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MEDIA and PUBLIC APPEARANCES

1994

Democracy Watch's campaigns have received national TV, radio, or newspaper coverage at least once a month (and usually more than once a month) since it launched its first campaign in April 1994.

1994 Media Appearances set out below are listed by media outlet, specific show (for TV and radio), date, and topic. When newspaper and magazine stories have the same subject description and appear in several papers on the same date, it means that all of the newspapers listed ran versions of the same wire story.

 1994 Public Appearances set out below Media Appearances are grouped under Government Hearings or Conferences, with the
host, date and topic listed for each appearance.

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I. Media Appearances

TELEVISION
1994 
Radio Canada's "Le Point", Thursday, February 17: Lobbying

CBC Newsworld's "This Country", Wednesday, May 11: Federal Government Polling Guidelines

CFM-TV Channel 47 (Toronto), Wednesday, May 18: Banks and Small Business

Radio Canada's "Le Point", Wednesday, June 15: Lobbying

CBC Newsworld's "This Country", Thursday, June 16: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CBC Prime Time News, Thursday, June 16: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CTV National News, Thursday, June 16: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CTV's Canada AM, Friday, June 17: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CTV's "Question Period", Sunday, June 19: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CBC Newsworld's "On the Line", Sunday, August 28: Collapse of Confederation Life

CBC Newsworld's "Capital Report", Tuesday, September 27: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CPAC, Sunday, October 23: Broadcast of Testimony before Sub-committee on Bill C-43

CTV National News, Thursday, October 27: Heritage Minister Michel Dupuy Affair


RADIO

1993 
CBOF Bonjour (Ottawa), Wednesday, October 6: Report Card on Party Platforms

1994 
CBC National News, Wednesday, May 11: Federal Government Polling Guidelines

CFRB Toronto, Wednesday, May 18: Banks and Small Business

CBC National News, Thursday, June 16: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CKCU (Ottawa), Friday, June 24: Feature on Democracy Watch

CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa), Thursday, July 7: Federal Government's Ethics Package

CBC's "The House", Saturday, August 27: Collapse of Confederation Life

CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa), Thursday, September 14: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CBC Morning Radio (Ottawa), Wednesday, September 28: Collapse of Confederation Life

CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa), Thursday, October 20: Banks and Small Business

CBC Morning Radio (Ottawa), Friday, October 21: Financial Consumer Association

CBC's "The House", Saturday, November 5: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CBC Maritime Noon (Halifax), Thursday, December 8: Financial Consumer Association

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES
1993 
Fulcrum (University of Ottawa), October 21: Report Card on Party Platforms

Charlatan (Carleton University), October 21: Report Card on Party Platforms

1994 
Ottawa Sun, Friday, February 11: Donations to Liberals by Tobacco Companies
Lobby Monitor, February 21: Donations to Liberals by Tobacco Companies

Lobby Digest and Public Affairs Monthly, February: Citizen Utility Boards (CUBs)
Hill Times, Thursday, March 24: Citizen Utility Boards (CUBs)

This Magazine, April-May: Donations to Liberals by Tobacco Companies

Globe and Mail, Tuesday, May 10: Release of A Capital Idea
Financial Post, Tuesday, May 10: Release of A Capital Idea

Globe and Mail, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines
Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines
La Presse, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines
Montreal Gazette, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines
London Free Press, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines
Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, May 12: Federal Government Polling Guidelines

Globe and Mail, Wednesday, May 18: Banks and Small Business

Hill Times, Thursday, June 9: Mentioned in column on re-engineering Parliament

Globe and Mail, Friday, June 17: Federal Government's Ethics Package
Financial Post, Friday, June 17: Federal Government's Ethics Package
La Presse, Friday, June 17: Federal Government's Ethics Package

Globe and Mail, Thursday, June 23: Banks and Small Business

Hill Times, Thursday, June 30: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest

Social Planning Council News (Toronto), July 1994: Banks and Small Business

Globe and Mail, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest
Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest
Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest
Montreal Gazette, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest
Calgary Herald, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest
Le Devoir, Tuesday, July 5: Senator Mario Beaulieu and Conflict of Interest

Hill Times, Thursday, July 7: Feature on Democracy Watch

Vancouver Sun, Barbara Yaffe's column, Thursday, July 14: Senator Mario Beaulieu

Windsor Star, Barbara Yaffe's column, Wednesday, July 20: Senator Mario Beaulieu

Edmonton Journal, Barbara Yaffe's column, Saturday, July 23: Senator Mario Beaulieu

Business Connections magazine, Summer 1994: Feature on Democracy Watch

Business Connections magazine, Summer 1994: Banks and Small Business

Montreal Gazette, Thursday, August 18: New Lobbyists Association
Calgary Herald, Thursday, August 18: New Lobbyists Association

Hill Times, Thursday, August 11: Mentioned in column on Lobbying (Bill C-43)

Globe and Mail, Tuesday, August 23: Op-ed on Financial Institutions

Economic Reform, September 1994: Excerpt from Globe and Mail Op-ed on Banks (Aug. 23, 1994)

NOW Magazine (Toronto), September 8-14: Feature on Democracy Watch

Making Waves (CCE Publication), Autumn 1994: Community Reinvestment Coalition

Business Connections magazine, Fall 1994: Banks and Small Business

Radical Chameleon (Ottawa), Autumn 1994: Op-ed on Financial Institutions

Hill Times, Thursday, October 20: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

Montreal Gazette, Thursday, October 27: Heritage Minister Michel Dupuy Affair

Hamilton Spectator, Wednesday, November 9: Op-ed on Dupuy Affair (for Southam News)

Montreal Mirror, November 10-16: Community Reinvestment by Banks

Globe and Mail, Thursday, November 10: Letter to ed on Government Ethics

Toronto Star, November 17: Op-ed on Corporate Crime

Ottawa Citizen, November 21: Op-ed on Dupuy Affair (for Southam News)

Montreal Gazette, Tuesday, December 13: Banks and Small Business
Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, December 13: Banks and Small Business

Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Tuesday, December 13: Banks and Small Business

Montreal Mirror, December 15-21, 1994: Financial Consumer Association

Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, December 17: Financial Consumer Association

Maclean's magazine, December 26: Banks and Electronic Money

II. Public Appearances

GOVERNMENT HEARINGS
1994

Liberal Ontario Caucus Task Force on Small Business, Wednesday, May 18: Banks and Small Business

Sub-committee on Bill C-43, Thursday, October 20: Testimony on Bill C-43 (Lobbying Law)


CONFERENCES

1994 
Council of Canadians, Wednesday, May 18: Panel on Democratic Reform in Canada

St. Lawrence Centre Forum, Wednesday, June 22: Panel on Banks and Small Business

Council of Canadians AGM, Saturday, October 16: Workshop on Corporate Accountability

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