National News Watch (June 19, 2013)
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A Bad Sad Joke – And A Scare — National News Watch

CBC News, Huffington Post, and 3 other media outlets (June 18, 2013)
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Trudeau’s speaking fees situation shows need for clear rules on MPs jobs, income and ethics — CBC.ca

Huffington Post (June 17, 2013)
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Trudeau’s speaking fees situation shows need for clear rules on MPs jobs, income and ethics — Huffington Post

CTV News, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, and 26 other media oulets publishing Canadian Press article (June 16, 2013)
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Proposal for blanket secrecy by federal Conservative government dangerously undemocratic – all information must be publicly available unless legitimate privacy/security concern — CTV News

Calgary Herald, Canada.com, and Vancouver Sun (June 14, 2013)
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Federal whistleblower law full of loopholes and commissioner is a lapdog, immediate changes needed to protect whistleblowers and Canadians — Calgary Herald

Democracy Watch (June 14, 2013)
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Group believes Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer should have found Nigel Wright and Senator Duffy guilty two weeks ago for secret payment

Huffington Post (June 12, 2013)
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Large majority of Canadians want rules restricting party leaders power to control politicians — here’s how it could be done

Democracy Watch (June 4, 2013)
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PMO/PCO dodging ATI request for number of times Ethics Commissioner has contacted them since 2007 – raises questions about independence as Ethics Commissioner investigates Nigel Wright

CTV News (June 4, 2013)
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News of motion to call Auditor General to audit all senators sounds good, but it must be a full audit and law of Parliament changed to require this yearly for all politicians

Canada.com, the Ottawa Citizen, and 7 other media outlets (June 3, 2013)
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Senate Ethics Officer is a lapdog, is under the control of a committee of Senators — key changes needed to make office independent, effective — Canada.com