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342 media appearances in 2026 (including 47 national appearances)
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CBC Radio's The Current (April 7, 2014)
Radio Interview
Loopholes need to be closed and weak enforcement strengthened in government transparency across Canada to prevent dishonest, unethical, unrepresentative and wasteful activities

iPolitics.ca, Castlegar Source, Tyee.ca, Rabble.ca, CounterPunch.org, Rossland Telegraph, Hill Times (April 7, 2014)
Website article
Federal Conservatives’ so-called “Fair Elections Act” is so unfair it could spark a voter surge helped by Democracy Watch and others

Toronto Star (April 5, 2014)
Website article
Businesses, other organizations and people from outside the jurisdiction should not be allowed to donate to Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s campaign or any politician’s campaign

SingTao.ca (April 4, 2014)
Website article
Businesses, other organizations and people from outside the jurisdiction should not be allowed to donate to Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s campaign or any politician’s campaign

Calgary Herald (April 4, 2014)
Website article
Wealthy businesses and interest groups continue to buy influence over Alberta politicians because of dangerously undemocratic donations system

Sun News Network (April 2, 2014)
Television Piece
Federal Conservatives’ so-called “Fair Elections Act” needs many changes to make it actually fair

24Hrs Vancouver (April 2, 2014)
Website article
B.C. Premier Christy Clark, and all politicians, should be prohibited for five years after they are elected from dealing with matters that specifically affect companies they worked with before entering politics

National Post (and Vancouver Province) (March 26, 2014)
Website article
Senate committee proposes changes Democracy Watch has pushed for years to make Senate Ethics Officer more independent and effective

Hill Times (March 24, 2014)
Website article
Federal Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty bailed out Canada’s big banks with tens of billions of dollars, but did not to require them provide fair service at fair prices

Democracy Watch (March 17, 2014)
News Release
Democracy Watch reveals the 10 really unfair measures in the so-called “Fair Elections Act” and the 10 priority measures that must be added to the Act make federal elections actually fair