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Media and Public
Appearances 2009
Set out below is a list of
links to Democracy Watch's media and public
appearances from 2009.
If you want to see/hear selected
Democracy Watch TV and radio interviews and speeches from past years,
go to:
Selected Democracy Watch TV and
Radio Interviews and Speeches / Testimony
If you want see what media and other commentators have said
about Democracy Watch, go to:
Quotations by Media
and Others About Democracy Watch
I.
2009 Media
Appearances
in reverse chronological order
TV
Radio
Newspapers, Magazines and Web Media
listing date of appearance, media outlet, 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.
NOTE: For links set out below entitled "WEBSITE
ARTICLE"
or "TV Interview" or "RADIO INTERVIEW" the link will take you to a
media outlet webpage
that
is not owned or controlled by Democracy Watch. In some cases, the
article or interview will no longer be available on that webpage, or
only available to subscribers to the media outlet.
2009 Public
Appearances
are set out below the Media Appearances and are grouped
under Government
Hearings or Conferences, with the host, date and topic
listed for each appearance.
1,214 media appearances in 2009 (including 253
national
appearances)
TELEVISION
2009 -- 37 TV appearances in
2009
(including 18 national TV appearances)
November 26 - @5:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re:
Ontario Liberals' Bill 212 Good Government Act is actually a
badgovernment law that allows for secret, unlimited donations to
municipal election candidates, as does Toronto City Council's proposed
ban on donations by corporations, unions and other organizations
October 20 - @11:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re:
federal Conservatives refuse to keep their 2006 promises to strengthen
federal access-to-information law and system
October 20 - @5:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re: federal Conservatives
refuse to keep their 2006 promises to strengthen federal
access-to-information law and system
September 17 - CBC TV's "The National" re:
Canadian Press wire article re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 9 - @11:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re:
NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 9 - @5:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - CBC TV's "The National" re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - CPAC's "PrimeTime Politics" show re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the CPAC inteview, click
here
September 8 - CBC Newsworld (feature afternoon interview) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the CBC interview, click
here
September 8 - CTV News Channel (feature afternoon interview) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the CTV interview, click
here
September 8 - CBC Newsworld (hourly news) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) - To see
the interview, click
here
September 8 - CTV Newsnet (hourly news) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 3 - Omni TV News re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
August 27 - CBC TV's "The National" re: Canada's
big banks record high third-quarter profits yet again, as federal
Conservatives use billions of Canadians' money to bail out the banks,
and allow them to continue to gouge Canadians with excessive interest
rates and fees
August 3 - @11:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re:
TESTIMONY AND NEWS RELEASE: Group's
Final
Policy
Submission
to
Oliphant
Commission Details 20 Unethical, But Still Legal, Actions By
Cabinet Ministers and Others in Federal Politics, and 10 Key Flaws in
Enforcement Systems -- Loopholes
in Ethics and Openness Laws Must Be
Closed, and Enforcement Strengthened, To Prevent Ethics Violations and
Excessive Secrecy (July 31, 2009)
August 3 - @5:30 (CHCH TV (Ontario)) re: TESTIMONY AND NEWS
RELEASE: Group's Final Policy
Submission to
Oliphant Commission Details 20 Unethical, But Still Legal, Actions By
Cabinet Ministers and Others in Federal Politics, and 10 Key Flaws in
Enforcement Systems -- Loopholes
in Ethics and Openness Laws Must Be
Closed, and Enforcement Strengthened, To Prevent Ethics Violations and
Excessive Secrecy (July 31, 2009)
July 30 - CPAC re: TESTIMONY AND NEWS RELEASE: Group's Final Policy Submission to
Oliphant Commission Details 20 Unethical, But Still Legal, Actions By
Cabinet Ministers and Others in Federal Politics, and 10 Key Flaws in
Enforcement Systems -- Loopholes
in Ethics and Openness Laws Must Be
Closed, and Enforcement Strengthened, To Prevent Ethics Violations and
Excessive Secrecy (July 31, 2009)
June 28 - CPAC (Goldhawk Live phone-in show) re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
government still needs key democratic reforms (in part because of past
Conservative and Liberal broken promises), but is more democratic and
accountable than 20 years ago (Hill
Times, May 11, 2009) -- To see
the show, click
here
June 9 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario -- @5:30
show (11:30 pm rebroadcast) re: (CP
wire article): Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 9 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario -- @5:30 show) re: (CP
wire article): Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
May 24 - CBC TV's News Sunday show re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 23 - Global TV (Ontario - Focus Ontario
show) re: protection of personal privacy in Canada -- To see transcript of interview, click
here
March 6 - CTV News (Montreal) re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
February 27 - CTV National News ("Ask Us"
segment) re: federal gift rules for Prime Minister and Cabinet
ministers, their staff, Cabinet appointees and senior government
officials -- See for details: Democracy
Watch news release re: Federal
Court of Appeal Hearing on Monday of Landmark Case Challenging Ruling
that Approved of a Lobbyist Organizing a Fundraising Event for a
Cabinet Minister He Was Registered to Lobby -- Ethics Commissioner's
New Guideline Strongly Reaffirms that
Federal Cabinet Ministers/Senior Officials Cannot Accept Gifts or
Favours From Lobbyists
(January 9,
2009)
January 30 - CBC TV News (local news at 6 pm
across Canada) re: Canadian Press wire article re: Pressure
grows
on
federal
government
to do something effective to protect
Canadians from gouging on credit cards and other banking fees and
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives Continue Negligence of Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing Nothing to
Stop Their
Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (January 30,
2009)
January 7 - CBC TV's The National (feature
story) re: Federal
government
has
been
negligent
in not regulating credit card promotions
and interest rates by banks and other companies
December 15, 2008 - Global TV (First National
news
show)
re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE re: Scrooge
Banks
Will
Gouge
Canadians
and Cut Services to Recover Their $16
Billion
in Losses and Writedowns Unless Federal Government Finally Audits
Charges,
Interest Rates, Lending Records and Competition Levels -- New Financial
Consumer
Watchdog Groups Needed to Watch Banks and Investment Industry
(December 16, 2008) -- NOTE: Link will take you to the website of the
Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) which Democracy Watch
coordinates)
December 5, 2008 - CTV's Canada AM (phone interview)
re: Governor General
makes
most neutral call possible by proroguing Parliament, acting as a sort
of referee in a championship game between weak Conservative team and
weak
Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition team
December 4, 2008 - CTV Newsnet re: Governor General makes
most neutral call possible by proroguing Parliament, acting as a sort
of referee in a championship game between weak Conservative team and
weak Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition team
top
RADIO
2009 -- 230 radio
appearances in 2009 (including 15 national radio appearances)
December 16 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Earns Only
an "E" Grade For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As
Usual -- Three Years After Federal
Accountability
Act Became Law, Dishonesty, Conflicts of
Interest, Excessive Secrecy,
Unlimited
Donations and Patronage All Still Legal -- Another, Stronger
Accountability
Act Needed (December 16, 2009)
December 10 - CBC Radio (Maritimes news) re:
CCRC NEWS RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of
Democracy Watch): Big Banks
Profit From Subsidies
and Government Inaction on Gouging and Financial Consumer Empowerment
-- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog
Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (December 8,
2009)
December 10 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: As
International Anti-Corruption Day Passes By, Canadian Governments
Continue to Fail to Fulfill UN
Convention Against Corruption Requirements and Other
International Standards (December 9, 2009)
December 9 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: As
International Anti-Corruption Day Passes By, Canadian Governments
Continue to Fail to Fulfill UN
Convention Against Corruption Requirements and Other
International Standards (December 9, 2009)
December 9 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of
Democracy Watch): Big Banks
Profit From Subsidies
and Government Inaction on Gouging and Financial Consumer Empowerment
-- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog
Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (December 8,
2009) -- To hear the
interview, click
here (NOTE: The piece starts starts at the 5:25 min. mark of the
show, and ends at the 16:45 min. mark of the show)
December 4 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS RELEASE: Ontario
Liberals Reject Good Government Amendments to Their "Bad Government
Act" -- Dishonesty,
Secret Unlimited Donations, Secret Lobbying, Excessive Secrecy and
Conflicts
of Interest Still Allowed, and Independence of Public Inquiries
Undermined (December 3, 2009) -- To hear the interview, click
here (NOTE: The interview starts starts at the 3:30 min. mark of
the show, and ends at the 15:30 min. mark of the show)
December 3 - CFRB Toronto
(and five other radio stations evening show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Ontario
Liberals Reject Good Government Amendments to Their "Bad Government
Act" -- Dishonesty,
Secret Unlimited Donations, Secret Lobbying, Excessive Secrecy and
Conflicts
of Interest Still Allowed, and Independence of Public Inquiries
Undermined (December 3, 2009)
November 27 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Ontario
Liberal
government
gives
unjustifiable
reasons for refusing to disclose
details of contract for special prosecutor for Michael Bryant case
-- To hear the piece, click
here (NOTE: The piece starts starts at the 4 min. mark of the show,
and ends at the 15 min. mark of the show)
November 25 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - Tommy
Schnurmacher morning show) re: Interac, VISA and Mastercard all want
changes to
compete in debit and creadit card markets, but government needs to do
audits to protect consumers against gouging by all three companies - See related CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
November 12 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal - late
afternoon show) re: Interac, VISA and Mastercard all want changes to
compete in debit and creadit card markets, but government needs to do
audits to protect consumers against gouging by all three companies - See related CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
November 3 - Radio-Canada.ca (French - Ontario)
re: Ontario's
Liberals'
Bill
212
leaves
many loopholes open that will allow money to
continue to have undue, undemocratic influence in municipal politics
October 22 - CBC Radio news re: NEWS
RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Lobbyist's Assistance With Federal Conservative
Fundraising Event That Raises Serious Questions (October 22, 2009)
and NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Federal Conservative Fundraising Event At Rogers
Centre That Raises Serious Questions (October 16, 2009) and Liberal
MPs fundraise on their MP websites which likely violates MPs ethics
rules
October 22 - Radio Canada (French - hourly news and 3 different radio
shows) re: Failure
of
federal
Conservatives
to
keep their promise to create an independent
Public Appointments Commission to curb crony and patronage Cabinet
appointments
October 22 - 1410 CHUM Talk Radio (Vancouver -
"Simi Sara" morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 22 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener, Ontario - Jeff Allan
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
White-Collar
Crime
Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 22 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
White-Collar
Crime
Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 21 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg --
Geoff Currier evening show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 21 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 21 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 16 -- Jeff Farias radio show (KXXT 1010
AM in
Phoenix, Arizona and online) re: developments in
Canadian politics -- To see
the show's website, click
here
October 8 - CHUO Radio's ("The Five O'Clock
Train" show) re: Duff
Conacher
on
the
lack
of effective government accountability systems in
Canada
September 27 - CBC Radio ("The Sunday Edition"
show) re: Duff
Conacher
on
panel
in
Ottawa on the state of democracy in Canada's
federal government
September 18 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 17 - Radio news shows on about 40 stations across Canada re:
Canadian Press wire article re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 15 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg --
Geoff Currier evening show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Marks Second International Day of Democracy -- Calls on
Political Parties Across Canada to Make Much-Needed and Well-Known
Democratizing Changes (September 15, 2009)
September 15 - CFAX Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C. afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Marks Second International Day of Democracy -- Calls on
Political Parties Across Canada to Make Much-Needed and Well-Known
Democratizing Changes (September 15, 2009)
September 11 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
Hears
Challenge
Today
of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 9 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 9 - 1410 CHUM Talk Radio (Vancouver -
"Simi Sara" morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The
World Tonight" show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - CFAX Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C. afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - Hourly radio news on at least 100
radio stations across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
August 24 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - "The Lunch
Bunch" show) re: various federal Canadian issues
August 20 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal) re: Earl
Jones financial scandal and Democracy Watch's Citizen Association Campaign
August 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Given
Ruling in Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien Case, Democracy Watch Calls on
Federal Director of Public Prosecutions to Review Other Recent
Questionable Cabinet Appointment and Favour-Trading Cases -- Ethics Commissioners Across Canada Must Also
Issue Guidelines Clearing Up Ethics Rules on Favour-Trading, and Public
Appointments Commissions Must Be Created to Prevent Patronage and
Cronyism (August 6, 2009)
July 30 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(ABC - "World Today" show) re: Queensland state government proposes
banning success fees for lobbyists, and other political finance
reforms that Canada has already implemented
July 2 - Jeff Farias radio show (KXXT 1010 AM in
Phoenix, Arizona and online) re: developments in
Canadian politics -- To see
the show's website, click
here
June 24 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa and area -
"Michael Harris in the
Afternoon" show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 24 - CJAD
(Montreal -- noon
show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 24 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 23 - CBC Radio's "As It Happens" show re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 23 - 570 News Talk Radio (Kitchener, Ontario - afternoon show with
Gary Doyle) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
Will
Hear
Challenge
of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 18 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa and area -
Michael Harris in the
Afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Oliphant
Inquiry's
Policy
Review
This
Week Opens Door to Closing Loopholes,
Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Ethics, Lobbying, Political
Finance and Open Government Rules (June 15, 2009)
June 17 - Jeff Farias radio show (KXXT 1010 AM in Phoenix, Arizona and
online) re: developments in
Canadian politics -- To see
the show's website, click
here
June 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: (CP
wire article): Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 8 - CKNX Radio (London, Ontario) re: (CP
wire article): Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 5 - Radio Canada (Toronto morning
show) re: eHealth Ontario's failure to hold competitions for contracts,
and use of high-priced consultants, a recipe for wasting the public's
money
June 3 - CBC Radio (Metro Toronto morning
show) re: eHealth Ontario's failure to hold competitions for contracts,
and use of high-priced consultants, a recipe for wasting the public's
money
May 28 - CBC Radio (Metro Toronto afternoon
show) re: eHealth Ontario's failure to hold competitions for contracts,
and use of high-priced consultants, a recipe for wasting the public's
money
May 28 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa and area - Michael Harris in the
Afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on Federal Joint Committee to Approve of Parliamentary
Budget Officer’s Past Actions, and to Recommend Key Changes to Increase
PBO’s Powers, Funding and Independence
May 28 - CFAX Radio (Victoria, B.C.) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on Federal Joint Committee to Approve of Parliamentary
Budget Officer’s Past Actions, and to Recommend Key Changes to Increase
PBO’s Powers, Funding and Independence
May 25 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver - Christy
Clark afternoon show) re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 25 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal -- The Tommy
Schnurmacher morning show) re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 25 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
March 31 - CBC Radio's "As It Happens" show
re: interview
with Democracy Watch Coordinator and Canadian Community Reinvestment
Coalition (CCRC) Chairperson Duff Conacher re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 31 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa area - "Michael Harris in the
Afternoon" show re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Applies to Appeal to
Supreme Court of Canada Challenging Federal Court of Appeal's Ruling
About Ethics Commissioner's Decision On Whether Prime Minister Harper
and His Cabinet
Are in a Conflict of Interest Over
Mulroney-Schreiber Situation --
Democracy Watch Still Seeks MPs and Senators to Re-file Complaint to
Ensure
Commissioner Rules On Issue, and to Change Ethics Law to Ensure Public
Rulings on Complaints Filed by Anyone
(March 27, 2009)
March 27 - CBC Radio's "As It Happens" show re: letter read from
Democracy Watch Coordinator and Canadian Community Reinvestment
Coalition (CCRC) Chairperson Duff Conacher re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 11 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - "The Lunch
Bunch" show) re: Democracy Watch's REPORT CARD: Federal
Conservatives' So-Called "Federal Accountability Act" and Related
Decisions Earn a "D" Grade For Only Partially Increasing Government
Democracy and Accountability and NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) and NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 10 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - "The
World Tonight" show) re: REPORT CARD: Federal
Conservatives' So-Called "Federal Accountability Act" and Related
Decisions Earn a "D" Grade For Only Partially Increasing Government
Democracy and Accountability and NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) and NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 6 - CJAD Talk Radio (Montreal -- The Tommy
Schnurmacher morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 5 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton, Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show) re: debate over federal budget and details of spending plans
February 25 - CBC Radio "The World at Six" re:
TD Bank's quarterly profit statement raises questions about gouging
February 20 - CBC radio stations in Windsor and
Thunder Bay (Ontario) and St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives
Continue
Negligence
of
Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing Nothing to
Stop Their
Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (January 30,
2009)
February 19 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009)
February 12 - CJBK News Talk Radio (London,
Ontario) re: (Globe and Mail.com article) Federal
Conservatives
to
propose
changes
to law to give police access to
Internet exchanges through search warrants
February 1 - QR77 Alberta Talk Radio (weekend
morning show with Peter Watts) re: Canadian Press wire article re: Pressure
grows
on
federal
government
to do something effective to protect
Canadians from gouging on credit cards and other banking fees and
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives Continue Negligence of Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing Nothing to
Stop Their
Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (January 30,
2009)
January 11-12 - 20 radio stations across Canada
(all airing Broadcast News piece) re: Democracy Watch news release re: Federal
Court of Appeal Hearing on Monday of Landmark Case Challenging Ruling
that Approved of a Lobbyist Organizing a Fundraising Event for a
Cabinet Minister He Was Registered to Lobby -- Ethics Commissioner's
New Guideline Strongly Reaffirms that
Federal Cabinet Ministers/Senior Officials Cannot Accept Gifts or
Favours From Lobbyists
(January 9,
2009)
January 8 - CBC Radio News (Ontario) re: federal
government likely has to move 15,000 public servants at the same time
out of aging government buildings in Ottawa, raising questions about
mismanagement of the buildings and office operations, and about
enforcement of accountability rules in such situations
top
NEWSPAPERS,
MAGAZINES and WEB MEDIA
2009 -- 947 print and web media appearances in
2009
(including 220 national appearances)
December 24 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
Task
Force
on
Financial
Literacy must recommend creation of financial
industry citzen watchdog group, and bank regulation, to be effective
December 23 - Maclean's
magazine re: Democracy
Watch's
successful
court
challenge
leads to stronger restrictions on
federal lobbyists doing favours for politicians, parties and government
officials
December 21 - Hill Times re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Earns Only
an "E" Grade For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As
Usual -- Three Years After Federal
Accountability
Act Became Law, Dishonesty, Conflicts of
Interest, Excessive Secrecy,
Unlimited
Donations and Patronage All Still Legal -- Another, Stronger
Accountability
Act Needed (December 16, 2009)
December 18 - Globe and Mail
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Lawrence Martin's December 16, 2009 column
was inaccurate to claim that Prime Minister Harper has has not been
held accountable for various undemocratic actions, given that
Parliament, the courts and voters have not yet ruled on the actions
December 14 - Calgary Herald
re: Like
all
lobbying
registries
across
Canada, Alberta's has huge loopholes
that allow for secret, unethical lobbying
December 14 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Afghan detainee scandal is yet another example of the
need
for an honesty-in-politics law
December 9 - CBC.ca and Yahoo.ca re: Democracy
Watch
and
the
CCRC
call for an audit of excessive bank profits
December 8 - Financial Post
(Legal Post column) re: Democracy Watch NEWS
RELEASE: Forced
By Federal Court of Appeal Ruling, Federal Commissioner of Lobbying
Finally Bans Lobbyists From Giving Gifts and Doing Favours For
Politicians, Their Staff and Government Officials -- Will the Commissioner Uphold the Ban When
Ruling on Past, Current and Future Cases?
(November 12, 2009)
November 30 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Gerry Nicholls' misleading claims about Canada's federal
political finance system in letter to the editor to Hill Times and Gord
McIntosh's misleading claims in Hill
Times' article concerning the federal Commissioner of
Lobbying's new ethics guideline
November 29 - Edmonton Journal and
Canada.com
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor
by
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their whistleblower protection and open government
election promises, as the Afghan prisoner scandal makes clear
November 26-27 - CTV.ca and 21 other media outlets (Macleans.ca, Metro
Canada
newspapers and several radio station websites etc. -- all publishing
Canadian Press wire article) re: Ontario
Liberal
government
gives
unjustifiable
reasons for refusing to disclose
details of contract for special prosecutor for Michael Bryant case
November 25 - Globe
and Mail and Vancouver Sun
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their whistleblower protection and open government
election promises, as the Afghan prisoner scandal makes clear
November 24 - National Post
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their whistleblower protection and open government
election promises, as the Afghan prisoner scandal makes clear
November 23 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Sheila Copps makes her usual ridiculous points (in her
November 9th Hill Times
column), this time claiming that Canadians should not complain about
deficiencies in our democracy -- To see the letter, click here
November 20 - Toronto Star
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their whistleblower protection and open government
election promises, as the Afghan prisoner scandal makes clear
November 17 - London
Free Press re: Given
provincial
laws
that
prohibit
lobbyists from giving benefits to
politicians or putting them in even a potential conflict of interest,
activities of Ontario lobbyist raise serious questions
Also published by:
- Toronto Sun, click
here
- Orillia Packet and Times, click
here
-- To see related article, click
here
November 16 - Hill
Times re: Federal
lobbyists raise unreasonable concerns in response to Commissioner of
Lobbying's new ethics Guideline -- To
see Democracy Watch's news release about the Guideline, click here
November 16 -- CBC.ca (Kady O'Malley's blog) re: Democracy Watch NEWS
RELEASE: Forced
By Federal Court of Appeal Ruling, Federal Commissioner of Lobbying
Finally Bans Lobbyists From Giving Gifts and Doing Favours For
Politicians, Their Staff and Government Officials -- Will the Commissioner Uphold the Ban When
Ruling on Past, Current and Future Cases?
(November 12, 2009)
November 16 - Hill Times re:
letter to the editor by Gerry Nicholls re: Democracy Watch OP-ED: Secret donations and unethical actions
will continue to corrupt Canadian politics regularly until key changes
are made -- Politicians of all
stripes continue to protect a corrupt system
November 15 - Montreal Gazette
re: Democracy
Watch's
proposals
being
seriously
considered to close loopholes in
Quebec's political finance system
November 12 - PacificFreePress.com re: Democracy Watch NEWS
RELEASE: Forced
By Federal Court of Appeal Ruling, Federal Commissioner of Lobbying
Finally Bans Lobbyists From Giving Gifts and Doing Favours For
Politicians, Their Staff and Government Officials -- Will the Commissioner Uphold the Ban When
Ruling on Past, Current and Future Cases?
(November 12, 2009)
November 11 - StraightGoods.ca re: Loopholes
in
Canadian
lobbying
ethics
and political donations laws, and weak
enforcement, allow wealthy interests to corrupt the government
policy-making system
November 9 - Hill
Times re: Federal
lobbying ethics rules must be clarified to draw clear lines about what
lobbyists can do for/give to politicians and government officials
November 9 - Hill Times re: OP-ED: Secret donations and unethical actions
will continue to corrupt Canadian politics regularly until key changes
are made -- Politicians of all
stripes continue to protect a corrupt system
November 4 - Montreal
Gazette re: OP-ED: Secret donations and unethical actions
will continue to corrupt Canadian politics regularly until key changes
are made -- Politicians of all
stripes continue to protect a corrupt system
November 3 - Radio-Canada.ca (French) re: Ontario's
Liberals'
Bill
212
leaves
many loopholes open that will allow money to
continue to have undue, undemocratic influence in municipal politics
November 3 - Guelph Mercury
and Kitchener-Waterloo Record
re: OP-ED: Secret donations and
unethical actions will continue to corrupt Canadian politics regularly
until key changes are made -- Politicians
of
all
stripes
continue
to protect a corrupt system
November 2 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
White-Collar
Crime
Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 28 - Ottawa Citizen
(L. Ian MacDonald's column) re: event for retiring Business
Council on National Issues President Thomas d'Aquino
October 30 - Edmonton Journal
(L. Ian MacDonald's column) re: event for retiring Business
Council on National Issues President Thomas d'Aquino
October 30 - Local Niagara This Week
re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Federal Conservative Fundraising Event At Rogers
Centre That Raises Serious Questions (October 16, 2009) -- To see
CKTB article, click
here
October 28 - Oakville Beaver
re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Lobbyist's Assistance With Federal Conservative
Fundraising Event That Raises Serious Questions (October 22, 2009)
-- To see the Beaver article,
click
here
October 28 - National Post
(L. Ian MacDonald's column) re: event for retiring Business
Council on National Issues President Thomas d'Aquino
October 28 - Montreal Gazette
(L. Ian MacDonald's column) re: event for retiring Business
Council on National Issues President Thomas d'Aquino
October 26 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
- CBC article
also published by AOL.ca, click
here
October 23 - 610CKTB.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Federal Conservative Fundraising Event At Rogers
Centre That Raises Serious Questions (October 16, 2009) -- To see
CKTB article, click
here
October 23 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Lobbyist's Assistance With Federal Conservative
Fundraising Event That Raises Serious Questions (October 22, 2009)
October 23 - Canada.com and Ottawa
Citizen (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Duff Conacher about
October 18-19 op-ed by
Adam Dodek) re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal -- To see the letter, click
here
October 22 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Lobbyist's Assistance With Federal Conservative
Fundraising Event That Raises Serious Questions (October 22, 2009)
- CBC article also published by AOL.ca, click
here
October 22 - Radio-Canada.ca (French) re: Failure
of
federal
Conservatives
to
keep their promise to create an independent
Public Appointments Commission to curb crony and patronage Cabinet
appointments
October 21 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed White-Collar Crime Measures Too Little, Too
Late to Protect Investors and Consumers -- U.S. Experience
Shows Two New Citizen Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Corporate Accountability (October 21, 2009)
October 18-19 - Canada.com and Ottawa
Citizen (publishing op-ed by
Adam Dodek) re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
October 18 - Macleans.ca (Andrew Potter's blog) re: op-ed by Adam
Dodek) re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
October 16 - Maclean's
magazine re: Federal
access-to-government-information
law
and
system
have key flaws and
loopholes, despite new Information Commissioner's claims
October 16 - CTV.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Group
Files Complaints With Lobbying Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and
Elections Canada About Federal Conservative Fundraising Event At Rogers
Centre That Raises Serious Questions (October 16, 2009) -- To see
CTV.ca article, click
here
Also published by:
- Canoe.ca, click
here
- CanadianPress.com, click
here
October 15 - Straight.com (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC)
Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: It's
our
money,
and
so
we should have a say in how banks and other financial
institutions use our money
October 14 - Vancouver
Sun and Kelowna.com (Barbara Yaffe's column) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister
Harper's
record
of patronage appointments no better than
past Liberal governments, but more hypocritical because he promised to
create independent Public Appointments Commission
October 12 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: If
Federal Conservatives Had Kept Their Promise to End Secret Lobbying,
Canadians Would Have Key Information Needed to Judge Fairness of
Federal Government Decisions
October issue - MoneySense
magazine re: Federal
politicians'
pay,
perks
and
pension are too high and disconnect them
from the concerns of most voters
October 2 - The Strand
(University of Toronto newspaper) re: Federal
Court
judge's
ruling
confirms
Prime Minister Harper's Conservatives
broke their election promise to pass law fixing federal election dates
October 1 - Charlottetown
Guardian (op-ed by Ron Kelly) re: PEI's
fixed-election-date law likely does not fix election dates given
Federal Court ruling rejecting Democracy Watch's challenge of Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 election call as a violation of the
federal fixed-election-date law
September 28 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
politicians
should
free
Parliamentary
Budget Officer and other officers
of Parliament to release their accountability reports at any time
September 28 - Ottawa Citizen
(column by Andrew Potter) re; CBC Radio's "The Sunday Edition"
show re: state of
democracy in Canada
September 21 - Globe
and Mail
(publishing letter to the editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher re:
the Globe's Sept. 21st
editorial board editorial) re: Canadian Press wire article re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 21 - Law
Times re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 21 - Globe and Mail
(editorial board editorial) re: Canadian Press wire article re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 17-18 - CTV.ca and 26 other media outlets across Canada (all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Court
ruling
means
Conservatives
misled
Parliament and broke their 2006
election promise to pass a law fixing the dates of federal elections
-- Democracy Watch will appeal
September 17 - Pictou County News
(Nova Scotia - editorial board editorial) re: Puzzling
federal court ruling means federal Conservatives misled Parliament and
broke their 2006 election promise to pass a law fixing federal election
dates
September 17 - Canada.com and GlobalTV.com and 10 CanWest News Service
newspapers and one blog re: Court
ruling
means
federal
Conservatives
misled Parliament and broke their
2006 election promise to pass law fixing federal election dates
September 17 - CBC.ca re: Court
ruling
means
federal
Conservatives
misled Parliament and broke their
2006 election promise to pass a law fixing federal election dates
September 17 - AllHeadlineNews.com and GantDaily.com re: Court
ruling
means
federal
Conservatives
misled Parliament and broke their
2006 election promise to pass a law fixing federal election dates
September 16 - Edmonton Sun
(Jeremy Loome column) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Marks Second International Day of Democracy -- Calls on
Political Parties Across Canada to Make Much-Needed and Well-Known
Democratizing Changes (September 15, 2009) -- To see the Sun column, click
here
September 15 - PacificFreePress.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Marks Second International Day of Democracy -- Calls on
Political Parties Across Canada to Make Much-Needed and Well-Known
Democratizing Changes (September 15, 2009)
September 14 - HarperIndex.ca re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see the HarperIndex.ca article, click here
September 14 - Hill
Times re: Federal Parliament's Board of Internal Economy must be
made more accountable
September 14 - Globe and Mail
(letter-to-the-editor from reader) re:
Prime Minister Harper's violation of his government's
fixed-election-date law
September 10 - rabble.ca re: Prime
Minister Harper's dishonest, secretive and un-representative record
raises questions about his ability to govern in the public interest
- Also published by TheTyee.ca, and Cornwall Free Press
September 9 - GantDaily.com (publishing AHN wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in court
- Also published by AllHeadlineNews.com
September 9 - Campbell River
Courier-Islander (editorial) re: Federal
Liberals power play with election call matches Prime Minister Harper's
power play with snap election call in fall 2008
September 8 - Canada.com, GlobalTV.com, National Post and 10 CanWest News
Service newspapers re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in Federal
Court as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - CBC.ca re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in Federal
Court as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - Canoe.ca (English and French) and 24 SunMedia newspapers (Barrie Examiner, Belleville Intelligencer,
Brantford Expositor, Calgary Sun, Chatham Daily News, Cornwall Standard
Freeholder, Edmonton Sun, Grande Prairie Herald Tribune (Alberta),
Kingston Whig Standard, London Free Press, Niagara Falls Review, North
Bay Nugget, Orillia Packet & Times, Owen Sound Sun Times, Pembroke
Daily Observer, Peterborough Examiner, Sarnia Observer, Sault Star, St.
Catharines Standard, Stratford Beacon Herald, Sudbury Star, Toronto
Sun, Welland Tribune, Winnipeg Sun) re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in Federal
Court as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - CTV.ca and 46 other media outlets (all publishing
Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's September 2008 election call
in Federal Court
-- Also published by: Globe and Mail,
Canoe.ca,
Macleans.ca,
Toronto Star,
Canadaeast.com, CityTV.com, Hamilton
Spectator, Winnipeg Free Press, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Waterloo Region Record, La Presse, Le Droit, Le Journal
de Montreal, Le Devoir, TheTyee.ca, Fernie Free Press, Bridge River Lillooet News, Lethbridge Herald, Medicine Hat News, Orleans Star, Western Star, News1130.com,
680News.com, 660News.com, 570News.com, 580 CFRA.com, CHQR.com,
CJBK.com, CKFR.com, CKTB.com, iNews880.com, KBSRadio.com, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Miramichi Leader, Moncton Times and Transcript, BrandonSun.com, Coast Reporter newspaper, Metro newspaper (Calgary, Halifax,
Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), Squamish
Chief newspaper, Whistler
Question newspaper, CFTKTV.com
September 8 - AOL.com re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in court
September 8 - DigitalJournal.com re: Democracy Watch
challenges Prime Minister Harper's 2008 election call in Federal Court
as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - Terra.com.mx re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the Terra.com.mx article, click
here -- Also published by EFE and Soitu.es
September 8 - French.PeopleDaily.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the French.PeopleDaily.com article, click
here
September 8 - Spanish.China.org.cn re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009) -- To see
the Spanish.China.org.cn article, click
here
September 8 - CriEnglish.com re: Democracy
Watch challenges Prime Minister Harper's 2008 election call in Federal
Court as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - News.Xinhuanet.com re: Democracy
Watch
challenges
Prime
Minister
Harper's 2008 election call in Federal
Court as a violation of fixed-election-date law
September 8 - Examiner.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 8 - Financial Post
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: Canada's big banks record high third-quarter profits yet
again, as federal Conservatives use billions of Canadians' money to
bail out the banks, and allow them to continue to gouge Canadians with
excessive interest rates and fees
September 7 - Hill
Times (op-ed by Ken Dickerson) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal Court Hears Challenge Today of
Legality of Conservative Prime Minister Harper's September 2008 Federal
Election Call (September 8, 2009)
September 7 - Hill Times re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal Court
Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call (September 8, 2009)
September 6-7 - Sault Star
(Mindy Jacob's column) re: Federal
political
parties
seek
power
for powers sake, not to solve
long-standing problems in Canada
Also published by:
- Toronto Sun, Barrie Examiner, The Beacon Herald, Kingston Whig Standard, Lindsay Daily Post, Niagara
Falls
Review, Northumberland
Today, Pembroke Daily Observer,
Peterborough Examiner, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, St. Catharines Standard, St. Thomas Times-Journal
September 5 - Law Times re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Hears Challenge Today of Legality of Conservative Prime Minister
Harper's September 2008 Federal Election Call -- World's
First
Court
Challenge
of
Fixed-Election-Date
Law Will Determine Effect of Similar Laws in Five
Provinces
and the Northwest Territories, and in Other Parliamentary Democracies
(September 8, 2009)
September 4 - Radio-Canada.ca (French) re: Federal
Conservative
Defence
and
Atlantic
Canada
Minister Peter MacKay has role
in two family companies in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act
September 3-4 - Canada.com and 11 CanWest News
Service newspapers and GlobalTV.com and National Post re: Federal
Conservative
Defence
and
Atlantic
Canada Minister Peter MacKay has role
in two family companies in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act
-- federal Ethics Commissioner must investigate to determine whether
MacKay was involved in decisions about government funding programs that
could benefit the companies
September 4 - Radio-Canada.ca re: Le
ministre
Peter
MacKay
explique
sa violation du code d'éthique
September 3 - Macleans.ca re: Halifax
Chronicle
Herald article re: Federal
Conservative Defence and Atlantic Canada Minister Peter MacKay has role
in two family companies in violation of Conflict of Interest Act --
federal Ethics Commissioner must investigate to determine whether
MacKay was involved in decisions about government funding programs that
could benefit the companies -- To see Macleans.ca article, click
here
September 3 - Halifax Chronicle
Herald re: Federal
Conservative Defence and Atlantic Canada Minister Peter MacKay has role
in two family companies in violation of Conflict of Interest Act
--
federal Ethics Commissioner must investigate to determine whether
MacKay was involved in decisions about government funding programs that
could benefit the companies
September 1 - Vancouver Sun
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: Canada's big banks record high third-quarter profits yet
again, as federal Conservatives use billions of Canadians' money to
bail out the banks, and allow them to continue to gouge Canadians with
excessive interest rates and fees
August 31 - Hill
Times (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Loophole-filled,
so-called five year ban on lobbying must be strengthened, not weakened,
to help ensure ethical federal politics
August 31 - Toronto Star
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: Canada's big banks record high third-quarter profits yet
again, as federal Conservatives use billions of Canadians' money to
bail out the banks, and allow them to continue to gouge Canadians with
excessive interest rates and fees
August 28 - Georgia Straight
(Charlie Smith's blog) re: Appointment
of
journalists
to
the
Senate raise questions about independence of
media in Canada
August 20 - Globe
and Mail (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: All federal
political parties should approve democratic compromises on MP mailings,
party ad-spending, and public political party subsidies
August 17 - Hill
Times (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: All federal
political parties should approve democratic compromises on MP mailings,
party ad-spending, and public political party subsidies
August 15 - IPSnews.net re: Delay in federal
government's release of information about Maher Arar saga yet another
abuse of government's access-to-information laws
August 13 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Ruling in O’Brien
case only first step to stopping lobbying and Canadian government’s
patronage games
-- To see op-ed in Herald, click here
August 13 - Ottawa Xpress
(weekly free newspaper) re: NEWS RELEASE: Given
Ruling in Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien Case, Democracy Watch Calls on
Federal Director of Public Prosecutions to Review Other Recent
Questionable Cabinet Appointment and Favour-Trading Cases -- Ethics Commissioners Across Canada Must Also
Issue Guidelines Clearing Up Ethics Rules on Favour-Trading, and Public
Appointments Commissions Must Be Created to Prevent Patronage and
Cronyism (August 6, 2009)
August 10 - Hill
Times re: NEWS RELEASE: Given
Ruling
in
Ottawa
Mayor
Larry O'Brien Case, Democracy Watch Calls on
Federal Director of Public Prosecutions to Review Other Recent
Questionable Cabinet Appointment and Favour-Trading Cases -- Ethics Commissioners Across Canada Must Also
Issue Guidelines Clearing Up Ethics Rules on Favour-Trading, and Public
Appointments Commissions Must Be Created to Prevent Patronage and
Cronyism (August 6, 2009)
August 7 - Montreal Gazette
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Ruling in O’Brien
case only first step to stopping lobbying and Canadian government’s
patronage games
August 6 - NationalPost.com (Chris Selley's
"Full Pundit" column) re: op-ed Ruling
in
O’Brien
case
only
first
step to stopping lobbying and Canadian government’s
patronage games
August 5-6 - Ottawa
Citizen (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Ruling in O’Brien
case only first step to stopping lobbying and Canadian
government’s patronage games
August 5-6 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Government
patronage
and
cronyism
will
continue after O'Brien case ruling unless
laws are clearly and publicly defined, enforcement is strong, and
independent appointment commissions are created
August 3 - Hill
Times re: TESTIMONY AND NEWS RELEASE: Group's Final Policy Submission to
Oliphant Commission Details 20 Unethical, But Still Legal, Actions By
Cabinet Ministers and Others in Federal Politics, and 10 Key Flaws in
Enforcement Systems -- Loopholes
in Ethics and Openness Laws Must Be
Closed, and Enforcement Strengthened, To Prevent Ethics Violations and
Excessive Secrecy (July 31, 2009)
August 3 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: All
federal political parties have failed to ensure fully independent and
effective Parliamentary Budget Officer -- second Accountability
Act needed to close loopholes, strengthen independence and powers of
all enforcement agencies
July 29 - Richmond
Review re: Veteran
suspended
from
veterans
club
in Vancouver for criticizing situation in
club -- appeal will resolve whether his free speech rights were violated
July 28 - Macleans.ca (Kady O'Malley's "Inside the Queensway" blog) re:
last day of hearings in Phase II Policy Review of the Oliphant Inquiry
into the Mulroney-Schreiber Affair
July 22 - Ottawa
Citizen (publishing CanWest News Service article) re: New
rules
have
loopholes
--
inquiry needed into Ontario government
consulting contracts after eHealth scandal
Also published by:
- National Post, click
here
- Kelowna.com, click
here
July 14 - Canada.com, National
Post, Montreal Gazette,
Windsor Star (all
publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Conservatives
have
hurt their own credibility as much
as G8 country leaders by breaking half of their promises
July 13 - Hill
Times re: Federal
Conservatives
broke
2006
election
promise to establish independent
Parliamentary
Budget Officer -- actual Accountability Act needed to close
accountability
loopholes, strengthen independence and powers of all enforcement
agencies
July 10 - Calgary
Herald re: As
in
all
cities
and
towns, expenses paid for by public in Calgary must be
regulated by strict and clear rules and independent enforcement body to
prevent abuse
July 7 - Cape Breton Post
(editorial) in part re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the Post editorial, click
here
July 6 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Public
Appointments
Commission
should
not
be scrapped, it should be set up as
soon as possible, and law changed to require Cabinet to maintain
Commission
July 2 - VUE
Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta weekly newspaper) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the VUE Weekly article, click here
June 29 - Hill
Times re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
Will
Hear
Challenge
of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 29 - Hill Times re: NEWS
RELEASE: Oliphant
Inquiry's Policy Review This Week Opens Door to Closing Loopholes,
Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Ethics, Lobbying, Political
Finance and Open Government Rules (June 15, 2009)
June 28 - The Province
(Vancouver) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
Will
Hear
Challenge
of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 28 - Toronto Star
(online letters) re: The Star's
"Sham-ocracy"
series
(June
20-27)
has same flaws as noted in
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
government still needs key democratic reforms (in part because of past
Conservative and Liberal broken promises), but is more democratic and
accountable than 20 years ago (Hill
Times, May 11, 2009)
June 28 - Winnipeg Free Press
(publishing CanWest News Service article) re: Federal
government
must
set
up
financial consumer watchdog group to give
consumers a place to call for financial advice and help
June 25- National Post
(online summary of editorials and blogs) re: Globe and Mail's June 24 editorial
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009)
June 24 - Canada.com and one other CanWest News
website re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the CanWest article, click
here
June 24 - GantDaily.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the Gant article, click
here
June 24 - AllHeadlineNews.com and re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the AHN article, click here
June 24 - The Tyee.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the Tyee.ca article, click
here
June 24 - Reuters, Reuters UK, Reuters India, Interactive Investor,
Forbes re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the Reuters article, click
here
June 24 - Globe and Mail
(editorial board editorial) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see the Globe editorial, click
here
June 23-24 - CTV.ca (and 12 other media outlets
across Canada -- all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court Will Hear Challenge of Legality of Prime Minister's September
2008 Federal Election Call on September 8, 2009 -- Democracy Watch Prepared to File Another Court
Challenge if Prime Minister Tries Calling Another Snap Election This
Summer (June 23, 2009) -- To see CP article on CTV.ca, click
here
June 23-24 - Canada.com (and 8 CanWest News Service newspapers, all
publishing CanWest News article) re: Federal
government
must
set
up
financial consumer watchdog group to give
consumers a place to call for financial advice and help
June 22-23 - CTV.ca (and 31 other media outlets
across Canada -- all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: NEWS RELEASE: Oliphant
Inquiry's Policy Review This Week Opens Door to Closing Loopholes,
Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Ethics, Lobbying, Political
Finance and Open Government Rules -- To see CP article as it
appeared on CTV.ca, click
here
June 22 - Hill Times (Ken
Rubin column) re: House of Commons Committee report and TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
needed
changes
to the federal Access
to Information Act
before the federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to
Information, Privacy and Ethics (March 30, 2009) -- To see Democracy Watch's submission
to the Committee, click here
June 22 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: MPs
Make Incredible Claims That Their New Ethics Code Loopholes Were Added
Unknowingly, and Pose No Problems
June 15-16 - Canada.com and 10 CanWest News
newspapers across Canada) re: NEWS RELEASE: Oliphant
Inquiry's Policy Review This Week Opens Door to Closing Loopholes,
Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Ethics, Lobbying, Political
Finance and Open Government Rules
-- To see the Canwest
News Service article, click
here
June 15-16 - CTV.ca and 22 other media outlets (7 national, 14 in
cities across Canada -- all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: NEWS RELEASE: Oliphant
Inquiry's Policy Review This Week Opens Door to Closing Loopholes,
Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Ethics, Lobbying, Political
Finance and Open Government Rules -- To see CP article, click
here
June 15 - Hill Times re:
Canadian Press wire article re: Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 13 - Toronto
Star (editorial about Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence -- To see
the Star editorial, click
here
June 11 - Elmira Observer
(editorial about Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 8 - National
Post re: Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing their independence
June 6-8 - CTV.ca and 31 other media outlets across Canada (all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
politicians
decide
in
secret
meetings to create loopholes in their
ethics rules to allow political party leaders to buy them off,
decreasing
their independence
June 2 - Canoe.ca and 20 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Ottawa
Mayor
Larry
O'Brien
is
being prosecuted for alleging offering a
possible federal government appointment -- past offers by others should
be reconsidered by prosecutors
June 1 - Hill
Times (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Senate
Ethics
Officer
lacks
key
investigation powers compared to federal
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, so Bill C-30 should be
passed or Senate ethics code changed in key ways
June 1 - Hill Times re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on Federal Joint Committee to Approve of Parliamentary
Budget Officer’s Past Actions, and to Recommend Key Changes to Increase
PBO’s Powers, Funding and Independence (May 28, 2009)
May 29 - Edmonton Journal
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: If
Federal
Conservatives Had Kept Their Promise to Create an Independent Public
Appointments Commission in 2006, Cabinet Ministers Would Be Sheltered
From Accusations of Rewarding Party Favours With Appointments
May 28 - CFAX1070.com (radio station in
Victoria, B.C.) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on Federal Joint Committee to Approve of Parliamentary
Budget Officer’s Past Actions, and to Recommend Key Changes to Increase
PBO’s Powers, Funding and Independence -- To see the CFAX website
article, click
here
May 28 - Montreal Gazette
(Don MacPherson's column) re: Proposed
Quebec
ethics
code
for
provincial politicians and their staff is full
of huge loopholes, and will be weakly enforced
May 28 - VUE
Weekly (Edmonton,
Alberta weekly newspaper) re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE: Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
-- To see the VUE Weekly article, click here
May 25 - National Post
and Canada.com (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: If
Federal
Conservatives Had Kept Their Promise to Create an Independent Public
Appointments Commission in 2006, Cabinet Ministers Would Be Sheltered
From Accusations of Rewarding Party Favours With Appointments
May 25 - StraightGoods.ca re: CCRC NEWS
RELEASE: Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
-- To see the StraightGoods.ca
article, click
here
May 22 - National
Post (Jonathan Chevreau's
column) re: Federal
Conservatives'
proposed
credit
card
regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging
May 22 - CBC.ca re: Federal
Conservatives'
proposed
credit
card
regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging - also published on AOL
Canada, click
here
May 22 - Toronto Star re: Federal
Conservatives proposed credit card regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging and CCRC NEWS RELEASE
(NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 22 - AllHeadlineNews.com re: Federal
Conservatives proposed credit card regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging and GantDaily.com
(publishing AHN article), click
here and re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE (NOTE: the CCRC is a project of
Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 22 - Halifax Chronicle Herald
(publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
Conservatives proposed credit card regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging and CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 21 - Vancouver Sun
(column) re: Federal
Conservatives
proposed
credit
card
regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging and CCRC NEWS RELEASE
(NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 21 - CanadianPress.com re: Federal
Conservatives
proposed
credit
card
regulations too little, too late to
protect financial consumers from gouging and CCRC NEWS RELEASE
(NOTE: the CCRC is a project of Democracy Watch): Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
May 16 - Toronto
Star re: Question
remains whether federal Conservatives will take action to protect
Canadians from credit-card gouging by the big banks and other companies
(Toronto Star, May 16, 2009)
May 14 - HarperIndex.ca re: Federal
Conservatives have broken their promise to establish a Public
Appointments Commission, failing to solve problem caused by unqualified
Cabinet appointees at Immigration and Refugee Board and other
government institutions
May 11 - Hill
Times (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Federal
government
still
needs
key
democratic reforms (in part because of past
Conservative and Liberal broken promises), but is more democratic and
accountable than 20 years ago
May 10 - CTV.ca and 30 other media outlets across Canada (all
publishing a
Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
Conservative
Cabinet
appoints
several
Conservatives to federal
government institutions, continuing to fail to establish promised
Public Appointments Commission
May 10 - Montreal Gazette re:
B.C.
referendum
may
result
in
positive change to provincial voting system,
but key accountability problems will remain
May 10 - Edmonton Sun re: Alberta
government
lacking
many
key
democracy and accountability measures
May 8 - Macleans.ca (Capital Read column) re: Because
MPs
weakened
ethics
rules
last year, federal Ethics Commissioner has no
jurisdiction to examine allegations about unethical activities such as
those against Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla
May 6 - VUE Weekly (Edmonton,
Alberta weekly newspaper) re: Democracy Watch's
bank accountability campaign due partial credit for relative strength
of Canadian banking industry in face of worldwide financial crisis
May 4 - Canoe.ca and 22 other media websites
across Canada (all publishing a Canadian Press wire article) re: Conservatives
repeat
2006
and
2008
election promise that they will create an
independent commission to help ensure merit-based Cabinet appointments
May 4 - Hill
Times re: MPs
meeting behind closed doors re: loopholes in their ethics code and
whether code must be clarified with interpretation bulletins on gifts
and other key rules, sponsored travel loophole must be closed
April 30 - Montreal Gazette
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Arguments
against
setting
up
government
ethics commissioner for Quebec like NHL
getting rid of all referees because a few have made bad calls in the
past -- To see letter as
it was published in the Gazette,
click
here
April 21 - Montreal
Gazette re: Columnist
Henry
Aubin
abuses
Democracy
Watch's good name in making illogical,
extremely weak argument against establishing an ethics commission for
Quebec's provincial and municipal governments
April 15 - Xtra
magazine re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Conservatives
ignore
some new laws, even laws they
proposed and supported
April 13 - Hill Times re: MPs
ethics code must be clarified with interpretation bulletins on gifts
and other key rules, sponsored travel loophole must be closed
April 8 - Canada.com and Nanaimo
Daily News (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Conservatives
have
broken as many government
accountability promises as they have kept, have failed to clean up the
federal government and have increased voter cynicism, just like Jean
Chretien's Liberals did
- Canada.com, click
here
- Nanaimo Daily News, click
here
April 4 - Canada.com and 3 CanWest News Service newspapers re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Conservatives
have
broken as many government
accountability promises as they have kept, failing to clean up the
federal government and increasing voter cynicism
April 4 - National Post re:
letter to the editor re: April 1-2 article on Canada.com, and in National Post
and 2 other CanWest News Service newspapers re: Coalition
calls
for
government
audit
of banks credit card and overall lending
practices
April 2-3 - Canada.com and 12 other CanWest News
Service newspapers across Canada re: Coalition
calls
on
Senate
Banking
Committee to recommend government audit of
credit card companies' profit margins
April 1-2 - Canada.com, National Post
and 2 other CanWest News Service newspapers re: Coalition
calls
for
government
audit
of banks credit card and overall lending
practices
March 30 - National Post re: Prime
Minister Harper in conflict of interest when he set terms of inquiry
and chose inquiry commissioner to investigate his and former Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney's actions re: Karlheinz Schreiber
March 30 - Ottawa
Citizen re: Mayor
of
Ottawa
involved
in
discussions concerning city policy on trade show
that involves company he partially owns, raising questions of conflict
of interest
March 27 - Victoria
Times Colonist, Canada.com and 10 other CanWest newspapers
across Canada re: Elections
Canada
should
continue
investigation
into phone fraud during 2008
election in federal Conservative Cabinet minister Gary Lunn's riding
because key questions can be answered, and must investigate whether
third party groups that supported Lunn colluded illegally
March 27 - PublicValues.ca re: Democracy Watch
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
of
Appeal
Rules
That
Lobbyists Violate Rule 8 of Lobbyists'
Code
of
Conduct
If
They Do Anything To Create Any Private Interest Or Obligation That
Conflicts With Any Public Duty of a Federal Politician or Government
Official
-- Court Declines to Order New
Hearing and Makes No Finding Concerning
Conduct of Lobbyist Conduct Who Organized Fundraising Event in 1999 for
Cabinet Minister
(March 17, 2009) -- To see
PublicValues.ca article and video interview about the ruling, click here
March 23 - Hill
Times re: Democracy Watch NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court of Appeal Rules That
Lobbyists Violate Rule 8 of Lobbyists'
Code
of
Conduct
If
They Do Anything To Create Any Private Interest Or Obligation That
Conflicts With Any Public Duty of a Federal Politician or Government
Official
-- Court Declines to Order New
Hearing and Makes No Finding Concerning
Conduct of Lobbyist Conduct Who Organized Fundraising Event in 1999 for
Cabinet Minister
(March 17, 2009) -- To see Hill Times
article, click
here
March 22 - Canoe.ca (English and French) and three other SunMedia
newspapers re: Half
as
many
Canadians
wrote
to Conservative Prime Minister Harper in last
two years than in recent years, a sign of voter turnoff and frustration
March 19 - The Tyee.ca re: Elections
Canada
drops
2008
election
phone fraud investigation -- difficult to
believe every investigative technique and power was used to find person
behind the fraud
March 19 -- 24hrs.ca (Vancouver) re: TheTyee.ca article re: Actions
of Conservative campaign workers for Cabinet minister Gary Lunn, and
supporting third party groups, during 2008 federal election raise
enough questions that Elections Canada should investigate -- To see
24hrs.ca version of the article, click
here
March 19 - The Metropolitain
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 18 - TheTyee.ca re: Actions
of Conservative campaign workers for Cabinet minister Gary Lunn, and
supporting third party groups, during 2008 federal election raise
enough questions that Elections Canada should investigate
March 18 - Caledon
Enterprise (Caledon, Ontario) re: letter to the editor that
mentioned Democracy Watch's court case challenging the illegal election
call by Prime Minister Harper in September 2008
March 12 - New Brunswick Times and
Transcript re: op-ed by Elsie Hambrook that mentioned Democracy
Watch's money-in-politics advocacy efforts -- To see the op-ed, click
here
March 10 - Canada.com and 11 CanWest News
Service newspapers across Canada re: Federal
Conservatives
give
$500
million
in defence contracts to program that
audits have shown has spending accountability problems
March 9 - Hill
Times (publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Prime
Minister Harper's Conservatives broken open government promises can be
easily implemented by opposition parties given minority government
March 9 - Ottawa Citizen re:
publishing letter to the editor about Duff
Conacher's March 4th letter to the editor on bank accountability issues
March 5 - Toronto Star
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 4 - Ottawa Citizen
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator and CCRC Chairperson Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(March 4, 2009)
March 3 - Toronto Star re:
letter-to-editor that mentioned Democracy Watch's government ethics
advocacy
March 1 - New Brunswick Times and
Transcript (publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Prime
Minister Harper's Conservatives broken open government promises can be
easily implemented by opposition parties given minority government
February 28 - National
Post (publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Prime
Minister Harper's Conservatives broken open government promises can be
easily implemented by opposition parties given minority government
February 27 - TorontoStar.ca,
GlobeandMail.com and
CBC.ca (publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Prime
Minister Harper's Conservatives broken open government promises can be
easily implemented by opposition parties given minority government
February 26 - SEE
Magazine re: Democracy
Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) -- To see the SEE
Magazine article, click
here
February 25 - StraightGoods.ca re: Democracy
Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) -- To see the StraightGoods.ca, click
here
February 23 - Hill
Times re: Democracy Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009)
February 23 - Hill
Times re: House
of
Commons
introduces
new
page on its website listing how MPs vote on
bills and other matters
February 23 - Georgia Straight
(Politics Blog by Charlie Smith) re: Democracy Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) -- To see Straight article, click
here
February 18 - CBC.ca re: Democracy Watch's NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity 2008 Report Drops Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) -- To see CBC.ca website article, click
here
February 18 - National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal and Vancouver Sun (all publishing
CanWest News Service article re: Global
Integrity
2008
Report
Drops
Canada From "Strong" to "Moderate" Level in
World's Most Detailed Assessment of Government Integrity and Democracy
(February 18, 2009) -- To see the CanWest article, click
here
February 18 - Montreal Gazette
(publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Former
federal Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski not convicted of
government spending crime,
but judge's ruling made it clear that does not mean Radwanski acted
properly
February 17 - Vancouver Sun
(publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Former federal
Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski not convicted of crime, but
judge's ruling made it clear that does not mean Radwanski acted properly
February 15 - Canoe.ca, CTV.ca and 23 other
media outlet websites across Canada (all
publishing
Canadian Press wire article) re: Free
food
and
drink
receptions
by lobbyists for federal MPs create conflicts
of interest -- Ethics Commissioner's new guideline bans such gifts to
Cabinet ministers, their staff and senior government officials
February 14 -- Edmonton
Sun re: Head
of
Alberta
elections
agency
and opposition parties call for end to
ruling party-appointments of front-line election officials
February 13 - Calgary Herald
re: Alberta's
Conservative
government
shows
its
opposition to open government by
failing to set up registry of lobbyists more than two years after law
creating registry was passed
February 11 - Canada.com and 8 CanWest News
Service newspapers across Canada re: Department
of
Defence
audit
indicates
similar oversight problems in communications
contract as in past, but details kept secret
February 11 - Canoe.ca and 27 other media outlets across Canada (all
publishing
Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
granted
standing
as
a full party for Oliphant Commission of
Inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair's review of federal
ethics, political financing, spending and access to information
laws and
enforcement systems
Also published by:
- GlobeandMail.com, click
here
- Metro papers across Canada
- several radio station websites
February 9 - Hill
Times (publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Prime
Minister Harper's Conservatives broken open government promises can be
easily implemented by opposition parties given minority government
February 4 - Toronto
Star and Hamilton Spectator
re: Credit
card defaults likely to increase, companies increasing interest rates
but government still not requiring them to prove it is necessary
January 30-31 - CTV.ca and 37 other media
outlets across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Pressure
grows
on
federal
government
to do something effective to protect
Canadians from gouging on credit cards and other banking fees and
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives Continue Negligence of Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing Nothing to
Stop Their
Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability (January 30,
2009)
January 26 - Canada.com and National
Post re: Canada's
big
banks
lobbying
against
possible
audits to determine extent credit card
customers are gouged
January 22 - CBC.ca and 32 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy
Watch seeks standing as party and/or intervenor in Oliphant Commission
of Inquiry into Mulroney-Schreiber affair to recommend changes to
federal ethics, political financing, spending and access to information
laws and
enforcement systems
January 21 - CBC.ca and 30 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
Court
of
Appeal
cuts
hearing short, makes highly questionable ruling
refusing to review federal Ethics Commissioner's "opinion" that Prime
Minister Harper and his Cabinet were not in a conflict of interest when
making decisions about Mulroney-Schreiber situation -- Court also rules
Commissioner does not have to review complaints filed by the public
January 21 - Canada.com and 7 other CanWest newspapers (all publishing
CanWest News Service wire article) re: Mulroney-Schreiber
inquiry
judge
invites
submissions
on changes needed to federal
government's ethics system
January 19 - Hill
Times (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: loopholes and lack of effective enforcement of federal
ethics laws mean secret lobbying and unethical relationships between
Cabinet ministers and lobbyists are still legal, and former politicians
and government officials can lobby government soon after leaving office
January 18-19 - CBC.ca and 33 other media
outlets across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article)
re: Federal
government
institutions
in
a
conflict of interest when investigating
themselves (often in secret) in cases of wrongdoing -- independent,
public investigations needed
January 15 - The Metropolitain
re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE
re: Scrooge
Banks Will Gouge Canadians and Cut Services to Recover Their $16
Billion
in Losses and Writedowns Unless Federal Government Finally Audits
Charges,
Interest Rates, Lending Records and Competition Levels -- New Financial
Consumer
Watchdog Groups Needed to Watch Banks and Investment Industry
(December 16, 2008)
January 15 - Canada.com and CanWest News Service
newspapers across Canada re: Public political
funding changes, honesty-in-politics law, voting system reform, and
democracy education, all proposed by Democracy Watch, are among the top
solutions to problems with Canada's democracy
January 12 - CBC.ca and 16 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press (CP) wire article) re:
Democracy Watch news release re: Federal
Court
of
Appeal
Hearing
on Monday of Landmark Case Challenging Ruling
that Approved of a Lobbyist Organizing a Fundraising Event for a
Cabinet Minister He Was Registered to Lobby -- Ethics Commissioner's
New Guideline Strongly Reaffirms that
Federal Cabinet Ministers/Senior Officials Cannot Accept Gifts or
Favours From Lobbyists
(January 9,
2009) -- To see CP article, click here
-- en francais, cliquez
ici
January 11-12 - GlobeandMail.com and 37 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing Canadian Press (CP) wire article) re: Democracy
Watch news release re: Federal
Court of Appeal Hearing on Monday of Landmark Case Challenging Ruling
that Approved of a Lobbyist Organizing a Fundraising Event for a
Cabinet Minister He Was Registered to Lobby -- Ethics Commissioner's
New Guideline Strongly Reaffirms that
Federal Cabinet Ministers/Senior Officials Cannot Accept Gifts or
Favours From Lobbyists
(January 9,
2009) -- To see CP article, click
here -- en francais, cliquez
ici
January 12 - National Post
and 4 other CanWest News Service newspapers across Canada re: Department
of
National
Defence
projects
worth billions of dollars lack effective
oversight, according to Department's internal audit
January 11 - Ottawa Citizen
(publishing interview with Professor Peter Russell) re: Recent
decisions
of
Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper, including decision to
call election in September which Democracy Watch is challenging in
Federal Court
January 8 - Victoria
Times Colonist (editorial) re: Just
like
the
Liberals
did,
federal Conservatives fail to penalize company
that failed to deliver new military helicopters on time to the
government
January 5 - CBC.ca and 31 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Federal
Conservative Finance Minister must require banks to disclose loan
applications, approvals and rejections to have effective bank
accountability
January 5 - National Post (Financial Post section) re: Federal
Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty must require banks to
disclose loan applications, approvals and rejections to have effective
bank accountability
Also published by:
- Vancouver Sun, click
here
- Calgary Herald, click
here
January 3 - Ottawa Citizen
(publishing letter-to-the-editor about Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher's letter-to-the-editor re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Senate
and
Supreme
Court appointments are two of four appointment promises the
Conservatives have broken, and add to their 27 other broken democratic
reform promises (Canada.com and six other newspapers across Canada,
and the subject of interviews on nine radio shows across Canada,
December 23, 2008)
top
II. 2009
Public Appearances
in reverse chronological order
GOVERNMENT HEARINGS
2009
July 28 - Duff Conacher appeared before the
final hearing of the
Part II Policy Review of the Oliphant Commission Inquiry into the
Mulroney-Schreiber affair -- For details, click here
June 15-17 and 22nd - Duff Conacher appeared
before the
Part II Policy Review of the Oliphant Commission Inquiry into the
Mulroney-Schreiber affair -- For details, click here
June 2 - Duff
Conacher
on
the
need
for an independent audit of bank profits and other
key bank accountability measures before the Joint House of Commons
Finance/Industry committees
April 2 - Duff Conacher testified before the
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce on measures to
strengthen the federal Bank Act
and financial institution accountability system (specifically
concerning gouging by credit card companies) -- To see a transcript of the
testimony, click
here
April 2 - Duff Conacher testified before the federal Subcommittee on
Gifts of
the
House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on
measures to clarify and close gift loopholes in the federal Conflict of Interest Code for Members of
the House of Commons -- To see
a transcript of the testimony, click
here
March 30 - Duff Conacher testified before the
federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Access, Privacy and
Ethics on
measures to strengthen the federal Access
to
Information
Act -- To see
a transcript of the testimony, click
here -- To see Democracy
Watch's submission to the Committee, click here
January 22 - Submission of application to
Oliphant Commission of Inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair in
Ottawa to be a party/intervenor in Phase II Policy Review -- To see Democracy
Watch's submission, click
here
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / SPEECHES
2009
September 24 - Duff Conacher spoke on a panel in Ottawa about
the state
of
democracy in Canada organized by CBC Radio's "The Sunday Edition" show
-- To hear the show, click
here
May 14 - Duff Conacher spoke on a panel in Ottawa about citizen group
and public expectations of public consultations by government and
business, and accountability, at the 2009 Annual Symposium of the
Performance and Planning Exchange
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