Honesty in Politics Campaign 2008

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Honesty in Politics Campaign 2008

Democracy Watch released the following documents in 2008 in its Honesty in Politics Campaign
(in reverse chronological order):

LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper's Senate and Supreme Court appointments are two of four appointment promises the Conservatives have broken, and add to their 27 other broken democratic reform promises (Canada.com and six other newspapers across Canada, and the subject of interviews on nine radio shows across Canada, December 23, 2008)
REPORT CARD: Federal Conservatives' So-Called "Federal Accountability Act" and Related Decisions Earn a "D" Grade For Only Partially Increasing Government Democracy and Accountability (December 12, 2008) -- To see Canadian Press wire article about the Report Card published by 23 media outlets across Canada, click here)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Prime Minister Stephen Harper breaks yet another democratic reform promise by appointing 18 Senators (Canoe.ca and 13 other media outlets across Canada, December 12, 2008)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Honesty-in-politics law would help ensure reasonable debate in House of Commons, and accountability for broken promises (Canoe.ca and 7 other media outlets (all publishing a SunMedia wire article), November 21, 2008)
OP-ED: Federal Conservatives broke 2006 election promise to establish independent Parliamentary Budget Officer -- actual Accountability Act needed to close accountability loopholes, strengthen independence and powers of all enforcement agencies (Hill Times, November 17, 2008)
TV COMMENTARY: Honesty-in-politics law would help stop misleading spin by politicians (It's Your Government show, IChannel, October 19, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Illegal Federal Election Shows Clear Need For Changes to Increase Turnout, and Ensure Honesty, Fairness, Ethics and Representation (October 15, 2008)
REPORT CARD: NDP Receives Best Grade in Report Card on Parties' Good Government Platforms, Greens Close Behind, Conservatives and Liberals Receive Worst Grades (October 10, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: “That's Not True!” Was Leaders' Favourite Line in Election Debates, But None of Them Commited to Ensuring Honesty in Politics (October 6, 2008)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives broke half of their 2006 election promises, especially in area of increasing government openness and accountability (CTV.ca and other media outlets across Canada (publishing Canadian Press wire article), September 28, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls For “Political Hot Air Tax” to Penalize False Promises and Statements (September 17, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Marks First International Day of Democracy -- Calls on Political Parties Across Canada to Make Democratizing Changes (September 15, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Canada Holds 40th Undemocratic Federal Election -- Canadians Will Elect Yet Another Undemocratic, Unaccountable Federal Government (September 12, 2008)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Democracy Watch calls on federal party leaders to pledge to resign if they break election promises, and to pass honesty-in-politics law (Edmonton Sun (Kerry Diotte column), September 11, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives’ False Claims About Fixed-Election-Date Law Bite Back -- Federal Election Should Not Be Held Until House of Commons Votes Against Significant Government Measure, and Until Other Key Issues are Resolved (September 5, 2006)
NEWS RELEASE: If Conservatives Had Kept Their Accountability Act Promises, Parliament Would Be Working Better, and Scandals Like the Couillard Affair Would Be Prevented -- Will All Parties Finally Work Together Now to Close Accountability Loopholes? (July 31, 2008)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Conservatives broke almost half of their government accountability and democratic reform promises -- will any federal political party take the lead on these key issues? (Globe and Mail, July 22, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Prime Minister Harper Fails to Respond to Complaint About Minister Van Loan’s Dishonesty On Group’s Position On Conservatives’ Election Spending Scheme (July 17, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls on Federal Minister Peter Van Loan To Apologize for Lying About Democracy Watch’s Position on Conservatives’ Election Spending Scheme -- Files Complaint Calling on Prime Minister Harper To Penalize Van Loan’s Blatant Dishonesty (April 25, 2008)
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Parliamentary Budget Officer lacks much-needed independence in latest of federal Conservatives' 30 broken government accountability promises (Hill Times, April 7, 2008)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives delay appointment of Parliamentary Budget Officer for 15 months to avoid accountability for dishonest federal budget statements (Hill Times, February 18, 2008 - scroll down webpage link takes you to to see the article)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives' broken promises, especially in area of government accountability, are ever-increasing (Toronto Star, February 5, 2008)
NEWS RELEASE: Global Integrity Report Ranks Canada 8th Out Of 55 Countries in World’s Most Comprehensive Assessment of Government Accountability and Integrity -- Gifts and Donations Loopholes, Secrecy, Lack of Merit-Based Appointments Process Main Weaknesses in Canada (January 30, 2008)
OP-EDs: Despite Federal Accountability Act, many of the alleged questionable actions in the Mulroney-Schreiber affair are still legal, and Preston Manning's proposals for cleaning things up have been tried and would weaken political ethics enforcement (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, CanadaEast.com website, Hill Times, Calgary Herald, December 20, 2007 to January 18, 2008)
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal Conservatives break their election promise to end secret, unethical lobbying of the federal government, and are dishonest about their actions (Canoe.ca website and 12 other media outlets (publishing Canadian Press (CP) wire article), January 4, 2008) -- To see CanWest News Service article on this same subject, click here -- To see Globe and Mail article on this same subject, click here
WEBSITE ARTICLE: More than one year after Federal Accountability Act became law, federal Conservatives fail to implement appointments and lobbying law accountability changes, and are dishonest about their failures (Toronto Star, January 1, 2008)

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