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883 media appearances in 2025 (including 83 national appearances)
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CTV News Channel (December 3, 2013)
Television Piece
A new system is needed to suspend mayors who do things like Rob Ford has, but proposal to empower MPs to remove party leaders go too far, although other empowerment changes are positive — CTV News Channel
CTV News Channel (December 2, 2013)
Television Piece
Disclosure to the RCMP of emails from the Prime Minister’s lawyer will likely lead to the investigation broadening to include other people — CTV News Channel
Macleans.ca (November 26, 2013)
Website Article
Nigel Wright and others involved in negotiations to pay off Senator Mike Duffy all likely violated anti-bribery measure in Criminal Code
CTV News Channel (November 23, 2013)
Television Piece
CTV News Channel interview re: the RCMP’s investigation into the Senate scandal expands into the Prime Minister’s office
Maclean's magazine, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and 9 other media outlets all publishing Canadian Press article (November 19, 2013)
Website Article
Mandatory suspensions handed out by ethics commissioner for clear evidence of violations of a new code of conduct a better system than having politicians judge politicians like Rob Ford and senators
CTV News Channel (November 19, 2013)
Television Piece
Politicians judging other politicians like Rob Ford and the senators is a bad idea, and instead codes of conducts should be expanded to cover many types of actions, with mandatory penalties handed out by ethics commissioners to to violators — CTV News Channel
CTV News Channel (November 18, 2013)
Television Piece
Politicians judging other politicians like Rob Ford and the senators is a bad idea, and instead codes of conducts should be expanded to cover many types of actions, with mandatory penalties handed out by ethics commissioners to to violators — CTV News Channel
CBC's Power and Politics (November 18, 2013)
Television Piece
Politicians judging other politicians like Rob Ford and the senators is a bad idea, and instead codes of conducts should be expanded to cover many types of actions, with mandatory penalties handed out by ethics commissioners to to violators
MacLean in the Morning Show (News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton) (November 15, 2013)
Radio Interview
Politicians judging other politicians is a bad idea, should instead have ethics commissioner impose mandatory penalties for violations of laws and conduct codes
Globe and Mail (November 14, 2013)
Letter to the Editor by Duff Conacher
Letter-to-the-editor re: Government ethics rules across Canada, including for Senate, are loophole-filled and weakly enforced



