Media
and
Public
Appearances
2010
Set
out below is
a list of
links to Democracy Watch's media and public
appearances from 2010.
If
you
want to see/hear selected
Democracy Watch TV and radio interviews and speeches
from past years,
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I.
2010
Media
Appearances
in
reverse
chronological order
TV
Radio
Newspapers, Magazines and Web
Media
llisting
date of appearance, media outlet, and topic, and
for TV and radio the
specific show.
NOTE: Some links will take
you to a
media outlet webpage
that
is not controlled by Democracy Watch. In some
cases, the
article or interview will no longer be available on that
webpage, or
only available to subscribers.
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.
880
media appearances
in 2010 (including 161
national
appearances)
TELEVISION
2010
-- 45
TV
appearances so
far
(including 18 national TV appearances)
November 30 - NBTVToday.com
(live-streaming)
re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
New
Brunswick
government
to
enact
measures
to encourage
bank lending to business in province
November 4 - CBC Power and Politics with Evan
Solomon re: questions raised about how Conservative Cabinet
minister
Jim Prentice negotiated new job with CIBC bank
October 22 - CBC TV local news at 6 pm and 11 pm
in six cities across Canada re: Federal
program
that
brings
business
executives
into
government
full
of
conflicts
of
interest -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here
October 21 - TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin
re: Ontario's proposed changes to lobbying law leaves open
loopholes
that, along with weak enforcement, allow for secret,
unethical lobbying
-- To see details about the same loopholes and weak
enforcement of the
federal lobbying law, click
here
September 20 - CBC Power and Politics with Evan
Solomon re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Increase
Disclosure
and
Ethics
Requirements,
But
Secret
and
Unethical
Lobbying
Will
Still
Be
Legal
Until
Other
Huge
Loopholes
Are
Closed -- Similar Changes Needed Across Canada
(September 24, 2010) -- To
see a sample news article about this issue, click
here
September 9 - CBC TV's The National re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 8 - CBC TV's The National re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
July 16 - CTV News (New Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms -- To see
details, click here
July 16 - CBC News (New Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms -- To see
details, click here
July 16 - YOUTUBE VIDEO: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher on the Coalition of New
Brunswickers campaign
for democratic reforms in the province -- To see details, click here
July 16 - YOUTUBE VIDEO: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher on the decision by New Brunswick
provincial politicians to increase their pension in spring
2010 -- To see
details, click here
July 6 - CBC News Channel (Power and Politics show) re:
CanadianPress.com
wire article) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
will
investigate
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
action
in
relation
to
former
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer --
Commissioner should be investigating many other
Conservative government
representatives
July 5 - CPAC (Ken Rockburn feature show) re: mentioned in
interview
with Ralph Nader
June 1 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario, @11:30
show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
June 1 - CBC TV's The National re: NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
June 1 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario, @5:30 show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
May 31 - CPAC (PrimeTime Politics show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
May 31 - CTV News Channel (feature afternoon interview) re:
NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
May 28 - CPAC (The Week with Mark Sutcliffe) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke Their
2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010)
May 18 - Global TV National re: Globe
and
Mail article re: Federal
Auditor
General
not
only
has
clear
power
to
audit
MPs
and
Parliament,
she
is
legally
required
to
do
the
audit
every
few
years
May 18 - Sun TV websites (3 across Canada) re: Globe and Mail article
re: Federal
Auditor
General
not
only
has
clear
power
to
audit
MPs
and
Parliament,
she
is
legally
required
to
do
the
audit
every
few
years
April 23 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario, @5:30
show -- @11:30 re-broadcast) re: Rahim Jaffer affair and
NEWS
RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying Commissioners
Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 23 - CHCH TV (Southwestern Ontario, @5:30 show) re:
Rahim Jaffer
affair and NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying Commissioners
Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 8 - CBC TV's The National re: Former
Conservative
MP Rahim Jaffer and his spouse, Conservative Cabinet
minister Helena Guergis, face allegations of improper
activities,
allegations they deny
April 8 - CBC's Power and Politics show re:
Rahim Jaffer and Helena Guergis situation and NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Fails in Past Year to Rule on
Five
Longstanding Ethics Complaints - Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by
Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010) -- To see
the
interview (from the 11-minute mark to the 17-minute mark of
the show), click
here
March 23 - TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin
re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
TV
show
panel
on
Senate
reform
-- Click on Senate Reform link on the page
March 15 - CPAC ("PrimeTime Politics" show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on All Federal Parties to Reach Agreement on
Eliminating
"10-Percenter" Mailings to Save More Than $10 Million -- Board
of
Internal Economy (BOIE) Must Have Consensus To Change
Rules, And
Should Hold Public Meetings To Discuss "10-Percenter"
and All Issues
(March 15, 2010)
March 1 - CBC News Network (afternoon news) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government
Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in
Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability
Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
March 1 - Straightgoods.ca re: YouTUBE VIDEO: Duff
Conacher on how
to resolve the dispute over the disclosure of all
documents about
Afghan detainees
February 24 - Straightgoods.ca re: YouTUBE VIDEO: Duff
Conacher
on the ethics of lobbying federal Canadian politicians
February 11 - CBC News Network (afternoon news)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
top
RADIO
2010
-- 220
radio
appearances so far (including 23 national radio
appearances)
December 31 - Radio Canada International
re: Globe and Mail
article re: Three
federal
government
ethics
watchdogs
acting
like lapdogs
December 20 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Murray Langdon's morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Gets An "F"
For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As
Usual -- Another,
Stronger
Accountability
Act
Needed
To
Close
90
Remaining
Loopholes and Flaws
December 20 - News 88.9 Saint
John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Gets An "F"
For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As
Usual -- Another,
Stronger
Accountability
Act
Needed
To
Close
90
Remaining
Loopholes and Flaws
December 14 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Government
Action Needed
to Ensure Big Bank Profits Not Based on Gouging -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer
Watchdog
Groups
Needed
For
Effective
Bank
and
Financial
Services Industry Accountability (December
8,
2010)
December 10 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Government
Action
Needed
to
Ensure
Big
Bank
Profits
Not Based on Gouging -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer
Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability
(December 8,
2010)
December 9 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: Federal
Auditor
General
finds
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner did
not do her job of protecting whistleblowers properly
December 9 - News 88.9 Saint
John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Government
Action Needed
to Ensure Big Bank Profits Not Based on Gouging -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer
Watchdog
Groups
Needed
For
Effective
Bank
and
Financial
Services Industry Accountability (December
8,
2010)
December 9 - 95.7 Maritimes NewsTalk Radio "Morning Show"
re: CBC
Radio's "World Report" and 20 CBC hourly reports across
Canada re: Tobacco
companies
lobbied
in
secretive,
successful
campaign
to
stop new health
warning label requirements on packages
December 9 - CBC Radio's "World Report" and 20 CBC hourly
reports
across Canada re: Tobacco
companies
lobbied
in
secretive,
successful
campaign
to
stop new health
warning label requirements on packages
November 4 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE (NOTE: the link
takes you to
CCRC webpage, and the CCRC is coordinated by Democracy
Watch) : Financial
Literacy Task Force Must
Recommend New National Financial Consumer Group: Lowest-cost,
most
effective way to educate and empower financial consumers
October 29 - CKNW Talk Radio Vancouver (early
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of
More
Than
30
Groups
Calls
For
Stronger
Federal
Whistleblower
Protection
and
Stronger
Integrity
Commissioner
October 28 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 27 - CBC Radio news hourly (in 20 markets across
Canada) and
CBC Radio's "The World at 6" re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed
October 23 - CBC Radio's "The House" re: Federal
program
that
brings
business
executives
into
government
full
of
conflicts
of
interest -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here, and to hear the piece, click
here (piece begins at 16 min. mark, and ends at the 26
min. mark)
October 22 - CBC "World Report" news, 'World at 6" news,
hourly news
across Canada re: Federal
program
that
brings
business
executives
into
government
full
of
conflicts
of
interest -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here
October 18 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: MPs
Have
Cause to Fire Federal Ethics Commissioner (October 15,
2010)
October 15 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Drive with Dan Ahlstrand"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: MPs
Have
Cause to Fire Federal Ethics Commissioner (October 15,
2010)
October 7 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Drive with Dan Ahlstrand"
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Whistleblower
Protection System Must Be Strengthened To Be Effective --
Similar Changes
Needed
Across Canada
October 7 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: Supreme Court of Canada asked to
rule on
whether Cabinet ministers' list of meetings and phone calls
is public
under the federal Access
to
Information Act
October 1 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Drive with Dan Ahlstrand"
show) re: Maclean's
magazine's unsubstantiated cover article claiming
Quebec is the most corrupt province in Canada, and MPs
reaction to the
article
September 29 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Applies
to Supreme Court of Canada For Leave to Appeal Fixed
Election Date Case Ruling -- Group
Calls
on
Prime
Minister
to
Promise
Not
to
Call
Another
Snap
Election
Until
Supreme
Court
Rules
(September 27, 2010) - JOIN
Facebook
Group To Protest Another Snap Federal
Election
September 28 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements, But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed -- Similar Changes Needed Across Canada
and NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Applies
to
Supreme Court of Canada For Leave to Appeal Fixed
Election Date Case Ruling -- Group
Calls
on
Prime
Minister
to
Promise
Not
to
Call
Another
Snap
Election
Until
Supreme
Court
Rules
(September 27, 2010) - JOIN
Facebook
Group To Protest Another Snap Federal
Election
September 27 - CJSW.com (Calgary university
radio) re: TV station in Calgary runs ad for candidate for
mayor on its
website who used to work at station, raising questions about
ad
arrangement
September 24 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements, But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed -- Similar Changes Needed Across Canada
September 13 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: CBC TV's The National
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 10 - CFRB 1010 Talk Radio (Toronto
-- John Tory's afternoon Drive Live show) re: CBC TV's The
National
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 10 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Murray Langdon's morning show) re: CBC TV's The National
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 8 - CBC Radio's "World Report"
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 7 - 15 radio stations across Canada (all reporting
on
CanadianPress.com wire article) re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
August 30 - CBC Maritimes (Mainstreet afternoon
show) re: governments allowing industry sectors to
self-regulate leads
to ineffective regulation
August 6 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives'
Proposed
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (August 5, 2010)
August 6 - CKNW (Vancouver -- Bill Good show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Proposed
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (August 5, 2010)
August 6 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives'
Proposed
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (August 5, 2010)
July 19 - Saint John Independent Radio (New
Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms -- To see
details, click here
July 16 - CBC News (New Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms -- To see
details, click here
July 16 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms -- To see
details, click here
July 16 - CJOL Radio
(Montreal - Concordia University radio) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
legacy
of
changes
as
he
begins
transition
to
new
work
after
17
years
as
Coordinator
July 15 - CBC Maritime Noon phone-in show (starts 20 min.
into
show) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
the
loopholes
and
flaws
in
Canada's
democracy
July 14 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules
allow
MPs
and
Senators
to
keep
active
business
and
financial
interests
July 14 - CKNW (Vancouver -- Bill Good show) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
legacy
of
changes
as
he
begins
transition
to
new
work
after
17
years
as
Coordinator
July 14 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
legacy
of
changes
as
he
begins
transition
to
new
work
after
17
years
as
Coordinator
June 24 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
June 24 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Murray Langdon's morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
June 24 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
June 23 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
(late afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
June 17 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: federal Privy Council (Cabinet)
office broke
contracting rules in 29% of contracts audited over last 18
months
June 1 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31, 2010)
May 26 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke
Their 2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010)
May 26 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke
Their 2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010)
May 26 - Radio-Canada morning show (French - Alberta) re:
NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Court of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke
Their 2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010)
May 26 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke
Their 2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010)
May 25 - 20 News stations across Canada (airing Broadcast
News piece)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
in Court Today -- Appealing Federal Court Ruling That
Legalized
Conservative Prime Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap
Federal
Election Call Despite Fixed-Election-Date Law (May 25,
2010)
May 25 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch in Court Today -- Appealing Federal Court Ruling
That Legalized
Conservative Prime Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap
Federal
Election Call Despite Fixed-Election-Date Law (May 25,
2010)
May 18 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Murray Langdon's morning show) re: Democracy
Watch Would Challenge Federal Ethics Commissioner's
Error-Filled Ruling
on Lisa Raitt Fundraiser in Court, But Such Court
Challenges are
Illegal -- Group
Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
May 18 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: Democracy
Watch Would Challenge Federal Ethics Commissioner's
Error-Filled Ruling
on Lisa Raitt Fundraiser in Court, But Such Court
Challenges are
Illegal -- Group
Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
May 17 - CBC Maritime Noon phone-in show re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
the
loopholes
and
flaws
in
Canada's
democracy
May 17 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: Democracy
Watch
Would Challenge Federal Ethics Commissioner's Error-Filled
Ruling
on Lisa Raitt Fundraiser in Court, But Such Court
Challenges are
Illegal -- Group
Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
May 14 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael
Harris afternoon show) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
ignores
rules
and
facts
in
ruling
clearing
Conservative
Cabinet
Minister
Lisa
Raitt
for
having
lobbyists
who
lobby
her
helping
her
with
a
fundraising
event (CBC.ca article)
May 8 - CBC National Radio News re: MPs having second jobs
and case of Liberal
MP
Derek
Lee
May 7 - CBC National Radio News re: MPs having second jobs
and case of Liberal
MP
Derek
Lee
May 6 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Files Complaints With Federal Ethics Commissioner
About
Possible Preferential Treatment of Rahim Jaffer by
Conservative
Government
Representatives (May 6, 2010)
May 6 - News 91.9 (Atlantic Canada) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Files Complaints With Federal Ethics Commissioner
About
Possible Preferential Treatment of Rahim Jaffer by
Conservative
Government
Representatives (May 6, 2010)
May 6 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris afternoon
show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Files Complaints With Federal Ethics Commissioner About
Possible Preferential Treatment of Rahim Jaffer by
Conservative
Government
Representatives (May 6, 2010)
May 5 - CBC Radio's World at 6 re: loopholes still left open
even
though Liberals'
lobbying
motion
passes
House
of
Commons
April 29 - CBC Radio Whitehorse, Kelowna,
Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Ottawa and Cape Breton
(early morning
shows)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight
How Federal Ethics and Lobbying Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 28 - CBC Radio (Calgary - afternoon show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight
How Federal Ethics and Lobbying Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 28 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Rob Snow evening show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases
Highlight
How Federal Ethics and Lobbying Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 28 - CBC Radio news (Sudbury) re: the dangers of
Internet voting
an Sudbury city council's rejection of the using Internet
voting in the
2010 city elections
April 26 - This
Magazine podcast re: PODCAST
INTERVIEW: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
interviewed
about
Democracy
Watch's
history
of
success
April 26 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: upcoming Speaker of the House of Commons' ruling
on NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
April 23 - At least 20 radio stations across Canada re:
Canadian Press
wire
article): Democracy
Watch
points
out
loopholes
in
federal
lobbying
disclosure
law
revealed
by
Rahim
Jaffer
affair -- To see
related news release, click
here
April 22 - CBC Radio's "World at Six" show re:
Patrick Glémaud's role in the Helena Guergis / Rahim
Jaffer
affair
April 22 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Murray Langdon's morning show) re: Auditor General's
report and lack
of an effective
waste-prevention enforcement system in the federal
government
April 17 - CBC Radio's The House re: Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher on the ineffectiveness of the federal ethics and
lobbying
commissioners
April 16 - Full Comment podcast, National
Post re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
interviewed
on
flaws
and
loopholes
in
federal
government's
access-to-information
system
April 15 - CBC Radio's The Current (Part 1)
evening re-broadcast re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
points
out
loopholes
and
flaws
in
federal
ethics
and
lobbying
rules
and
enforcement
system
highlighted
by
the
Helena
Guergis/Rahim
Jaffer
situation,
some
of
which
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
admits
exist -- For more details see: NEWS
RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 15 - VOCM (Newfoundland and Labrador) re: federal
Information
Commissioner's report and NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 15 - CBC Radio's national news re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 15 - CBC Radio's The Current (Part 1) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
points
out
loopholes
and
flaws
in
federal
ethics
and
lobbying
rules
and
enforcement
system
highlighted
by
the
Helena
Guergis/Rahim
Jaffer
situation,
some
of
which
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
admits
exist -- For more details see: NEWS
RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 14 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 14 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Recent
Cases Highlight How Federal Ethics and Lobbying
Commissioners Continue
to Fail to Enforce Laws Effectively -- Commons
committee must
question both commissioners (April 14, 2010)
April 8 - CHUO (Ottawa - 5 O'Clock Train show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying Fails in Past Year to Rule on Five
Longstanding Ethics Complaints - Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by
Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010) and NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized
Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM
Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010) -- To hear
the interview, click
here
March 22 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria,
B.C.
-- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: NEW RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Applauds
Opposition
Parties
Actions
on
Disclosure
of
Afghan
Detainee
Documents,
Prorogation
and
MP
Mailings,
But
More
Effective
Measures
Needed (March 22, 2010)
March 20 - CBC Radio news (New Brunswick) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
urges
New
Brunswickers
to
go
from
protesting
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
on
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
similar
bad
government
decisions (link is
to Fredericton Daily
Gleaner
article)
March 20 - Radio-Canada news (New Brunswick) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
urges
New
Brunswickers
to
go
from
protesting
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
on
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
similar
bad
government
decisions (link is
to Fredericton Daily
Gleaner
article)
March 19 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
urges
New
Brunswickers
to
go
from
protesting
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
on
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
similar
bad
government
decisions (link is
to Fredericton Daily
Gleaner
article)
March 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized
Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM
Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 10 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C.
-- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized
Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM
Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 10 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized
Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM
Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 9 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Federal
Conservatives' proposal to change Canada's national anthem
is a
distraction from priority issues and CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees
March 6 - CBC Radio's "Q" show re: Federal
Conservatives' proposal to change Canada's national anthem
is a
distraction from priority issues
March 3 - Jeff Farias show (U.S. Talk Radio) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government
Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in
Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability
Act Needed
(March 1, 2010) -- To
listen
to the interview, click
here
March 3 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in
Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability
Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
March 2 - CJAD Talk Radio Montreal re: NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in
Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability
Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
February 11 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on
Federal
Conservatives
and
Opposition
MPs
to
Refer
Afghan
Detainee
Document
and
Committee
Testimony
Disclosure
Issues
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
for
Ruling (February 10, 2010)
February 10 - CBC Saskatchewan ("Bluesky" noon-hour show)
re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
February 4 - CBC Radio's The Current show
(feature radio piece) evening re-broadcast re: Examination
of
the
federal
Conservatives'
democratic
reform
and
accountability
record
featuring
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher or click
here
-- To see Democracy
Watch's
Report Card
on the Conservatives' record, click
here
February 4 - CBC Radio's The Current show
(feature radio piece) re: Examination
of
the
federal
Conservatives'
democratic
reform
and
accountability
record
featuring
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher or click
here
-- To
see Democracy Watch's Report Card
on the Conservatives' record, click
here
January 28 - 570 News Radio (Kitchener, Ontario)
re: Waterloo
city
council
rejects
request
for
referendum
on
amalgamation
with
Kitchener
January 26 - CJOB Talk Radio
(Winnipeg, Nighthawk show re:
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government
accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless
specific
conditions are met --
other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 13 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa --
afternoon show) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down
of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 12 - Redeye Radio on rabble.ca re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher on Prime Minister Harper's
unjustifiable prorogation of Parliament and other abuses
of power
January 12 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister
Harper's
arbitrary
and
undemocratic
shutting
down
of
Parliament
offers
him
the
opportunity
to
build
a
consensus
on
Senate
reforms,
instead
of
pushing
his
very
questionable
reforms
January 10 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver, B.C. --
Sean Leslie's Sunday evening show) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic
shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 9 - Redeye Co-op radio (Vancouver) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic
shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C. -- Adam
Stirling's
afternoon show) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down
of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - CBC Radio's "Q" re: Facebook and other social
media
websites are good for reaching out and activating voters,
but virtual
voters must be connected to petition-signing and/or
letter-writing to
politicians for their concern to count
January 6 - CBC Radio News (Ontario north) re:
likely unjustifiable closure of Royal Bank branch in town of
Ironbridge, Ontario
January 4 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen
Harper's abuse of
power in shutting down Parliament until March, and how
opposition
parties must change the rules to prevent such abuses in the
future
top
NEWSPAPERS,
MAGAZINES
and WEB MEDIA
2010
-- 615
print and web
media appearances so far
(including 120 national appearances)
December 28 - Globe and Mail
re: Three
federal
government
ethics
watchdogs
acting
like lapdogs
December 16 - Epoch Times
re:
CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Government
Action
Needed
to Ensure Big Bank Profits Not Based on Gouging -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer
Watchdog
Groups
Needed
For
Effective
Bank
and
Financial
Services Industry Accountability (December
8,
2010)
December 14 - Globe and
Mail
re: Federal
Conservatives
appoint
new,
interim
whistleblower
protection
commissioner
to
review backlog of complaints not reviewed properly by
former commissioner
December 9 - CBC.ca re: Tobacco
companies
lobbied
in
secretive,
successful
campaign
to
stop new health
warning label requirements on packages
December 8 - CBC.ca re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Government
Action Needed
to Ensure Big Bank Profits Not Based on Gouging -- Comprehensive
Audits,
and
New
Financial
Consumer
Watchdog
Groups
Needed
For
Effective
Bank
and
Financial
Services Industry Accountability (December
8,
2010) -- To see
CBC.ca article, click
here
December 6 - Globe and
Mail
re: Watchdog
groups
call
on
federal
political
parties
to
strengthen
whistleblower
protection system
December 6 - OnlineOpinion.com.au re: Inadequate
whistleblower
protection
systems
give
false
hope
December 3 - Ipolitics.ca (publishing Canadian Press wire
article) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner Confirms Conflict
of
Interest
Act Does Not Apply to 99% of Decisions and
Actions
of Cabinet Ministers, Their Staff and Appointees
(December 3, 2010)
-- To see Canadian Press article at Ipolitics.ca, click
here
December 1 - Telegraph
Journal
(and NB Business
Report) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
New
Brunswick
government
to
enact
measures
to encourage
bank lending to business in province
November 16 - New
Brunswick Daily
Gleaner re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
New
Brunswick
provincial
government
to
create
arms-length
appointment commission
November 16 - CBC.ca
(Inside Politics blog) re: Appearance
by
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
before
House
Committee
on
Government
Operations
November 15 - Maclean's
magazine online re: Federal
good
government
watchdog
commissioners
lack
key
powers,
but
also
failing
to
do their jobs properly in many cases
November 15 - Hill Times
re:
OP-ED: Nigel
Wright's PMO position only possible because of huge
loophole in federal
ethics rules
November 9 - rabble.ca re: OP-ED: Nigel
Wright's PMO position only possible because of huge
loophole in federal
ethics rules
November 9 - StraightGoods.ca re: CCRC NEWS RELEASE (NOTE:
the link
takes you to
CCRC webpage, and the CCRC is coordinated by Democracy
Watch) : Financial
Literacy Task Force Must
Recommend New National Financial Consumer Group: Lowest-cost,
most
effective way to educate and empower financial consumers
November 8 - Canada.com and 20 other Global TV and PostMedia
outlets
across Canada re: Lobbyists
use
science
of
influence
to
get
their
way
with
federal
MPs and senators
November 5 -
TheMarkNews.com (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Nigel
Wright's PMO
position only possible because of huge loophole in federal
ethics rules
November 5 - PublicValues.ca re: OP-ED: Nigel
Wright's PMO position only possible because of huge
loophole in federal
ethics rules
November 3 - Halifax
Chronicle
Herald re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner must investigate MPs who broke rules by
renting Ottawa
housing from their relatives
November 3 - Georgia
Straight
re: Federal
Court
of
Appeal
ruling
puts
B.C.
fixed
election
date
law,
and date of
next provincial election, in doubt
November 1 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives
must,
finally,
keep
promise
and
establish
Public
Appointments
Commission
before
appointing
new
Auditor
General
November 1 - Hill Times
re:
NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
November 1 - Hill Times
re:
Prime Minister's Office staffperson lobbied by people at
corporation
she used to lobby for
October 29 - Le Droit
re:
NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 28 - Canada.com and
13 other CanWest News newspapers across Canada (including
also
GlobalTV.ca re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed and see NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 28 - Tyee.ca re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed
October 28 - CTV.ca and 680News.com (both publishing
Canadian Press
wire article) re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed and see NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 28 - rabble.ca re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed
October 28 - EpochTimes.com re: Next
federal
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner must be stronger, and
stronger whistleblower protection law also needed
October 28 - Canoe.ca and 11 other SunMedia newspapers
across Canada
re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed and see NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 28 - Toronto Star
re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger,
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed
October 28 - L'etoile (New Brunswick) re: Nova Scotia
legislature
should sit more days
October 27 - PEJ.org website re: Next
federal
Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner
must
be
stronger
and
stronger
whistleblower
protection
law
also
needed and see NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 27 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of
More Than 30 Groups Calls For Stronger Federal
Whistleblower
Protection and Stronger Integrity Commissioner
October 26 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald
(Marilla
Stephenson's column) re: Democracy
Watch
calls on Nova Scotia government to keep legislature open
more to
increase accountability
October 26 - Cape Breton
Post
(editorial board editorial) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
Nova
Scotia
government
to
keep
legislature
open
more
to
increase
accountability
October 25 - Amherst
Daily News
(editorial board editorial) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
Nova
Scotia
government
to
keep
legislature
open
more
to
increase
accountability
October 24 - CBC.ca and 9 other media outlets across Canada
(all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
Nova
Scotia
government
to
keep
legislature
open
more
to
increase
accountability
October 22 - CBC.ca (and Kelowna.com) re: Federal
program
that
brings
business
executives
into
government
full
of
conflicts
of
interest -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here
October 18 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Fixed Election Date Court Case
Continues With
Application to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada
October 13 - Canoe.ca and 6
Sunmedia newspapers across Canada re: Citizen
advocacy
group
on
broadcasting
issues
not
registered
as
federal
lobbyist,
raising
questions
about
enforcement
of
Lobbying
Act
October 12 - Canada.com and 14 other PostMedia websites
across Canada
(all publishing Andrew Cohen's column) re: Democracy
Watch's
courageous
17-year
campaign
for
democracy
and
government
accountability
in
Canada
October 11 - Hill Times
re: Upcoming
appointment
of Onex Corporation executive Nigel Wright as Prime
Minister's Chief of Staff raises serious questions
concerning
compliance with federal ethics rules
October 11 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Resignation
of
Cabinet staffperson and Information Commissioner's
investigation
only symbols of how federal Conservatives have broken
their open
government promises
October 8 - Montreal
Gazette
re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Not
End
Secret,
Unethical
Lobbying
October 7 - Canada.com re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Not
End
Secret,
Unethical
Lobbying
October 4 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Lobbyists
Have Nothing to Complain About, and Federal Conservatives'
Changes Will
Not End Secret, Unethical Lobbying
October 2 - Waterloo
Region Record
and Guelph Mercury
re:
OP-ED: Parliament
has problems,
but not the problems many commentators claim it has
October 1 - National Post
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Governor
General Michaelle Jean Should
Also Explain Why She Approved Prime Minister Harper's
September 2008
Snap Election Call
September 28 - Vancouver
Sun
(online blog) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Applies
to
Supreme Court of Canada For Leave to Appeal Fixed
Election Date Case Ruling -- Group
Calls
on
Prime
Minister
to
Promise
Not
to
Call
Another
Snap
Election
Until
Supreme
Court
Rules
(September 27, 2010) - JOIN
Facebook
Group To Protest Another Snap Federal
Election
September 28 - Globe and
Mail
re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: If
politicians didn't so often offer false hope,
voters wouldn't despair so much -- Honesty-in-politics
law
needed
to
penalize
misleaders
September 27 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes
Will
Not
End
Secret,
Unethical
Lobbying
September 24, 2010 - Globe
and Mail
re: Canadian
Banking
Ombudsman
(created
because
of
pressure
from
CCRC)
to
investigate
pattern
of
mentally
disabled
bank
customers
being
ripped
off
-- To see details about the CCRC, click
here
September 20-21 - 20 media
outlets across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (September 23, 2010) -- To
see sample news article, click
here
September 20 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd Continues
Error-Filled and
Negligent Record of Her Predecessors
September 8 - CBC.ca
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules,
and
weak
enforcement
by
federal
Ethics
Commissioner,
allow
MPs
to
accept
large
gifts
(especially
trips
abroad)
from
lobbyists
and
foreign
governments -- To
see
details, click here
and click here
September 7 - Toronto
Star
and Metro Canada
(Toronto)
re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
September 7 - CTV.ca and 26 other media outlets (all
publishing
CanadianPress.com wire article) re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
September 7 - CBC.ca (Inside Politics blog) re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
September 7 - St
Catharines Standard
re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
September 7 - Toronto Sun
blog (and blogs at 3 other Sunmedia newspapers) re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
lets
a
Conservative
off-the-hook
for
questionable
activities
--
Commissioner
believes highly questionable claim that Rogers Centre
rented
Owner's Box at market rate for MP's fundraising event
-- To see details,
click here
September 7 - 580 CFRA.com (Ottawa) re: Once
again, federal Ethics
Commissioner Mary Dawson lets a Conservative off-the-hook
for
questionable activities -- Commissioner believes
highly
questionable claim that Rogers Centre rented
Owner's Box at
market rate for MP's fundraising event -- To see details, click here
August 27 - Montreal
Gazette, National
Post
and Canada.com re: Many
changes
needed to clean up Quebec politics (September 27,
2010)
August 16 - Hill Times
re:
guest column about
ethics test that candidates for federal public office should
be forced
to take (with Democracy Watch administering the test)
August 9 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying Fails in Past Year to Rule on Five
Longstanding Ethics Complaints - Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by
Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010)
August 6 - The Tyee.ca re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (August 5, 2010) -- To
see the Tyee.ca article, click
here
August 6 - Globe and Mail
re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives'
Proposed
Changes Will Increase Disclosure and Ethics Requirements,
But Secret
and Unethical Lobbying Will Still Be Legal Until Other
Huge Loopholes
Are Closed (August 5, 2010) -- To
see the Globe
article, click
here
August 2 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: CanadianPress.com
wire article re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
will
investigate
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
action
in
relation
to
former
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer --
Commissioner should be investigating many other
Conservative government
representatives
August 1 - Victoria Times
Colonist
(publishing op-ed by Lawrence Scanlan) re: In
some
ways
democracy
is
eroding
in
Canada
July 28 - Ottawa Citizen
(publishing op-ed by Lawrence Scanlan) re: In
some
ways
democracy
is
eroding
in
Canada
July 26 - TheMarkNews.com re:
Democracy
Watch
OP-ED: Parliament
has problems,
but not the problems many commentators claim it has
July 18 - Calgary Herald
re: Calgary's
city
election
donation
limit
of
$5,000
is
too
high,
allows
wealthy
to
buy
influence
with
candidates
July 18 - Calgary Herald
re: Low
voter
turnout
in
Calgary
elections,
as
in
most
Canadian
city
elections,
give
well-known
candidates
a
chance
to
win
July 17 - Canada.com and 12 other CanWest News service
newspapers (all
publishing Winnipeg Free
Press
article) re: Failure
of
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
to
maintain
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
public
disclosure
statement
accurately
more
clear
evidence
of
Commissioner's
negligent
enforcement
record
July 16 - Telegraph
Journal
(New
Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms
July 16 - Daily Gleaner
and Times and Transcript
(New
Brunswick) re: New
Brunswick
coalition
releases
second
democracy
report
card
on
provincial
parties'
election
platforms
July 16 - Globe and Mail
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re:
Ned Franks op-ed re: Democracy Watch
OP-ED: Parliament
has problems,
but not the problems many commentators claim it has
July 14 - Canada.com and National
Post "Full Comment" blog
re: Loopholes
in
ethics
rules
allow
MPs
and
Senators
to
keep
active
business
and
financial
interests
July 11 - Straight.com (Georgia Straight - Vancouver weekly
newspaper)
re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
legacy
of
changes
as
he
begins
transition
to
new
work
after
17
years
as
Coordinator
July 10 - Globe and Mail
re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
legacy
of
changes
as
he
begins
transition
to
new
work
after
17
years
as
Coordinator
July 8 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: CanadianPress.com
wire article re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
will
investigate
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
action
in
relation
to
former
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer --
Commissioner should be investigating many other
Conservative government
representatives
July 8 - Brant News
(Brantford, Ontario) re: Attempt
by
Catholic
school
board
to
have
election
candidate
declared
invalid
raises
fairness
questions
July 6 - CTV.ca and 16
other media outlets across Canada (all publishing a
CanadianPress.com
wire article) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
will
investigate
Conservative
Cabinet
minister's
action
in
relation
to
former
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer --
Commissioner should be investigating many other
Conservative government
representatives
July 5 - Hill Times
re:
Democracy Watch
OP-ED: Parliament
has problems,
but not the problems many commentators claim it has
July 5 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives
continue patronage and crony appointments, and to break
promise to establish Public Appointments Commission
July 5 - Hill Times
re:
Donald Savoie is wrong about Officers of Parliament -- see
for details
Democracy Watch
OP-ED: Parliament
has problems,
but not the problems many commentators claim it has
July 5 - CTV.ca and 36 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article, July
5, 2010)
re: Loopholes
in
federal
ethics
rules
allow
MPs
to
have
other
jobs
and
businesses,
and
to
lobby
for
them -- To see
a related news
release, click here
July 1 - New Brunswick
Telegraph Journal re: New
Brunswick
Conservatives promise more collaborative government if
elected in September provincial election
June 30 - New Brunswick
Telegraph Journal re: New
Brunswick
coalition
pushes
provincial
parties
to
promise
honesty-in-politics
law
in
fall
election
platforms
June 28 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: Federal
Conservatives broke their 2006 election promises on open
government,
but opposition parties also to blame for ongoing
government secrecy
June 26 - New Brunswick
Telegraph
Journal
re: New
Brunswick
Conservatives
promise
dozens
of
democratic
reforms,
but
details
needed
June 25 - PacificFreePress.com re: NEWS RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
June 23 - Tyee.ca re: NEWS
RELEASE: CSIS
Director's Disclosure of Foreign Influence Over Canadian
Government
Officials Yet Another Reason To Ban Secret, Unethical
Donations and
Lobbying Across Canada -- If
politicians
across Canada do not close
loopholes and strengthen enforcement, corruption
of governments will
continue to be easy
(June 23, 2010)
-- To see the
article on the
Tyee.ca, click
here
June 23 - New Brunswick
Telegraph
Journal re: negative campaigns can work for
politicians and
parties as long as negative claims are accurate and
significant -- To see
the article, click
here
June 21 - TheMarkNews.com
re: OP-ED: Oliphant
Commission
and
recent scandals show clear need for another Federal
Accountability Act
-- To see the op-ed
on
TheMarkNews.com, click
here
June 21 - Hill Times
re:
OP-ED: Oliphant
Commission and
recent scandals show clear need for another Federal
Accountability Act
June 21 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General should not have compromised -- is legally required
to audit
expenses of MPs
(and Senators)
June 19 - Globe and Mail
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: Federal
Conservatives broke their 2006 election promises on open
government,
but opposition parties also to blame for ongoing
government secrecy
June 18 - New Brunswick
Telegraph
Journal re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General should not have compromised -- is legally required
to audit
expenses of MPs
(and Senators)
June 16 - Rabble.ca re:
OP-ED: Oliphant
Commission and
recent scandals show clear need for another Federal
Accountability Act
-- To see the op-ed
on
Rabble.ca, click
here
June 16 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
Auditor
General
should
not
compromise
--
is
legally
required
to
audit
all
public
money
spent
by
MPs/House
and
Senators/Senate
June 16 - Globe and Mail
re: Federal
Auditor
General
should
not
compromise
--
is
legally
required
to
audit
all
public
money
spent
by
MPs/House
and
Senators/Senate
June 16 - SingTao.ca (Chinese newspaper) re: Federal
Auditor
General
should
not
compromise
--
is
legally
required
to
audit
all
public
money
spent
by
MPs/House
and
Senators/Senate
June 16 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal re: Provincial Liberals right to
question
whether Conservative Party leader's trip should have been
paid for by
taxpayers
June 15 - AllVoices.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Dangerously
Unethical Loopholes in MP Ethics Rules Mean They Can Lobby
For
Themselves, Family Members and Anyone They Choose
(June 14, 2010)
-- To see the
AllVoices.com
article, click
here
June 15 - StraightGoods.ca re: New
Brunswick
citizens
coalition
wins
cancellation
of
deal
to
sell
public
power
company,
now
pushes
for
good
government
changes
June 9 - Windsor Star
(Barbara
Yaffe's column) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke Their
2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010) -- To see
the
column, click
here
June 6 - Calgary Herald
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant
Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20 Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31,
2010)
May 31-June 1 - Canada.com
and 21 other CanWest News Service media outlets (including
Global TV
and the National Post)
re:
NEWS RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant
Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20 Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31,
2010) -- To see the
CanWest
article, click
here
May 31-June 1 - Winnipeg
Free Press
and 20 other media outlets across Canada (all publishing
CanadianPress.com wire article) re: NEWS RELEASE: Justice
Oliphant Recommends Closing Only 4 of More Than 20
Loopholes in
Ethics Rules For Cabinet Ministers and Senior Government
Officials, and
Correcting 14 of More Than 20 Flaws in Ethics Enforcement
System -- Commission
ignores many loopholes that allow
for secret donations and lobbying and unethical
actions by others in
federal politics
(May 31,
2010) -- To see the
CP
article, click
here
May 31 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Would
Challenge
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner's
Error-Filled
Ruling
on
Lisa
Raitt
Fundraiser
in
Court,
But
Such
Court
Challenges
are
Illegal
-- Group Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
(May 17, 2010)
May 31 - 6 Global TV station websites across Canada re:
Oliphant
Commission will release its report on Mulroney-Schreiber
affair today
May 31 - Brandon Sun
(Barbara
Yaffe's column) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke Their
2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010) -- To see
the
column, click
here
May 28 - Vancouver Sun
(Barbara Yaffe's column) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Court
of Appeal Ruling Means Harper Conservatives Broke Their
2006
Election Promise to Fix Election Dates -- Democracy
Watch
Will
Apply
For
Leave
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
(May 26, 2010) -- To see
the
column, click
here
May 27 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal
re: New
Brunswick
Liberals
again
promise,
and
Conservatives
promise
for
first
time,
to
require
disclosure
of
provincial
lobbying
May 27 - NOW Magazine
(Toronto) re: Governments
must
require
banks
they
do
business
with
to
serve
everyone
fairly
and
well
May 26 - New Brunswick
Times and
Transcript
re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General
has
not
only
the
power,
but
actually
a
legal
duty,
to
audit
MPs
and
Parliament (Hill
Times,
May
24,
2010)
May 25 - CTV.ca and 37
other media outlets across Canada (all publishing
CanadianPress.com
wire article) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
in
Court
Today
--
Appealing
Federal
Court
Ruling
That
Legalized
Conservative
Prime
Minister
Harper's
September
2008
Snap
Federal
Election
Call
Despite
Fixed-Election-Date
Law (May 25, 2010)
May 25 - Canoe.ca (and Canoe.ca en français) and 9 Sunmedia
newspapers
across Canada re: MPs'
attendance
records
in
Parliament
kept
secret,
violating
the
public's
right
to
know
whether
they
are
doing
their
job
May 25 - National Post
and 7
other Canwest newspapers across Canada re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch in Court Today -- Appealing Federal Court Ruling
That Legalized
Conservative Prime Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap
Federal
Election Call Despite Fixed-Election-Date Law (May 25,
2010) -- To see
CanWest article, click
here
May 24 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General has not only the power, but actually a legal duty,
to audit MPs
and Parliament
May 20 - Montreal Gazette
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Auditor
General has not only the power, but actually a legal duty,
to audit MPs
and Parliament
May 20 - Canoe.ca and 5
SunMedia newspapers across Canada re: Democracy
Watch's
challenge
of
Prime
Minister
Harper's
snap
election
call
in
Federal
Court
of
Appeal
on
May
25th
May 19 - Globe and Mail
re: Federal
Auditor
General
not
only
has
clear
power
to
audit
MPs
and
Parliament,
she
is
legally
required
to
do
the
audit
every
few
years
May 18 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald
re: Federal
Auditor
General
has
clear
power
and
legally
required
mandate
to
audit
MPs
May 17 - Hill Times
re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Would Challenge Federal Ethics Commissioner's
Error-Filled Ruling
on Lisa Raitt Fundraiser in Court, but Such Court
Challenges are
Illegal -- Group
Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
(May 17, 2010)
May 17 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Liberal and Conservative proposed changes won't make
secret, unethical
lobbying illegal (Hill
Times,
May
17,
2010)
May 15 - National Post
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Democracy
Watch Would Challenge Federal Ethics Commissioner's
Error-Filled Ruling
on Lisa Raitt Fundraiser in Court, But Such Court
Challenges are
Illegal -- Group
Calls For
Dismissal of Ethics Commissioner, and Changes to
Strengthen Federal
Ethics Laws
May 14 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
political
parties
refuse
to
allow
Auditor
General
to
audit
spending
by
MPs,
raising
questions
of
what
they
are
hiding
May 10 - New Brunswick
Times and
Transcript re: Fixed
election
dates
with
election
spending
regulations
for
long
time
period
before
voting
day
are
more
fair
for
everyone
May 10 - Hill Times
re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal
Liberal and Conservative proposed changes won't make
secret, unethical
lobbying illegal
May 10 - CTV.ca and 26 other media outlets across Canada
(including the Globe and
Mail, Winnipeg
Free Press, Metro
newspapers and many radio
station websites) re: Newfoundland
and
Labrador
Premier
Danny
Williams
seeks
third
term
in
2011
fixed-date
provincial
election,
but
loopholes
allow
him
to
escape
accountability
May 3 - Hill Times
re:
OP-ED: Weak ethics
rules and
enforcement
undermine everyone in Canadian politics (Hill Times, May 3,
2010)
May 3 - Edmonton Sun
re:
OP-ED: Weak ethics
rules and
enforcement undermine everyone in Canadian politics (Hill Times, May 3,
2010)
April issue - Canadian Bar Association's National magazine re:
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) -- To
see
the magazine article, click
here and go to page 44 of the April issue
April 26 - Hill Times
re: Democracy
Watch
highlights
loopholes
in
federal
laws
and
enforcement
that
continue
to
allow
for
secret,
unethical
lobbying
and
advising
by
former
politicians
and
government
officials
April 23 - CTV.ca and 10
other media outlets across Canada (all publishing Canadian
Press wire
article) re: Democracy
Watch
points
out
loopholes
in
federal
lobbying
disclosure
law
revealed
by
Rahim
Jaffer
affair -- To see
related news release, click
here
April 23 - Maclean's.ca (Andrew Coyne's blog) re: Democracy
Watch
points
out
loophole
in
federal
lobbying
law
revealed
by
Rahim
Jaffer
affair -- To see
related news release, click
here
April 23 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald
re: MPs
grill
federal Ethics Commissioner about Helena Guergis affair
April 20 - Toronto Sun
and 6
other Sunmedia
newspapers across Canada re: Federal
government's
waste
prevention
rules
and
watchdog
agencies
too
weak
to
prevent
waste
April 19 - CBC.ca Inside
Politics re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
on
CBC
Radio's
The
House
re:
the
ineffectiveness
of
the
federal
ethics
and
lobbying
commissioners
April 17 - Full Comment podcast, National
Post re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
interviewed
on
flaws
and
loopholes
in
federal
government's
access-to-information
system
April 15-17 - Calgary Sun,
Edmonton Sun, Vancouver Sun and New Brunswick Telegraph-
Journal
(all publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: Federal
Conservatives broke their 2006 election promises on open
government,
but opposition parties also to blame for ongoing
government secrecy
April 16 - Lawyers'
Weekly
re: restricting Prime Minister's power to prorogue
Parliament and NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Appeals
Federal
Court
Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Case Will Be Heard By
Federal Court
of Appeal on May 25, 2010 -- Group Calls on PM Harper To
Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
April 15 - Vancouver Sun
(Barbara Yaffe's
column) re: Prime
Minister
Harper
could
have
taken
steps
last
September
to
ensure
no
further
problems
with
Cabinet
minister
Helena
Guergis
April 14 - StraightGoods.ca
re: Loopholes
allow
for
secret,
unethical
federal
lobbying,
mainly
by
corporations
April 13 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald
re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
creates
secret
process
to
hide
Cabinet
ministers'
conflicts
of
interest,
raising
questions
about
compliance
with
the
Conflict of Interest Act
April 12 - Hill Times
re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying Fails in Past Year to Rule on Five
Longstanding Ethics Complaints - Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by
Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010)
April 12 - Halifax
Chronicle
Herald re: Federal
Conflict
of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson and
federal
Conservative Cabinet Minister Gail Shea fail to ensure
declaration of
recusal is in Shea's public file to alert public to
conflict of interest
April 9 - Canoe.ca and 9
other Sunmedia newspapers across Canada re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Fails in Past Year to Rule on
Five
Longstanding Ethics Complaints - Along
with
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Also
Taking
Too
Long
to
Rule
on Complaints
About
Fundraising
Events
Held
by
Federal
Conservatives
Rick
Dykstra
and
Lisa
Raitt
Last
Fall
(April 8, 2010) -- To see
Canoe.ca article about the release, click
here
April 9 - Globe and Mail
re: Former
federal
Conservative
MP
Rahim
Jaffer
faces
allegations
of
influence-peddling,
failing
to
register
as
a
lobbyist,
allegations
he
denies
April 9 - Fredericton
Daily Gleaner
re: New
Brunswick
coalition
switches
from
opposing
NB
Power
sale
deal
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
April 9 - Toronto Star
re:
Rahim Jaffer situation and loopholes in Conservatives'
so-called
Accountability Act
March 24 - The Aquinian
(St.
Thomas University
student newspaper) re: Deal
to sell
New Brunswick Power to Hydro Quebec cancelled
March 16 - Hill Times
re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Appeals
Federal
Court
Ruling
That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Case Will Be Heard By
Federal Court
of Appeal on May 25, 2010 -- Group Calls on PM Harper To
Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 22 - Fredericton
Daily Gleaner
re: At
protest
of thousands against NB Power deal on Saturday, Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher calls the deal a bad government
decision
March 22 - Saint John
Telegraph
Journal re: At
protest
of thousands against NB Power deal on Saturday, Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher calls the deal a violation of
key democratic
government principles
March 22 - Moncton Times
and
Transcript re: At
protest
of thousands of New Brunswickers against NB Power deal on
Saturday, Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher gives
keynote speech
March 20 - CBC.ca re: At
protest
of
New
Brunswickers
against
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
company,
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
as
keynote
speaker
raises
questions
about
ethics
of
deal,
and
urges
voters
to
push
for
key
democratic
reforms
to
stop
similar
future
bad
government
decisions
March 20 - Fredericton
Daily Gleaner
re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
urges
New
Brunswickers
to
go
from
protesting
proposed
sale
of
NB
Power
on
to
pushing
for
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
similar
bad
government
decisions
March 20 - Fredericton
Daily Gleaner
re: Profile
of
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
and
his
message
urging
New
Brunswickers
to
focus
on
key
democratic
reforms
to
prevent
future
bad
government
decisions
March 20 - Canada.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on All Federal Parties to Reach Agreement on
Eliminating
"10-Percenter" Mailings to Save More Than $10 Million -- Board
of
Internal Economy (BOIE) Must Have Consensus To Change
Rules, And
Should Hold Public Meetings To Discuss "10-Percenter"
and All Issues
(March 15, 2010) -- To see
the
editorial on Canada.com, click
here
March 19 - Victoria Times
Colonist
(editorial board editorial) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Calls on All Federal Parties to Reach Agreement on
Eliminating
"10-Percenter" Mailings to Save More Than $10 Million -- Board
of
Internal Economy (BOIE) Must Have Consensus To Change
Rules, And
Should Hold Public Meetings To Discuss "10-Percenter"
and All Issues
(March 15, 2010) -- To see
the Times Colonist
editorial, click
here
March 19 - Fredericton
Daily Gleaner
re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
to
be
featured
speaker
at
rally
against
NB
Power
deal
in
Fredericton
on
Saturday
March 16 -
StraightGoods.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Appeals
Federal
Court
Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Case Will Be Heard By
Federal Court
of Appeal on May 25, 2010 -- Group Calls on PM Harper To
Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 15 - Law Times
re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Appeals
Federal
Court
Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election
Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Case Will Be Heard By
Federal Court
of Appeal on May 25, 2010 -- Group Calls on PM Harper To
Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10,
2010)
March 15 - Hill Times
(printing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees (link is to CBC.ca's
Inside
Politics blog)
March 7 - Sina.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To see article on
Sina.com (in
Chinese), click
here
March 6 - National Post
(blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
former
Supreme
Court
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees
March 5 - CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees
March 5 - CanadianPress.com wire article (also published by
23 other
media outlets across Canada) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
former
justice,
should
rule
on
disclosure
of
documents
about
Afghan
detainees
March 3 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Federal
Liberals
should
promise
government
accountability
reforms
that
Conservatives
promised
but
failed
to
act
on
March 3 - Le Devoir
re: Three
federal
Conservative
Cabinet
ministers
being
investigated
by
Information
Commissioner
for
blocking
access
to
documents
March 2 - StraightGoods.ca re: Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
would
clear
up
rights
of
Parliament
and
public
to
full
disclosure
of
documents
and
testimony
about
Afghan
detainees
March 1 - CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Liveblog
of
the
Liberal
Party-organized
panel
discussion
on
government
accountability -- To
see related news release, click
here
March 1 - CBC.ca (Inside Politics blog) re: Announcement
of
Liberal
Party's
public
forum
on
government
accountability
March 1 - NetNewsLedger.com re: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
one
of
panel
speakers
at
Liberal
Party
of
Canada
public
forum
on
government
accountability
February 26 - CBC.ca
(Inside Politics blog) re: Announcement
of
federal
Liberal
Party-organized
panel
discussion
on
Monday,
March
1st
on
issue
of
government
accountability
February 24 - Globe and
Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Federal
Conservatives
have
broken
their
open
government
promises
February 23 -
StraightGoods.ca re: federal political finance system still
has
loopholes that allow for secret, unlimited donations to
nomination race
and party leadership candidates
February 22 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their promise to make nomination races
democratic,
but opposition parties and MPs also to blame for control
by party
leaders of MPs
February 17 - National
Post
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their promise to make nomination races
democratic,
but opposition parties and MPs also to blame for control
by party
leaders of MPs
February 13 - Canada.com
and 11 CanWest News Service newspapers across Canada
re: Federal
Conservative
Minister
of
Democratic
Reform
refuses
to
make
his
briefing
book
public
Also published by:
- Montreal Gazette,
Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
Regina Leader-Post,
Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Victoria Times Colonist,
Nanaimo Daily News
February 13 - Winnipeg
Free Press
re: Federal
Conservative
Minister
of
Democratic
Reform
refuses
to
make
his
briefing
book
public
February 11 - Le Devoir
re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To see article in Le Devoir (in French),
click
here
February 10 - CBC.ca (Inside Politics blog) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer
Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To see the blog posting,
click
here
February 8 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Accountability
Act's
restrictions on government officials becoming lobbyists have
nothing to
do with Conservative government's difficulty in finding
experienced,
competent Cabinet staff people, and whether and how
Parliament passing
a law can restrict a Prime Minister will likely be
determined by
Democracy Watch's fixed-election-date
court
case
February 8 - Hill Times
re:
Parliamentary Budget Officer is now untouchable unless he
acts in a
very negligent way
February 4 - Toronto Star
re: Ontario
judges
hold
unjustifiably
secret
training
session
on
trial
management
issues
February issue - The CCPA
Monitor
(publishing
op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law
February-March issue - Dialogue
magazine
(publishing op-ed by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government
accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless
specific
conditions are met --
other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
February 1 - Hill Times
re:
Changing rules on
prorogation of Parliament raises same issues of restricting
Prime
Minister's powers as the federal fixed-election-date law
February 1 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Accountability Act's
restrictions on government officials becoming lobbyists have
nothing to
do with Conservative government's difficulty in finding
experienced,
competent Cabinet staff people
January 28 - Globe and
Mail
(Lawrence Martin's
column) re: As
Democracy
Watch
has
detailed
in
many
reports
over
the
past
16
years,
no
ruling
party,
nor
Parliament
overall,
has
done
enough
to
reduce
the
federal
government's
democratic
deficit -- To
see some of Democracy Watch's
recent reports, click
here
January 28 - 570News.com (Kitchener, Ontario) re: Waterloo
city
council
rejects
request
for
referendum
on
amalgamation
with
Kitchener
January 26 - rabble.ca (John Bonnar's blog) re: Anti-prorogation
rally
in
Toronto
at
which
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
was
one
of
the
speakers
January 26 - New
Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal (Chantal Hébert's column)
re: Columnist
Chantal
Hébert
jumps
prematurely
to
the
conclusion
that
laws
cannot
restrict
the
Prime
Minister's
right
to
advise
the
Governor
General
to
shut
down
Parliament,
given
that
Democracy
Watch
is
appealing
its
fixed-election-date
case
ruling
to
the
Federal
Court
of
Appeal
January 25 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal
Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must
appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 25 - The Varsity
(University of Toronto's newspaper) re: Anti-prorogation
rally in
Toronto at which Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher
was one of
the speakers
January 25 - Toronto Star
(Chantal Hébert's column) re: Columnist
Chantal
Hébert
jumps
prematurely
to
the
conclusion
that
laws
cannot
restrict
the
Prime
Minister's
right
to
advise
the
Governor
General
to
shut
down
Parliament,
given
that
Democracy
Watch
is
appealing
its
fixed-election-date
case
ruling
to
the
Federal
Court
of
Appeal
January 24 - CP24.com re: Anti-prorogation
rally
in
Toronto
at
which
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
was
a
speaker
January 23 - GlobeandMail.com (Nelson Spector's blog) re:
the
prorogation of Parliament and Democracy Watch's
fixed-election-date
court challenge -- To see
the
blog posting, click
here
January 23 - Winnipeg
Free Press
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal
Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must
appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 22 - National
Post
re: Canada's
federal
political
public
financing
system
needs
some
changes
to
be
more
democratic,
but
not
radical
changes
-- Also published by:
- GlobalTV.com, click
here
- GlobalTVBC.com, click
here
- Kelowna.com, click
here
January 20 - Macleans.ca
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal
Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must
appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 18 - Toronto Star and Hill Times (publishing
op-ed by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government
accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless
specific
conditions are met --
other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 16 - Charlottetown
Guardian
(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
January 15 - Yukon News
re: Prime
Minister Harper has
acted in an arbitrary and undemocratic way in proroguing
Parliament
January 14 - Kingston
Whig Standard
(publishing
op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as
published in the Whig
Standard, click
here
January 14 - Canada.com and 5 CanWest News Service
newspapers across
Canada re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
protects
Cabinet
ministers
with
flawed
ethics
ruling,
this
time
approving
of
them
handing
out
government
cheques
labelled
with
Conservative
Party
logo
January 13 - Waterloo
Region Record, Guelph
Mercury and Sudbury
Star (all publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government
accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless
specific
conditions are met --
other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 11 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down
of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 9 - Vancouver Sun
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down
of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 8 - Toronto Star
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down
of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus
on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal (publishing op-ed by Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as
published in the Telegraph-Journal,
click
here
January 7 - StraightGoods.ca (publishing op-ed by Democracy
Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as
published on
StraightGoods.ca, click
here
January 6 - Kitchener-Waterloo
Record
and Guelph Mercury
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Honesty is
the best government policy,
and so it should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as
published in The Record,
click
here
January 6 - Owen Sound
Sun Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Honesty is
the best government policy,
and so it should
be required by law
January 6 - Globe and
Mail
re: Federal
Parliamentary
Budget
Officer
(PBO)
will
use
his
clear
power
to
release
reports
while
Parliament
is
shut
down
--
As Democracy Watch
first pointed out, PBO would lose that power if made
into an Officer of
Parliament unless changes are made
January 5 - Niagara This
Week
re: One of the
significant local area stories of 2009 was Democracy Watch's
complaint
about local Conservative MP Rick Dykstra -- see details in
NEWS
RELEASE: Group
Files Additional Information Supporting Complaints To
Lobbying
Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and Elections Canada
About
Fundraising Events That Raise Serious Questions Held by
Federal
Conservatives Rick Dykstra and Lisa Raitt (November 3,
2009)
January/February 2010 issue
- The Walrus
magazine re:
History and state of federal Canadian access-to-information
system, and
how Democracy Watch continues to push federal politicians
with its Open Government
Campaign
top
II.
2010
Public
Appearances
in
reverse
chronological order
GOVERNMENT
HEARINGS
2010
November 16 - Democracy Watch Coordinator
Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of
Parliament before
the House Committee on Government Operations about the
questions
concerning contracts to repair the West Block of Parliament
March 1 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of
Parliament at a
public forum organized by the Liberal Party of Canada on the
issue of
government accountability -- To see
related news release, click
here
February 10 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of
Parliament at an
unofficial committee meeting on the issue of how to resolve
the dispute
over the disclosure of documents concerning detainees in
Afghanistan -- To see
related news
release, click here
February 3 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of
Parliament at a
public forum organized by the Liberal Party of Canada on how
to prevent
white-collar crime -- To
see
related news release, click
here
CONFERENCES /
WORKSHOPS / SPEECHES
2010
December 2 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher
spoke
on a panel at the Future New Brunswick conference in
Moncton, New
Brunswick about the need for government's to require banks
and other
financial institutions to prove they are serving all
customers fairly
and well at fair prices
October 16 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher spoke
at the New Brunswick Union's bi-annual convention in
Fredericton about
the key measures the Coalition of New Brunswickers for
Public Power
(which the NBU coordinates) needs to push to democratize the
New
Brunswick provincial government
October 6 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher
presented
on a panel on the issue of whistleblower protection at
a
conference organized by the Public Sector Integrity
Commissioner in
Ottawa
May 19 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher presented
on a panel on the issue of government accountability at the
PPX.ca
conference in Ottawa
April 28 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher
presented on the state of democracy in Canada, and how
careful
Kazakhstan has to be in making effective democratic reforms,
at a forum
organized by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ottawa
March 20 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher
presented on the
state of democracy in New Brunswick, and how to make it more
democratic, at a public rally for the Coalition for NB Power
in
Fredericton, New Brunswick |
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