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MEDIA and PUBLIC APPEARANCES

1998

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.

1998 Media Appearances set out below are listed by media outlet, specific show (for TV and radio), date, and topic. When newspaper 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.

 1998 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
1998


Newsworld's Politics, CBC-TV, Tuesday, January 13: Banks' $20 million public relations campaign

Fairchild TV, Tuesday, January 13: Banks' $20 million public relations campaign

Newsworld's "Dayside", CBC-TV, Tuesday, March 17: Interact penalties for debit cards

CTV News 1, Wednesday, March 18: Government ethics and Senate appointments

CBC National News, Friday, April 17: Bank mergers

CBC National Magazine, Friday, April 17: Bank mergers

CTV National News, Friday, April 17: Bank mergers

CFMT News, Friday, April 17: Bank mergers

CTV Canada AM, Tuesday May 12: Mergers in banking and other industries

TVA (Montreal), Tuesday, June 2: Bank mergers

Friday, September 11, ISN TV newswire (for 6 o'clock news in 4 provinces), CCRC's fall campaign

Sunday, September 13, CTV National News, CCRC's fall campaign

Tuesday, September 15, CPAC, news conference on release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CBC TV Newsworld, Benmurgui Live, release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CBC TV Edmonton news, release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CTV News 1, feature interview, release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CTV National News, release of Task Force report

Wednesday, September 16, ISN wire story for 6 o'clock news, release of Task Force report

Tuesday, October 6, CBC TV Marketplace, feature piece on bank branch closures

Wednesday, October 14, ON TV News, feature on CCRC's Better Banks Not Bigger Banks campaign and event

Monday, December 14, CTV News One, Bank Mergers

Monday, December 14, Global TV News, Bank Mergers




RADIO
1998 
CBC Radio, (Winnipeg), Wednesday, January 8: Credit unions versus banks

CBC Radio, (Sudbury), Monday, January 12: Banks and service charges

CBC National Radio News, Tuesday, January 13: Banks' $20 million public relations campaign

CBC Radio, (Winnipeg), Wednesday, January 14: Banks' $20 million public relations campaign

Jane Hawtin Live, Thursday, January 22: Banks public relations campaign

Face Off, Saturday, January 24: Banks public relations campaign

AM Talk 1040, (Vancouver), Thursday, March 5: Bank mergers

CBC Radio, (Cape Breton), Wednesday, March 18: Internet site

CBC Radio, (Ottawa), Monday, March 23: Interact penalties for debit cards

QR77 Calgary, Thursday, April, 16: Bank mergers

World Today, CBC Radio, Friday, April 17: Bank mergers

CBC Radio, Nationwide, Monday, April 21: Bank mergers

AM Talk 640, (Toronto), Tuesday, April 21: Bank mergers

Roy Green Show, CHML (Hamilton), Tuesday, April 21: Bank mergers

Ontario Today, CBC Radio, Tuesday, April 21: Bank mergers

CIQC (Montreal), Wednesday, Wednesday, April 22: Bank mergers

CHED and QR77, Alberta Talk Radio, Saturday, May 9: Small business statistics and mergers

QR77 Talk Radio Calgary (Terry Moore show), Monday, June 22: Royal Bank class action lawsuit on mortgages

CJOB Radio Winnipeg, Monday June 22: Merrill Lynch takeover of Midland Walwyn

CKNW Vancouver (Rafe Mair show), Tuesday, July 7: Record bank donations to Liberal Party

CJOB Winnipeg, Tuesday, July 7: Record bank donations to Liberal Party

CIQC Montreal, Wednesday, July 7: Record bank donations to Liberal Party

CBC Radio Morning Shows in Toronto, Quebec, Sydney, Thunder Bay, Southern Ontario, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vacouver, St. John's, Friday, July 10: Credit Cards

CFAX Victoria, Monday, July 13: Record bank donations to Liberal Party

CKNW Vancouver (Rafe Mair show), Wednesday, July 29: Panel on proposed bank mergers

CKOV Kelowna Talk Radio, Friday, August 21: CCRC and banking accountability

CBC Radio Halifax, Morning Show, August 27: CCRC and banking accountability

Wednesday, September 9, CBC National Radio news, Banc OneÕs new credit card operation

Thursday, September 10, CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal), CCRCÕs Better Banks not Bigger Banks fall campaign
Thursday, September 10, CHML Talk Radio (Hamilton), CCRCÕs Better Banks not Bigger Banks fall campaign
Friday, September 11, QR77 Talk Radio (Calgary), CCRCÕs Better Banks not Bigger Banks fall campaign

Tuesday, September 15, CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg), release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CKNW News (Vancouver), release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CBC Radio (Vancouver), release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CKNW Radio, Rafe Mair show (Vancouver), release of Task Force report
Tuesday, September 15, CBC Radio (Winnipeg), release of Task Force report

Wednesday, September 16, CKNW Radio, Sterling Faux show (Vancouver), release of Task Force report
Wednesday, September 16, CFAX Radio (Victoria), release of Task Force report

Tuesday, September 22, CKEG Radio Nanaimo, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Nanaimo

Tuesday, September 22, CFAX Radio Victoria, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Victoria
Wednesday, September 23, CFUV (UVIC Radio), CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Victoria
Wednesday, September 23, CJVI-AM 900 Victoria, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Victoria

Wednesday, October 14, CHSC 1220 Radio (St. Catharines), CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign
Wednesday, October 14, AM 1470 Radio (St. Catharines), CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign

Friday, October 30, CKWL Radio Windsor, small business lending and CRA

Friday, October 30, CJFC Radio Kamloops, Liberal caucus committee report on banking issues

Wednesday, November 11, CBC Radio afternoon shows in Montreal, Sudbury, Windsor, Edmonton, Vancouver, Financial Consumer Organization proposal

Thursday, November 12, CJOB Winnipeg Radio, Financial Consumer Organization proposal

Tuesday, November 17, CBC Midday Radio (Edmonton), Better, not bigger, banks

Thursday, December 3, CHQC Radio (Kamloops), Senate Banking Committee Report

Wednesday, December 9, QR77 Radio (Alberta), Bank Mergers and committee reports

Monday, December 14, CJAD Radio (Montreal), Bank Mergers
Monday, December 14, CFRA Radio (Ottawa), Bank Mergers
Monday, December 14, CBC Radio (Montreal), Bank Mergers
Monday, December 14, CBC Radio (Vancouver), Bank Mergers Tuesday, December 15, Talk 640 Radio (Toronto), Bank Mergers



NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES
1998 
Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, January 15: Bank service charges

Toronto Sun, Thursday, January 15: Banks' public relations campaign and credit cards

Report on Business Magazine, March, Profile of Ken Dryden

The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, March 7: Nike donation to the City of Ottawa

Capital City Beat, Thursday, March 12: Bank accountability

The Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, May 7: Appointment of federal information commissioner
The Toronto Star, Wednesday, May 13: Editorial on Access to Information laws

Toronto Sun, Friday, May 29: Bank ombudsman

The Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, June 11: Appointment of John Reid as federal information commissioner
The Globe and Mail, Friday, June 12: Appointment of John Reid as federal information commissioner

The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, June 20: Royal Bank class action lawsuit on mortgages

The Toronto Star, Wednesday, June 24: Merrill merger fuels debate on Canadian bank mergers

The Toronto Sun, Wednesday, July 8: Record bank donations to Liberal Party
The Montreal Mirror, Thursday, July 9: Record bank donations to Liberal Party

Maclean's Magazine, July 27th issue: Editorial on bank mergers and bank accountability

The Toronto Star, Tuesday, August 4: Competition Bureau merger review process

The Globe and Mail, Friday, August 14: opinion/editorial on the problems of bank mergers

The Toronto Star, Sunday, August 16: Feature on Community Reinvestment Act for Canada

Wednesday, September 9, Southam wire story in The Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, and other Southam papers, Fraser Institute study of bank mergers

Saturday, September 12, Toronto Star, CCRCÕs Better Banks not Bigger Banks fall campaign

Wednesday, September 16, Winnipeg Free Press, release of Task Force report
Wednesday, September 16, New York Times, release of Task Force report

Saturday, September 19, Kamloops Daily, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Kamloops

Monday, September 21, Hill Times, Lobbyists Registration Act

Monday, September 23, Monday Magazine (Victoria), CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Victoria

Wednesday, September 23, Nanaimo Daily News, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks event and campaign in Nanaimo

Friday, September 25, Community Newspapers (Victoria area), CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks campaign in Victoria

Saturday, September 26, Ottawa Citizen, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Windsor Star, Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal, CCRC appearance before Commons Finance Committee

Saturday, September 26, Toronto Star, CCRC appearance before Commons Finance Committee

Saturday, September 26th, Ottawa Citizen: Overcharge on VISA balances

Capital City, October 1 - 7: Ontario's New Lobbyist Registration Bill

Friday, October 2, London Free Press, Foreign bank entry into Canada

Saturday, October 3, Winnipeg Free Press, Access to basic banking services story

Thursday, October 8, The Brock Press, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks campaign and event

Thursday, October 8, St. Catharines Standard, CCRC Better Banks not Bigger Banks campaign and event

Thursday, October 8, Brock University newspaper, St. Catharines Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

October 19-24, Niagara Falls Review, St. Catharines Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

Saturday, October 17, Ottawa Citizen: Federal Ethics Counsellor in Conflict of Interest

October, Toronto Star: Privacy protection legislation

Thursday, November 12, Ottawa Citizen: Senators Lack Code of Ethics

Friday, December 4, National Post (Terence Corcoran's column), Bank Mergers

Saturday, December 5, Toronto Star: First-Past-The-Post Electoral System

Thursday, December 10, Financial Post, Editorial on CCRC

Tuesday, December 15, Toronto Sun, Bank Mergers
Tuesday, December 15, Ottawa Citizen and all Southam newspapers, Bank Mergers
Tuesday, December 15, Winnipeg Free Press, Bank Mergers



II. Public Appearances


GOVERNMENT HEARINGS


1998 
Liberal Caucus Task Force on Financial Services, Wednesday, March 18: Bank accountability issues

Finance Committee, Wednesday, April 29: Tied selling by financial institutions

Industry Committee, Tuesday, May 5: Business lending by banks

Finance Committee, Friday, September 24: Better Banks Not Bigger Banks (hearing on Task Force report)

Senate Banking Committee, Thursday, October 1: Better Banks Not Bigger Banks (hearing on Task Force report)




CONFERENCES

1998 
Global Teach-in, Council of Canadians (local chapter) and others, Hamilton, Friday, February 27: Government and corporate accountability

Alternative/Non-Traditional Careers in Law, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa, Tuesday, March 3

Enhancing Ethical Management in Investments, EthicScan, Toronto, Monday, May 25: Accountability to consumers

Are You Getting More Bank for Your Buck: A Community Forum on the Proposed Bank Mergers, VanCity Community Foundation, Vancouver, Thursday, July 30

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, Kamloops, B.C., Friday, September 18

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, Prince George, B.C., Sunday, September 20

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, Vancouver, B.C., Monday, September 21

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, Nanaimo, B.C., Tuesday, September 22

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, Victoria, B.C., Wednesday, September 23

"Better Banks Not Bigger Banks" event, St. Catharines, Ontario, Wednesday, October 14

Monday, November 16, Calgary, Alberta, Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

Tuesday, November 17, Red Deer, Alberta, Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

Wednesday, November 18, Regina, Saskatchewan, Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

Thursday, November 19, Toronto, Ontario, Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event

Thursday, November 26, Ottawa, Ontario, Better Banks Not Bigger Banks event


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