Loopholes and weak enforcement by federal ethics and lobbying commissioners mean former Cabinet ministers can easily break ethics rules (BCLocalNews.com and two B.C. newspapers, July 14, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: As Democracy Watch has pointed out for years, Senate ethics rules and enforcement are weak and full of loopholes that must be closed (Hill Times, July 11, 2011) -- To see related news release, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: : Democracy Watch raises serious questions about lack of enforcement of post-employment ethics rules for federal Cabinet ministers (BCLocalnews.com (Kelowna) and Vernon Morning Star, July 5, 2011)
OP-ED: Wide open system for unethical activities by former Canadian Cabinet ministers (Rabble.ca, June 30, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Saskatchewan needs a lobbying disclosure and ethics law (Saskatoon StarPhoenix, June 30, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobby and interest groups paying for overseas travel by federal MPs is unethical, and should be stopped (Epoch Times, June 29, 2011)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Inquiries laws must be changed to ensure all questionable government actions are investigated fully, fairly and impartially (Ottawa Citizen and Canada.com, June 27, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Case involving senator working abroad for Canadian company could set strong ethical government precedent (Globe and Mail, June 26-27, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson continues to try to cover up her negligently weak enforcement record (CTV.ca and 11 media outlets across Canada (all publishing CanadianPress.com article), June 16, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Three federal security agencies fail after five years to establish required whistlleblower protection systems (Globe and Mail, June 15-16, 2011)
TV INTERVIEW: Federal Conservatives' past broken promises mean many government ethics and accountability changes still needed (BNN's SqueezePlay, June 13, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Alberta Conservative Party leadership candidate Ted Morton's democratic reform proposals are too little to make provincial government democratic and accountable (Canada.com, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, May 26-27, 2011)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Canada only 14th out of 34 countries in OECD Governance rankings (TheTyee.ca, May 24, 2011, Toronto Star, May 26, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd has as weak an enforcement record as the former disgraced Integrity Commissioner -- loopholes must finally be closed and strong enforcement finally required (Hill Times, May 23, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Prime Minister Harper makes unethical move of promoting Conservative Christian Paradis in Cabinet even though Paradis is being investigated by the federal Ethics Commissioner (Toronto Star, May 20-21, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Deloitte did not fully audit Integrity Commissioner’s past cases – full audit still needed to ensure clean up of every problem case (May 17, 2011) -- To see Canada.com article, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: MPs exploit loophole in ethics rules to accept unethical gift of free travel from lobby and interest groups (CTV.ca, Globe and Mail, and 24 other media outlets across Canada (all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article), May 16-17, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson set up illegal ethics screen for Bruce Carson, and failed to enforce ethics rules properly (Epoch Times (publishing op-ed by Duff Conacher), May 13, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd admits penalizing lobbyists who violate the Lobbying Act is very rare (Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 10 Postmedia News newspapers across Canada, May 10, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: City of Montreal's system fails completely to guarantee whistleblower protection (Montreal Gazette, May 10, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Independent audit of federal Integrity Commissioner's whistleblower investigations finds at least 70 of 220 cases were not properly investigated (Straight.com, May 5, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Global Integrity Report lowers Canadian federal government's score from 80 to 75 -- Weak enforcement of Accountability Act's loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in democracy rating (May 4, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives B- best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-, Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F (April 28, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner so weak it is unlikely she will even find Bruce Carson in violation of Conflict of Interest Act (TheTyee.ca, April 28, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics Commissioner investigating former Conservative Prime Minister advisor Bruce Carson's relations with Harper government (TheTyee.ca, April 27, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Conservative Prime Minister advisor Bruce Carson likely violated federal Conflict of Interest Act, and possibly also Lobbying Act (Globe and Mail, April 23, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch calls on federal Ethics Commissioner to investigate Prime Minister Harper's spokesperson Dimitri Soudas (iPolitics.ca, April 20, 2011) -- To see related articles on iPolitics.ca, click here and on Canoe.ca, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Conservative Cabinet minister Helena Guergis (and other Conservative officials) not as innocent as she, and many others, claim (TheTyee.ca, April 19, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists who lobbied for favours from federal Conservatives now doing favour of helping them with election campaign (Halifax Chronicle Herald, March 31, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Today, House Committee must ask federal Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd 30 questions about Lobbying Act and Code loopholes, and her very weak disclosure and enforcement record (March 23, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Lobbyists gave MPs 99 unethical paid trips abroad in 2010 (Canada.com and 4 PostMedia newspapers across Canada, March 22, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and that no one will likely find he violated any laws -- Loopholes must be closed, and enforcement strengthened (March 21, 2011)
TV PIECE: Former PMO adviser Bruce Carson involved in dealings with federal government for First Nations water contracts (APTN, March 18, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Loopholes in accountability rules mean senators who violate laws can stay in the Senate (Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 18 other Postmedia/Global news outlets across Canada, March 17, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30 citizen groups calls on Auditor General to audit Integrity Commissioner's $500,000 payoff -- Auditor General should also audit entire government to expose other similar payoffs (March 14, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30 citizen groups calls for Integrity Commissioner's severance pay package to be cancelled -- Other commissioners must also be audited by committees and Auditor General (March 7, 2011) -- To see related Globe and Mail article, click here and Join the Facebook group
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Finally, opposition parties show interest in closing loophole that allows for secret, unethical corporate lobbying of federal government (Hill Times, March 7, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal lobbyists continue to play dumb by claiming they can't figure out what favours their ethics rules prohibit them from doing for politicians (Hill Times, March 7, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal lobbyists continue to play dumb by claiming they can't figure out what favours their ethics rules prohibit them from doing for politicians (Hill Times, March 7, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Ethics. Lobbying and Integrity (whistleblower protection) commissioners are all ineffective lapdogs (Vancouver Sun (Barbara Yaffe's column), March 2, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on at least 100 cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two cases in past three year -- Auditor General must audit -- Commissioner has worse disclosure record than disgraced former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
TV INTERVIEW: Dishonesty and ethics scandals of Conservative Cabinet ministers Bev Oda and Lisa Raitt raise questions whether Prime Minister Harper will enforce his own integrity standards (CBC's Power and Politics with Evan Solomon, February 17, 2011 -- the interview starts at 1 hour, 48 minute point of show, and ends at 1 hour, 54 minute mark)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Barrick Gold and Visa Canada exploit loophole by employing former Conservative Cabinet staff as lobbyists before five years has passed (Bloomberg news, February 17, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Two lobbyists violate ethics rules in helping Conservative Cabinet Minister Lisa Raitt with fundraising event (CBC.ca Inside Politics blog, February 16, 2011)
OP-ED: Loopholes and weak enforcement make Lobbying Act and Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct an ongoing joke (Hill Times, February 14, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Strong open government laws can help stop corruption, even if some secrecy will always remain (Montreal Gazette, February 5, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Tens of thousands of hits on CoffeeParty.ca movement site in first week (February 4, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch's CoffeeParty.ca movement points out flaws in Canada's democracy, and need for changes (Lawrence Martin's column, Globe and Mail, February 1, 2011)
NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28, 2011)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper misleads Canadians again -- Conservatives broke most of their democratic reform and government accountability promises (Ottawa Citizen, January 25, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Changes needed to federal law to ensure that government officials who do wrong and then resign or retire can be penalized (Hill Times, January 17, 2011)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal politicians must choose strong, competent next Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (Hill Times, January 10, 2011)

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