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Media and Public Appearances
Set
out below is a list
of links to Democracy Watch's media and public
appearances from 2011.
Quotations
About Democracy Watch
I. 2011 Media Appearances
in reverse chronological
order
TV
Radio
Newspapers, Magazines and Web
Media
NOTE: Some links will take you to a media
webpage that is not controlled by Democracy
Watch. In some cases, the article or interview
will no longer be available, or only available to
subscribers.
2011 Public Appearances
are set out below the
Media Appearances
1,225
media appearances in 2011 (including 248 national
appearances)
TELEVISION
2011 -- 27
TV appearances so far (including 24 national TV
appearances)
December 22 - CBC's Power and Politics show
re: NEWS RELEASE: New federal
Integrity Commissioner misleads on CBC TV about his past
statement that applying for job while in Interim
Commissioner position created conflict for him
(December 22, 2011) -- To see interview clip, click
here
December 21 - CBC's Power and Politics show re: New
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion lies about
past statements about ethics of applying for job, and
tries to excuse his very questionable record -- To see
related CBC.ca article, click
here
October 19 - CTV News Channel (feature interview) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives did bail out Canada's big banks in 2009 --
now must finally take action to ensure banks and other
financial institutions service, lending, investment and
prices are fair and responsible (Canadian Community
Reinvestment Coalition, October 18, 2011)
October 15 - CTV News Channel (feature interview) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade -- See TV
INTERVIEW: Founding
Director Duff Conacher interviewed about Occupy Canada
protests across Canada and key corporate responsibility
and bank accountability measures
October 15 - SunMedia TV (morning show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
July 14 - CBC News Network's Power and Politics with Evan
Solomon re: WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson finds former Conservative MP Helena Guergis guilty
of violating federal ethics rules, but continues to fail
to investigate and rule on many other cases properly (Toronto Star, July
14-15, 2011)
June 13 - BNN's SqueezePlay re: Federal
Conservatives' past broken promises mean many government
ethics and accountability changes still needed
June 9 - CTV News Channel: Federal
Conservatives misled Parliament and public on G8/G20
spending in Minister Tony Clement's riding, now misleading
again (CTV News Channel, June 9, 2011 (See interview
by clicking link in box on right-hand of page))
June 7 - CPAC's Federal Budget 2011 special re: OP-ED: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other democratizing
changes also needed to political finance system
June 7 - CTV News Channel's Federal Budget 2011 special re:
OP-ED: Per-vote subsidy
should be made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 3 - CTV News Channel's Power Play show re: Federal
Conservatives
cutting
most
democratic public subsidy of political parties, but not
touching many other undemocratic subsidies (See
interview by clicking link in box on right-hand of page)
May 24 - CBC News Network's Power and Politics with Evan
Solomon re: Changes
needed to make Canada's political finance system
democratic
May 19 - CBC TV's The National (Rex Murphy's segment) re:
OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 18 - CBC TV's The National re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch questions
whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate appointments were
pre-arranged, which would raise legal issues
May 18 - CBC News Network's Power and Politics with Evan
Solomon re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 4 - CTV's Canada AM re: federal election results and
need for voting system reform
April 11 - TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin re: Interview
with
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher about past 18
years of democratic reform advocacy
April 11 - TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin re: Panel
on
reform
of
federal political institutions
March 31 - CTV's Canada AM re: Green Party leader should be
allowed in debates along with any party leader whose party
obtains more than two percent of vote, and Elections Canada
should be given control of debates, to ensure they are fair
March 23 - APTN National News re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is
also that Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics,
Lobbying and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his
lobbying, and that no one will likely find he violated any
law -- Loopholes must be closed, and enforcement
strengthened (March 21, 2011) -- To see the CP wire
article, click
here
March 17 - APTN National News re: Former
PMO
adviser
Bruce
Carson involved in dealings with federal government for
First Nations water contracts
March 10 - CTV's Canada AM re: dishonesty and secrecy and
contempt of Parliament scandals will only hurt the federal
Conservatives if the other parties have strong platforms to
clean up politics
March 2 - CBC TV's The National re: appointments by federal
Conservatives to Veterans Benefits board raise questions
about appointment process
February 25 - Global TV News (at 5:30 and 11 pm) re: Elections
Canada
charges
two
Conservative senators, and two party officials, with
campaign finance violations
February 17 - CBC News Network's Power and Politics with
Evan Solomon re: Dishonesty
and
ethics
scandals
of Conservative Cabinet ministers Bev Oda and Lisa Raitt
raise questions whether Prime Minister Harper will enforce
his own integrity standards (the interview starts at 1
hour, 48 minute point of show, and ends at 1 hour, 54 minute
mark)
February 17 - CTV's Canada AM re: Scandal
involving
Conservative
Cabinet
Minister Bev Oda shows need for honesty-in-politics law
and independent enforcement system
top
RADIO
2011
-- 203 radio appearances so
far (including 13 national radio appearances)
December 12 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray
Langdon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record
Gets An "F" For Breaking Many Promises and Practising
Politics As Usual (December 12, 2011)
December 12 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris
in the afternoon show) re: Bruce Carson lobbying scandal and
NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower
watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by
government from transparency and accountability promises
-- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure,
through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee
before Conservatives ram appointment through
(December 8, 2011)
December 12 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (early
afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower
watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by
government from transparency and accountability promises
-- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure,
through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee
before Conservatives ram appointment through
(December 8, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here -- To see related Globe and Mail article, click
here and NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record
Gets An "F" For Breaking Many Promises and Practising
Politics As Usual (December 12, 2011)
December 12 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (early
morning show) re: CanadaEast.com, Daily Gleaner, Times&Transcript, Telegraph-Journal
(New Brunswick) re: Public
has a right to know details about severance package for
New Brunswick Power boss
December 8 - VOCM Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives break all of their international Open
Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult
with Canadians about their draft action plan before
meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011) -- To
see related CBC.ca article, click
here and NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower
watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by
government from transparency and accountability promises
-- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure,
through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee
before Conservatives ram appointment through
(December 8, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here -- To see related Globe and Mail article, click
here
November 23 - VOCM Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Elections
Canada's rulings secret on 2,284 complaints since 2004 --
Federal politicians continue to fail to ensure key
good government watchdogs are doing their jobs properly
October 19 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (early
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives did bail out Canada's big banks in 2009 --
now must finally take action to ensure banks and other
financial institutions service, lending, investment and
prices are fair and responsible (Canadian Community
Reinvestment Coalition, October 18, 2011)
October 17 - CKNW (Vancouver - noon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 15 - CJAD (Montreal - noon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 14 - University of Windsor radio re: NEWS
RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011)
October 14 - CFRA Ottawa (Steve Madely morning show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 13 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom
Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 13 - CJAD (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 12 - VOCM Radio (Newfoundland and Labrador) re:
provincial election results, and Premier's decision to keep
legislature shut until next spring
October 12 - News 95.7 Halifax (Rick Howe drive-home show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
October 12 - CBC Radio news (Prince Edward Island) re:
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Conservatives
make
undemocratic
move of cutting per-vote annual funding for federal
political parties (Globe
and Mail, October 4, 2011) -- To see related Maclean's magazine blog
posting, click
here
October 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (early
morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011)
October 10 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - The Rutherford Show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011)
October 7 - CBC Radio (Toronto - Here and Now show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To hear the
interview, click
here
October 7 - CBC Radio (Thunder Bay - Here and Now show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011)
October 7 - CJBK Talk Radio (London, Ontario) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011)
October 5 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Corporations
provide about 50% of donated money to Ontario Liberal
Party, and 43% to Conservative Party, and unions about 28%
to NDP -- 99% of Green Party donors are individuals
(October 5, 2011)
September 28 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris
in the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes
media will ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you
break promises, will you resign?" and "Will you support
passage of honesty-in-politics law?" (September 27,
2011) and NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch plans court challenge of Elections Ontario's failure
to inform voters of their right to decline their ballot --
Information and ads during election campaign
missing key messages to encourage voter turnout
(September 22, 2011)
September 28 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton
(early morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes
media will ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you
break promises, will you resign?" and "Will you support
passage of honesty-in-politics law?" (September 27,
2011)
September 28 - CKCU Radio (Ottawa - early morning show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch plans court challenge of Elections Ontario's failure
to inform voters of their right to decline their ballot --
Information and ads during election campaign
missing key messages to encourage voter turnout
(September 22, 2011) and NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes
media will ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you
break promises, will you resign?" and "Will you support
passage of honesty-in-politics law?" (September 27,
2011)
September 27 - News 95.7 Halifax (Rick Howe drive-home show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes
media will ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you
break promises, will you resign?" and "Will you support
passage of honesty-in-politics law?" (September 27,
2011)
September 21 - CBC Radio Toronto (Here and Now show) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch plans court challenge of Elections Ontario's failure
to inform voters of their right to decline their ballot --
Information and ads during election campaign
missing key messages to encourage voter turnout
September 15 - CBC Radio (Maritime Noon show) re: Fixed
election
dates are a good democratic reform
September 9 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom
Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: NDP and
Liberals could hold first-ever democratic leadership races
for any federal party -- Perfect time to change
the law for all party leadership races
(September 8, 2011)
September 8 - CISO Talk Radio (Orillia, Ontario) re: NEWS
RELEASE: NDP and
Liberals could hold first-ever democratic leadership races
for any federal party -- Perfect time to change
the law for all party leadership races
(September 8, 2011)
September 8 - CBC Radio news (10 stations across Ontario)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Elections
Ontario continues to fail to inform voters of their full
voting rights -- Information and ads during
election campaign must have key messages to encourage
voter turnout (August 24, 2011)
September 1 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show)
re: Early October
federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out people
with kids, and university and college students
September 1 - CBC radio news (Island Morning show, PEI) and radio news at 20
stations across Canada re: Early October federal and
provincial fixed voting days shut out people with kids,
and university and college students
August 26 - CIUT Toronto (early morning show) re: Elections Ontario
continues to fail to inform voters of their full voting
rights -- Information and ads during election campaign
must have key messages to encourage voter turnout
August 24 - CBC radio news (Thunder Bay, Ontario) re: Elections Ontario
continues to fail to inform voters of their full voting
rights -- Information and ads during election campaign
must have key messages to encourage voter turnout
June 30 - CFAX Radio (Victoria, B.C.) morning show re: Globe and Mail article:
Stockwell
Day
claims
he
will only give advice to clients using public information
June 30 - CKNW Radio (Vancouver, B.C.) morning show re: Globe and Mail article:
Stockwell
Day
claims
he
will only give advice to clients using public information
June 30 - CBC Radio (Kelowna, B.C.) morning show re: Globe and Mail article:
Stockwell
Day
claims
he
will only give advice to clients using public information
June 29-30 - CBC Radio (Kelowna, B.C.) news re: Globe and Mail article:
Stockwell
Day
claims
he
will only give advice to clients using public information
June 29 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom Young
early afternoon show) re: Globe
and Mail article: Stockwell
Day
claims
he
will only give advice to clients using public information
June 22 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Five years after
requirements became law, has Treasury Board ensured that
all federal government institutions provide
legally-required whistleblower protection? (June 21,
2011)
June 21 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom Young
early afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Five years after
requirements became law, has Treasury Board ensured that
all federal government institutions provide
legally-required whistleblower protection?
(June 21, 2011)
June 9 - CBC Radio Saskatchewan noon show re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 7 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show) re:
OP-ED: Per-vote subsidy
should be made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 2 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show) re: Changes needed to make
Canada's political finance system democratic
May 26 - QR77 Talk Radio (Alberta - Rob Breakenridge evening
show) re: Changes needed
to make Canada's political finance system democratic
May 26 - 10 Rogers network radio stations across Canada re:
Changes needed to make
Canada's political finance system democratic
May 25 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show) re:
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Canada
only 14th out of 34 countries in OECD Governance rankings
May 24 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver) re:
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Canada
only 14th out of 34 countries in OECD Governance rankings
May 23 - CFRU Radio (Guelph, Ontario -- Beyond the Ballot
show) re: Democracy Watch's advocacy for democratic reform
in Canada
May 20 - CBC Radio (Calgary - Eyeopener morning show) re:
OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 19 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Adam Sterling show) re:
OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 19 - CBC Radio (Saskatchewan - Blue Sky noon hour show)
re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 19 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in the
afternoon show) re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch questions
whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate appointments were
pre-arranged, which would raise legal issues
May 19 - CJAD (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning show)
re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions whether Prime Minister Harper's Senate
appointments were pre-arranged, which would raise legal
issues
May 18 - News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom Young
early afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Deloitte did not fully
audit Integrity Commissioner’s past cases – full audit
still needed to ensure clean up of every problem case
(May 17, 2011)
May 17 - News 95.7 Halifax re: Broadcast News wire story
re: MPs
exploit
loophole
in
ethics rules to accept unethical gift of free travel from
lobby and interest groups
May 17 - Univ. of Victoria, B.C. radio re: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F
May 17 - 570 News (Kitchener, Ontario) re: Broadcast News
wire story re: MPs
exploit
loophole
in
ethics rules to accept unethical gift of free travel from
lobby and interest groups
May 16-17 - 20 radio stations across Canada (all
broadcasting Broadcast News wire story) re: MPs
exploit
loophole
in
ethics rules to accept unethical gift of free travel from
lobby and interest groups
May 12 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in the
afternoon show) re: Appointment of new Auditor General a
test of whether federal Conservatives are committed to
government accountability
May 5 - QR77 (Dave Rutherford morning show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Global
Integrity Report lowers Canadian federal government's
score from 80 to 75 -- Weak enforcement of
Accountability Act's loophole-filled rules the main
reason for drop in democracy rating
May 5 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9
Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Global Integrity Report
lowers Canadian federal government's score from 80 to 75
-- Weak enforcement of Accountability Act's
loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in
democracy rating
April 29 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F
April 29 - CISO (Owen Sound Ontario talk radio) re: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F
April 29 - CBC Radio (Calgary - early morning show) re: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F
April 28 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show) re: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F
April 28 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: Green
Party receives B- best grade of bad overall grades in
Report Card on Federal Parties' Good Government Platforms,
Bloc second with C-, Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all
receive F
April 22 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: WEBSITE ARTICLE: Former
Conservative
Prime
Minister
advisor
Bruce
Carson
likely
violated
federal
Conflict of Interest Act,
and possibly also Lobbying
Act (Globe
and Mail, April 23, 2011)
April 19 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for immediate release of report on
more than 220 past whistleblower complaints -- None
of the federal parties have promised to strengthen
whistleblower protection, nor to get the $500,000 back
from the former Integrity Commissioner
(April 18, 2011)
April 19 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls for immediate release
of report on more than 220 past whistleblower complaints
-- None of the federal parties have promised to
strengthen whistleblower protection, nor to get the
$500,000 back from the former Integrity Commissioner
(April 18, 2011)
March 31 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: lobbyists working on election
campaigns and re: Green Party leader should be allowed in
debates along with any party leader whose party obtains more
than two percent of vote, and Elections Canada should be
given control of debates, to ensure they are fair
March 25 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Murray Langdon show) re:
various Democracy Watch news releases
March 25 - 990 AM Montreal (Concordia University station
morning show) re: various Democracy Watch news releases
March 21 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Scandal is
also that Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics,
Lobbying and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his
lobbying, and that no one will likely find he violated any
laws -- Loopholes must be closed, and enforcement
strengthened (March 21, 2011) -- To see related Canadian
Press wire article, click
here
March 21 - CBC Radio Calgary (early morning show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Scandal is
also that Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics,
Lobbying and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his
lobbying, and that no one will likely find he violated any
laws -- Loopholes must be closed, and enforcement
strengthened (March 21, 2011) -- To see related Canadian
Press wire article, click
here
March 21 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that
Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying
and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and
that no one will likely find he violated any laws -- Loopholes
must be closed, and enforcement strengthened
(March 21, 2011) -- To see
related Canadian Press wire article, click
here
March 7-8 - CFAX Radio (Victoria - Adam Sterling show), News
95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton (Tom
Young early afternoon show), CKRM (Regina, Saskatchewan noon
phone-in show with Jim Smalley), The Motts' show (Toronto
area), and CJAD (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning show)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more
than 30 citizen groups calls for Integrity Commissioner's
severance pay package to be cancelled
February 25 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance of
more than 30 citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to
federal whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011)
and NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on
at least 100 cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two
cases in past three year -- Auditor General must
audit -- Commissioner has worse disclosure record than
disgraced former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad
enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
February 24 - CBC Radio national news and news across Canada
re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to
federal whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011)
-- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
February 24 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris
in the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to federal
whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011) and NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on
at least 100 cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two
cases in past three year -- Auditor General must
audit -- Commissioner has worse disclosure record than
disgraced former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad
enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
February 17 - News reports at 20 radio stations across
Canada re: federal lobbying scandals involving Conservative
Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt and other lobbyists
February 16 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Rick Howe afternoon drive-home show) re:
article in 7 Metro
newspapers across Canada and Ipolitics.ca re: Nova
Scotia
government's
Auditor
General should examine spending by politicians in the
past, and so should federal Auditor General
February 7 - CBC Radio Saskatchewan (noon hour phone-in
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Tens of thousands of hits
on CoffeeParty.ca movement site in first week
February 4 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Tens of thousands of hits
on CoffeeParty.ca movement site in first week
January 31 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Tom Young early afternoon show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011)
January 31 - CBC Radio New Brunswick (morning show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011)
January 29 - CJSF radio (Simon Fraser University radio
station, Vancouver, B.C.) re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 28 - CKRM (Regina, Saskatchewan noon phone-in show
with Jim Smalley) re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 28 - CJAD (Montreal - Tommy Schnurmacher morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 27 - CBC Radio's As It Happens re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011) -- To hear interview, click
here and listen to Part Three of the show
January 27 - News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News
91.9 Moncton (Rick Howe afternoon drive-home show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011)
January 25 - 580 CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa - Michael Harris in
the afternoon show) re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper
misleads Canadians again -- Conservatives broke most of
their democratic reform and government accountability
promises (Ottawa
Citizen, January 25, 2011) and
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal per-vote funding
for political parties should not be eliminated, but
changes should be made to make political financing more
democratic (Canada.com, National Post and Vancouver Sun, January
19, 2011)
January 23 - CBC's Cross-country Checkup re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal per-vote funding
for political parties should not be eliminated, but
changes should be made to make political financing more
democratic (Canada.com, National Post and Vancouver Sun, January
19, 2011)
January 20 - 680 News Toronto, 1310 News Ottawa, News 1130
Vancouver, 660 News Calgary, News 95.7, News 91.9 and News
88.9 (Maritimes) re: Canadian Press wire article re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada
confirms that federal Conservatives broke their 2006
election promise to pass fixed election date law
January 14 - CBC's World at 6 re: Three
federal
government
ethics
watchdogs acting like lapdogs (Globe and Mail,
December 28, 2010)
top
NEWSPAPERS,
MAGAZINES
and WEB MEDIA
2011 -- 995
print and web media appearances so far (including 211
national appearances (including Yahoo News Canada
reprints of articles))
December 31 - Globe and Mail re: Senate
ethics rules and enforcement are a bad joke -- weak and
full of loopholes
December 22 - iPolitics.ca (op-ed by Democracy Watch Board
member Duff Conacher) re: Honesty in
politics is the best policy, and so it should be required
by law -- To see National Post.com reference to the
op-ed, click
here
December 22 - Calgary
Herald and 2 other PostMedia newspapers re: Alberta
Premier refuses to disclose details of Conservative Party
payments to her -- loopholes in laws that allow for
secrecy must be closed
December 21 - CBC's Power and Politics show re: New
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion lies about
past statements about ethics of applying for job, and
tries to excuse his very questionable record -- To see
related CBC.ca article, click
here
December 21 - CBC.ca re: Federal
Ethics Commissioner finally acknowledges one huge loophole
in Conflict of Interest Act and ethics rules, but still
fails to acknowledge other loopholes -- To see related
op-ed, click
here
December 20 - Ottawa
Citizen re: Federal
Parliament watchdogs (except Ethics Commissioner) echo
Democracy Watch's call for more accountability for the
watchdogs -- To see related article from
December 23rd, click
here
December 17 - GlobalTV.com re: Appointment
of Mario Dion as federal Integrity Commissioner is one of
many questionable acts by Conservatives in fall session
December 15 - iPolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives break all of their international Open
Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult
with Canadians about their draft action plan before
meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011) -- To
see the iPolitics.ca article, click
here
December 14 - CBC.ca and PEJ.org re: NEWS RELEASE: Groups
silenced, former integrity officer ignored as
whistleblower watchdog appointment is rammed through
committee -- Groups call on opposition MPs and
Conservative MPs with integrity to vote against
appointment in House vote (December 14,
2011) -- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
December 14 - Canada.com and 8 PostMedia News newspapers
across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Groups call
for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s plan to
appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog (December 13,
2011) -- To see Canada.com article, click
here
December 14 - CBC.ca and iPolitics.ca re: NEWS
RELEASE: Groups
call for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s
plan to appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog
(December 13, 2011) -- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
December 14 - iPolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Groups call
for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s plan to
appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog (December 13,
2011) -- To see iPolitics.ca article, click
here
December 13 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Groups call
for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s plan to
appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog (December 13,
2011) -- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
December 13 - Globe and
Mail re: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying calls for power to fine illegal
lobbyists, but loopholes in law need to be closed to make
it effective
December 13 - iPolitics.ca re: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying calls for power to fine illegal
lobbyists, but loopholes in law must be closed to make it
effective
December 12 - Vancouver Sun (Barbara Yaffe column) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record
Gets An "F" For Breaking Many Promises and Practising
Politics As Usual (December 12, 2011) -- To see
Yaffe's column, click
here
December 12 - Toronto
Star re: Huge
loopholes in federal Lobbying
Act mean that lobbyists continue to be let off
when they lobby in secret without registering, even if
they are found guilty of violating the Lobbyists' Code
December 10 - CanadaEast.com, Daily Gleaner, Times&Transcript, Telegraph-Journal
(New Brunswick) re: Public
has a right to know details about severance package for
New Brunswick Power boss
December 9 - GlobeandMail.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower
watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by
government from transparency and accountability promises
-- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure,
through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee
before Conservatives ram appointment through
(December 8, 2011) -- To see related Globe article, click
here
December 8 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Whistleblower
watchdog nomination signals continued retreat by
government from transparency and accountability promises
-- Groups call on opposition parties to ensure,
through filibuster if needed, they testify at committee
before Conservatives ram appointment through
(December 8, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here
December 8 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives break all of their international Open
Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult
with Canadians about their draft action plan before
meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011) -- To
see related CBC.ca article, click
here
December 8 - LobbyMonitor.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives break all of their international Open
Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult
with Canadians about their draft action plan before
meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011)
December 8 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives break all of their international Open
Government Partnership commitments by failing to consult
with Canadians about their draft action plan before
meeting in Brazil this week (December 5, 2011) -- To
see CBC.ca article, click
here
November 28 - Hill Times
re: Occupy
protesters can also join CoffeeParty.ca movement
November 28 - National
Post (letter by Democracy Watch Board member Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke open government election promises in
2006, now hypocritical to criticize CBC's secrecy
November 25 - Globe and
Mail re: Federal
Conservatives broke open government election promises in
2006, now hypocrital to criticize CBC's secrecy
November 24 - Grande
Prairie Herald Tribune (Alberta) re: Occupy
protesters can also join CoffeeParty.ca movement
November 21 - Hill Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Founder Duff Conacher)
re: Elections
Canada makes one ruling public, but keeps more than 2,280
other rulings secret
November 21 - Hill Times
re: Federal Conservatives talking an overly long time to
replace the federal Public Sector Integrity Commissioner,
and other senior officers
November 21 - Hill Times
re: William T. Stanbury obituary -- he was a giant in the
academic area of democratic reform in Canada
November 16 - Hill Times
re: As
usual, lapdog federal Ethics Commissioner ignores ethics
issues and rubberstamps Conservatives' actions as ethical
November 16 - TheTyee.ca (publishing op-ed by Democracy
Watch Founder Duff Conacher) re: Elections
Canada makes one ruling public, but keeps more than 2,280
other rulings secret -- To see TheTyee.ca
version, click
here
November 16 - StraightGoods.ca (publishing op-ed by
Democracy Watch Founder Duff Conacher) re: Elections
Canada makes one ruling public, but keeps more than 2,280
other rulings secret -- To see StraightGoods.ca
version, click
here
November 16 - HillTimes.com re: Event
on Parliament Hill organized by federal Conservative
Cabinet ministers and involving lobbyists violates federal
ethics rules and allows for secret lobbying
November 15 - HillTimes.com and FirstPerspective.ca
re: Federal
Conservative Cabinet ministers Tony Clement, Peter Van
Loan, Lisa Raitt and Conservative MPs and senators help
private club with event, raising serious questions about
ethics rule violations
November 11 - Rabble.ca (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Founder Duff Conacher) re: Elections
Canada makes one ruling public, but keeps more than 2,280
other rulings secret -- To see Rabble.ca version, click
here
November 9 - CBC.ca and three other media outlets (all
publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Changing
voting system, requiring honesty in politics and
accountability are best ways to increase voter turnout,
not electronic voting -- To see related news release,
click here
November 8 - Winnipeg
Free Press re: NEWS RELEASE: Elections
Canada's rulings secret on 2,284 complaints since 2004 --
Federal politicians continue to fail to ensure key
good government watchdogs are doing their jobs properly
(November 8, 2011) -- To see related Winnipeg Free Press
article, click
here
November 7 - Hill Times (op-ed) re: If GRIC's
proposals are implemented, secret lobbying will still be
legal, and even more unethical lobbying will be legal
November 4 - Globe and
Mail (letter by Democracy Watch Founder Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives' bill closes one loophole in political
finance system, but fails to close other huge loopholes
November 4 - Epoch Times
(letter by Democracy Watch Founder Duff Conacher) re: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying finally issues rulings after 10
years of delay, but enforcement is still very weak, and
lobbying law still has huge loopholes
November 3 - Montreal
Mirror (weekly free news/entertainment newspaper)
re: Open
data does not mean open government, unless controversial
information is required to be disclosed
November 2 - Globe and
Mail re: Ten
years after Democracy Watch files complaint, federal
Commissioner of Lobbying finally finds former Jean
Chrétien aide Réné Fugère
guilty of violating federal lobbying rules, along with
four other lobbyists -- To see comment on article by
Democracy Watch Founding Director Duff Conacher, click
here
November 1-2 - CTV.ca, GlobalNews.ca and 16 other media
outlets across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire
article) re: Ten
years after Democracy Watch files complaint, federal
Commissioner of Lobbying finally finds former Jean
Chrétien aide Réné Fugère
guilty of violating federal lobbying rules, along with
four other lobbyists
November 1-2 - Canoe.ca and 5 other SunMedia newspapers
across Canada re: Ten
years after Democracy Watch files complaint, federal
Commissioner of Lobbying finally finds former Jean
Chrétien aide Réné Fugère
guilty of violating federal lobbying rules, along with
four other lobbyists
November 1-2 - Canada.com and 8 other PostMediaNews
newspapers across Canada re: Ten
years after Democracy Watch files complaint, federal
Commissioner of Lobbying finally finds former Jean
Chrétien aide Réné Fugère
guilty of violating federal lobbying rules, along with
four other lobbyists
October 31 - Hill Times
re: Federal
lobbying association's proposals would leave loopholes
that allow for secret lobbying, and make even more
unethical lobbying legal
October 31 - Canada.com and Edmonton Journal re: Federal
Conservatives' bill will leave open loopholes that allow
for unlimited loans, and secret unlimited donations to
nomination and party leadership race candidates
October 24 - WeeklyVoice.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To see the
WeeklyVoice.com article, click
here
October 21 - NorthumberlandView.ca re: Green
Party of Canada endorses Democracy Watch coalitions'
proposals to increase bank and corporate responsibility in
Canada
October 20 - Planet S
magazine re: Saskatchewan,
like every jurisdiction in Canada, needs an
honesty-in-politics law
October 18 - Montreal
Gazette (op-ed) re: Occupy
protesters raise questions
October 17 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives may weaken public servant ethics rules in
same way Cabinet, MP and senator rules have huge loophole
October 17 - Hill Times
(letter by Democracy Watch Founder Duff Conacher) re: Huge
loopholes in federal lobbying law must be closed to end
secret, unethical lobbying
October 17 - Hill Times
(Editorial board editorial) re: Op-ed by Democracy Watch
Founder Duff Conacher re: Federal
lobbying law has huge loopholes that allow for secret,
unethical lobbying
October 15 - Halifax
Chronicle-Herald re: OP-ED: People are
asking for protection from corporate greed and wrongdoing
– will Canada’s politicians finally give it?
October 15 - Canoe.ca and 3 SunMedia newspapers re: NEWS
RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade (October 12, 2011)
-- To see Sunmedia article, click
here
October 14 - GlobalNews.ca re: Federal
MPs have failed to use their power to ensure effective
examination of government budgets
October 14 - Guelph
Mercury and the Kitchener
Waterloo Record and TheMarkNews.com
re: OP-ED: People
are asking for protection from corporate greed and
wrongdoing – will Canada’s politicians finally give it?
October 14 - Canoe.ca and 7 other SunMedia newspapers across
Canada re: Federal
Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt's 2009
fundraising event resulted in ruling that two lobbyists
violated ethics rules by helping with event, now Minister
Raitt again faces allegations of unethical relationship
with lobbyists
October 14 - UPI.com, Daije.com, PostChronicle.com and
istockAnalyst.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade (October 12, 2011)
-- To see UPI wire article, click
here
October 14 - Brandon Sun
re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade (October 12, 2011)
-- To see Brandon Sun
column, click
here
October 13 - HuffingtonPost.ca,
TheEpochTimes.com,
and rabble.ca
re: OP-ED: People
are asking for protection from corporate greed and
wrongdoing – will Canada’s politicians finally give it?
October 13 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade (October 12, 2011)
-- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
October 13 - VOCM.com (Newfoundland and Labrador) re:
provincial election results, and Premier's decision to keep
legislature shut until next spring -- To see VOCM.com
article, click
here
October 13 - Moncton
Times & Transcript re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade (October 12, 2011)
-- To see the Times &
Transcript article, click
here
October 13 - AxisOfLogic.com re: Democracy
Watch suggests Occupy Canada protesters should support key
measures endorsed by two nation-wide coalitions of 140
citizen groups (reprint of CBC.ca article)
October 12 - IPolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade -- To see the
IPolitics article, click
here
October 12 - Embassy
magazine re: Taiwan
admits it uses sponsored travel as way of influencing
Canadian MPs
October 12 - Epoch Times
re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To see Epoch Times article, click
here
October 12 - FinancialPost.com (Theresa Tedesco column) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade -- To see the
column, click
here
October 12 - TheTyee.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade -- To see TheTyee.ca
article, click
here
October 12 - FinancialPost.com (Barbara Schecter column) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade -- To see blog
posting, click
here
October 12 - IPolitics.ca (article by Errol Mendes) re: Globe and Mail re: Federal
Conservatives
make
undemocratic
move of cutting per-vote annual funding for federal
political parties -- To see related Maclean's magazine blog
posting, click
here
October 10 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Founder
Duff Conacher re: Globe
and Mail re: Federal
Conservatives
make
undemocratic
move of cutting per-vote annual funding for federal
political parties -- To see related Maclean's magazine blog
posting, click
here
October 10 - Hill Times
re: Corporate
lobbyists agree lobby rules must be stronger, but still
want to keep some loopholes
October 9 - Maclean's magazine
blog posting
re: Globe and Mail
re: Federal
Conservatives
make
undemocratic
move of cutting per-vote annual funding for federal
political parties -- To see related Maclean's magazine blog
posting, click
here
October 7 - Canada.com and 7 Postmedia newspapers across
Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To see the
Canada.com article, click
here
October 7 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians
should not be surprised at record low voter turnout in
provincial election (October 7, 2011) -- To see CBC.ca
article, click
here
October 5 - PacificFreePress.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Corporations
provide about 50% of donated money to Ontario Liberal
Party, and 43% to Conservative Party, and unions about 28%
to NDP -- 99% of Green Party donors are individuals
(October 5, 2011)
October 4 - Globe and
Mail re: Federal
Conservatives
make
undemocratic
move of cutting per-vote annual funding for federal
political parties -- To see related Maclean's magazine blog
posting, click
here
October 3 - Hill Times
(op-ed by Democracy Watch Founder Duff Conacher) re: Federal
lobbying law has huge loopholes that allow for secret,
unethical lobbying -- To see related article in the Hill Times published in
the same issue, click
here
October 1 - The Western
Star (Newfoundland paper) re: NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes
media will ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you
break promises, will you resign?" and "Will you support
passage of honesty-in-politics law?" (September 27,
2011) -- To see Western
Star article, click
here
September 27 - CTV.ca online chat re: Ontario election
debate
September 19 - CTV.ca,
Globe and Mail and two other newspapers (all
publishing CanadianPress.com article) re: Elections
agencies,
not
media,
must oversee election debates, and criteria for
participation must be fair
September 14 - HuffingtonPost.ca and Rabble.ca re: NEWS
RELEASE: NDP and
Liberals could hold first-ever democratic leadership races
for any federal party -- Perfect time to change
the law for all party leadership races
(September 8, 2011)
September 12 - Hill Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Founding Director Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
ethics and related rules a loophole-filled, weakly
enforced bad joke -- Oliphant Commission report's
recommendations continue to be ignored by Conservatives
September 11 - CTV.ca (and UpdatedNews.ca) re: Ontario
voters
hurt
by
too early fixed election date, voting system, and
Elections Ontario's failure to inform about right to
decline ballot
September 8 - CTV.ca and 21 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article re:
NEWS RELEASE: NDP and
Liberals could hold first-ever democratic leadership races
for any federal party -- Perfect time to change
the law for all party leadership races
(September 8, 2011) -- To
see the CanadianPress article, click
here
September 8 - HuffingtonPost.com re: NEWS RELEASE: NDP and
Liberals could hold first-ever democratic leadership races
for any federal party -- Perfect time to change
the law for all party leadership races
(September 8, 2011) -- To
see the HuffingtonPost article, click
here
September 8 - GfwAdvertiser.ca (Newfoundland) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Early
October federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out
people with kids, and university and college students
(August 31, 2011)
September 4 - VOCM (Newfoundland) re: NEWS RELEASE: Early
October federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out
people with kids, and university and college students
(August 31, 2011)
September 2 - Brandon Sun
re: NEWS RELEASE: Early
October federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out
people with kids, and university and college students
(August 31, 2011)
September 1 - CBC.ca (PEI page) re: Early October federal and
provincial fixed voting days shut out people with kids,
and university and college students -- To see the CBC.ca
article, click
here
September 1 - Charlottetown
Guardian re: Early October federal and
provincial fixed voting days shut out people with kids,
and university and college students says Green Party
PEI in support of Democracy Watch -- To see the Guardian article, click
here
September 1 - Canada.com and 9 PostMedia News newspapers
across Canada re: Early
October federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out
people with kids, and university and college students
-- To see PostMedia
News article, click
here
September 1 - Thunder Bay
Chronicle Journal (Editorial board editorial)
re: Early October
federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out people
with kids, and university and college students -- To see the editorial, click
here
August 31 - GlobalNews.ca and 20 other media outlets across
Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article) re: Early October federal and
provincial fixed voting days shut out people with kids,
and university and college students -- To see CP article, click
here
August 24 - Ottawa
Citizen and PacificFreePress.com re: Elections Ontario
continues to fail to inform voters of their full voting
rights -- Information and ads during election campaign
must have key messages to encourage voter turnout -- To see Ottawa Citizen article,
click
here
August 22 - Hill Times
re: MPs'
and Senators' ethics codes have huge loophole that allow
them to vote on changes that affect their financial
interests, must be closed
August 22 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives
continue to fail to keep 2006 election promise to
strengthen Access to
Information Act
August 22 - Metro News
(Ottawa) re: City
of
Ottawa
government
hurts accountability by deleting city emails after 90 days
August 1 - Hill Times
re: OP-ED: Wide open
system for unethical activities by former Canadian Cabinet
ministers and government officials (Rabble.ca,
June 30, 2011) -- To see Hill
Times article, click
here
July 25 - Hill Times
re: Federal Ethics
Commissioner Mary Dawson finally issues a good ruling, but
still has a negligently weak record
July 19 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson and Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd both as
toothless and weak as former disgraced Integrity
Commissioner Christiane Ouimet
July 19 - National Post
(Chris Selley's Full Pundit blog) re: Lawrence
Martin
piece
in
Globe and Mail
July 15-16 - Canada.com and Ottawa Citizen and Winnipeg Free Press re:
Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson has failed so far to examine all conflicts of
interest in federal Conservatives' Guergis-Jaffer affair,
and many other questionable situations
July 14-15 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson finds former Conservative MP Helena Guergis guilty
of violating federal ethics rules, but continues to fail
to investigate and rule on many other cases properly
July 14-15 - Canoe.ca and 10 SunMedia newspapers across
Canada re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
finds
former Conservative MP Helena Guergis guilty of violating
ethics rules, but continues to fail to investigate and
rule on many other cases properly
July 14 - BCLocalNews.com and two B.C. newspapers re: Loopholes
and weak enforcement by federal ethics and lobbying
commissioners mean former Cabinet ministers can easily
break ethics rules
July 11 - Hill Times
re: As
Democracy
Watch has pointed out for years, Senate ethics rules and
enforcement are weak and full of loopholes that must be
closed
July 5-6 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 17 other PostMedia
News newspapers across Canada re: Election
system
reform,
and
honesty-in-politics law, would help increase voter turnout
July 5 - BCLocalnews.com (Kelowna) and Vernon Morning Star re:
Democracy
Watch
raises
serious
questions about lack of enforcement of post-employement
ethics rules for federal Cabinet ministers
July 4 - Hill Times
(letter by Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher) re: Abolishing the Senate is
the easiest, most workable, and most democratic change to
make
July 1 - Georgia Straight.com (Vancouver) re: Democracy
Watch's
work
is
one reason to love Canada
July 1 - Kelowna Capital News re: Former
Conservative
Cabinet
minister
Stockwell Day's new government relations business raises
serious questions
June 30 - Rabble.ca re: Wide
open system for unethical activities by former Canadian
Cabinet ministers
June 30 - CBC.ca re: Wide
open
system
for
unethical activities by former Canadian Cabinet ministers
June 30 - Saskatoon
StarPhoenix (editorial board editorial) re: Saskatchewan
needs
a
lobbying
disclosure and ethics law
June 29 - Epoch Times
re: Lobby
and
interest
groups
paying for overseas travel by federal MPs is unethical,
and should be stopped
June 29 - Vaughan Today
re: Ontario's
election
rules
allow
provincial party leaders to choose candidates and cancel
riding association votes
June 27 - Ottawa Citizen
and Canada.com (letter responding to earlier letter by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Inquiries laws must be
changed to ensure all questionable government actions are
investigated fully, fairly and impartially
June 27 - Hill Times
(letter responding to earlier letter by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 26-27 - Globe and
Mail re: Case
involving
senator
working
abroad for Canadian company could set strong ethical
government precedent
June 24 - Guelph Mercury
and Winnipeg Free Press
(letter by Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher) re: Abolishing the Senate is
the easiest, most workable, and most democratic change to
make
June 23 - TroyMedia.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Five years after
requirements became law, has Treasury Board ensured that
all federal government institutions provide
legally-required whistleblower protection? (June 21,
2011)
June 23 - Canada.com and National
Post and
Globe and Mail (letter
by
Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher) re: Abolishing the Senate is
the easiest, most workable, and most democratic change to
make
June 22 - iPolitics.ca re: Abolishing the Senate is
the easiest, most workable, and most democratic change to
make
June 21 - Ottawa Citizen
(letter by Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher) re: Abolishing the Senate is
the easiest, most workable, and most democratic change to
make
June 17-18 - Edmonton
Journal and Calgary
Herald re: Alberta
provincial
riding
associations
must
be
required
by
law to disclose details of their spending
June 16 - CTV.ca and 11 media outlets across Canada (all
publishing CanadianPress.com article) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
continues
to
try
to
cover
up
her negligently weak enforcement record
June 16 - IPolitics.ca re: Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary
Dawson continues to try to cover up her negligently weak
enforcement record
June 15-16 - Globe and
Mail re: Three
federal
security
agencies
fail
after
five
years
to
establish
required
whistlleblower protection systems
June 15 - Windsor Star
(Barbara Yaffe's column) re: Prime
Minister
Harper
makes
undemocratic move in Senate appointments
June 14 - StraightGoods.ca re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 10 - Riverside
Shoreline News re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 9 - The
Metropolitain (Montreal) re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 9 - TheTyee.ca and Guelph
Mercury and Waterloo
Region Record re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 7 - TroyMedia.com and Rabble.ca re: OP-ED: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 6 - National Post
and Vancouver Sun
re: Conservatives
cut
democratic
per-vote
subsidy, while keeping other undemocratic subsidies
June 6 - Hill Times
(letter by Democracy Watch Board member Duff Conacher) re: Canada only 14th out of 34
countries in OECD Governance rankings
June 6 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying should be given more clear powers
June 6 - Hill Times
(letter in response) re: op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher re: Per-vote subsidy should be
made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
June 4 - Hamilton
Spectator re: The
proposed
budgets
of
Ontario's city police forces must be reviewed in public
June 3 - CTV.ca re: Federal
Conservatives
cutting
most
democratic public subsidy of political parties, but not
touching many other undemocratic subsidies (See
interview by clicking link in box on right-hand of page)
June 2 - CanadaEast.com, Daily
Gleaner, Times
and Transcript, Telegraph
Journal re: New
Brunswick's
provincial Auditor General must review questionable
pension awards, and cancel them if they broke the rules
June 1 - Hamilton
Spectator re: Hamilton
school
board's
proposed
code of conduct violates free speech rights of trustees
May 31-June 2 - Canada.com, Vancouver Sun, Brandon Sun (Barbara Yaffe's column) re: Prime
Minister
Harper
makes
undemocratic move in Senate appointments
May 31 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca, IPolitics.ca, and 8
PostMedia News newspapers across Canada re: Federal
Conservatives continue to break their 2006 promise to
establish an independent Public Appointments Commission to
end patronage and cronyism
May 30 - Hill Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Per-vote
subsidy should be made more democratic, not cut -- Other
democratizing changes also needed to political finance
system
May 29 - Edmonton Sun
(editorial) re: Gas
tax
debate
shows
credibility of one group matches Democracy Watch's
credibility on democracy issues
May 28 - Saskatoon Star
Phoenix, Regina
Leader Post re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Senate
appointments the height of cynicism, and possibly illegal
May 26-27 - Canada.com, Calgary
Herald, Ottawa
Citizen re: Alberta
Conservative
Party
leadership
candidate Ted Morton's democratic reform proposals are too
little to make provincial government democratic and
accountable
May 26 - Toronto Star
(letter-to-the-editor) re: Canada only 14th out of 34
countries in OECD Governance rankings
May 26 - Toronto Star
(editorial board editorial)
re: Changes needed to
make Canada's political finance system democratic
May 25 - La Presse
re: New
Senator
Josee
Verner
must choose either Senate pay or MP severance pay
May 24 - TheTyee.ca (letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Canada only 14th out of 34
countries in OECD Governance rankings
May 24 - Edmonton Sun
(letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Canada
only 14th out of 34 countries in OECD Governance rankings
May 23 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying Karen Shepherd has as weak an enforcement
record as the former disgraced Integrity Commissioner --
loopholes must finally be closed and strong enforcement
finally required
May 23 - Hill Times
re: Conservatives
likely
to
make
undemocratic move of cutting per-vote annual federal party
funding
May 23 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Interim
Integrity Commissioner admits that many more than 70 out
of 221 past cases likely have problems
May 21 - The Western Star
(column by Russell Wangersky) re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Senate
appointments are very questionable
May 20-21 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca, National Post and 17
Postmedia News TV stations and newspapers across Canada re:
Prime
Minister
Harper's
Conservatives
plan another very undemocratic move by cutting the
per-vote annual funding for federal political parties
May 20-21 - Toronto Star
re: Prime
Minister
Harper
makes
unethical move of promoting Conservative Christian Paradis
in Cabinet even though Paradis is being investigated by
the federal Ethics Commissioner
May 20 - Vancouver
Province (editorial board editorial) re: Prime
Minister
Harper's
Senate
appointments stink, and Democracy Watch is right to call
for a police investigation
May 19-20 - TheMarkNews.com, and the Ottawa Citizen
(printing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: OP-ED: DemocracyWatch
questions
whether
Prime
Minister Harper's Senate appointments were pre-arranged,
which would raise legal issues -- To see the letter in
the Ottawa Citizen,
click
here
May 20 - Globe and Mail
re: Nova
Scotia's
provincial
government
proposal to share voters' age with political parties
invades privacy
May 19-20 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca, and 20 Postmedia News
newspapers and TV stations across Canada re: Given
his
vague
law
and past broken promises, it is very unclear whether Prime
Minister Harper will comply with fixed election date of
October 19, 2015
May 18-19 - CTV.ca and 22 other media outlets across Canada
(all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
questions
whether
Prime Minister Harper's Senate appointments were
pre-arranged with two senators, which would raise legal
questions
May 19 - Le Devoir
re: Democracy
Watch
questions
whether
Prime Minister Harper's Senate appointments were
pre-arranged, which would raise legal issues
May 19 - St. John's
Telegram re: Democracy
Watch
questions
whether
Prime Minister Harper's Senate appointments were
pre-arranged, which would raise legal questions
May 18 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 13 Postmedia News
newspapers across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Deloitte did not fully
audit Integrity Commissioner’s past cases – full audit
still needed to ensure clean up of every problem case
(May 17, 2011) -- To see Canada.com article, click
here
May 18 - Le Droit
re: NEWS RELEASE: Deloitte
did not fully audit Integrity Commissioner’s past cases –
full audit still needed to ensure clean up of every
problem case (May 17, 2011) -- To see Le Droit article, click
here
May 16-17 - CTV.ca, Globe
and Mail, and 26 other media outlets across Canada
(all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article): MPs
exploit
loophole
in
ethics rules to accept unethical gift of free travel from
lobby and interest groups
May 17 - Radio-Canada.ca re: MPs
exploit
loophole
in
ethics rules to accept unethical gift of travel from lobby
groups
May 17 - Winnipeg Free
Press and 16 other media outlets across Canada (all
publishing CanadianPress.com wire article) re: Nova
Scotia
provincial
government
proposes bill that would provide private information of
voters to political parties
May 16 - Hill Times
re: Elections
Canada
has
more
than 1,300 complaints they have not ruled on publicly from
2004, 2006 and 2008 elections -- must rule publicly on all
of them and also on 2011 election complaints
May 16 - Hill Times
re: Elections
Canada
should have long ago charged and found guilty Liberals who
failed to pay loans from 2006 party leadership race
May 15 - Lobby Monitor
re: Rule 8 of Lobbyists' Code of Conduct is constitutional,
and essential
May 13 - Epoch Times
(publishing op-ed by Duff Conacher) re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson set up illegal ethics screen for Bruce Carson, and
failed to enforce ethics rules properly
May 12-13 - Winnipeg Free
Press (and 19 other media outlets across Canada,
all publishing CanadianPress.com wire article) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
Supreme Court of Canada to rule in favour of disclosure of
Cabinet minister records
May 12 - IPolitics.ca re: NDP proposes to strengthen federal
whistleblower protection, but did not do anything to
effectively make such proposals during last 5 years of
minority government
May 10 - IPolitics.ca, Canada.com. GlobalNews.ca and 10
Postmedia News newspapers across Canada (all publishing same
article re: Federal
Commissioner
of
Lobbying
Karen
Shepherd
admits
penalizing
lobbyists
who
violate
the
Lobbying Act is
very rare
May 10 - Montreal Gazette
re: City
of
Montreal's
system
fails completely to guarantee whistleblower protection
May 9 - Hill Times
(publishing op-ed by Duff Conacher) re: New Democratic Party
leaves out democratic reforms in federal election platform
May 5 - Straight.com re: Independent
audit
of
federal
Integrity Commissioner's whistleblower investigations
finds at least 70 of 220 cases were not properly
investigated
May 5 - TheMarkNews.com re: Global Integrity Report
lowers Canadian federal government's score from 80 to 75
-- Weak enforcement of Accountability Act's
loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in
democracy rating
May 4 - Pacific Free Press re: Global Integrity Report
lowers Canadian federal government's score from 80 to 75
-- Weak enforcement of Accountability Act's
loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in
democracy rating
May 4 - PEJ.org re: Global
Integrity
Report lowers Canadian federal government's score from 80
to 75 -- Weak enforcement of Accountability Act's
loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in
democracy rating
May 4 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
and
Ontario
fixed
election date laws may mean two elections in October 2015
May 2 - Hill Times
re: Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher's prediction
of federal election results
April 28 - Canada.com, Vancouver
Sun, Vancouver
Province and iPolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F -- To see the Canada.com
article, click
here
April 28 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F -- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
April 28 - PacificFreePress.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives B-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal
Parties' Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-,
Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F (April
28, 2011)
April 27 - iPolitics.ca and PEJ News (Lawrence Martin's
column) re: The
descent
of democracy -- A country under one man's thumb
April 27 - TheTyee.ca re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner
so
weak
it
is
unlikely
she
will
even
find
Bruce
Carson
in
violation
of
Conflict of Interest Act
April 27 - TheTyee.ca re: Federal
Ethics
Commissioner investigating former Conservative Prime
Minister advisor Bruce Carson's relations with Harper
government
April 25 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for immediate release of report on
more than 220 past whistleblower complaints -- None
of the federal parties have promised to strengthen
whistleblower protection, nor to get the $500,000 back
from the former Integrity Commissioner
April 22-23 - Globe and
Mail re: Former
Conservative
Prime
Minister
advisor
Bruce
Carson
likely
violated
federal
Conflict of Interest Act,
and possibly also Lobbying
Act -- To see April 25th letter-to-the-editor
correcting one part of the article, click
here
April 23 - rabble.ca (Gerry Caplan's blog) re: Democracy
Watch
is
one
of the voices not being heard enough during election
April 21 - Epoch Times
re: Federal
political
parties
largely
ignore solutions to low voter turnout -- voters should at
least spoil their ballot to show their concern
April 21 - Globe and Mail
re: Federal
NDP
has
some
good government democratic reform promises in platform,
but far from enough to fix Ottawa
April 21 - Wall Street
Journal re: Federal
Conservatives
have
broken
many of their promises, which is hurting them in federal
election campaign
April 20 - iPolitics.ca, Canoe.ca and London Free Press, and
Metro Canada (in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary
and Vancouver) re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
federal Ethics Commissioner to investigate Prime Minister
Harper's spokesperson Dimitri Soudas -- To see related articles
on iPolitics.ca (Canadian Press wire article also published
in Waterloo Record and Brandon Sun), click
here and on Canoe.ca, click
here
April 20 - Winnipeg Free
Press (Frances Russell's column) re: Prime
Minister
Harper
has
increased Canada's democratic deficit
April 19 - iPolitics.ca re: All
candidates
debates
are
important voter information and accountability sessions
April 19 - TheTyee.ca re: Former
Conservative
Cabinet
minister
Helena Guergis (and other Conservative officials) not as
innocent as she, and many others, claim
April 18 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of
more than 30 citizen groups calls for immediate release of
report on more than 220 past whistleblower complaints -- None
of the federal parties have promised to strengthen
whistleblower protection, nor to get the $500,000 back
from the former Integrity Commissioner
(April 18, 2011) -- To see
the CBC.ca article, click
here
April 18-19 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca, National Post
(blog) and 11 Postmedia.com newspapers across Canada re:
NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls for immediate release
of report on more than 220 past whistleblower complaints
-- None of the federal parties have promised to
strengthen whistleblower protection, nor to get the
$500,000 back from the former Integrity Commissioner
(April 18, 2011) -- To see
the Canada.com article, click
here
April 18 - IPolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for immediate release of report on
more than 220 past whistleblower complaints -- None
of the federal parties have promised to strengthen
whistleblower protection, nor to get the $500,000 back
from the former Integrity Commissioner
(April 18, 2011) -- To see
the IPolitics.ca article, click
here
April 18 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor) re: Federal Conservatives
mislead on democratic, accountable government record since
2006, and fail to make comprehensive good government
promises
April 15 - Ottawa Citizen
(publishing letter-to-the-editor) re: Government watchdog
agencies must be required to release their reports
whenever scheduled or completed
April 11 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor) re: Federal
Liberal
platform
is
again too weak on democratic and government accountability
reforms -- To see related Hill Times article, click
here
April 10-11 - Winnipeg
Free Press and Cape
Breton Post (publishing editorial by Canadian
Press) re: letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher: Prime Minister Harper
proposes undemocratic move of cutting the annual per-vote
subsidy for federal parties -- instead, change it to make
it more democratic
April 7 - Macleans.ca (Andrew Coyne's column) re: As
Democracy
Watch
has
proposed for years, an honesty-in-politics law is needed
to end misleading
April 5 - Toronto Star
(publishing editorial by Canadian Press) re:
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher: Prime Minister
Harper proposes undemocratic move of cutting the annual
per-vote subsidy for federal parties -- instead, change it
to make it more democratic
April 4-5 - Hill Times
and TheMarkNews.com re: Federal
Liberal platform is again too weak on democratic and
government accountability reforms -- To see the Hill Times article, click
here
April 4 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: All parties with two
percent or more support should be in election debates, and
Elections Canada should run them
April 3 - North Shore
News re: Federal
parties
all
failed
to pass bill before election that would make ridings more
equal across Canada
April 2 - NorthumberlandView.ca and April 5 - Vancouver Sun (Barbara
Yaffe blog) and Ipolitics.ca re: letter-to-the-editor by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher re: All parties with two
percent or more support should be in election debates, and
Elections Canada should run them
April 1 - Globe and Mail
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: We can have fixed election
dates most of the time, and that is good
April 1 - North Shore
News re: Federal
parties
all
failed
voters by not passing Bill C-12 before election to add new
ridings to correct huge distortions
March 31-April 1 - Canada.com, National Post and Montreal Gazette (all
publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: All parties with two
percent or more support should be in election debates, and
Elections Canada should run them
March 31 - Halifax
Chronicle Herald re: Lobbyists
who
lobbied
for
favours from federal Conservatives now doing favour of
helping them with election campaign
March 28 - Hill Times
(publishing letter to editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator
Duff Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that
Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying
and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and
that no one will likely find he violated any law -- Loopholes
must be closed, and enforcement strengthened
(March 21, 2011)
March 27 - Calgary Herald
(editorial) re: Bruce
Carson
case
highlights
loopholes in federal lobbying law that must be closed, as
Democracy Watch has proposed
March 25 - National Post
re: Loopholes
in
federal
political
finance rules mean that candidates and parties don't have
to disclose who bankrolled them until after the election
March 23 - StraightGoods.ca (publishing op-ed by Democracy
Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that
Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying
and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and
that no one will likely find he violated any law -- Loopholes
must be closed, and enforcement strengthened
(March 21, 2011) -- To see
the CP wire article, click
here
March 23 - Vancouver Sun
(publishing letter to editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator
Duff Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that
Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying
and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and
that no one will likely find he violated any law -- Loopholes
must be closed, and enforcement strengthened
(March 21, 2011) -- To see
the CP wire article, click
here
March 22 - Globe and Mail
(and three other media outlets) all publishing
CanadianPress.com article) re: As
Democracy
Watch
has
pointed out for years, Public Service Commission calls on
Conservatives to keep their 2006 promise to establish
Public Appointments Commission -- See article also here
March 22 - Canada.com, GlobalTV.ca and 7 PostMedia
newspapers across Canada re: Lobbyists
gave
MPs
99
unethical paid trips abroad in 2010
March 22 - TheMarkNews.com
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Scandal is also that
Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics, Lobbying
and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his lobbying, and
that no one will likely find he violated any law -- Loopholes
must be closed, and enforcement strengthened
(March 21, 2011) -- To see
the CP wire article, click
here
March 19-20 - CTV.ca and 20 other media outlets (all
publishing TheCanadianPress.com wire article) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Scandal is
also that Carson's secret lobbying is legal, that Ethics,
Lobbying and RCMP Commissioners didn't know about his
lobbying, and that no one will likely find he violated any
law -- Loopholes must be closed, and enforcement
strengthened (March 21, 2011) -- To see the CP wire
article, click
here
March 17 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 18 other
Postmedia/Global news outlets across Canada re: Loopholes
in
accountability
rules
mean senators who violate laws can stay in the Senate
March 14-15 - Canada.com and Ottawa Citizen and TheMarkNews.com re:
NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls on Auditor General to
audit Integrity Commissioner's $500,000 payoff -- Auditor
General should also audit entire government to expose
other similar payoffs -- To see Canada.com
article, click
here -- To see TheMarkNews.com article, click
here
March 14 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls on Auditor General to audit Integrity
Commissioner's $500,000 payoff -- Auditor General
should also audit entire government to expose other
similar payoffs -- To see CBC.ca article, click
here
March 14 - Hill Times
re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls on Auditor General to
audit Integrity Commissioner's $500,000 payoff -- Auditor
General should also audit entire government to expose
other similar payoffs -- To see Hill Times
article, click
here
March 11 - National Post
and Ottawa Citizen
and Hill Times and
Moncton Times and
Transcript (printing letter-to-the-editor by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE:
Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls on Auditor General to audit Integrity
Commissioner's $500,000 payoff -- Auditor General
should also audit entire government to expose other
similar payoffs
March 11 - Lethbridge
Herald (editorial) re: Hill Times March 7th article re: Federal
Conservatives
continue
to
abuse
the
"Cabinet
confidence"
loophole
in
the
Access to Information
Act
March 10-11 - Canoe.ca and 5 other SunMedia/QMI Agency media
outlets across Canada re: Auditor
General's
report
should
be believed, not Integrity Commissioner's denials
March 10 - IPolitics.ca, 5 GlobalTV news sites and 4
Postmedia newspapers re: Former
Integrity
Commissioner
to
be grilled by House Committee
March 8 - TheMarkNews.com, Vancouver Sun (Barbara Yaffe blog), Globe and Mail,
Macleans.ca blog, Canada.com and GlobalNews.ca and 11
PostMedia News newspapers across Canada, and Canoe.ca and 7
SunMedia/QMI Agency newspapers across Canada -- all re: NEWS
RELEASE: Alliance of
more than 30 citizen groups calls for Integrity
Commissioner's severance pay package to be cancelled -- Other
Commissioners must also be audited by committees and
Auditor General -- To
see related Globe
and Mail article, click
here
March 7 - Hill Times
re: Finally,
opposition
parties show interest in closing loophole that allows for
secret, unethical corporate lobbying of federal government
March 7 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives
continue
to
abuse
the
"Cabinet
confidence"
loophole
in
the
Access to Information
Act
March 7 - Toronto Star
and Waterloo Record
re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance
of more than 30 citizen groups calls for Integrity
Commissioner's severance pay package to be cancelled -- Other
commissioners must also be audited by committees and
Auditor General -- To see the Toronto Star article, click
here
March 7 - rabble.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for Integrity Commissioner's
severance pay package to be cancelled -- Other
commissioners must also be audited by committees and
Auditor General
March 7 - Ipolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for Integrity Commissioner's
severance pay package to be cancelled -- Other
commissioners must also be audited by committees and
Auditor General
March 7 - Hill Times
re: Federal
lobbyists
continue to play dumb by claiming they can't figure out
what favours their ethics rules prohibit them from doing
for politicians
March 7 - Hill Times
re: feature article on departure from Democracy Watch of
Coordinator Duff Conacher
March 3 - Canada.com, GlobalTV.ca, and 8 other PostMedia
outlets across Canada re: Federal
Conservatives
continue
to
break their 2006 election promise to establish independent
Public Appointments Commission to stop patronage and
cronyism
March 2 - Vancouver Sun
(Barbara Yaffe's column) re: Federal
Ethics.
Lobbying
and
Integrity (whistleblower protection) commissioners are all
ineffective lapdogs
March 1 - CBC.ca and many other media outlets re: As
Democracy
Watch
predicted
in April 2008, federal Conservatives crossed the line in
ad spending during 2006 election
March 1 - Kelowna News re: Democracy
Watch
calls
on
B.C. and other six provinces and Northwest Territories to
change their fixed election date laws to require an
election soon after ruling party leader resigns
February 28 - Hill Times
re: Federal
Conservatives
expanding secrecy using loopholes in Access to Information
Act, and ignoring calls for reforms
February 25 - Canada.com, GlobalNews.ca and 11 PostMedia
newspapers across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to federal
whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011) -- To
see Canada.com article, click
here
February 25 - Cnews.canoe.ca and 5 Sunmedia newspapers
across Canada re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to federal
whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011) -- To
see Sunmedia article, click
here
February 24 - CBC.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to federal
whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011) -- To
see CBC.ca article, click
here
February 24 - TheMarkNews.com, Guelph Mercury and the Kitchener
Waterloo Record re: OP-ED: Honesty in politics is the
best policy, and so it should be required by law
February 24 - Ipolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Alliance of more than 30
citizen groups calls for urgent reforms to federal
whistleblower legislation (February 24, 2011)
February 24 - EpochTimes
re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner
of Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on at least 100
cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two cases in past
three year -- Auditor General must audit --
Commissioner has worse disclosure record than disgraced
former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad
enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
-- To see Epoch article, click
here
February 23-24 - Cnews.canoe.ca and 8 SunMedia newspapers
across Canada (in English and French) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Federal
Commissioner of Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on
at least 100 cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two
cases in past three year -- Auditor General must
audit -- Commissioner has worse disclosure record than
disgraced former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad
enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
-- To see Cnews article, click
here
February 23 - Ipolitics.ca re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal Commissioner of
Lobbying Karen Shepherd likely sitting on at least 100
cases -- and has only ruled publicly on two cases in past
three year -- Auditor General must audit --
Commissioner has worse disclosure record than disgraced
former Integrity Commissioner, and equally bad
enforcement record (February 23, 2011)
February 21 - Hill Times
(publishing letter by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: NEWS RELEASE: Federal Financial Literacy Task Force
Makes 30 Good Recommendations, But Ignores
Lowest-Cost, Most Effective Solution
-- New Financial Consumer Group Would Do Most To
Increase Financial Literacy
February 17-18 - Bloomberg news wire article (published by San Francisco Chronicle,
Business Week,
Macleans.ca blog, Canada.com, National Post, Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun) re: Barrick
Gold
and
Visa
Canada exploit loophole by employing former Conservative
Cabinet staff as lobbyists before five years has passed
February 16-17 - CBC.ca Inside Politics blog re: Two
lobbyists
violate
ethics
rules in helping Conservative Cabinet Minister Lisa Raitt
with fundraising event
February 16-17 - Globe
and Mail re: Two
lobbyists
violate
ethics
rules by helping Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt
with fundraising event
February 16-17 - Canada.com, National Post, GlobalNews.ca and 7 other
Postmedia newspapers across Canada (all publishing Postmedia
News wire article) re: Two
lobbyists
violate
ethics
rules in helping Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt
with fundraising event
February 16-17 - Cnews.canoe.ca and 5 other SunMedia
newspapers across Canada re: Two
lobbyists
violate
ethics
rules by helping Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt
with fundraising event
February 16-17 - Winnipeg
Free Press and 18 newspapers and websites across
Canada and the U.S. re: Two
lobbyists
violated
ethics
rules by helping Conservative Cabinet minister Lisa Raitt
with fundraising event
February 15-16 - 7 Metro
newspapers across Canada and Ipolitics.ca re: Nova
Scotia
government's
Auditor
General should examine spending by politicians in the
past, and so should federal Auditor General
February 14 - Hill Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Loopholes
and weak enforcement make Lobbying Act and Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
an ongoing joke
February 14 - Hill Times
re: Public
Sector
Integrity
Commissioner's
office starts process of recovering from scandal involving
former Commissioner Christiane Ouimet
February 11 - Moose Jaw
Times Herald (editorial) re: CoffeeParty.ca
movement
part
of
democratic tradition in Canada
February 9-10 - Toronto
Star re: Creating
national
Financial
Consumer
Organization is key to increasing financial literacy in
Canada -- see NEWS RELEASE: Federal Financial Literacy Task Force
Makes 30 Good Recommendations, But Ignores
Lowest-Cost, Most Effective Solution
-- New Financial Consumer Group Would Do Most To
Increase Financial Literacy
February 9 - CBC.ca re: Creating
national
Financial
Consumer
Organization is key to increasing financial literacy in
Canada -- see NEWS RELEASE: Federal Financial Literacy Task Force
Makes 30 Good Recommendations, But Ignores
Lowest-Cost, Most Effective Solution
-- New Financial Consumer Group Would Do Most To
Increase Financial Literacy
February 10 - Windsor
Star (publishing Barbara Yaffe's column) re: CoffeeParty.ca
is
a
revolution
brewing
February 9 - Ottawa
Citizen (publishing letter-to-the-editor by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty in politics is the best
policy, and so it should be required by law
February 8 - CBC.ca Inside Politics Blog re: At
Democracy
Watch's
suggestion,
House committee gets disclosure of former Integrity
Commissioner's record of dealing with complaints
February 7 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper
misleads Canadians again -- Conservatives broke most of
their democratic reform and government accountability
promises
February 7 - Annapolis
County Spectator re: letter by reader questioning
state of democracy in Canada
February 6 - CTV.ca (B.C.) re: Canada's
Coffee
Party
movement
brews big ideas (CTV.ca (B.C.), February 6, 2011)
February 6 - Vancouver
Province re: Coffee
Party
aims
to
jolt politicians into accountability
February 5 - Montreal
Gazette re: Strong
open
government
laws
can help stop corruption, even if some secrecy will always
remain
February 4 - Globe and
Mail (Ottawa Notebook blog) re: NEWS RELEASE: Tens of thousands of hits
on CoffeeParty.ca movement site in first week - To see
the Globe blog item, click
here
February 4 - The Observer
re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
February 2 - VUE Weekly
(Edmonton) re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
February 1 - Globe and
Mail (Lawrence Martin's column) re: Democracy
Watch's
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
points out flaws in Canada's democracy, and need for
changes
February 1 - Woolwich
Observer re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 31 - TheMarkNews.com and Hill Times re: OP-ED: Changes needed to make
public funding of politics more democratic
January 31 - Canada.com and Ottawa Citizen (publishing Barbara Yaffe's
column) re: CoffeeParty.ca
is
a
revolution
brewing
January 30 - Vancouver
Province (publishing letter to the editor) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011)
January 29 - Guelph
Mercury re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 28 - Ipolitics.ca re: Toronto Star article re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - CBC.ca's Inside Politics blog re: Toronto Star article
re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - CBC.ca's Inside Politics blog re: Toronto Star article
re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - Toronto Star
re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - Vancouver
Sun (Barbara Yaffe's column) re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - George Stroumboulopoulos (blog) re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 28 - PacificFreePress.com re: NEWS RELEASE: Thousands visit
CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January 28,
2011)
January 28 - DailyPlanet.com (Humber College student
newspaper) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Thousands
visit CoffeeParty.ca in first day of movement (January
28, 2011)
January 28 - Postmedia News (Politics and the Nation blog)
re: Launch
of CoffeeParty.ca
January 28 - Yahoo News Canada re: Launch
of
the
CoffeeParty.ca
movement
January 27 - Edmonton
Journal (editorial) re: Limits
on
donations,
and
full donation disclosure, needed for Alberta provincial
party leadership races
January 27 - New
Brunswick Times and Transcript (publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper
misleads Canadians again -- Conservatives broke most of
their democratic reform and government accountability
promises (Ottawa
Citizen, January 25, 2011)
January 25 - Ottawa
Citizen (publishing letter-to-the-editor by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re:
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Prime Minister Harper
misleads Canadians again -- Conservatives broke most of
their democratic reform and government accountability
promises
January 25 - Belleville
Intelligencer re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada
confirms that federal Conservatives broke their 2006
election promise to pass fixed election date law -- To see news release
about the case, click
here
January 24 - Hill Times
re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Problems with federal
access-to-government-information system would be solved if
Conservatives had kept their 2006 election promises
January 20-21 - Canada.com, National Post and 23 other PostMedia and
Global TV media outlets across Canada re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada
confirms that federal Conservatives broke their 2006
election promise to pass fixed election date law -- To see news release
about the case, click
here
January 20-21 - CBC.ca, CTV.ca and 17 other media outlets
across Canada (all publishing Canadian Press wire article)
re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada
confirms that federal Conservatives broke their 2006
election promise to pass fixed election date law -- To see news release
about the case, click
here
January 19 - Canada.com, National
Post, Vancouver
Sun and New
Brunswick Telegraph Journal re: (all publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
per-vote funding for political parties should not be
eliminated, but changes should be made to make political
financing more democratic
January 18 - TheMarkNews.com re: Changes
needed to make Canada's political finance system more
democratic
January 17 - Hill Times
re: LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Canada has a government
Financial Consumer Agency, but it is too weak, and
financial consumer group needed
January 17 - Hill Times
re: Changes
needed
to federal law to ensure that government officials who do
wrong and then resign or retire can be penalized
January 17 - Hill Times
(William Stanbury's column) re: federal political finance
and elections laws
January 10 - Hill Times
re: Federal
politicians
must choose strong, competent next Public Sector Integrity
Commissioner
top
II. 2011 Public
Appearances
in
reverse
chronological order
GOVERNMENT
HEARINGS
2011
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / SPEECHES
2011
December 2 - Democracy Watch's Founding Director Duff
Conacher spoke on a panel, at the B.C. Registrar of
Lobbying's "First Conversation on Lobbying" conference in
Vancouver
October 3-5 - Democracy Watch's Founding Director Duff
Conacher moderated one panel, and spoke on another panel, at
the 7th International Conference
of Information Commissioners in Ottawa, Canada
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