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60 media appearances in 2026 (including 13 national appearances)
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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

Democracy Watch (June 3, 2015)
News Release
Group calls on Auditor General to audit performance of federal Ethics Commissioner given negligently weak enforcement record that is a sad joke

Democracy Watch (June 1, 2015)
News Release
Group calls on Auditor General to audit performance of federal Commissioner of Lobbying and RCMP given negligently weak enforcement record that is a sad joke

Hill Times (June 1, 2015)
Website article
New Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct, when implemented, has some good parts but also raises some questions