Money In Politics Campaign 2004

Money in Politics Campaign - 2004

Set out below are documents produced by Democracy Watch's Momey in Politics Campaign in 2004
(in reverse chronological order):

OP-ED: Many Changes Needed Before Canada Will be a Democracy (Hill Times (January 10, 2005) and Toronto Star (December 29, 2004))
NEWS RELEASE: Ontario Government Takes First Steps Toward Democratic Reforms, But Much More Needs to Be Done (November 18, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: New Cabinet Won't Act in Public Interest Until Honesty, Ethics, Openness, Spending and Donations Laws Strengthened (July 23, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Many Voters Won't Vote, Parties Won't Receive Majority, Until System is Fully Democratized (June 29, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Parties Promises Not Enough to Ensure Honest, Accountable Federal Government and Responsible Corporations, Report Card on Platforms Reveals (June 25, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Secret Donations to Election Candidates Still Legal, Last Year's Donors to Parties Still Secret (June 22, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Group Calls on Media to Ask Party Leaders “If You're Lying, Will You Resign or Call an Election?" and “Who Bankrolls You and Your Party?" (June 9, 2004)
OP-ED: Supreme Court Decision Democratizes Interest Group Participation in Elections by Limiting Wealthy Interests (Ottawa Citizen, May 19, 2004)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Praises Supreme Court's Third Party Advertising Limits Ruling (May 18, 2004)
COURT DECISION (Democracy Watch intervened on the winning side of the case, and the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that limits on advertising spending by non-political parties ("third parties") are constitutional): Supreme Court of Canada decision in Harper v. Canada (Attorney General) (May 18, 2004)
WEBSITE REPORT: Democracy Watch Coordinator Writes Canada Report for 2004 Global Corruption Report (March 25, 2004)
OP-ED: Politicians' Secret Bank Accounts Must Be Banned-A Recipe for Corruption (February 26, 2004)
COURT FACTUM: Democracy Watch and NAPO's Legal Arguments in Third Party Advertising Spending Limits Case (February 10, 2004)
OP-ED: Harper challenge would lead to high-priced, US-style elections (February 9, 2004)
RADIO INTERVIEW: Duff Conacher on CBC's "The Current" re: ethics of Paul Martin and Belinda Stronach as political leaders (February 5, 2004 - scroll down to heading "The Current: Part Two - Rich Politicians" on page link takes you to)
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Lobbyists That Donated to Liberal Leadership Candidates (January 30, 2004)

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