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580 media appearances in 2026 (including 78 national appearances)
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Democracy Watch (October 26, 2016)
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Democracy Watch challenges B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner’s ruling on Premier Clark’s high-priced, exclusive fundraising events
Democracy Watch (October 25, 2016)
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Group files ethics complaint with federal Lobbying Commissioner about big business chairman assisting with fundraising event for Finance Minister while his business is lobbying the minister
Democracy Watch (October 6, 2016)
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Democracy Watch calls on Ethics Commissioner to rule, finally, on Nigel Wright, Patrick Rogers, Chris Woodcock and Benjamin Perrin intervening in Senate committee’s audit of Senator Mike Duffy
Democracy Watch (September 28, 2016)
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Governor General supports writing down Canada’s unwritten constitutional conventions as Britain, Australia and New Zealand have
Democracy Watch (September 8, 2016)
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Two months later, federal Liberals still haven’t released report on public consultations for their so-called Open Government Action Plan
Democracy Watch (August 24, 2016)
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Ontario political parties going for the gold at their summer games –proposed Bill 201 amendments will allow big money to continue to have unethical, undemocratic influence over politicians and parties
Democracy Watch (August 2, 2016)
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PM Trudeau’s proposed Supreme Court appointment involves lots of good consultation but is still partisan because, unlike Ontario’s process, PM and Minister of Justice can still appoint whomever they want
Democracy Watch (July 19, 2016)
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Democracy Watch launches court case challenging Ethics Commissioner’s unethical conflict of interest scheme for Federal Minister Dominic LeBlanc that allows him to hide whether and when he is making decisions that affect J.D. Irving’s interests
Democracy Watch (July 15, 2016)
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Federal Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s unethical conflict of interest scheme allows him to make decisions that affect J.D. Irving’s interests
Democracy Watch (June 28, 2016)
Submission to the Ontario Standing Committee on General Government
Submission: Democracy Watch calls for key changes to Ontario Liberals’ political finance Bill 201





