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155 media appearances in 2024 (including 28 national appearances)
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CBC.ca Alberta (July 21, 2015)
Website article
Former Alberta Minister of Justice violated several good governance principles by ordering public servants to change contract in every way funeral industry association wanted

Yahoo News (July 20, 2015)
Website article
Elections Canada should run federal election debates, and any leader who meets set requirements should be allowed to participate

CBC.ca New Brunswick (July 7, 2015)
Website article
New Brunswick Information Commissioner lets two provincial government deputy ministers off the hook for clear violation of the law

TheTyee.ca (June 28, 2015)
Website article
How Prime Minister Harper’s photo-op is really an ad for the ruling party, and how to stop this waste of the public’s money

CTV News Channel (June 26, 2015)
Television Interview
Democracy Watch’s Duff Conacher on how HarperPAC could violate the law and how to stop big money in Canadian politics

Democracy Watch (June 22, 2015)
News Release
Senate should stop playing games on Monday and pass ‘Hope for Reform Act’

Democracy Watch (June 18, 2015)
News Release
Federal Liberals take lead with promises to make 75 good democracy and government access and accountability changes

CTV News Channel (June 15, 2015)
Website video
Anniversary of the 800-year-old Magna Carta a time for reflection on struggle for full democracy in Canada

Democracy Watch (June 10, 2015)
News Release
Group calls on senators and MPs to admit Auditor General has clear legal power to audit their spending at any time, and calls on AG to use his clear power to start random, unannounced audits now

Democracy Watch (June 5, 2015)
News Release
CBC Radio’s As it Happens show interview re: Auditor General’s audit of senators shows the AG must audit senators and MPs regularly