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2006
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Democracy Watch's campaigns have received national TV, radio, or newspaper media coverage at least once each month (and on average 10 times each month), and regional and local media coverage on average 15 times each month, since Democracy Watch launched its first campaign in April 1994.

A list of links are set out below to media and public appearances from 2006.  If you want to hear selected Democracy Watch radio interviews and speeches from past years, please click on the following link:
Selected Democracy Watch Radio Interview and Speeches

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Quotations by Media and Others About Democracy Watch



The list of 2006 Media Appearances and Public Appearances set out below are in reverse chronological order.

2006 Media Appearances set out below are listed by
TV
Radio
and Newspapers, Magazines and Web Media
outlet, date of appearance, and topic, and for TV and radio the specific show.
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.

 2006 Public Appearances set out below Media Appearances are grouped under Government Hearings or Conferences, with the host, date and topic listed for each appearance.



I. 2006 Media Appearances
in reverse chronological order
TV
Radio
Newspapers, Magazines and Web Media


619 media appearances in 2006 (including 166 national appearances)

TELEVISION
2006
-- 69 TV appearances so far in 2006 (including 55 national TV appearances)

December 12 - CTV Newsnet re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 7 - CBC TV's "The National" re: Canada's big banks charge excessive fees for services, fees not charged in the U.S. by some subsidiaries of Canada's banks, and also not charged in England

December 7 - CBC TV's "Canada Now" (6:30 pm news show) re: Canada's big banks charge excessive fees for services, fees not charged in the U.S. by some subsidiaries of Canada's banks, and also not charged in England

November 13 - CHEX-TV (Barrie, Ontario and region - interview by phone) news re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CTV National News re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CBC TV's "The National" re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CITY-TV news (Toronto) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - A-Channel news (Ottawa and across Canada) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CPAC's "Prime Time Politics" show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Global TV "First National" news show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - ROB-TV's "Squeeze Play" show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CBC Newsworld's "News Today" show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CTV Newsnet (live interview with Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CTV Newsnet (broadcasting Democracy Watch's news conference) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 2 - CBC TV's "The National" (piece used Democracy Watch's research extensively) re: U.S. federal laws allow for unlimited spending in elections, and result in the best government money can buy, while Canada limits spending to about $2.00 per voter in each riding

November 1 - CBC Newsworld (Commentary on Canada Now's evening show by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher (same Commentary as aired on October 31) re: Federal Conservative government fails to keep election promises on strengthening access-to-information law, and government departments continue to use delays and excessive search fees to deny public access to government information -- To see details about the CBC story, click here

October 31 - I-Channel ("At Issue" show of Toronto based digital channel) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

October 31 - CBC Newsworld (Commentary on Canada Now's evening show by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Federal Conservative government fails to keep election promises on strengthening access-to-information law, and government departments continue to use delays and excessive search fees to deny public access to government information -- To see details about the CBC story, click here

October 6 - CTV Canada AM re: Canadian government's High Commission in England funds event with $100,000 contract going to boyfriend of High Commission staffperson -- To see the video, click on the "Canada AM" video link on the webpage this link takes you to

October 5 - CTV National News, October 5, 2006 re: Canadian government's High Commission in England funds event with $100,000 contract going to boyfriend of High Commission staffperson -- To see the video, click on the "CTV News" video link on the webpage this link takes you to

October 3 - TV Ontario ("The Agenda" with Steve Paikin) re: Corruption and scandal in politics -- can it be cleaned up? (To see information on the show, click here)

September 28 - CPAC (broadcast of Senate committee hearing) re: Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill C-2 (the "Federal Accountability Act") -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

September 15 - Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network (APTN) re: need for independent auditing of every government in Canada, including aboriginal governments

June 14 - CTV Newsnet (feature interview) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Protect Cabinet Ministers by Breaking Promise to Close Loophole That Allows Ministers to Address Issues That Affect Their Business Interests -- Opposition Parties Not Focused on Correcting Many Major Flaws in Bill C-2, the "Federal Accountability Act" (June 13, 2006)

May 30 - CPAC (broadcast of news conference) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)

May 15 - CTV Newsnet re: protest on Parliament Hill about David Emerson violating the fundamental rights of voters in his riding by switching after the federal election from the Liberals to the Conservatives, and how Emerson's action is a symptom of how the system is the scandal

May 15 - CBC Newsworld News re: protest on Parliament Hill about David Emerson violating the fundamental rights of voters in his riding by switching after the federal election from the Liberals to the Conservatives, and how Emerson's action is a symptom of how the system is the scandal

April 13 - CHTV (Southwestern Ontario station "@ 5:30" talk show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC TV's "The National" (feature piece) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) -- especially re: open government issues

April 11 - CTV Newsnet re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - Radio Canada News (National French TV news) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - A-Channel News (Ottawa) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - Global TV "First National" News re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC Newsworld National News re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 9 - CPAC ("Talk Politics" with Ken Rockburn show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 4 - CBC TV's "Canada Now" show (Ottawa) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 4 - CPAC (special federal Parliament Throne Speech show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 4 - CBC Newsworld ("Morning" show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 3 - CPAC ("Prime Time Politics" show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

March 20 - CBC Newsworld National News re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 20 - A-Channel (stations across Ontario) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 20 - CITY-TV (Vancouver) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints
March 20 - CITY-TV (Toronto) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 15 - CTV Newsnet re: former federal Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski charged for criminal fraud and breach of trust

March 15 - CBC-TV Edmonton news re: federal government's negligence in regulating banks has allowed banks to close down dozens of bank branches in low-income neighbourhoods across Canada, helping predatory lending/cheque-cashing companies set up in those neighbourhoods and gouge people with low incomes with excessively high fees and interest rates

March 14 - CPAC re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 10 - CBC TV Newsworld news re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see the CBC website story and TV news video, click here

March 7 - Global TV National News re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro (whom Democracy Watch has challenged in court for bias -- To see details about the court challenge, click here) will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 6 - CTV National News re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro (whom Democracy Watch has challenged in court for bias -- To see details about the court challenge, click here) will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CTV Newsnet (news) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs' complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment(Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CTV Newsnet ("Mike Duffy Live" show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 1 - Global TV news (New Brunswick) re: Conservative Party of New Brunswick pays New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord a pay bonus each year, and has given pay bonuses to other Conservative MPs, a recipe for corruption because the bonuses could easily be hidden in the financial statements of the Party and could be linked to donations from specific donors to the party

February 20 - CTV Newsnet (feature evening interview) re: Democracy Watch believes opposition party leaders should have a veto over appointments of judges and other law-enforcement officials, in contrast to new Prime Minister Stephen Harper's proposal to have a committee of MPs review the Prime Minister's nominees to the Supreme Court of Canada (with no power to approve or reject any nominee), and to appoint key government accountability watchdogs through a secret ballot vote of MPs -- See, for details, Democracy Watch's February 28, 2006 news release: Appointments to Law Enforcement Positions Should Have Approval of All Party Leaders -- . . .

February 13 - Radio Canada (news at 6 pm) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable (February 6, 2006)

February 7 - CBC TV News (Ottawa - News @ 6pm show) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable (February 6, 2006)

February 7 - City-TV News (Vancouver) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable (February 6, 2006)

February 7 - CTV Newsnet (feature morning interview) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable (February 6, 2006)

February 6 - CBC TV National News (feature piece by Leslie MacKinnon) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable (February 6, 2006)

February 2 - CHTV @ 5:30 (Hamilton, Ontario and surrounding area) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CTV NewsNet (evening feature interview) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CPAC re: Democracy Watch's news conference Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CJOH TV (Ottawa CTV outlet, noon-hour news show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

January 27 - CTV National News re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th

January 27 - CTV Newsnet ("Mike Duffy Live" show) re: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and what all the federal parties in the new Parliament must now do to clean up the federal government

January 24 - CBC Newsworld's Canada Now show re: what federal politicians have to do to restore voter trust in the federal government -- For details, see Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher's op-ed The System is the Scandal (April 14, 2005)

January 18 - CPAC ("PrimeTime Politics" show, phone-in segment) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - CTV Newsnet (evening feature interview) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) -- See also article on CTV.ca's website about Democracy Watch's Report Card and Democracy Watch's January 16, 2006 news release by clicking here

January 16 - CTV Newsnet re: Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006) -- See also article on CTV.ca's website about this news release by clicking here

January 12 - Global TV National News re: B.C. Conservative federal election candidate hid that he is charged with violating customs law, going to trial in February

January 11 - CTV National News re: B.C. Conservative federal election candidate hid that he is charged with violating customs law, going to trial in February (On webpage this link takes you to, click on link on lower right-hand side to see the video)




RADIO
2006
-- 162 radio appearances so far in 2006 (including 11 national radio appearances)

December 29 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Rutherford show") re: CCRC's news release: Federal Conservatives Fail in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and Responsible Lending and Investing, and Also Fail to Ensure Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public Interest

December 28 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "The World Tonight" show) about letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: Media Helps Prime Minister Mislead Canadians on so-called "Federal Accountability Act" (December 21, 2006)

December 22 - The New 940 (Montreal) about letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: Media Helps Prime Minister Mislead Canadians on so-called "Federal Accountability Act" (December 21, 2006)

December 20 - CHUO Radio (University of Ottawa radio station) re: CCRC's news release: Federal Conservatives Fail in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and Responsible Lending and Investing, and Also Fail to Ensure Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public Interest

December 20 - CFOS News Talk Radio (Owen Sound, Ontario - morning show) re: Many Ontario Politicians on Unethical Gravy Train -- Propose To Raise Their Own Pay, But Not To Limit Donations, To Strengthen Ethics Rules, Or To Strengthen Democracy (December 19, 2006)

December 17 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "The Sean Leslie show") re: CCRC's news release: Federal Conservatives Fail in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and Responsible Lending and Investing, and Also Fail to Ensure Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public Interest and Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 14 - New 940 AM (Montreal - "The Last Angry Man" evening show) re: CCRC's news release: Federal Conservatives Fail in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and Responsible Lending and Investing, and Also Fail to Ensure Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public Interest - To listen to the interview, click here

December 13 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show)  re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006) and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Senate reform proposal

December 13 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006) and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Senate reform proposal

December 12 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight show") re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 11 - News Talk Radio (Saskatchewan) re: Canada's big banks charge excessive fees for services, fees not charged in the U.S. by some subsidiaries of Canada's banks, and also not charged in England

December 9 - CFRB 1010 Talk Radio (Toronto) re: Canada's big banks charge excessive fees for services, fees not charged in the U.S. by some subsidiaries of Canada's banks, and also not charged in England

December 8 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal) "Jim Duff on the Road" show: International Day Against Corruption Passing By -- Federal Government Has Still Not Ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption, Nor Included Key Measures in Bill C-2 and Bill C-25 Needed to Combat Government Corruption in Canada

December 7 - CFUV (Victoria, B.C.) re: overview of Democracy Watch's work

December 5 - CBC Radio (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) re: over-spending by members of provincial legislature the usual scandal caused by lack of strong enforcement and penalties for abuse of public's money

November 23 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa) "Lunch Bunch" show re: Motion in federal Parliament concerning recognizing Quebecois as a "nation" and Democracy Watch's news release: Liberal-Controlled Senate Strengthens Bill C-2 (The So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 Key Ways That the House of Commons Should Approve, and Weakens It In 4 Key Ways, 3 of Which Should Be Rejected

November 14 - QR77 Talk Radio (Calgary) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts and Democracy Watch's news release: Liberal-Controlled Senate Strengthens Bill C-2 (The So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 Key Ways That the House of Commons Should Approve, and Weakens It In 4 Key Ways, 3 of Which Should Be Rejected

November 13 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa) "Michael Harris" show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 13 - CKNW Talk Radio (B.C. to Ontario) "Bill Good" show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 13 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal) early morning show re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CBC Radio's "All in a Day" show (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - CBC Radio News (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 9 - VOCM Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) re: Telecommunications companies donate large amounts to Newfoundland and Labrador Conservatives, raising ethical questions about approval of new provincial communications line

November 9 - CBC Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) morning news show re: Telecommunications companies donate large amounts to Newfoundland and Labrador Conservatives, raising ethical questions about approval of new provincial communications line

October 31 - CBC Radio's "World Report" re: Federal Conservative government fails to keep election promises on strengthening access-to-information law, and government departments continue to use delays and excessive search fees to deny public access to government information -- To see details about the CBC story, click here

October 25 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - The Morning News with Sterling Fox) re: proposed federal Bill C-31 that changes elections law to require voters to prove their identity and address before they can vote in federal elections, to prevent voter fraud

October 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: federal politics changes in the past year and specifically re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

August 17 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - Nightline B.C. show with guest host Michael Smith) re: federal Department of Public Works scandal concerning review of government spending on products and services

July 19 - CBC Radio News (Alberta) re: Conservative Premier Ralph Klein violates preamble and spirit of Alberta's provincial conflict of interest law by selling access to himself at a charity auction

July 18 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - Nightline B.C. show with guest host Bill Tieleman) re: failure of federal Conservatives to keep promise to end patronage appointments, and Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Protect Cabinet Ministers by Breaking Promise to Close Loophole That Allows Ministers to Address Issues That Affect Their Business Interests -- Opposition Parties Not Focused on Correcting Many Major Flaws in Bill C-2, the "Federal Accountability Act" (June 13, 2006)

July 13 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - based on Canadian Press wire story) re: Assembly of First Nations has hired Chief Phil Fontaine's partner several times for legal services

July 13 - CBC Radio News (New Brunswick) re: Questions raised about Federal Conservative Veteran Affairs Minister spending $18,000 on 5 charter jet flights since February 2006

June 21 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006) and Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Protect Cabinet Ministers by Breaking Promise to Close Loophole That Allows Ministers to Address Issues That Affect Their Business Interests -- Opposition Parties Not Focused on Correcting Many Major Flaws in Bill C-2, the "Federal Accountability Act" (June 13, 2006)

May 31 - CKCU Radio (Ottawa) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)

May 30 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)

May 30 - News 88.9 Saint John, 91.9 Moncton, and 95.7 Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)

May 25 - CFRB (Toronto - the "Jim Richards show") re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 3 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - the "Lunch Bunch" show) re: proposed new federal budget and the proposed "Federal Accountability Act" (Bill C-2)

April 27 - CBC Radio News (Moncton) re: Prime Minister Harper fails to practise what he preaches -- attends high cost fundraiser for New Brunswick Conservative Party (Click on link to see Canadaeast.com article about this issue -- To see the CBC website article about this issue, click here)

April 25 - CBC Radio news (Edmonton) re: federal Conservatives intend to let predatory lenders off the hook, will leave it to provinces to regulate gouging second-tier financial service companies

April 23 - 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - "The Last Angry Man" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 19 - CFOS News Talk Radio (Owen Sound, Ontario - morning show) re: accountability and access-to-information issues raised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's moves to control the government's message by doing things such as holding federal Cabinet meetings in secret and Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 18 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo - "Jeff Allan show") re: accountability and access-to-information issues raised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's moves to control the government's message by doing things such as holding federal Cabinet meetings in secret and Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - News 88.9 Saint John, 91.9 Moncton, and 95.7 Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario - "Michael Harris" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - CBC Radio ("Radio Noon" Ontario-wide show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight show") re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - New 940 (Montreal -- after 6 pm show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CKLW Radio (Windsor -- drive home 4-6 show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC Radio News ("The World at 5" show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC Radio (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario "All in a Day" 4-6 pm show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC Radio (Vancouver -- noon hour show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Rutherford show") re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - New 940 (Montreal -- "Deskline" morning show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - CBC Radio shows across Canada re: Federal Conservatives pledged measures may end secret lobbying if designed properly -- if not, citizen groups will still be outmatched by corporate lobbyists making secret deals with Cabinet ministers -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 3 - CBC Radio's "The World at 6" re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

April 3 - CBC Radio's "The World at 8 am" re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006)

March 29 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris' afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) and WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former Conservative staff people become lobbyists, violating spirit of election promises (Globe and Mail, March 29, 2006)

March 21 - New 940 AM (Montreal - afternoon show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints) -- To see Canadian Press wire story about this issue, click here

March 21 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 21 - New 940 AM (Montreal - morning show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints) -- To see Canadian Press wire story about this issue, click here

March 21 - CJBK Talk Radio (London, Ontario - morning show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 20 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "The World Today" show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 20 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg - "Today So Far" show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 20 - CFRB 1010 Talk Radio (Toronto - "John Moore" afternoon show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints

March 17 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Rutherford show") re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "Nightline B.C. with Michael Smith" show) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - CBC Radio (Alberta - Wild Rose Forum phone-in show) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - Radio Canada news re: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - CIBL Radio (Montreal - French talk radio) re: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning show) re: federal government must require banks to prove that their service charges and credit card interest rates are fair and do not amount to gouging

March 14 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 13 - News 88.9 Saint John, 91.9 Moncton, and 95.7 Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's general activities and Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies

March 10 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight" show) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006)

March 10 - CBC Radio ("The World at 6 pm" show) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006)

March 10 - CBC Radio (Ontario Today Noon phone-in) re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will not take you to CBC website, but will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 9 - New 940 AM (Montreal - mid-morning show) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006)

March 8 - CBC Radio's "The Current" morning show re: how to ensure that federal ethics enforcement system is fair, impartial, competent and effective

March 7 - New 940 AM (Montreal - afternoon show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CFRB Talk Radio ("Jim Richards" evening show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg - evening show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "The World Today" show) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 3 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver news) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro will launch an inquiry into three MPs complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and party-switching Cabinet minister David Emerson violated the MPs ethics rules when Harper offered then-Liberal Cabinet minister Emerson a post in his Cabinet if he switched to the Conservatives -- To see details go to: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 2 - CBC Radio news (New Brunswick) re: Conservative Party of New Brunswick pays New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord a pay bonus each year, and has given pay bonuses to other Conservative members of the legislature, a recipe for corruption because the bonuses could easily be hidden in the financial statements of the Party and could be linked to donations from specific donors to the party

March 1 - Radio-Canada radio news (French - New Brunswick) re: Conservative Party of New Brunswick pays New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord a pay bonus each year, and has given pay bonuses to other Conservative members of the legislature, a recipe for corruption because the bonuses could easily be hidden in the financial statements of the Party and could be linked to donations from specific donors to the party

March 1 - CBC Radio news (Newfoundland) re: appointments process for Chief Electoral Officer in Newfoundland should give opposition party leaders a veto to protect against partisan patronage or crony appointments -- See related Democracy Watch news release about federal government appointment process  Appointments to Law Enforcement Positions Should Have Approval of All Party Leaders -- . . .

March 1 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - The Sterling Fox early morning show) re: Appointments to Law Enforcement Positions Should Have Approval of All Party Leaders -- . . .

February 28 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo - "Jeff Allan show") re: Appointments to Law Enforcement Positions Should Have Approval of All Party Leaders -- . . .

February 22 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge" show)  re: Stephen Harper Breaks Pledge to Close Five Loopholes in Ethics Rules for Ministers, Their Staff, and Top Bureaucrats -- One Loophole Left Open Especially for David Emerson? -- . . . (February 22, 2006 Democracy Watch news release) -- To see the PoliticsWatch.com website article about this issue, click here

February 22 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Stephen Harper Breaks Pledge to Close Five Loopholes in Ethics Rules for Ministers, Their Staff, and Top Bureaucrats -- One Loophole Left Open Especially for David Emerson? -- . . . (February 22, 2006) -- To see the PoliticsWatch.com website article about this issue, click here

February 21 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo - "Jeff Allan show") re: Democracy Watch believes opposition party leaders should have a veto over appointments of judges and other law-enforcement officials, in contrast to new Prime Minister Stephen Harper's proposal to have a committee of MPs review the Prime Minister's nominees to the Supreme Court of Canada (with no power to approve or reject any nominee), and to appoint key government accountability watchdogs through a secret ballot vote of MPs-- See, for details, Democracy Watch's February 28, 2006 news release: Appointments to Law Enforcement Positions Should Have Approval of All Party Leaders -- . . .

February 20 - CKNW Vancouver Talk Radio ("The World Today" show) re: February 16, 2006 PoliticsWatch.com article re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper breaks pledge to close five loopholes in ethics code for Cabinet ministers, ministers' staff and senior bureaucrats

February 20 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - The Michael Harris show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 14 - CKNW Vancouver Talk Radio (news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 11 - Co-op Radio (Vancouver - Redeye show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable and Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

February 9 - CBC Radio Thunder Bay (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CBC Radio Montreal (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CBC Radio Edmonton (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CBC Radio Regina (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CBC Radio Windsor (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CBC Radio Toronto (afternoon drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 8 - CBC Radio National News re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 8 - QR77 News Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Rutherford show") re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 8 - CJBK Talk Radio (London, Ontario - morning show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 and 8 - CBC Radio News (Ottawa) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - CKOM News Talk Radio (Saskatoon - afternoon news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - CBC Radio (Montreal - "Radio Noon" show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - CFRB News Talk Radio (Toronto - noon hour show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - CFOS News Talk Radio (Owen Sound, Ontario - morning show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo - "Jeff Allan show") re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - 98.5 FM (Montreal French radio station, publishing Presse Canadienne article) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Presse Canadienne article, click here

February 7 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - 9-12 noon morning show with Aphrodite Salas) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - morning news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 6 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge" show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 6 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg - 4-6 pm drive-home show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 6 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the article on the CKNW website about this issue, click here

February 6 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 6 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - morning show) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 6 - Radio Canada (French national news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To hear the Radio Canada report, click here or click here

February 6 - CBC Radio Calgary (morning show news) re: implications of federal Conservative Party's promises to strengthen lobbying regulation system for lobbyists working on the party's election campaign team

February 5 - Info 690 Talk Radio (Sainte Foy (Québec) French radio station website) re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th -- -- To see the Presse Canadienne article about this issue, click here

February 5 - Info 800 Talk Radio (Montréal French radio station website) re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th -- -- To see the Presse Canadienne article about this issue, click here

February 2 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 2 - CKOM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan - "John Gormley Live" show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 2 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Steve Madely morning show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 2 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - morning show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Mike Blanchard show") re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CKLW Talk Radio (Windsor - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CFRB Talk Radio (Toronto - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - Bill Good show) re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006) -- To see also the column in the Calgary Sun (February 2, 2006) which quotes Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher, click here

February 1 - CBC Radio ("The Current" morning show) re: Duff Conacher on CBC Radio's "The Current" re: the federal Conservative Party's plan to enact a "Federal Accountability Act" with 52 measures and likely recommendations in the second Gomery Commission Report (To listen to the interview, scroll down on the page this link takes you to and click on the "Part 1" link -- the interview starts 2 minutes 40 seconds into Part 1 of the show and runs to the 17-minute point of the show) -- For more details, see Democracy Watch's news release Election Makes Clear Need for Election Reforms to Encourage Voter Turnout, Ensure Honesty, Fairness (January 27, 2006) and Democracy Watch's opinion piece re:Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 31 - CBC Radio (Ottawa - "All in a Day" afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's news release Election Makes Clear Need for Election Reforms to Encourage Voter Turnout, Ensure Honesty, Fairness (January 27, 2006) and Democracy Watch's opinion piece re:Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006)

January 31 - Radio Canada news re: Charges laid by RCMP against former Department of National Defence (DND) bureaucrat Paul Champagne and two Ottawa businessmen for allegedly defrauding the federal government of $100 million through computer contracting show that DND did not have effective auditing rules and enforcement systems in place for years

January 29 - CFAX 1070 AM Talk Radio (Victoria - "Public Eye Radio" show) re: history of Democracy Watch and Democracy Watch's news release Election Makes Clear Need for Election Reforms to Encourage Voter Turnout, Ensure Honesty, Fairness (January 27, 2006) and Democracy Watch's opinion piece re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006)

January 27 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Rutherford show") re: Democracy Watch's news release Election Makes Clear Need for Election Reforms to Encourage Voter Turnout, Ensure Honesty, Fairness (January 27, 2006)

January 24 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The Mike Blanchard show") re: the challenges for the new federal Conservative government, especially in terms of passing a budget, and the likelihood that action to increase government accountability will be the only broad area of agreement amongst all the federal parties

January 24 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - drive-home show) re: changes needed to have more fair federal elections (See #13 in Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006))

January 19 - CBC Radio (Halifax) re: Voters have right to know details of donors, lenders to parties and candidates before voting based on Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006)

January 19 - CFRA 580 Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal NDP Has Best Corporate Responsibility Platform, Greens and Bloc Not Too Far Behind, Conservative and Liberal Grades Much Worse -- Many Key Gaps in All Parties' Platforms . . . (January 19, 2006)

January 19 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal NDP Has Best Corporate Responsibility Platform, Greens and Bloc Not Too Far Behind, Conservative and Liberal Grades Much Worse -- Many Key Gaps in All Parties' Platforms . . . (January 19, 2006)

January 19 - New 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - morning show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal NDP Has Best Corporate Responsibility Platform, Greens and Bloc Not Too Far Behind, Conservative and Liberal Grades Much Worse -- Many Key Gaps in All Parties' Platforms . . . (January 19, 2006)

January 18 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - "Nightline B.C." show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The World Tonight" show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - CHUO (Ottawa - "Click here" show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 18 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 17 - CBC Radio (Halifax) re: Nova Scotia Conservative MP Peter MacKay and Nova Scotia Liberal MP and Cabinet minister Scott Brison have still not disclosed who paid off their debts from their 2003 campaigns to win the leadership of the federal Conservative Party, and Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006)

January 16 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario - afternoon show) re: Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006)

January 16 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - The "Lunch Bunch" show) re: Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006) and other election issues

January 12 - CHUO Radio (Ottawa) re: federal election party platforms on changes needed to make Canada a full democracy (For details see Federal government's weak accountability system is the scandal)

January 12 - CBC Radio (Maritime Noon show) re: federal election party platforms on changes needed to make Canada a full democracy (For details see Federal government's weak accountability system is the scandal)

January 11 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - morning show) re: Democracy Watch's January 10, 2006 news release Federal Debate on Ethics and Accountability Issues Raises Key Questions About Trusting Party Leaders

January 9 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax ("The Afternoon News" show) re: minority government's not measurably better than majority governments, and only passage of direct laws requiring politicians and all government officials to act honestly, ethically, openly, representatively and to prevent waste will work to solve these problems

January 9 - 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - morning show) re: in election debates, political party leaders need to stop practising politics as usual, and Group Calls on Media to Ask Federal Party Leaders “If You Break Your Promises, Will You Resign?” and Calls for Effective "Honesty-in-Politics" Law (Democracy Watch news release, December 1, 2005)

January 8 - 940 Talk Radio (Montreal - "The Last Angry Man" show) re: Federal government's weak accountability system is the scandal

January 6 - CBC Radio News ("The World at 8 am") re: Audit of Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp. finds that it broke the rules by handing out 10 contracts without a bidding competition worth a total of $7 million, and no one has been penalized for breakig the rules, more evidence that the Federal government's weak accountability system is the scandal

January 5 - 940 Talk Radio (Montreal) re: Political Polls Misleading Voters By Not Reporting Undecided Voter Numbers (See also for details Democracy Watch letter-to-the-editor Media reporting of pre-election political polls misleads public)

January 3 - CFRB Talk Radio (Toronto and surrounding area) re: Finance Canada employee received fax at work from auditor of Liberal Party riding association in which employee is involved, a minor violation of rules that reveals again how federal ethics and accountability rules are not strongly enforced



NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES and WEB MEDIA
2006
-- 387 print and web media appearances so far in 2006 (including 100 national appearances)


December 31 - Montreal Gazette letter-to-the-editor from reader responding to December 26, 2006 letter-length version of opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 28 - Toronto Star (letter-to-the-editor) re: Many Ontario Politicians on Unethical Gravy Train -- Propose To Raise Their Own Pay, But Not To Limit Donations, To Strengthen Ethics Rules, Or To Strengthen Democracy (December 19, 2006)

December 26 - Montreal Gazette (letter-to-the-editor) re: letter-length version of opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 22 - National Post (letter-to-the-editor) re: letter-length version of opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 20 - The Canadian National Newspaper website re: Democracy Watch's news release Many Ontario Politicians on Unethical Gravy Train -- Propose To Raise Their Own Pay, But Not To Limit Donations, To Strengthen Ethics Rules, Or To Strengthen Democracy (December 19, 2006)

December 18 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: letter-length version of opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 15 - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (publishing opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government -- To see the article as published in the Recordclick here

December 13 - Calgary Herald (publishing opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 13 - Straightgoods.com (publishing opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservatives Half-Measures Not Enough to Clean Up the Federal Government

December 13 - Ottawa Sun re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 12 - CTV.ca politicsblog (entry by CTV reporter Bill Doskoch) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 12 - Toronto Star (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Accountability Act's Half-Measures a Half-Step Forward in Federal Government Accountability, Not the Giant Step Forward Promised by the Conservatives -- Democracy Re-Files Its Ethics Complaint . . .  (December 12, 2006)

December 11 - CBC.ca website (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - 680 All News Radio's website (Toronto) (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - New 940 Talk Radio's website (Montreal) (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - News 1130 Talk Radio's website (Vancouver) (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - 570 News Talk Radio's website (Kitchener, Ontario) (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - The Brooks Bulletin website (Brooks, Alberta weekly newspaper) (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient
December 11 - Aol.ca website (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Bank mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less efficient

December 11 - Ottawa Citizen (letter-to-the-editor) re: Senate Ethics Officer is a lapdog, not a watchdog

December 7 - Halifax Chronicle Herald re: Nova Scotia's Conservative government works with Liberal Party to push through bill that changes provincial political donations law in some good ways, but also has many flaws

December 4 - Hill Times re: Conservatives copy Liberals' tradition of holding special parties for high-level donors, raising questions about violations of federal ethics rules

December 2006 - January 2007 issue - Dialogue magazine re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Liberal-Controlled Senate Strengthens Bill C-2 (The So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 Key Ways That the House of Commons Should Approve, and Weakens It In 4 Key Ways, 3 of Which Should Be Rejected (November 15, 2006)

December 2006 - January 2007 issue - Dialogue magazine re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 30 - Georgia Straight (Vancouver news/entertainment weekly newspaper) re: Democracy Watch will file ethics complaints against lobbyists who worked in high-level positions for Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidates

November 27 - Ottawa Citizen (Donna Jacobs' column) re: Democracy Watch's Money in Politics Campaign

November 27 - Hill Times re: Liberal senators unjustifiably delay passage of Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") after House of Commons reject many Senate amendments

November 27 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Liberal-Controlled Senate Strengthens Bill C-2 (The So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 Key Ways That the House of Commons Should Approve, and Weakens It In 4 Key Ways, 3 of Which Should Be Rejected (November 15, 2006)

November 24 - Calgary Herald re: Alberta law has loopholes that allow secret, unlimited donations to candidates in political party leadership campaigns such as the provincial Conservative Party campaign contest currently underway

November 21 - Halifax Chronicle Herald (Marilla Stephenson's column) re: Nova Scotia Conservative government's bill proposing changes to the province's political financing system has many loopholes

November 20 - Hill Times (in two different articles) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Liberal-Controlled Senate Strengthens Bill C-2 (The So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 Key Ways That the House of Commons Should Approve, and Weakens It In 4 Key Ways, 3 of Which Should Be Rejected (November 15, 2006)

November 15 - Edmonton Sun re: Many federal Liberal Party leadership candidates have large loans, and will likely violate federal elections law because they will not be able to pay them back within required 18 month time period

November 15 - Ottawa Sun re: Many federal Liberal Party leadership candidates have large loans, and will likely violate federal elections law because they will not be able to pay them back within required 18 month time period

November 13 - Hill Times re: Liberal-controlled Senate strengthens Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") in 22 key ways, weakens it in 4 key ways, and sends it back to the House of Commons

November 13 - Angus Reid Global Monitor re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 12 - The Sun News (MyrtleBeachonline.com) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - National Post (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 11 - Canada.com website (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 11 - Windsor Star (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Calgary Herald (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Victoria Times-Colonist (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Montreal Gazette (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 11 - Hamilton Spectator ("The Week in Quotes" feature) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Ottawa Sun (publishing short version of Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - London Free Press (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Calgary Sun (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Edmonton Sun (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Winnipeg Free Press (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Toronto Star (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Hamilton Spectator (publishing short version of Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 11 - Ottawa Sun (publishing short version of Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Toronto Star website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Calgary Sun website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - National Post website (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - CBC.ca website re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Maclean's magazine website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - CTV.ca website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Canoe.ca website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Canada.com website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Ottawa Citizen website (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Toronto Star website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - The New 940 Radio (Montreal) website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - 570 News Radio (Kitchener, Ontario) website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - 680 All News Radio (Toronto, Ontario) website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Edmonton Sun website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - 1130 Talk Radio (Vancouver) website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal) website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Canadaeast.com website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Edmonton Journal website (publishing CanWest News Service wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - Brandon Sun website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts -- to see the article, click here

November 10 - National Post re: mention of Democracy Watch's planned action on the Conservatives' broken promise on taxing income trusts -- For details see Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Ottawa Citizen re: mention of Democracy Watch's planned action on the Conservatives' broken promise on taxing income trusts -- For details see Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Montreal Gazette re: mention of Democracy Watch's planned action on the Conservatives' broken promise on taxing income trusts -- For details see Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 10 - Caribbeanpressreleases.com website re: mention of Democracy Watch's planned action on the Conservatives' broken promise on taxing income trusts -- to see the article, -- click here For details see Democracy Watch's news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty for Dishonesty on Taxing Income Trusts

November 9 - CBC Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) website re: Telecommunications companies donate large amounts to Newfoundland and Labrador Conservatives, raising ethical questions about approval of new provincial communications line

November 6 - Hill Times re: changes proposed to draft federal Bill C-2 by Senate Committee won't close loophole in federal Lobbyists Registration Act that allows lobbyists to work with people who are doing work for the federal government

November issue - Ottawa Life magazine re: editorial proposing that Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher would be a good person to replace outgoing federal Information Commissioner John Reid

November 2 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Registrar of Lobbyists finally rules on Democracy Watch's April 2000 complaint that lobbyist Barry Campbell violated the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct when he organized and held a fundraiser for Secretary of State for Finance minister Jim Peterson while also lobbying Peterson on behalf of 10 corporations -- Registrar rules that the only way Campbell could violate the Code is if he enslaved or extorted Peterson

October 31 - CBC.ca website re: Federal Conservative government fails to keep election promises on strengthening access-to-information law, and government departments continue to use delays and excessive search fees to deny public access to government information -- To see the CBC story, click here

October 30 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Liberal Senators Propose to Strengthen Bill C-2 (the So-Called "Federal Accountability Act") in Many Key Ways, and to Weaken it in Three Key Ways -- Will Conservative and Liberal Senators and MPs Support the Changes? (October 30, 2006)

October 28 - Ottawa Citizen re: City of Ottawa denies information request, keeps details of light-rail-transit contract secret through city election day

October 23 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Fail To Include Canadian Politicians and Government Officials in Anti-Corruption Bill C-25 as Recommended by the United Nations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (October 12, 2006)

October 21 - Hamilton Spectator re: Ontario government denies access to information -- claims it would take weeks to calculate cost of Caledonia police operations

October 16 - Maclean's magazine (secondary cover story) re: Federal Conservatives break many open government and accountability promises in Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") (October 12, 2006) -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

October 14 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Defence Department increases secrecy as it begins to buy $17 billion of military machines -- a recipe for corruption and waste

October 13 - Calgary Sun (Licia Corbella's column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

October 12 - Montreal Gazette re: City of Montreal proposes an "information protection policy" that may increase secrecy in the city government

October 9 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: same points as made in op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: As Canada's political donations system becomes more democratic, criticisms are misleading and misplaced

October 5 - CanadianChristianity.com re: Federal Conservatives target equality rights programs in their funding cuts

October 5 - Hamilton Spectator re: Federal government does not screen companies before awarding contracts to ensure the companies have a clean business record (Part 2)

October 5 - Vue Weekly (Opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Alberta Conservatives choosing the "best Premier money can buy"

October 4 - Excalibur (York University newspaper) re: Federal Conservatives target equality rights programs in their funding cuts

October 2 - Hamilton Spectator re: Federal government does not screen companies it awards contracts to ensure companies have a clean business record

October 1 - Toronto Star (Linda McQuaig's column) re: Federal Conservatives target equality rights programs in their funding cuts

September 30 - National Post re: Federal Registrar of Lobbyists continues to fail to enforce the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct, fails to make rulings on Democracy Watch's 8 complaints that date back to April 2000
September 30 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Registrar of Lobbyists continues to fail to enforce the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct, fails to make rulings on Democracy Watch's 8 complaints that date back to April 2000

September 28 - Toronto Star (in op-ed by University of Toronto professor Lorne Sossin) re: Federal Conservatives have undermined democracy by cutting funding to the Court Challenges Fund which funded groups to challenge government actions that violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

September 26 - Winnipeg Free Press re: organizations lobbying for the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board may not be registered as lobbyists as required by federal law

September 25 - Hill Times (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: As Canada's political donations system becomes more democratic, criticisms are misleading and misplaced

September 24 - Ottawa Sun (editorial) re: Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") is much weaker than the Conservatives promised
September 24 - Toronto Sun (editorial) re: Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") is much weaker than the Conservatives promised

September 22 - Calgary Herald re: Alberta law has loopholes that allow secret, unlimited donations to candidates in political party leadership campaigns such as the provincial Conservative Party campaign contest currently underway

September 22 - Guelph Mercury (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: As Canada's political donations system becomes more democratic, criticisms are misleading and misplaced

September 18 - New Brunswick Telegraph Journal re: there are many legitimate reasons not to vote in the provincial election, and the province's election law should give voters the right to "refuse" their ballot (as in Ontario) if they do not support any of the candidates in their riding

September 18 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: letter correcting inaccurate claims about Democracy Watch made in a letter from a federal Conservative Party supporter

September 13 - Canada.com website re: Scott Newark, an adviser to federal Conservative Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day until the end of April 2006, now working on a contract awarded by Day's department
September 13 - Ottawa Citizen re: Scott Newark, an adviser to federal Conservative Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day until the end of April 2006, now working on a contract awarded by Day's department
September 13 - Hamilton Spectator website re: Scott Newark, an adviser to federal Conservative Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day until the end of April 2006, now working on a contract awarded by Day's department

September 7 - Canada.com website re: The federal Conservative government is reviewing the Court Challenges program that funds challenges of government actions that violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
September 7 - Ottawa Citizen re: The federal Conservative government is reviewing the Court Challenges program that funds challenges of government actions that violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

September 4 - Hill Times re: article on federal Conservatives' promise-keeping, promise-breaking record that mentions Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006) -- to see the article, click here

September 2 - The Independent (weekly newspaper in Newfoundland and Labrador) re: Newfoundland and Labrador government is playing games with changes to boundaries of election ridings

August 28 - Hill Times re: article on federal Conservatives' promise-keeping, promise-breaking record that mentions Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006) -- to see the article, click here

August 28 - Ottawa Citizen (letter-to-the-editor) re: Senator Michael Kirby was unethical because of corporate board positions

August 25 - 24 Hours (Vancouver's free daily newspaper) re: Green Party leadership candidate Elizabeth May suggests in an email to a party member that, if elected leader, she can speak at events as an environmentalist and be paid by organizations even though the federal Canada Elections Act limits donations to political parties by organizations to a total of $1,000 annually -- to see article, click here

August 21 - Hill Times re: mentioned in interview with Elizabeth May re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006)

August 10 - Prairie Dog (free weekly newspaper in Regina, Saskatchewan) re: article on money in politics issues
August 10 - Planet S (free weekly newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) re: article on money in politics issues

July 31 - Hill Times (op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Federal Conservatives' Bill C-2 (the so-called "Federal Accountability Act") is Flawed, But Not in the Ways Some Critics Claim

July 28 - New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal re: New Brunswick politicians plan to increase their pay in self-interested move

July 24 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor re: Jim Travers column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006)

July 22 - Hamilton Spectator re: Federal MPs take free trips to Israel and Taiwan paid for by lobby groups -- federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro does nothing about violation of ethics rules

July 17 - Hill Times re: Five lobbyists under investigation for violating federal  Lobbyists Registration Act while lobbying for Technology Partnerships Canada corporate welfare grants

July 17 - Western Standard magazine re: Alberta Conservative government and federal Conservative government both make moves to
increase government secrecy

July 14 - CBC.ca website re: Questions raised about federal Conservative Veteran Affairs Minister Greg Thompson spending $18,000 on 5 charter jet flights since February 2006

July 13 - Toronto Sun re: Audit shows corporate lobbyists corrupting federal government's Technology Partnership Canada corporate welfare fund
July 13 - Canoe.ca website re: Audit shows corporate lobbyists corrupting federal government's Technology Partnership Canada corporate welfare fund

July 13 - Canoe.ca website (publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Assembly of First Nations has hired Chief Phil Fontaine's partner several times for legal services
July 13 - CJAD Talk Radio website (Montreal - publishing Canadian Press wire story) re: Assembly of First Nations has hired Chief Phil Fontaine's partner several times for legal services

July 4 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006)

June-July issue - Dialogue magazine re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

June 30 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative government should use merit-based, independent process to select new NCC Chairperson

June 28 - National Post (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: House of Commons Plays Self-Interested Games in Passing Loophole-Filled "Federal Accountability Act" -- Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises (June 26, 2006)

June 28 - Calgary Herald re: Mayor holds unlimited donations fundraising dinner, showing that until Calgary limits donations the city's council will be driven by wealthy private interests and won't uphold the public interest

June 27 - PoliticsWatch.com website re: Federal Conservative Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor involved in decisions on contracts with defence industry companies he worked with as a lobbyist

June 24 - Canada.com website re: Federal Ethics Commissioner again fails to properly enforce MPs ethics rules in Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant case
June 24 - Hamilton Spectator re: Federal Ethics Commissioner again fails to properly enforce MPs ethics rules in Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant case

June 17 - Winnipeg Free Press re: Democracy Watch raises questions about Elections Canada's enforcement of federal donations law
June 17 - Canada.com website re: Democracy Watch raises questions about Elections Canada's enforcement of federal donations law

June 15 - Toronto Star re: Public safety at risk because airline workers, and workers in many other industries, are not protected if they blow the whistle on wrongdoing or hazards
June 15 - Hamilton Spectator re: Public safety at risk because airline workers, and workers in many other industries, are not protected if they blow the whistle on wrongdoing or hazards

June 14 - Ottawa Citizen re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Protect Cabinet Ministers by Breaking Promise to Close Loophole That Allows Ministers to Address Issues That Affect Their Business Interests -- Opposition Parties Not Focused on Correcting Many Major Flaws in Bill C-2, the "Federal Accountability Act" (June 13, 2006)

June 14 - National Post (John Ivison's column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives Protect Cabinet Ministers by Breaking Promise to Close Loophole That Allows Ministers to Address Issues That Affect Their Business Interests -- Opposition Parties Not Focused on Correcting Many Major Flaws in Bill C-2, the "Federal Accountability Act" (June 13, 2006)

June 12 - Hamilton Spectator re: Federal Conservatives practise unethical politics as usual in relationships with corporate lobbyists
June 12 - Montreal Gazette re: Federal Conservatives practise unethical politics as usual in relationships with corporate lobbyists
June 12 - Kingston Whig-Standard re: Federal Conservatives practise unethical politics as usual in relationships with corporate lobbyists
June 12 - Canada.com website article re: Federal Conservatives practise unethical politics as usual in relationships with corporate lobbyists

June 12 - 24 Hours (free daily newspaper in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal) re: Canadian city governments need lobbying disclosure and regulation laws

June 12 - Calgary Sun re: Internet consultations by government not valid, "study circle" consultations much better
June 12 - Toronto Sun re: Internet consultations by government not valid, "study circle" consultations much better
June 12 - Ottawa Sun re: Internet consultations by government not valid, "study circle" consultations much better

June 11 - Canoe.ca website re: Internet consultations by government not valid, "study circle" consultations much better

June 9 - PoliticsWatch.com website article re: NDP's proposed amendment to the Federal Accountability Act (Bill C-2) would ban government contracts to lobbying firms

June 9 - National Post re: Federal Conservative Health Minister Tony Clement owns 25% of Prudential Chem Inc. that produces chemicals for pharmaceutical drug companies, and Heritage Minister Bev Oda, Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, and International Trade Minister David Emerson also have financial stakes in other companies which means he cannot take part in any discussions, debates or votes on matters that affect the company
June 9  - Ottawa Citizen - same article as above
June 9 - Edmonton Journal - same article as above

June 7 - National Post (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

June 5 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's May 17, 2006 news release Prime Minister and Opposition Parties Play Games -- Undermine Possibility of Long-term, Systemic Check on Cabinet's Appointment Powers

June 5 - Hill Times ("Heard on the Hill" column and Ken Rubin's column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)

June 4 - Calgary Sun (printing Canadian Press article) re: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's attack on lobbyists mostly talk, as corporate lobbyists continue to dominate federal government

June 3 - Ottawa Citizen re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Elections Commissioner Should Investigate Donations to Liberal Leadership Candidate Joe Volpe, and Should Declare Martha Hall Findlay's Self-Loan a Donation -- Bill C-2 "Accountability Act" Changes Needed to End Large, Secret Donations (June 2, 2006) -- To see the Citizen article on Canada.com, click here

June 2 - National Post (John Ivison's column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Elections Commissioner Should Investigate Donations to Liberal Leadership Candidate Joe Volpe, and Should Declare Martha Hall Findlay's Self-Loan a Donation -- Bill C-2 "Accountability Act" Changes Needed to End Large, Secret Donations (June 2, 2006)

June 2 - National Post re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

June 2 - National Post re: TD Bank's U.S. subsidiary cuts fees for customers using other bank's machines, but not in Canada

June 1 - Canada.com (Calgary Herald) re: Media must be required to report all polling results with equal weighting, to end misleading reports

May 31 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative government should use merit-based, independent process to select new NCC Chairperson

May 29 issue - Maclean's magazine (letter-to-the-editor) re: federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Mauricio Bevilacqua claimed in an interview that there are no federal government guidelines for reviewing proposed bank mergers, when in fact there have been guidelines since 1999

May 29 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's May 17, 2006 news release Prime Minister and Opposition Parties Play Games -- Undermine Possibility of Long-term, Systemic Check on Cabinet's Appointment Powers

May 26 - Globe and Mail re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006) -- To see the Globe and Mail article, click here

May 26 - Calgary Sun (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 26 - Montreal Gazette re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 25 - CBC News website article re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006) -- To see the CBC website article, click here

May 25 - Maclean's magazine website article (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 25 - The Brooks Bulletin (Alberta) website article (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 25 - Canoe.ca website article (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 25 - Canada.com website article (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 25 - 940 AM Talk Radio (Montreal) website article (printing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaint Against Prime Minister, . . . For Being Dishonest About Broken Election Promises -- Conservatives Propose to Cut Federal Ethics Rule That Requires Top Politicians and Officials to be Honest (May 25, 2006)

May 22 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch opinion piece Gifts to MPs, staff and public officials have unethical influence -- ban on gifts must be enforced

May 22 - Hill Times re: High-powered Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) lobbyists attempt to convince federal Conservatives to remove from the proposed "Federal Accountability Act" (Bill C-2) the requirement to disclose regularly communications with government officials

May 22 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's May 17th news releasePrime Minister and Opposition Parties Play Games -- Undermine Possibility of Long-term, Systemic Check on Cabinet's Appointment Powers

May 22 - Calgary Sun (Bill Kaufmann's column) re: Alberta Conservative government and federal Conservative government both make moves to increase government secrecy

May 20 - National Post (letter-to-the-editor) re: Democracy Watch's May 17th news release Prime Minister and Opposition Parties Play Games -- Undermine Possibility of Long-term, Systemic Check on Cabinet's Appointment Powers

May 20 - Ottawa Citizen re: Meetings between General Rick Hillier, Chief of Canada's Defence Staff and Hillier's old boss Lt.-Gen. Patrick O'Donnell (who has acted for CFN Consultants as a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin, an arms manufacturing company), and Hillier's proposal to the federal government to purchase aircraft from Lockheed Martin without a bidding competition, raise questions about whether Hillier has violated the requirements of federal ethics rules

May 11 - Kingston Whig-Standard re: City of Kingston has hired lobby firm Earnscliffe (which faces allegations of unethical activities) to lobby federal government, and won't disclose contract details

May 10 - Guelph Mercury re: weak financial disclosure requirements for federal politicians, and lack of effective enforcement of requirements by federal Ethics Commissioner, makes it easy to bribe federal politicians

May 8 - Hill Times letter-to-the-editor re: proposed "Federal Accountability Act" (Bill C-2) -- see details in Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) or in the opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Praise and criticism of proposed "Federal Accountability Act" are both exaggerated

May-June issue - Canadian Dimension magazine re: Democracy Watch's opinion piece Better Banks Needed, Not Bigger Banks

May issue - Literary Review of Canada (Vol.14, No.4) re: possible negative impacts of changing to a proportional representation voting system at the federal level in Canada

May 2 - Hill Times re: proposed "Federal Accountability Act" (Bill C-2) proposes to combine House of Commons Ethics Commissioner with Senate Ethics Officer into new Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner , and some senators don't like the proposal (even though they will still have complete control of the Commissioner in terms of enforcement of the Senate Ethics Code) -- to see the article, click here

April 28 - CBC Radio News website article (Moncton) re: Prime Minister Harper fails to practise what he preaches -- attends high cost fundraiser for New Brunswick Conservative Party (Click on link to see Canadaeast.com article about this issue -- To see the CBC website article about this issue, click here)

April 27 - National Post re: Staff member of federal Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's transition team becomes lobbyists for Canadian Association Broadcasters just weeks after leaving government -- Conservatives promise to strengthen Federal Accountability Act to ensure such staff members are banned for five years from becoming lobbyists -- To see the article, click here
April 27 - Ottawa Citizen re: Staff member of federal Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's transition team becomes lobbyists for Canadian Association Broadcasters just weeks after leaving government -- Conservatives promise to strengthen Federal Accountability Act to ensure such staff members are banned for five years from becoming lobbyists -- To see the article, click here

April 25 - Canadaeast.com (New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) re: Prime Minister Harper fails to practise what he preaches -- attends high cost fundraiser for New Brunswick Conservative Party

April 24 - Hill Times re: Conservatives' propose to strengthen federal lobbying law in some ways, but break promise to end secret lobbying

April 24 - Toronto Star (Chantal Hebert's column) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 24 - Hill Times (opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Praise and criticism of proposed "Federal Accountability Act" are both exaggerated

April 21 - Calgary Herald (opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Praise and criticism of proposed "Federal Accountability Act" are both exaggerated

April 20 - Ottawa Sun (opinion piece by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Praise and criticism of proposed "Federal Accountability Act" are both exaggerated

April 18 - Globe and Mail re: Courts rule that cities can't intimidate critical citizens by suing them

April 17 - Hill Times re: Federal Senate Ethics Officer is a lapdog completely controlled by a committee of senators, and the Senate Ethics Code has more loopholes than rules

April 16 - Ottawa Citizen re: accountability and access-to-information issues raised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's moves to control the government's message by doing things such as holding federal Cabinet meetings in secret

April 13 - Toronto Star (op-ed by University of Toronto professor Nelson Weisman) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - Globe and Mail re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - Toronto Sun re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) -- especially about whistleblower protection sections in the Act

April 12 - Winnipeg Sun re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) -- especially about whistleblower protection sections in the Act

April 12 - Toronto Star re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 12 - Edmonton Sun re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) -- especially about whistleblower protection sections in the Act

April 12 - Ottawa Sun re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006) -- especially about whistleblower protection sections in the Act

April 12 - Le Devoir re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 11 - PoliticsWatch.com website article re: Federal Conservatives' "Accountability Act" will end reign of error of current federal Ethics Commissioner -- For more details about the Act, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Includes Many Key Measures But Also Breaks Promises . . .  (April 11, 2006)

April 10 - Western Standard magazine re: Federal Liberal MP and party leadership candidate Scott Brison has been dishonest and unethical in many ways

April 10 - Hill Times re: Federal Conservatives pledged measures may end secret lobbying if designed properly -- if not, citizen groups will still be outmatched by corporate lobbyists making secret deals with Cabinet ministers -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) -- To see Hill Times article, click here

April 7 - Toronto Star re: Former Canadian ambassador Frank McKenna cashes in on his public service by taking job with TD Bank

April 3 - CBC.ca website article re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) -- To see the CBC.ca article,  click here

April 3 - Hill Times re: NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) especially re: loophole allowing secret, unlimited donations and loans to candidates in party leadership campaigns must be closed

April 3 - Hill Times re:  lobbyists argued in March 27thHill Times article that federal Conservatives' pledge to require ministers and senior public officials to disclose their meetings with lobbyists goes too far, but really they are only arguing that secret lobbying should be legal

April 3 - Hill Times (letter to the editor) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints)

March 31 - St. Catharine's Standard re: accountability and access-to-information issues raised by holding federal Cabinet meetings in secret

March 30 - Globe and Mail re: Complaints filed by Liberals, and to be filed by Democracy Watch, about Conservative staffers becoming lobbyists

March 29 - Globe and Mail re: Former federal Conservative staff people become lobbyists, violating spirit of election promises

March 27 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign --  To see the Hill Times article, click here

March 27 - Hill Times re: loophole in Elections Act possibly allows unlimited loans to federal party leadership campaign candidates, giving advantage to wealthy candidates in Liberal Party's race and future races -- To see the Hill Times article, click here

March 27 - Hill Times re: Federal Conservatives' planned "Federal Accountability Act" should include specific rules prohibiting MPs from switching parties in between elections

March 24 - Dose.ca re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news releaseFederal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 21 - Halifax Chronicle-Herald re:  Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints)

March 21 - Winnipeg Sun re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints) -- To see the Winnipeg Sun article, click here

March 21 - Ottawa Sun re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints) -- To see the Ottawa Sun article, click here

March 20 - New 940 AM (Montreal - Canadian Press article on website) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Again Improperly Rules on Ethics Complaints -- Wrongly Claims He Cannot Rule on Honesty and Increasing Public Trust Rules -- Democracy Watch Awaits Rulings on its Complaints) -- To see Canadian Press wire story about this issue, click here

March 20 - Vancouver Sun re: federal Financial Consumer Agency of Canada is not effectively enforcing federal financial consumer protection laws -- To see Canwest News Service article, click here

March 20 - Hill Times ("The Spin Doctors" column) re: Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 19 - Toronto Star re: city, provincial, territorial and federal governments in Canada should not give banks their money and credit card business if the banks do not keep branches open in low-income neighbourhoods

March 19 - Toronto Sun (John Crosbie column) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies

March 19 - Ottawa Sun (John Crosbie column) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies

March 18 - Ottawa Citizen re: federal Financial Consumer Agency of Canada is not effectively enforcing federal financial consumer protection laws -- To see Canwest News Service article, click here

March 18 - Le Devoir re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 16 - Prairie Dog (Regina free weekly newspaper) re: Regina city council refuses to require candidates in city elections to limit campaign spending and disclose campaign donations -- To see the Prairie Dog article, click here

March 15 - Winnipeg Sun re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign -- To see the Winnipeg Sun article, click here

March 15 - Ottawa Sun re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 15 - 24 Hours (Vancouver free daily newspaper) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign -- To see the 24 Hours article, click here

March 15 - La Presse (Montreal French newspaper) re: Democracy Watch's March 10, 2006 news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies and Democracy Watch's March 14, 2006 news release Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign

March 14 - PoliticsWatch.com website article re: Democracy Watch Files Ethics Complaints Against Party-Switchers Stronach and Emerson, and Prime Ministers Martin and Harper -- Calls on Ethics Commissioner to Resign -- To see the PoliticsWatch.com article, click here

March 14 - Ottawa Citizen re: two former federal Conservative party officials and staff members have become lobbyists, in violation of the spirit of the Conservatives' promise to prohibit ministerial staffers from becoming lobbyists for five years after they leave their staff positions, and possibly in violation of the federal Lobbyists' Code of Conduct rule that requires lobbyists to uphold the highest ethical standards

March 13 - Hill Times re: Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies -- To see the Hill Times article (March 13, 2006), click here

March 13 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: two commentators argued in March 6th Hill Times articles that federal Conservatives' pledged five-year ban on ministerial staff becoming lobbyists is too strict and should not be implemented, but both arguments were based on false assumptions -- To see the letter, click here

March 12 - Calgary Sun (Licia Corbella's column) re: Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies-- To see the Sun column, click here

March 11 - Toronto Star website article (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see the Canadian Press article on the Toronto Star website, click here

March 10 - CBC News website (videotape of news story also available on website) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies(March 10, 2006) -- To see the CBC website story and video,  click here

March 10 - Ottawa Citizen (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see Canadian Press article on the Ottawa Citizen website, click here

March 10 - Montreal Gazette (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see Canadian Press article on the Montreal Gazette website, click here

March 10 - Hamilton Spectator (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see Canadian Press article on the Hamilton Spectator website, click here

March 10 - Halifax Chronicle Herald (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see Canadian Press article on the Chronicle Herald website, click here

March 10 - Canada.com website article (based on Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch news release Federal Ethics Commissioner and All Political Parties Hypocritical and Dishonest in Emerson Cabinet Appointment Complaint Fiasco -- Shows Clear Need for Merit-Based Appointment Process for All Government Watchdog Agencies (March 10, 2006) -- To see Canadian Press article on the Canada.com website, click here

March 10 - Globe and Mail re: Democracy Watch opinion piece Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes  -- To see Globe and Mail article, click here

March 8 - Winnipeg Sun (editorial board editorial) re: Ethics Commissioner should resign given many actions and statements that prove he is incompetent and biased -- To see editorial, click here

March 8 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative unelected Public Works Minister Pierre Fortier must disclose donors of funds he received for the Conservatives during the federal election campaign, in order to comply with federal ethics rules

March 7 - Toronto Sun (editorial board editorial) re: Ethics Commissioner should resign given many actions and statements that prove he is incompetent and biased -- To see editorial, click here

March 7 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative unelected Public Works Minister Pierre Fortier raised funds for the Conservatives during the federal election campaign

March 6 - National Post re: Federal Conservative unelected Public Works Minister Pierre Fortier raised funds for the Conservatives during the federal election campaign
March 6 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative unelected Public Works Minister Pierre Fortier raised funds for the Conservatives during the federal election campaign

March 6 - National Post re: Federal Conservative Party is consulting with citizen groups on strengthening federal whistleblower protection system (To see Canada.com website article, click here)
March 6 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal Conservative Party is consulting with citizen groups on strengthening federal whistleblower protection system (To see Canada.com website article, click here)
March 6 - Edmonton Journal re: Federal Conservative Party is consulting with citizen groups on strengthening federal whistleblower protection system (To see Canada.com website article, click here)
March 6 - Saskatoon-Star Phoenix re: Federal Conservative Party is consulting with citizen groups on strengthening federal whistleblower protection system (To see Canada.com website article, click here)

March 6 - PoliticsWatch.com re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner in investigation of MPs complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment

March 6 - Hill Times (in two different articles) re: re: Stephen Harper Breaks Pledge to Close Five Loopholes in Ethics Rules for Ministers, Their Staff, and Top Bureaucrats -- One Loophole Left Open Especially for David Emerson? -- . . . (February 22, 2006 Democracy Watch news release)

March 5 - Dose (free daily newspaper - based on Reuters wire story, March 6, 2006) re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner in investigation of MPs complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment

March 5 - The China Post (Taiwan - based on Reuters wire story, March 6, 2006) re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner in investigation of MPs complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment

March 4 - Vancouver Sun re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment

March 4 - Ottawa Citizen re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will not take you to Ottawa Citizen article, but will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 4 - Globe and Mail re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner's investigation of complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment (Clicking on link will not take you to Globe and Mail article, but will take you to article on same subject on Vancouver Sun website)

March 4 - Metronews.ca (based on Reuters wire story, March 6, 2006) re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not cooperate with federal Ethics Commissioner in investigation of MPs complaint against David Emerson Cabinet appointment

March 1 - Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick) re: Conservative Party of New Brunswick pays New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord a pay bonus each year, and has given pay bonuses to other Conservative members of the legislature, a recipe for corruption because the bonuses could easily be hidden in the financial statements of the Party and could be linked to donations from specific donors to the party

February 27 - Western Standard magazine feature article re: Past Lobbying Regulation System Failed to Catch Illegal Lobbying and System is Still Fatally Flawed -- Conservatives Propose Most Effective Clean-Up Plan (Democracy Watch news release, November 28, 2005) and Democracy Watch's opinion piece re:Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes (Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2006)

February 27 - Hill Times (letter-to-the-editor) re: Stephen Harper Breaks Pledge to Close Five Loopholes in Ethics Rules for Ministers, Their Staff, and Top Bureaucrats -- One Loophole Left Open Especially for David Emerson? -- . . . (February 22, 2006 Democracy Watch news release)

February 24 - Ottawa Sun re: Conservatives election pledged includes cash rewards for whistleblowers who report government wrongdoing

February 22 - North Shore News re: Former federal Conservative MP and Conservative election campaign team member John Reynolds joins a law firm Lang Michener to provide strategic advice to clients on how to influence federal government

February 21 - CKNW Vancouver Talk Radio website article re: Democracy Watch's February 6, 2006 new release re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 20 - Ottawa Citizen re: Ottawa city councillor and staff members will be in a conflict of interest if they accept gift of trip to Spain from Plasco Energy Group, a private Ottawa company that wants Ottawa's city government to partner with it in a new garbage processing system

February 17 - Ottawa Citizen re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper breaks pledge to close five loopholes in ethics code for Cabinet ministers, ministers'
staff and senior bureaucrats

February 16 - PoliticsWatch.com re: Prime Minister Stephen Harper breaks pledge to close five loopholes in ethics code for Cabinet ministers, ministers' staff and senior bureaucrats

February 16 - Halifax Herald (publishing Canadian Press article) re: Candidates for leadership of Nova Scotia Conservative Party (and for Premier) did not disclose donations before the leadership convention vote, a recipe for corruption and denial of voter rights

February 16 - Canadaeast.com website (publishing Canadian Press article) re: Candidates for leadership of Nova Scotia Conservative Party (and for Premier) did not disclose donations before the leadership convention vote, a recipe for corruption and denial of voter rights

February 15 - Barricades magazine (op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Better Banks Needed, Not Bigger Banks

February 13 - Maclean's magazine re: Democracy Watch's news releaseFederal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

February 11 - Toronto Star re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Toronto Star article about this issue, click here
February 11 - Hamilton Spectator (publishing Toronto Star reporter's article) re:  Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - Toronto Star re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Toronto Star article about this issue, click here

February 9 - Le Devoir (Québec French newspaper) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 9 - CKNW Talk Radio website (Vancouver) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 8 - PoliticsWatch.ca re: Party-switching Conservative Trade Minister David Emerson has conflict of interest dealing with softwood lumber trade issue

February 8 - Toronto Star re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Toronto Star article about this issue, click here

February 8 - Calgary Sun (Roy Clancy's column) re:  Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - Calgary Sun (publishing a Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Canadian Press wire article about this issue, click here

February 7 - Montreal Gazette re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Canadian Press wire article about this issue, click here

February 7 - L'Actualité (Québec French magazine, publishing a Presse Canadienne wire article) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Presse Canadienne article about this issue, click here

February 7 - CTV.ca website re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the CTV.ca website article about this issue, click here

February 7 - Globeandmail.com re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Globeandmail.com article about this issue, click here

February 7 - National Post re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - Ottawa Citizen re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - Canada.com (CanWest News Service website) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Canada.com article about this issue, click here

February 7 - Winnipeg Free Press re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable

February 7 - Calgary Sun re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Sun Media article about this issue, click here

February 6 - PoliticsWatch.com website article re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the website article click here

February 6 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - news) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the article on the CKNW website about this issue, click here

February 6 - Radio Canada (French national news website) re: Democracy Watch Will File Ethics Complaints on Dingwall Payment Fiasco and David Emerson's Party-Switching Cabinet Post, Other Cabinet Postings Highly Questionable -- To see the Radio Canada report (in French), click here or click here

February 6 - Hill Times re: implications of federal Conservative Party's promises to strengthen lobbying regulation system

February 6 - Hill Times (Ken Rubin's "Open Government" column) re:  Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes -- To see also the article in the Hill Times (January 30, 2006), which quotes part of the opinion piece, click here

February 5 - Toronto Star re: union pension fund trying to find person who blew the whistle on investments that the Ontario investment watchdog agency determined violated investment rules

February 5 - Calgary Sun (publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th -- To see Canadian Press wire article about this issue, click here

February 5 - Info 690 Talk Radio (Montréal French radio station website) re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th -- -- To see the Presse Canadienne article about this issue, click here

February 5 - Info 800 Talk Radio (Montréal French radio station website) re: Canadians have a right to know about medical conditions of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers that could affect their ability to fulfill their responsibilities, and Stephen Harper would have been smarter to issue a public statement about his health on January 26th -- -- To see the Presse Canadienne article about this issue, click here

February 4 - Vancouver Sun re: Ethics Commissioner is threatening former Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal because Grewal is threatening to release draft reports on Grewal Affair that, Grewal claims, were not as conclusive as the final report about Grewal breaking rules
February 4 - Ottawa Citizen re: Ethics Commissioner is threatening former Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal because Grewal is threatening to release draft reports on Grewal Affair that, Grewal claims, were not as conclusive as the final report about Grewal breaking rules

February 3 - Calgary Herald re: firing of Alberta provincial government's grizzly bear expert for speaking out on spring bear hunt shows clear need for whistleblower protection law in Alberta

February 2 - Winnipeg Free Press re: Democracy Watch's news release Gomery Commission's Second Report Contains Six Recommendations that the Conservatives Should Add to Their Planned "Federal Accountability Act" (February 1, 2006)

February 2 - Calgary Sun (Licia Corbeilla's column) re: Justice John Gomery unjustifiably criticizes Conservatives' planned "Federal Accountability Act"

February 1 - Toronto Star re: Gomery Commission's second report of recommendations will offer Conservatives more reform suggestions

January 28 - Winnipeg Free Press (opinion piece) re: Conservatives' pledge to close most loopholes in federal government's accountability system -- but leave some key loopholes -- To see also the article in the Hill Times (January 30, 2006), which quotes part of the opinion piece, click here

January 27 - Vancouver Sun re: New Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed to meet with federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro when requested to do so between July and December as part of investigation into Grewal Affair
January 27 - Ottawa Citizen re: New Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed to meet with federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro when requested to do so between July and December as part of investigation into Grewal Affair

January 26 - Edmonton Sun (Mindy Jacobs column) re: Democracy Watch's news release Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) and what all the federal parties in the new Parliament must now do to clean up the federal government

January 26 - Ottawa Citizen re: Frank McKenna is the "Paul-Martin-like" potential candidate for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party, given his past work for large corporations

January 26 - National Post re: Ethics Commissioner's ruling in Grewal Affair hidden from public until after election, breaking Commissioner's promise to release report by end of 2005
January 26 - Ottawa Citizen re: Ethics Commissioner's ruling in Grewal Affair hidden from public until after election, breaking Commissioner's promise to release report by end of 2005

January 25 - Maclean's magazine (CP wire story) re: Ethics Commissioner's ruling in Grewal Affair again ignores evidence, and again fails to find ministerial staffer guilty

January 25 - The Suburban (Montreal community newspaper) re: Democracy Watch's ethics complaints and court case against federal ethics watchdogs -- For details - see  Democracy Watch's Government Ethics Court Challenges webpage

January 24 - CanadaFreePress.com re: Democracy Watch's ethics complaints and highlighting of ethics violations by federal Liberals part of the reason why they lost Canadian federal election

January 23 - Hill Times re: Federal Conservatives' proposal to elect senators will provoke constitutional change to Senate, if Conservatives are elected

January 23 - Hill Times re: Election polls mostly misleading, media hype of polls irresponsible -- full disclosure should be required -- See for details January 21, 2006 Toronto Star article Election polls mostly misleading, media hype of polls irresponsible -- full disclosure should be required and December 12, 2005 Hill Times article re: Political Polls Misleading Voters By Not Reporting Undecided Voter Numbers and Democracy Watch's letter-to-the-editor Media reporting of pre-election political polls misleads public

January 23 - Hill Times re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006)

January 22 - Calgary Sun (Licia Corbella column) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) -- See Calgary Sun/Canoe.ca article about this news release by clicking here

January 21 - Toronto Star re: Election polls mostly misleading, media hype of polls irresponsible -- full disclosure should be required

January 21 - Toronto Sun (Bill Rodgers column) re: Democracy Watch's January 20, 2006 news release 1,147 Promises from the Five Main Parties -- No Guarantee Offered By Any Party Leader, and No Pledges to Pass "Honesty-in-Politics" Law (January 20, 2006) -- See Toronto Sun/Canoe.ca article about this news release by clicking here

January 20 - CBC Radio (Halifax) website article re: Voters have right to know details of donors, lenders to parties and candidates before voting based on Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006)

January 20 - Peace, Earth & Justice News website (http://www.pej.org) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal NDP Has Best Corporate Responsibility Platform, Greens and Bloc Not Too Far Behind, Conservative and Liberal Grades Much Worse -- Many Key Gaps in All Parties' Platforms . . . (January 19, 2006)

January 19 - Georgia Straight (Vancouver weekly newspaper) re: Federal Liberal Industry Minister David Emerson failed to act on Federal Court ruling, kept federal lobbyist watchdog under his control

January 18 - CTV.ca website article re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD:Federal Conservative Party Has Best Government Accountability Election Platform -- NDP, Greens, Bloc Tied Not Far Behind, Liberal Grades Much Worse -- All Platforms Still Have Key Gaps. . . (January 18, 2006) -- See also article on CTV.ca's website about Democracy Watch's Report Card and Democracy Watch's January 16, 2006 news release by clicking here

January 18 - Vancouver Sun re: Federal lobbying law changes will change lobbying industry in Ottawa, if Conservatives win and keep promises
January 18 - Ottawa Citizen re: Federal lobbying law changes will change lobbying industry in Ottawa, if Conservatives win and keep promises

January 16 - CTV.ca website article re: Democracy Watch's news release Voters Have Right to Know Donors and Loans to Candidates and Parties Before Election Day-- Do Liberals Still Owe Banks $34.8 Million? (January 16, 2006) -- See also article on CTV.ca's website about this news release by clicking here

January 16 - Hill Times weekly newspaper re: implications of federal Conservative Party's promises to strengthen lobbying regulation system for lobbyists working on the party's election campaign team

January 14 - National Post re: letter-to-the-editor criticizing the newspaper's inaccurate summary of the parties' government accountability/democratic reform platforms which gave the Liberals and NDP much more credit than they are due, and the Conservatives much less credit than they are due (Based upon Democracy Watch's December 22, 2005 news release Conservatives Only Party Making Comprehensive Government Accountability/Democratic Reform Pledges So Far in Election, NDP Better Than Liberals, Bloc or Greens)

January 13 - PoliticsWatch.com re: Federal Conservatives' platform missing pledge to ensure that lobbyists can't work for government departments, or have connections with companies that do such work

January 13 - Edmonton Sun re: Voter cynicism and low voter turnout caused by dishonest, patronizing political party leaders

January 12 - Globe and Mail.com re: Federal Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper bans B.C. Conservative election candidate who hid legal violation charges from Conservative Party

January 12 - Calgary Sun re: Conservatives only likely headed to minority government at best, and if they pass Federal Accountability Act as pledged it will greatly increase government accountability

January 12 - Le Soleil newspaper re: disclosure of donations by party leadership candidates in the past and the new requirements in effect since January 1, 2004, and Democracy Watch's ethics complaint against Paul Martin for his 2003 Liberal leadership campaign donations

January 12 - Metro newspaper (Vancouver) re: investments in unethical industries (e.g. weapons manufacturers) by the federal government's Canada Pension Plan

January 11 - CTV National News re: B.C. Conservative federal election candidate hid that he is charged with violating customs law, going to trial in February (On webpage this link takes you to, click on link on lower right-hand side to see the video)

January 11 - 24 Hours newspaper (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto) re: Federal party leaders ask voters to trust them, but won't stake their own jobs on their own promises (For details, see Democracy Watch's January 10, 2006 news release Federal Debate on Ethics and Accountability Issues Raises Key Questions About Trusting Party Leaders)

January 11 - Epoch Times re: CCRC calls for Canadian federal government to strengthen bank accountability law in 2006 review to match requirements in the U.S. -- To see Epoch Times article, click here

January 9 issue - Western Standard magazine re: danger created for fair federal elections in Canada because federal ruling party selects returning officers, who are the front-line regulators of who gets to vote across the country

January 9 - Globe and Mail (editorial board editorial) re: Democracy Watch's November 17, 2005 news release Senate Should Pass Bill C-11, All Federal Parties Should Match Conservatives' Pledge to Strengthen Whistleblower Protection System After Election

January 7 - Saskatoon StarPhoenix re: Federal government's Cabinet appointment system dangerous to law enforcement in Canada

January 5 - National Post letter-to-the-editor re: Election ad spending law helps democracy by limiting influence of wealthy interests -- Honesty and accountability measures the real solution to voters' concerns

January 3 - PoliticsWatch.com re: Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper has unethical belief that there it is fine for lobbyists to work on political party campaigns

January 3 - Edmonton Sun (editorial board editorial) re: Federal Conservatives' Government Ethics and Accountability Platform Best of the Federal Parties So Far in Election (For details see Democracy Watch's December 22, 2005 news release Conservatives Only Party Making Comprehensive Government Accountability/Democratic Reform Pledges So Far in Election, NDP Better Than Liberals, Bloc or Greens

January 1 - Canoe.ca website (CP wire article) re: Requirement that election candidates live in their riding would not make government more honest, ethical, open, waste preventing or representative

January 1 - CTV website (CP wire article) re: Requirement that election candidates live in their riding would not make government more honest, ethical, open, waste preventing or representative



II. 2006 Public Appearances
in reverse chronological order


GOVERNMENT HEARINGS
2006


September 18 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill C-2 (the "Federal Accountability Act") -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Senate Should Uphold Voter Rights and Amend Bill C-2 to Force Conservatives to Keep 21 Broken Election Promises, But Has No Right to Weaken Bill C-2 in Any Way (September 15, 2006)

May 30 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher testified before the House of Commons Committee on Bill C-2 (the "Federal Accountability Act") -- For details, see Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch Details Changes in 15 Key Areas That Must Be Made to the Federal Accountability Act to Ensure An Honest, Ethical, Open, Waste-Prevention and Representative Federal Government (May 30, 2006)




CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / SPEECHES
2006


December 7 - Duff Conacher spoke in Ottawa to a group of citizen group leaders from Russia on how lobbying by citizen groups works in Canada, and the state of democracy in Canada, as part of the Governance Advisory and Exchange Program (GAEP) of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

October 23 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke at an event on Bill C-2, the so-called "Federal Accountability Act" and government accountability generally for The Glendon Research Group in Public and International Affairs at Glendon College (York University) in Toronto

May 15 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke at a protest on Parliament Hill about David Emerson violating the fundamental rights of voters in his riding by switching after the federal election from the Liberals to the Conservatives, and how Emerson's action is a symptom of how the system is the scandal

April 21 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher taught a workshop on how to work strategically to change government policies at the "100th Monkey Conference" for environmental clubs at elementary schools in the Ottawa area

April 6 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke on NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) at a luncheon for the Lebanese Heritage Association of Montreal with Ralph Nader as featured speaker

April 5 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke on NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' "Federal Accountability Act" Should Be Expanded to Close All Loopholes -- Other Key Democratic Reforms Should Be Priority for All Parties in Parliament (March 27, 2006) at Concordia University in Montreal with Ralph Nader as featured speaker

February 27 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke on how to be an effective citizen advocate as part of OPIRG-Kingston's community course in organizing offered for free at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario

February 22 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke on the topic of "Government Actions Needed to Make Canada's Economy Sustainable" at the Industry Sector Young Professionals Network (ISYPN) conference in Ottawa


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