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910 media appearances in 2025 (including 86 national appearances)
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CBC.ca (November 24, 2014)
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After Toronto city election, ethics probes into Ford brothers move forward toward rulings by Integrity Commissioner

Canada.com and 6 other PostMedia newspapers across Canada (all publishing column by Andrew Coyne) (November 24, 2014)
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As Democracy Watch has proposed, an honesty-in-politics enforcement system is needed

Winnipeg Free Press (November 22, 2014)
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Democracy Watch calls for changes to law to prohibit political donations from being used to pay for legal costs of people like convicted Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro

iPolitics.ca (November 17, 2014)
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau introduces bill to give Information Commissioner important power to order release of information, but fails to close any loopholes in access-to-information law

Globe and Mail (November 10, 2014)
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Democracy Watch letter points out that watchdogs exist for MP misconduct, but MPs have prevented them from investigating key violations

Toronto Star editorial (November 10, 2014)
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Federal Conservatives’ so-called “open government” plan is Orwellian

CBC.ca, Toronto Star and iPolitics.ca (publishing Canadian Press wire article) (November 7, 2014)
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Federal Conservative so-called “open government” plan fails to promise strengthening the open government law and enforcement system

Huffington Post (November 7, 2014)
Op-ed published by HuffingtonPost.ca, Saskatoon Star Phoenix and Hill Times
Will MPs empower themselves and restrict their powers?

Globe and Mail editorial (October 26, 2014)
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As Democracy Watch has called for, the federal Conservatives must stop muzzling scientists

CBC.ca (October 23, 2014)
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Democracy Watch calls on New Brunswick’s new provincial premier to strengthen the access-to-government-information law and system