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342 media appearances in 2026 (including 47 national appearances)
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Democracy Watch (July 23, 2015)
News Release
Group plans private prosecution of Conservative Party officials for 2011 election fraud robocalls because government lawyers won’t prosecute

MetroNews.ca (July 23, 2015)
Website article
Foreigners not allowed to participate in Canadian federal election, but enforcement is weak leaving it open to abuse

CBC.ca (July 22, 2015)
Website article
Canadian politics not as vicious as U.S. politics, and honesty-in-politics law needed to ensure we don’t get as bad

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